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Mayberry Machiavelli

(21,096 posts)
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 09:16 PM Aug 2016

Time for the "Guess the Movie From The ScreenShot" Game.

Here's how it works. Someone posts a screenshot. In the replies to that screenshot people guess what movie it's from. If no one guesses right, or even worse no one even has a clue and tries to guess, then additional screenshots should be posted in the replies as hints until the movie is guessed.

To make the game fun it's best to pick shots that don't show obvious things like the face of famous movie stars that were in the film, but do convey information about significant things from the film so that people who know the film well can guess.

Picking scenes that have basically no information (like some random street shot) kind of sucks, as does using super obscure movies that no one has seen (my opinion). I think it's good to post additional shots as hints especially if people just aren't getting it.

I usually get screenshots by playing the movie on my computer either with Netflix, Amazon Prime, or the streaming program for my cable TV service. I pause at the shot that I chose, and take a screenshot. Then I trim the extra bits on the edges with Microsoft Paint and upload to an image hosting site (imgur in my case).

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Time for the "Guess the Movie From The ScreenShot" Game. (Original Post) Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 OP
Entry number one: Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #1
Spinal Tap Skittles Aug 2016 #23
Yes! Good job. Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #24
I'm a professional! I rise above it! Skittles Aug 2016 #26
This is Spinal Tap Mendocino Aug 2016 #28
Yeah. Skittles got it too. Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #35
I want large bread! Dr. Strange Aug 2016 #45
Number 6 jpak Aug 2016 #2
Night Of The Living Dead. Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #3
boo jpak Aug 2016 #4
Entry number 2: Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #5
Hint: Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #31
Godfather 2 Number9Dream Aug 2016 #33
Yes! Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #34
Entry number 6.0 jpak Aug 2016 #6
Slacker? Not sure. Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #7
Is that Peter Buck? NightWatcher Aug 2016 #8
could be... jpak Aug 2016 #10
Athens Inside and Out sylvanus Aug 2016 #49
ding ding ding jpak Aug 2016 #54
Entry Number 3: Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #9
Alien(s) jpak Aug 2016 #11
No, but here's a hint: Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #12
The Last Temptation of Christ jpak Aug 2016 #13
Another hint: Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #16
Forrest Gump jpak Aug 2016 #19
Apocalypse Now NightWatcher Aug 2016 #17
Yes. Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #20
From the scene in the trailer when they order ...with extreme prejudice NightWatcher Aug 2016 #21
And you'll notice my first two hints had "dialogue hints" contained in the text. Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #27
Terminate with extreme prejudice.. Mendocino Aug 2016 #29
Yup. Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #36
Apocalypse Now jmowreader Aug 2016 #39
Entry number 4 CurtEastPoint Aug 2016 #14
LOL!!!!111 jpak Aug 2016 #15
I know! I was trying to obscure the URL! CurtEastPoint Aug 2016 #18
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 6000eliot Aug 2016 #46
Oh, I remember that song! I love that movie and well done, my friend! CurtEastPoint Aug 2016 #47
Entry number 5 CurtEastPoint Aug 2016 #22
The Exorcist? Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #25
BING BING BING! Yep! CurtEastPoint Aug 2016 #30
Judge Alfre Woodard... pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #32
Entry 7: Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #37
Good Evening Clarice Mendocino Aug 2016 #38
Primal Fear? Upthevibe Aug 2016 #40
If you posted in the wrong place and meant to respond to mine.... pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #50
Yes, nice job! Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #41
Entry #8: Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #42
Hint #1: Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #43
John Carpenter's "The Thing" skypilot Aug 2016 #48
Yes! Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #51
Entry #9: Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #44
A shot in the dark: Surf Nazis Must Die pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #52
Nah that'd be too easy. Have a hint: Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #53
Escape From New York? skypilot Aug 2016 #55
No. Here's another hint: Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #56
Fast Times AT Ridgemount High eom Tripper11 Aug 2016 #58
Yes! Sorry, been away for a while. Mayberry Machiavelli Sep 2016 #61
Entry #10 Mayberry Machiavelli Aug 2016 #57
Dead Ringers? Frank Cannon Aug 2016 #59
Yes! Sorry, been away for a while. Mayberry Machiavelli Sep 2016 #60

jpak

(41,760 posts)
54. ding ding ding
Sun Aug 14, 2016, 03:47 AM
Aug 2016

And they did not include the Side Effects - Jimmy Elison died from an un-diagnosed medical condition a year earlier (I think).

I was more than a little peaved at this omission.

yup

Mayberry Machiavelli

(21,096 posts)
9. Entry Number 3:
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 09:32 PM
Aug 2016

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And if you guess this movie you will never have to demonstrate your command of movie trivia in any other way ever again.

Mayberry Machiavelli

(21,096 posts)
27. And you'll notice my first two hints had "dialogue hints" contained in the text.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 11:21 PM
Aug 2016

The Will Geer Colonel guy passed the shrimp and told Martin Sheen's character something like "if you eat this you will never have to prove your courage in any other way".

When Sheen's assassin begins his journey there's a line about "I wanted a mission and they gave me a mission... for my sins" or something.

6000eliot

(5,643 posts)
46. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 01:35 AM
Aug 2016

I'll go you one better, the kid is listening to Mott the Hoople's "All the Way from Memphis."

CurtEastPoint

(18,668 posts)
47. Oh, I remember that song! I love that movie and well done, my friend!
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 06:47 AM
Aug 2016

Then Alice opens the front door and yells 'Socorro SUCKS!'

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
32. Judge Alfre Woodard...
Mon Aug 8, 2016, 08:01 AM
Aug 2016

Don't peek at the image url, which gives it away. I was too lazy to find my own screenshot, or I would have picked one of her, in her robes, pouring a drink in her chambers.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
50. If you posted in the wrong place and meant to respond to mine....
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 10:18 PM
Aug 2016

that's correct. Of course, I didn't bother to hide the url.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
52. A shot in the dark: Surf Nazis Must Die
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 10:56 PM
Aug 2016

Just because I heard the title of that comedy movie, which I didn't see.

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