Escape Artists
The Lounge at the End of the Universe => Gallimaufry => Topic started by: Corydon on April 28, 2009, 01:18:47 PM
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Oh, this is too, too brilliant (http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/04/uncomfortable-plot-summaries/)
300: Gays kill blacks.
BATMAN: Wealthy man assaults the mentally ill.
LORD OF THE RINGS: Midget destroys stolen property.
And three by Neil Gaiman:
CORALINE: Misfit discovers she is special person in a secret world just beside our own.
NEVERWHERE: Misfit discovers he is special person in secret world just beside our own.
STARDUST: Misfit discovers he is special person in secret world just beside our own.
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Oh, this is too, too brilliant (http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/04/uncomfortable-plot-summaries/)
CORALINE: Misfit discovers she is special person in a secret world just beside our own.
NEVERWHERE: Misfit discovers he is special person in secret world just beside our own.
STARDUST: Misfit discovers he is special person in secret world just beside our own.
AMERICAN GODS: Misfit discovers he is special person in secret world that is also our own.
ANANSI BOYS: Person discovers that a version of himself is a misfit, though he is not, and has to deal with a secret world that is also our own.
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Some of those are hilarious. I didn't have time to read them all, but this one made me chuckle out loud:
TITANIC: Crazy old widow disregards lifelong memories of husband, children, and grandchildren in favor of that one time she fucked a bum.
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Some of those are hilarious. I didn't have time to read them all, but this one made me chuckle out loud:
TITANIC: Crazy old widow disregards lifelong memories of husband, children, and grandchildren in favor of that one time she fucked a bum.
Awesome.
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:D
KILL BILL: Irresponsible mother wants custody of her child.
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wait, is being in a coma now considered irresponsible?
maybe absentee mother
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SERENITY: Men fight for possession of scantily clad mentally ill teenage girl.
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I love these:
# STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE: Religious extremist terrorists destroy government installation, killing thousands.
# STAR WARS: EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: Boy is abused by midget, kisses sister, attempts patricide.
# STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI: Handicapped mass murderer kills septugenarian, is lauded.
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Rendezvous with Rama: Human crew explores alien spacecraft, learns nothing, goes home.
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MY GIRL: Boy killed by female friend’s irresponsibility.
The Bridge to Terabithia: Girl killed by male friend's irresponsibility.
WATCHMEN: Homosexual destroys New York, blames God.
This isn't even remotely the book I read. Must be some other Watchmen.
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And three by Neil Gaiman:
CORALINE: Misfit discovers she is special person in a secret world just beside our own.
NEVERWHERE: Misfit discovers he is special person in secret world just beside our own.
STARDUST: Misfit discovers he is special person in secret world just beside our own.
You missed:
MIRRORMASK: Misfit discovers she is special person in a secret world just beside our own.
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BEOWULF: Colonists hire assassin to drive natives from land.
/me fights down Medieval Studies Scholar Rage...
Well, I guess that's a step up from the movie: Jock kills retarded boy, bangs mother, yells a lot.
Of course this one's my favorite:
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL: British comedy troupe inadvertently creates language lab for nerds.
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Of course this one's my favorite:
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL: British comedy troupe inadvertently creates language lab for nerds.
"And after the spanking, the oral sex!"
Figures. :P
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PINEAPPLE EXPRESS: Stoners prove that if you kill everyone, you get away with it.