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Mizu_Ger

NothingMan wrote: »

3 is Starship Troopers.

Yep

1. ???
2. ???
3. Starship Troopers
4. The Thing
5. ???
6. ???
7. Galaxy Quest
8. The Life of Brian
9. ???
10. ???

Mizu_Ger

NothingMan wrote: »

AlienS? :pac:

Bingo!

1. ???
2. Aliens
3. Starship Troopers
4. The Thing
5. ???
6. ???
7. Galaxy Quest
8. The Life of Brian
9. ???
10. ???

NothingMan

Mizu_Ger wrote: »

Bingo!

Ah that has to go to McSasquatch, I just added the S. Had no idea really.

jasonb

Monty Python! *That's* where I know that spaceship from...

J.

McSasquatch

NothingMan wrote: »

Ah that has to go to McSasquatch, I just added the S. Had no idea really.

Nah, no worries - I knew it was one or the other and if I was wrong someone else would take the point :pac:

jasonb

1. The Last Starfighter? Or Maybe Titan A.E.?

6. Sunshine

J.

McSasquatch

Guessing here, but is 10. Forbidden Planet?

delbertgrady

5 is Barbarella!
Could you not have used a still from inside the ship?!

Wichita Lineman

delbertgrady wrote: »

3. Freeway Maniac (Kimber Eastwood as "Girl Camper")
7. The Skeptic aka The Haunting of Bryan Becket.

WAY too obscure for me.

Correct. Ah well I've put up other sets and they've been solved in 5 mins so i thought I'd at least provide a challenge this time.

Mizu_Ger

jasonb wrote: »

1. The Last Starfighter? Or Maybe Titan A.E.?

6. Sunshine

J.

McSasquatch wrote: »

Guessing here, but is 10. Forbidden Planet?

delbertgrady wrote: »

5 is Barbarella!
Could you not have used a still from inside the ship?!

Yep, all correct. Just one left...

1. The Last Starfighter
2. Aliens
3. Starship Troopers
4. The Thing
5. Barbarella
6. Sunshine
7. Galaxy Quest
8. The Life of Brian
9. ???
10. Forbidden Planet

9.

NothingMan

Space Balls? I have no idea.

I have another easy set ready to go anyway.

delbertgrady

9 seems very familiar to me, but I just can't place it.
If someone gets it, and it's something I should have known, then - contrary to the tagline - they'll probably hear me scream in space.

Mizu_Ger

NothingMan wrote: »

Space Balls? I have no idea.

I have another easy set ready to go anyway.

Not Spaceballs.

It's a 1960's film. Has a monkey and only a handful of (all male) actors, one of which is best known for wearing tights! POW!!

dark crystal

9. Let's take a wild stab at Flash Gordon!



Edit: Answered that before the last clue, so clearly not right!

jasonb

It's hard to tell if it's just bad FX or old FX! Is it something like Disney's The Black Hole? Edit: Just saw the 1960s reference now...

J.

Mizu_Ger

jasonb wrote: »

It's hard to tell if it's just bad FX or old FX! Is it something like Disney's The Black Hole?

J.

No. Well before that. It's just old fx.

Title shares it's name with a literary classic.

NothingMan

Mizu_Ger wrote: »

Not Spaceballs.

It's a 1960's film. Has a monkey and only a handful of (all male) actors, one of which is best known for wearing tights! POW!!

Adam West? Robinson Crusoe on Mars?

Edit: Seeing that Literary Classic clue now. So I'm assuming that muct be it.

I'll throw up a set now.

NothingMan

Here's my first set. There's a link. Reckon it should be an easy one.
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2

3

4

5

6

7

8


Checked them all against Google image search and they're all easily findable so honour system it is

Mizu_Ger

NothingMan wrote: »

Adam West? Robinson Crusoe on Mars?

Edit: Seeing that Literary Classic clue now. So I'm assuming that muct be it.

I'll throw up a set now.

Yeah, that's the one.

Mizu_Ger

4. Sahara
6. Hudsucker Proxy
7. Baron Munchausen?

dark crystal

3. Lolita

4. Sahara?

NothingMan

Mizu_Ger wrote: »

6. Hudsucker Proxy
7. Baron Munchausen?

Off to a quick start. Both correct.

NothingMan

dark crystal wrote: »

3. Lolita

4. Sahara?

Yep, yep.

Probably have this finished before my lunch :pac:.

dark crystal

1. Sphere?

NothingMan

dark crystal wrote: »

1. Sphere?

Yarp.

NothingMan

1: Sphere
2:???
3:Lolita
4:Sahara
5:???
6:Hudsucker Proxy
7:Adventures of Baron Munchhausen
8:???

delbertgrady

Is 8 Still Crazy?

NothingMan

delbertgrady wrote: »

Is 8 Still Crazy?

No. But good guess.

jasonb

Bugger, I know I know those three... Keep thinking that's Sarah Brightman in #5, but it's not. Hmmm...

J.

jasonb

If Still Crazy is a good guess, is #8 Rock Star?

J.

delbertgrady

No. 5 is the unmistakeable Lysette Anthony, but I don't know what the film is.

NothingMan

jasonb wrote: »

If Still Crazy is a good guess, is #8 Rock Star?

J.

It is. Link should be a bit easier now.

1: Sphere
2:???
3:Lolita
4:Sahara
5:???
6:Hudsucker Proxy
7:Adventures of Baron Munchhausen
8:Rock Star

dark crystal

5. Krull

NothingMan

delbertgrady wrote: »

No, five is the unmistakeable Lysette Anthony.

I picked her because I didn't know who she was Never heard of her except for seeing her in this.

NothingMan

dark crystal wrote: »

5. Krull

Indeed.

1: Sphere
2:???
3:Lolita
4:Sahara
5:Krull
6:Hudsucker Proxy
7:Adventures of Baron Munchhausen
8:Rock Star

One left, and the link. Which should be easy enough now.

jasonb

delbertgrady wrote: »

No, five is the unmistakeable Lysette Anthony.

I believe my post shows that's she's not unmistakeable!

J.

dark crystal

2. Rollerball?

jasonb

dark crystal wrote: »

5. Krull

Ah, Krull! How cool was that three pointed curved blade thing he threw around the place?

J.

NothingMan

dark crystal wrote: »

2. Rollerball?

That's 'em all. Anyone know the link?

delbertgrady

NothingMan wrote: »

I picked her because I didn't know who she was Never heard of her except for seeing her in this.

She's in the videos for Run to You by Bryan Adams and - far more impressively - I Feel You by Depeche Mode (good pub quiz question).
She's also in Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives.

jasonb

You can't beat good trivia!

But what's the link?

J.

delbertgrady

Well, they were all major box office flops, some of them spectacularly so.
Sahara "lost" $121 million.

NothingMan

delbertgrady wrote: »

Well, they were all major box office flops, some of them spectacularly so.
Sahara "lost" $121 million.

That's the link. Some good movies have badly flopped.

Personally I think Waterworld is a great movie but didn't turn a profit until it went to video.

ButtersSuki

NothingMan wrote: »

I'm sure this has been discussed but the imcdb.com images are way too easy to google. I've been stumped by a few that I knew I knew so googled the image to see. Didn't post the answer's obviously, but it is possible. One's people have reuploaded to Photobucket seem to be immune to googling.

What is this google images you speak of?

ButtersSuki

I just googled it. WOW! To think I'd been using the powers of recollection and deduction up to now.......takes all the fun out of this thread though.

On another note, I can't even begin to describe the use I'll get out of this when searching for porn work-related images.:rolleyes:;)

NothingMan

That's why I've been kinda doubting some answers. I have googled some when its annoyed me but not posted the answers. I noticed on one set the only one that took ages to get was the only one google couldn't recognise. A little suspicious really.

There may be a way of removing that option, like stripping meta data out or putting a tint on the image but that would be a bit much for a bit of fun. Honour system is really all we can do I guess.

ButtersSuki

NothingMan wrote: »

There may be a way of removing that option, like stripping meta data out or putting a tint on the image

re. above, now I'm confused.......

I've only guessed when I'm fairly sure of an answer and when not I'm not sure and still guess I always say so. I have posted one image which I thought was pretty obscure but it was guessed in a millisecond - fair play though if it was legit! That said, I was pretty amazed at some people's knowledge on here up to now.

Can't see the point in googling the answers - "sure you're only cheating fooling yourself" as a former teacher of mine would say!

NothingMan

ButtersSuki wrote: »

re. above, now I'm confused.......

Can't see the point in googling the answers - "sure you're only cheating fooling yourself" as a former teacher of mine would say!

Exactly, getting a bit technical for a game.

I agree. The fun is guessing or trying to figure it out from clues. Googling the image is pointless, sure you may as well go look up imdb and look at pictures with the title and say "I know that".

Not saying anyone here cheats, but it's annoying that it's possible. I was at a table quiz once where the MC asked one smart phone proof question as a joke. Unfortunately I had no idea of his middle name.

delbertgrady

As most of you will know, I'm a frequent contributor here (it's easily my favourite thread), so I thought I'd just throw in my two cents about some of the comments that have come up recently.

NothingMan wrote: »

That's why I've been kinda doubting some answers. I have Googled some when its annoyed me but not posted the answers. I noticed on one set the only one that took ages to get was the only one Google couldn't recognise. A little suspicious really.

This is a tricky one. I wouldn't necessarily doubt some of the answers. Everyone likes/is familiar with different things, and a film (or image) that one person can recognise immediately may mean nothing to another person, even when the film is correctly identified.
I can think of a few very clever "trick" questions that have been posted (the Clockwork Orange Jesus, the Life of Brian spaceship, off the top of my head) that I got immediately, 'cos I'm very familiar with the films. But other images have been posted from extremely well-known films that I've never seen, and as such, I haven't had a hope, whereas they've evidently been glaringly obvious to others, judging by the speed in which they've been identified.

I completely agree with you in that I don't think there's anything wrong with Googling an image just to satisfy your own curiosity/frustration (delete as appropriate), once you don't post the answer.

However, it's always been the case that if an actor or actress is recognisable in an image, or if there have been some clues (or a link), then there's nothing wrong with general Google detective work. Yesterday, I had to rely on Google 'cos some of the films in Andy Dunne's "directors' kids" one were just too obscure. After playing around with various searches for about half an hour, "actress daughter of Oscar winning actress" threw up Schuyler Fisk and "son of Oscar winning British director" got me Max Minghella, which got me their two films, but otherwise I'd never have had a hope. I'd never even heard of Elvis and Anabelle, or indeed, the two final films I got once the link was identified (The Skeptic, Freeway Maniac).

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I've only guessed when I'm fairly sure of an answer and when not I'm not sure and still guess I always say so. I have posted one image which I thought was pretty obscure but it was guessed in a millisecond - fair play though if it was legit! That said, I was pretty amazed at some people's knowledge on here up to now.

I actually looked this up to see if it was me that got your one. It wasn't.

If I think I know what an image is from - and if I have the time - I'll usually try and check before I post an answer. Unless I'm 100% sure, I prefer to copperfasten it (which sometimes leads to people beating me to it, while I'm off timewasting). My (incorrect) guess at yesterday's Timothy Spall one was one I didn't check: I subsequently realised he had a moustache in Still Crazy.

Finally, after uploading a load of images to Photobucket yesterday (for the first time), in the hope that I could start using them for future posts that would defy Google Image searching, a cursory check showed that this was disastrous, and that anything I had would be identified in a flash, so I've had to abandon that.

From now on, I may just have to stick to answering, rather than posting.

ButtersSuki

Ah no dilbert - don't do that! You seem to be the most frequent poster - it could get very quiet in here without you!