meme snaffled from janie_tangerine
Pick 25 movies/literary works/television series and put their summaries from Better Than It Sounds and WITHOUT CHEATING have your friends guess them.
1. A recovering addict, a neurotic in denial, and a woman with serious confidence issues share a house in Bristol. earlgreytea68, janie_tangerine
2. A bumbling manservant uses non-specified superpowers to protect his unwitting and unappreciative master while taking advice from a dragon that basically speaks in subtext (and ships them). Corny CGI ensues. earlgreytea68,
3. A series about a really old man who spends his lifetime convincing young hot girls to join him inside a (flying, time travelling) phone box. He is routinely harassed by tin men, giant Nazi pepper pots and one of his college buddies. milieva, earlgreytea68, ablackorchid, janie_tangerine
4. Ancient Greek women beat people up and engage in lesbian subtext. elliotsmelliot
5. A boy is hit by a curse that should kill him, but it doesn't. Then he sets out to save the world, armed with magic and The Power Of Love. milieva, ablackorchid
6. A soap opera wrapped in High School Musical- but it works. earlgreytea68, janie_tangerine
7. An obnoxious Brit and a quirky team accuse people of lying and are usually right. elliotsmelliot, ablackorchid
8. A grumpy man and a clingy jackass are sent to fight a dragon due to a zoning dispute. ablackorchid
9. People stuck in a place where weird things happen and no one has any idea what's happening. Not even the producers. Also features a soap opera set in East Asia. slybrunette, ablackorchid, janie_tangerine
10. The man in the grey flannel suit commits identity theft, votes for Nixon, and provides an object lesson in why the women's movement was a Good Thing.
11. Two slackers discover that the dead have risen and decide to go to the pub. milieva, earlgreytea68, janie_tangerine
12. Two gorgeous brothers with major-league Daddy issues seek out monsters and kill them in various nasty ways, using things as diverse as salt-filled shotgun shells, barbed wire, and circular saws. Lots of sex is had along the way. A really great car and lots of eighties rock, apocalypses, and angst are also involved. The world really really sucks, but it's funny anyway. earlgreytea68, ablackorchid, janie_tangerine
13. A neurotic ballet dancer takes singing lessons from a serial killer who lives behind her dressing-room mirror. milieva, earlgreytea68, ablackorchid
14. A blacksmith's rich girlfriend gets kidnapped by zombie pirates, and he goes to rescue her with the help of another pirate who is not a zombie but wears eyeliner. And it's based on a theme park ride. slybrunette, milieva, ablackorchid, janie_tangerine
15. The weird life and misadventures of a drunk who owns a bookshop, his Cloudcuckoolander assistant / punching bag and their best (and only) friend. eruvadhril, teruel_a_witch
16. In India, Game Shows are Serious Business. slybrunette, ablackorchid, janie_tangerine
17. Murder investigation is frequently interrupted by song-and-dance numbers using well-known pop songs. earlgreytea68
18. Two hard-on-their-luck guys attempt to make the worst play in history. They fail. Spectacularly. milieva, earlgreytea68, ablackorchid
19. A bunch of Americans living abroad in the 1950s talk and act like it's the 1970s, and crack a lot of jokes about death. janie_tangerine
20. Young man suffers from mental illness, hallucinates, desecrates a grave, then murders his family.
21. Three Four Five LOADS OF women get magical powers and use them to kill on a regular basis, while still trying to lead normal lives. Each one dies repeatedly, but only one ever gets Killed Off For Real. ablackorchid
22. An apathetic virgin with a death certificate get press-ganged into collecting the souls of newly departed when not hanging out in a diner with her dysfunctional co-workers. Post-it-notes are Serious Business. slybrunette, ablackorchid, janie_tangerine
23. A group of men (united by wearing womens clothing), including a Rabbi plot to take down Richard Lewis, whilst parodying everything they can. slybrunette, ablackorchid
24. A retired Marine with a redhead fetish, a lecherous playboy, a malapropping Israeli assassin, a murder mystery writer / computer nerd and online gamer, an old British doctor and a Perky Goth with a caffeine habit work for the US Navy. They Fight Crime! slybrunette,
25. A slacker prince finds himself with a bizarre skin condition after getting his fortune told. To combat this situation, he teams up with a workaholic black chick, a reclusive jazz enthusiast, and a redneck who's in love with a star. eruvadhril, teruel_a_witch
1. A recovering addict, a neurotic in denial, and a woman with serious confidence issues share a house in Bristol. earlgreytea68, janie_tangerine
2. A bumbling manservant uses non-specified superpowers to protect his unwitting and unappreciative master while taking advice from a dragon that basically speaks in subtext (and ships them). Corny CGI ensues. earlgreytea68,
3. A series about a really old man who spends his lifetime convincing young hot girls to join him inside a (flying, time travelling) phone box. He is routinely harassed by tin men, giant Nazi pepper pots and one of his college buddies. milieva, earlgreytea68, ablackorchid, janie_tangerine
4. Ancient Greek women beat people up and engage in lesbian subtext. elliotsmelliot
5. A boy is hit by a curse that should kill him, but it doesn't. Then he sets out to save the world, armed with magic and The Power Of Love. milieva, ablackorchid
6. A soap opera wrapped in High School Musical- but it works. earlgreytea68, janie_tangerine
7. An obnoxious Brit and a quirky team accuse people of lying and are usually right. elliotsmelliot, ablackorchid
8. A grumpy man and a clingy jackass are sent to fight a dragon due to a zoning dispute. ablackorchid
9. People stuck in a place where weird things happen and no one has any idea what's happening. Not even the producers. Also features a soap opera set in East Asia. slybrunette, ablackorchid, janie_tangerine
10. The man in the grey flannel suit commits identity theft, votes for Nixon, and provides an object lesson in why the women's movement was a Good Thing.
11. Two slackers discover that the dead have risen and decide to go to the pub. milieva, earlgreytea68, janie_tangerine
12. Two gorgeous brothers with major-league Daddy issues seek out monsters and kill them in various nasty ways, using things as diverse as salt-filled shotgun shells, barbed wire, and circular saws. Lots of sex is had along the way. A really great car and lots of eighties rock, apocalypses, and angst are also involved. The world really really sucks, but it's funny anyway. earlgreytea68, ablackorchid, janie_tangerine
13. A neurotic ballet dancer takes singing lessons from a serial killer who lives behind her dressing-room mirror. milieva, earlgreytea68, ablackorchid
14. A blacksmith's rich girlfriend gets kidnapped by zombie pirates, and he goes to rescue her with the help of another pirate who is not a zombie but wears eyeliner. And it's based on a theme park ride. slybrunette, milieva, ablackorchid, janie_tangerine
15. The weird life and misadventures of a drunk who owns a bookshop, his Cloudcuckoolander assistant / punching bag and their best (and only) friend. eruvadhril, teruel_a_witch
16. In India, Game Shows are Serious Business. slybrunette, ablackorchid, janie_tangerine
17. Murder investigation is frequently interrupted by song-and-dance numbers using well-known pop songs. earlgreytea68
18. Two hard-on-their-luck guys attempt to make the worst play in history. They fail. Spectacularly. milieva, earlgreytea68, ablackorchid
19. A bunch of Americans living abroad in the 1950s talk and act like it's the 1970s, and crack a lot of jokes about death. janie_tangerine
20. Young man suffers from mental illness, hallucinates, desecrates a grave, then murders his family.
21. Three Four Five LOADS OF women get magical powers and use them to kill on a regular basis, while still trying to lead normal lives. Each one dies repeatedly, but only one ever gets Killed Off For Real. ablackorchid
22. An apathetic virgin with a death certificate get press-ganged into collecting the souls of newly departed when not hanging out in a diner with her dysfunctional co-workers. Post-it-notes are Serious Business. slybrunette, ablackorchid, janie_tangerine
23. A group of men (united by wearing womens clothing), including a Rabbi plot to take down Richard Lewis, whilst parodying everything they can. slybrunette, ablackorchid
24. A retired Marine with a redhead fetish, a lecherous playboy, a malapropping Israeli assassin, a murder mystery writer / computer nerd and online gamer, an old British doctor and a Perky Goth with a caffeine habit work for the US Navy. They Fight Crime! slybrunette,
25. A slacker prince finds himself with a bizarre skin condition after getting his fortune told. To combat this situation, he teams up with a workaholic black chick, a reclusive jazz enthusiast, and a redneck who's in love with a star. eruvadhril, teruel_a_witch