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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:16 PM Original message |
Post a movie cliche'. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. 1, "I'm going with you!1" "No, you're not!1" (Yes, whoever it is DOES go.) n/t |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. 2. Somebody (drunk, high, otherwise grossed out), hugging a toilet and barfing. |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Good one. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Character running away from someone, trips, falls, can't get back up. |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. The go to scene with the designated slashee. |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Woman being pursued by killer/monster/whatever walks backward in heels into a dark room. |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Oh, and the car engine won't turn over. |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. If they ever did learn, it would be the end of the slasher genre. |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's awfully quiet here,,,, |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. She opens the basement door and takes a tentative step onto the first stair. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. In a cop movie if the rookie/guy about to retire in 2 weeks mentions in his family/retirement plans |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
70. Yes, anyone who ever mentions the future will die. |
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lunamagica (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. Woman being chased by killer runs to the woods. eom |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
13. The soldier who moons over a photo of his girlfriend, or in any way |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. Captain forms a search party, which includes a doomed ensign, |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Don't forget that the aforesaid doomed ensign |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. and not have a name, especially a last name |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
83. Said ensign just got married, got a sweet letter from girl friend which |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. MiddleFingerMom pointing at the popcorn of all those sitting nearby & asking, "You gonna eat that?" |
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Tuvok Obama (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
16. Nervous man suddenly realizes he's about to be assaulted, usually by several other men... |
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pulledpork (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
17. "Who sent you?" |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
18. Guy doesn't look at explosion. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
19. "I've got a bad feeling about this." |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
84. "I'm too old for this shit." n/t |
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Archae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. Fruit stand! |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. A classic. |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Don't forget the glass truck guys moving a big pane of plate glass |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
54. Roger Ebert wrote about the ubiquitous and obligatory "fruit cart scene," and |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. Ticking time bomb |
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kimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
99. And on the clock ticking down, |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
23. Woman throws up, she's pregnant. If she coughs, she's terminal. |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. !!!!! (with a wide-eyed innocent * ? * thrown in) |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. AAAAAIIIIEEEEEE!!!!! |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. Woman pursued by killer runs upstairs/into room with no exit... |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. if she runs outside, she doesn't take off her spike heels |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. HOLD ON! nt |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
28. Medical Examiner eating |
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Biker13 (609 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
89. Genius! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:09 AM Response to Reply #28 |
90. Reminds me of the old X-Files episode |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. Riding off into the sunset. I kinda miss that one. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. During a quiet, suspenseful scene when someone is looking around |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
71. If they're alert, it's always a cat. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
32. From the 1950's monster/creature from outer space/etc films: |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
58. Budget blown, no more special effects |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. Streets at night covered in water but no sign of rain or rain on car windshields. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
34. Always raining at funerals - never fails |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Absolutely. |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
35. Pushing the buttons on the phone rest is supposed to restore a connection. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. That actually used to work in the early days of call waiting |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. It sounds like some kind of witchcraft to me. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. What would happen is you'd get a call on call waiting, and have to touch the thingy lightly |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
56. Also, you must look at the phone after someone hangs up on you. |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
36. car blows up after the driver is pulled out..AND fender benders = flaming wrecks |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
37. Horror movie cliche (& subset), & romantic movie cliche (with exception) |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
40. Cool guy during fight, after pushing the underdog down |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
44. Man extends hand to woman, says "I need you to trust me", woman hesitantly takes hand |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
46. Good guy hacker accessing bomb disarming device over the internet - |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Bwahahahaha! |
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bookworm65t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
47. Teen gets acceptance to college... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
49. Good lookin' guy is framed for a crime, but instead of calling a lawyer, he runs for it . |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Dude, you just wrote a screenplay. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. You have just described every Robert Ludlum book |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
51. Black lady on park bench gives sage advice... and, inadvertently, a major clue to mystery |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
52. Dying minor character tells who did it... but dies before the name comes out |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
53. "Children in peril" never end up dying, they are invincible. |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. Unless it's a Stephen King movie. |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #62 |
76. And he killed the kid in Pet Sematary. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:14 AM Response to Reply #76 |
91. And the kid in Cujo |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #91 |
98. The kid in Cujo is revived by mom. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
55. Any action film must include a troubled marriage, and the man's heroics win the woman back to him. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Any action film must include at least 3 explosions, 2 flying bodies, minimum |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
61. 1. Running down a tunnel pursued by a wall of flame |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. YES! |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #61 |
72. Nazis always have an English accent. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #61 |
77. I just remembered Siskel and Ebert's "talking killer" |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:17 AM Response to Reply #61 |
92. All people with English accents |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
63. This scene has a few... |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
65. In any quiet, spooky search scene, a cat makes a sudden, noisy appearance, then runs away |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
66. You can drive without paying attention to the road or traffic. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:07 AM Response to Reply #66 |
73. Someone gets shot with a round that would bring down a bull elephant |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:41 AM Response to Reply #66 |
74. And there is always a parking space in front of the destination. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
67. shot guy bleeding out says: "Sooo....cold..." |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #67 |
87. ...and it's getting dark |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
68. bomb to be disarmed always ticks down to 1 second left. |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
69. In westerns, when they shoot each other or have a |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
75. When a computer hacker is... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. And the computer always gives a big-font message that the database has been accessed, |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. And the keyboard is always really noisy |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #75 |
85. Even though Evil Overlord is a computer genius, hacker Hero |
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mreilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
80. Guy who is shot and dying gets one shot off... |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
81. Often times there are barroom brawls in military movies |
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bookworm65t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #81 |
100. From Here To Eternity? |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. I don't believe the movie I'm thinking of is that old |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
82. a raucus crowd in a smoky salloon |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
86. In Westerns, when some gets knocked out in a fight or is found drunk & unconscious... |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
88. Somebody exits, turns, looks back. In Westerns, the dude kisses the girl |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
93. 1. If there are a few people of color, they are there to provide wisdom and support to whitey |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. A Man Called Horse, Dances With Wolves, Avatar. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #94 |
95. The Matrix, The Matrix, The Matrix |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. : |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
97. there is always a smart attractive somehwat damaged female |
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Supply Side Jesus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
102. Railing Kill! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
103. "The first cough" ... A character coughs early in the movie, and says "it's nothing" |
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