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on: April 28, 2009, 01:18:47 PM
Oh, this is too, too brilliant

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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Reply #1 on: April 28, 2009, 03:13:56 PM
Oh, this is too, too brilliant

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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Reply #2 on: April 28, 2009, 04:46:35 PM
Some of those are hilarious. I didn't have time to read them all, but this one made me chuckle out loud:
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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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Reply #3 on: April 28, 2009, 04:56:31 PM
Some of those are hilarious. I didn't have time to read them all, but this one made me chuckle out loud:
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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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Reply #4 on: April 28, 2009, 06:01:30 PM
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KILL BILL: Irresponsible mother wants custody of her child.

I'd like to hear my options, so I could weigh them, what do you say?
Five pounds?  Six pounds? Seven pounds?


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Reply #5 on: April 28, 2009, 07:22:54 PM
wait, is being in a coma now considered irresponsible?
maybe absentee mother
« Last Edit: April 28, 2009, 07:27:14 PM by deflective »



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Reply #6 on: April 28, 2009, 08:35:19 PM
SERENITY: Men fight for possession of scantily clad mentally ill teenage girl.



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Reply #7 on: April 28, 2009, 08:55:06 PM
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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Reply #8 on: April 28, 2009, 10:49:14 PM
Rendezvous with Rama: Human crew explores alien spacecraft, learns nothing, goes home.

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Reply #9 on: April 28, 2009, 10:55:49 PM
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MY GIRL: Boy killed by female friend’s irresponsibility.

The Bridge to Terabithia: Girl killed by male friend's irresponsibility.


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WATCHMEN: Homosexual destroys New York, blames God.
This isn't even remotely the book I read.  Must be some other Watchmen.
« Last Edit: April 28, 2009, 11:01:19 PM by stePH »

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Reply #10 on: April 28, 2009, 11:05:07 PM
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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Reply #11 on: April 28, 2009, 11:29:44 PM
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BEOWULF: Colonists hire assassin to drive natives from land.
* Anarquistador 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:

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MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL: British comedy troupe inadvertently creates language lab for nerds.


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Reply #12 on: April 30, 2009, 01:10:45 AM
Of course this one's my favorite:

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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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Reply #13 on: April 30, 2009, 04:02:15 PM
PINEAPPLE EXPRESS: Stoners prove that if you kill everyone, you get away with it.

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