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penguinfaery) wrote2010-04-24 03:42 pm
Stolen from Steeltraps.
Pick 20 movies/anime/video games/literary works and put their summaries from Better than it Sounds and WITHOUT CHEATING have your friends guess.
01. A pair of bitter war veterans, a prostitute, a mercenary with an ugly hat, a cute mechanic, a Hawaiian-shirt wearing pilot, a preacher with a Mysterious Past, a socially inept medical genius and the cutest little psychotic killing machine ever all get together on a ship. They Fight Do Crime! Firefly:
janie_tangerine
02. Orphan discovers his parents enrolled him in boarding school before they died. He kills one of his teachers and doesn't want to go home for the summer. He's the hero. Harry potter
table_chan
03. Large companies manipulate the stock market to maximise their return. The impact this has on sport is investigated.
04. Bisexual, sociopathic veterinarian/assassin with a floral theme makes a bet with a fashion-challenged uke, wins, and kills the uke's sister. It takes place to an 80's soundtrack. Tokyo babylon
xturncoatxiii
05. Lots of children get sick, and join a cat-eyed cult led by three brothers, whose mother is a head in a box. One brother eventually grows up to become their father, only to get beaten up in a spectacular fashion. Meanwhile, a man sees dead people, thinks about deep things, and fights lots (often doing all three at the same time). Advent Children
steeltraps
06. When a child gets hopelessly lost in New York City, the residents are none too happy about it. They all take turns trying to kill it to get it to stop making so much noise and breaking stuff.
07. A girl adopts a dog. Said dog turns out to be a wanted alien criminal. The girl ends up keeping him, and having the aliens who were hunting her dog/alien criminal living with her and her sister. Lilo and Stich
kyoudai_koibito
08. Overdeveloped girls in underdeveloped uniforms live vicariously through past-life regression. Sailor Moon
kyoudai_koibito
09. A bunch of nobodies invade a world where the most badass person is Mickey Mouse. They lose. Kingdom Hearts
steeltraps
10. A teenager volunteers to be tutored by a reclusive elderly billionaire, putting his social and family life on hold while avoiding questions about what they do together. Batman Beyond
xturncoatxiii
11. People stuck in a place where weird things happen and no one has any idea what's happening Lost
janie_tangerine
12. Superweapons are given to mentally unstable children while the adults plot to destroy the world. Evangelion
xturncoatxiii
13. Stiff and dull student is abducted by tecnicolor-haired aspiring fashion designers. Flamboyant jerkass dandy makes her his muse. The author loves Vivienne Westwood. Paradise Kiss
fanged_ferret
14. A baby is switched at birth, which causes great problems later on. Meanwhile, a cynic with a fondness for antique cars, a rare book dealer, a Granola Girl, a man who breaks things, one of the last witch-hunters in Britain and the witch-hunter's landlady attempt to prevent four rather sinister bikers from causing The End Of The World As We Know It. Good Omens
janie_tangerine
15. Scrawny young teen stops a seven-generation long war and impresses his dad by eating a raw fish that his best friend spit back up. Cuteness ensues. How To Train Your Dragon
steeltraps
16. After The End, a cowboy with six-guns forged from the sword of King Arthur sets out on a quest to stop Satan from destroying the universe after his childhood love is burned at the stake in an infernal Xanatos Gambit. Along the way he joins forces with a coke mule from the '80s, a ten-year-old-boy, and a paraplegic black woman with multiple-personality disorder, matches wits with a psychotic train, and saves the author of the novel from being killed in an auto accident. The Dark Tower
janie_tangerine
17. A fight between an Emo Teen and his best friend gets a bit out of hand.
18. Titular character continually gets screwed over by "best friend", an emo with an utter lack of sense and commitment. The Big Bad looks like a mix between Voldemort and Michael Jackson. China invades. Naruto
xturncoatxiii
19. 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. Alternate, less-detailed version: A sad couple drive around. Supernatural
janie_tangerine
20. An old woman breaks into a con man's house. Romance ensues.
This meme is awesome. Because it's SO true that when you try to ecplain something you're like "....uhhh...just watch it."
Although: Weiss: : A group of androgynous, sexually ambiguous young men pose as florists to cover-up their lucrative business as assassins.
Does not end up any different when you watch it.
01. A pair of bitter war veterans, a prostitute, a mercenary with an ugly hat, a cute mechanic, a Hawaiian-shirt wearing pilot, a preacher with a Mysterious Past, a socially inept medical genius and the cutest little psychotic killing machine ever all get together on a ship. They Fight Do Crime! Firefly:
02. Orphan discovers his parents enrolled him in boarding school before they died. He kills one of his teachers and doesn't want to go home for the summer. He's the hero. Harry potter
03. Large companies manipulate the stock market to maximise their return. The impact this has on sport is investigated.
04. Bisexual, sociopathic veterinarian/assassin with a floral theme makes a bet with a fashion-challenged uke, wins, and kills the uke's sister. It takes place to an 80's soundtrack. Tokyo babylon
05. Lots of children get sick, and join a cat-eyed cult led by three brothers, whose mother is a head in a box. One brother eventually grows up to become their father, only to get beaten up in a spectacular fashion. Meanwhile, a man sees dead people, thinks about deep things, and fights lots (often doing all three at the same time). Advent Children
06. When a child gets hopelessly lost in New York City, the residents are none too happy about it. They all take turns trying to kill it to get it to stop making so much noise and breaking stuff.
07. A girl adopts a dog. Said dog turns out to be a wanted alien criminal. The girl ends up keeping him, and having the aliens who were hunting her dog/alien criminal living with her and her sister. Lilo and Stich
08. Overdeveloped girls in underdeveloped uniforms live vicariously through past-life regression. Sailor Moon
09. A bunch of nobodies invade a world where the most badass person is Mickey Mouse. They lose. Kingdom Hearts
10. A teenager volunteers to be tutored by a reclusive elderly billionaire, putting his social and family life on hold while avoiding questions about what they do together. Batman Beyond
11. People stuck in a place where weird things happen and no one has any idea what's happening Lost
12. Superweapons are given to mentally unstable children while the adults plot to destroy the world. Evangelion
13. Stiff and dull student is abducted by tecnicolor-haired aspiring fashion designers. Flamboyant jerkass dandy makes her his muse. The author loves Vivienne Westwood. Paradise Kiss
14. A baby is switched at birth, which causes great problems later on. Meanwhile, a cynic with a fondness for antique cars, a rare book dealer, a Granola Girl, a man who breaks things, one of the last witch-hunters in Britain and the witch-hunter's landlady attempt to prevent four rather sinister bikers from causing The End Of The World As We Know It. Good Omens
15. Scrawny young teen stops a seven-generation long war and impresses his dad by eating a raw fish that his best friend spit back up. Cuteness ensues. How To Train Your Dragon
16. After The End, a cowboy with six-guns forged from the sword of King Arthur sets out on a quest to stop Satan from destroying the universe after his childhood love is burned at the stake in an infernal Xanatos Gambit. Along the way he joins forces with a coke mule from the '80s, a ten-year-old-boy, and a paraplegic black woman with multiple-personality disorder, matches wits with a psychotic train, and saves the author of the novel from being killed in an auto accident. The Dark Tower
17. A fight between an Emo Teen and his best friend gets a bit out of hand.
18. Titular character continually gets screwed over by "best friend", an emo with an utter lack of sense and commitment. The Big Bad looks like a mix between Voldemort and Michael Jackson. China invades. Naruto
19. 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. Alternate, less-detailed version: A sad couple drive around. Supernatural
20. An old woman breaks into a con man's house. Romance ensues.
This meme is awesome. Because it's SO true that when you try to ecplain something you're like "....uhhh...just watch it."
Although: Weiss: : A group of androgynous, sexually ambiguous young men pose as florists to cover-up their lucrative business as assassins.
Does not end up any different when you watch it.

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this icon has no relevance. I just wanted to use it.
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19 is most def. Supernatural LOL;
16 IS MOST DEFINITELY THE DARK TOWER SERIES and Eddie as a coke mule from the 80s = brb me laughing forever.
14 is Good Omens
11 is Lost and it's the BEST DESCRIPTION EVER
and I'm sure I know 10 but I can't remember.
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I felt like anyone who didn't get the Dark Tower one...probably hasn't read the dark tower. Cause like...wtf else could it be10 is a 90's/early 2000 cartoon~
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9 could possibly be kingdom hearts? :D
11 is lost, right? lmao
oh and 15! how to train your dragon?
This meme is awesome. Because it's SO true that when you try to ecplain something you're like "....uhhh...just watch it."
for some reason, i am awful at explaining things that are awesome. i usually make the person want to watch/read/whatever it less. arrrgh.
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And it's so true. I'm just like..."Look, watch it."
Although "Look, there's an episode where a succubi gets a guy by pretending to be his baby brother." worked pretty well once with Supernatural...though I feel that isn't really representative...no subject
8. Sailor Moon ?
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Tim ♥
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Is twelve possibly NGE?
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(I was like "SO close...but SO FAR" with the first guess.)
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And then you said late 90s/early 2000s cartoon and I was like, score.
These are really hilarious. XD
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(Anonymous) 2010-04-25 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)MM
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-O'keefe
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American Coffee! Blech! French Roast?
It would have worked, too.
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