Emblazon Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 I recently put this together for something fun for my work team, and have it fully set up for an 8 week contest. Figured I'd start it up here, too. Same as what we used to do here - one frame from a movie, guess the movie. Only difference is, I'm setting it up as a contest. There will be a form to submit every Sunday for 8 weeks, with a leaderboard, and whoever has the most points at the end can choose from any of the coaster sets I print and sell ($30 value). It's not much, but something so there's skin in the game. I'll post the link for the first week after I wake up Sunday/today. But here are the rules: • 10 movies per week • Theatrically released films only • One entry per person - please put your D1P username in the name field • Each week will have one or two broad themes • You won't know what the themes are in advance • For week 1 only, the theme is: Outer Space • Full titles get you 1 point, partial titles get you half a point • The results for each week will be posted the following Sunday • Please don't post any answers in this thread - doing so will disqualify you • Because I created this for my coworkers originally, the level of difficulty varies, but the difficulty does ramp up Also, while I do have a rather substantial digital movie library, DRM prevents me from taking screenshots. And the days of ripping DVD are long gone. While I've done my best to grab the highest quality possible, the quality does vary from image to image. Have fun! Here are the final standings: Brick: 73 EternalDarkness: 73 Kal-El84: 71 @LazyPiranha had a chance to win, but he, unfortunately, never submitted the final week. Name Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Total SilentBob 8.5 9 6 7 9 9 10 4 62.5 Brick 10 8 10 7 9 10 10 9 73 Kal-El84 10 8 9 9 9 8 9 9 71 Keyser Soze 9.5 5 7 5.5 6 4.5 7 1 45.5 Mercury33 9 7 9 7 10 NA 7.5 NA 49.5 Fizzzzle 8.5 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 8.5 TwinIon 9.5 8 6 4 8 NA NA NA 35.5 Lazy Piranha 10 6.5 9 9 9 9.5 10 NA 63 CptPickle 9 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 9 SoberChef 8.5 7 9 NA 5 8.5 8 4 50 eggydoo 8.5 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 8.5 cusideabelincoln NA 6 6 NA NA NA 5 NA 17 EternalDarkness 10 9 10 8 9 9 10 8 73 Week 1 answers & results: Spoiler Aliens The Fifth Element Starship Troopers Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Interstellar Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Spaceballs The Martian Guardians of the Galaxy Gravity Theme: Outer Space Week 2 answers: Spoiler Die Hard Raiders of the Lost Ark Jurassic Park Terminator 2 Avengers: Infinity War The Prince of Egypt Up Encanto Alice in Wonderland Kung Fu Panda Theme 1: Action Theme 2: Animated Week 3 answers: Spoiler The Blair Witch Project Titanic The Silence of the Lambs Speed Scream The Matrix Pulp Fiction True Lies Se7en Goldeneye Theme: The 90s Week 4 answers: Spoiler Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story There’s Something About Mary Ghostbusters II Austin Powers in Goldmember Airplane! Real Genius Raising Arizona Shaun of the Dead Office Space Animal House Theme: Comedy Week 5 answers: Spoiler Anastasia Scream 2 Toy Story 4 Bedknobs and Broomsticks Cool Runnings John Carter Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi Tron Legacy Beauty and the Beast Avengers: Endgame Theme: Disney Week 6 answers: Spoiler Adventures in Babysitting Gremlins Back to the Future Part II Batman (1989) The Goonies The Greatest Showman Furious 7 John Wick: Chapter 2 Ready Player One Everything Everywhere All At Once Themes: 80s Recent (last 10 years) Week 7 answers: Spoiler The Godfather JAWS Saturday Night Fever Superman II Rocky Shakespeare In Love Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Get Out Paranormal Activity The Usual Suspects Themes: The 70s (I messed up on Superman - so I'll accept either I or II, since the image is from II and that released in 1981) Independent Hits Week 8 answers: Spoiler 2001: A Space Odyssey It’s a Wonderful Life The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition) The Shawshank Redemption Forrest Gump Unbreakable Casino Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince The Lost Boys Leon: The Professional 1 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Awesome! Can’t wait for this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share Posted April 16, 2023 Going back to week 1, I really used that week to better gauge my coworkers' movie knowledge, so this first week is definitely on the easier side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Used same user name but hazard to say I’m 8/9 out of ten or maybe even perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 This'll be fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Not even worth trying @silentbob will win it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 I think I’m probably 8/10? Maybe 9/10 since one guess was a 50/50. Only one I was t sure at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 If this was one of the easier rounds and I’m only sure about 6 (the same 6 I’m sure everyone else got), I think I’ll just not submit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 I'm going to try this even though I'm generally awful at it. I think the most I ever got on the ones you used to do is like 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 16 minutes ago, Fizzzzle said: I'm going to try this even though I'm generally awful at it. I think the most I ever got on the ones you used to do is like 3. I, and I apologize, can't recall for the life of me who used to do these. Those were ridiculously difficult. While there will be upcoming ones that are definitely more difficult, there's nothing abstract - there will always be something identifying in the image that says what movie it is. And as I said before, each week will have one or two themes (if two, five will be one theme, and five will be the other theme) - once you figure out the theme, it should help. And all the themes are broad. So, for example, if you put one answer down, and that movie is absolutely nothing like the other movies that week, you know it's probably not correct. And as an example, for this first week, the theme is: Outer Space. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Emblazon said: I, and I apologize, can't recall for the life of me who used to do these. It was @IdeaOfEvil 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Mostly easy, though there are two of them I might have gotten wrong. Thanks for putting this together! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 There's only one I'm iffy on because I'm not sure which one specifically it was. I also didn't bother with full, specific titles because I'm sure I would mess them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 1 hour ago, LazyPiranha said: There's only one I'm iffy on because I'm not sure which one specifically it was. I also didn't bother with full, specific titles because I'm sure I would mess them up. I'm fairly lenient. So long as you put the correct movie, it doesn't much matter to me if you put John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum, or just put John Wick 3. If you were to only put John Wick, and it's one of the sequels, you'd only get half a point. There's only one movie, in the final week, that requires a full title, but that's specifically there to help create separation if there are any ties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 This is a lot of fun, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted April 20, 2023 Author Share Posted April 20, 2023 Bumping this up in case anyone else wants to submit their answers before the Sunday deadline (when week 2 starts). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 Sorry on the delay! Week 2 is up and ready to go! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Can’t for the life of me figure out what the loose theme is. But I think I got most of them. Are the answers to week 1 somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Really upped the difficulty this week! If there's a theme, it's beyond me. Really not sure about a few this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 He said it would have 1 or 2 themes per week. I think we are Spoiler Spoiler Action/Animated 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 1 hour ago, silentbob said: He said it would have 1 or 2 themes per week. I think we are Reveal hidden contents Hide contents Action/Animated Spoiler And I did accidentally leave out one clarifying bit about the themes - If there are two themes in one week, 5 will be one theme, the other 5 will be the other theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 Answers and results are up for Week 1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 This week was harder. I had no idea what the first two were and just put random guesses I know I'm wrong on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Emblazon said: Answers and results are up for Week 1. Dang, I know which one I screwed up on too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Oof those last like 4 got me so I'm not feeling too confident this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Ohh 9/10 I’ll take that for week 1. I think I got a bunch of 1/2 points. Bunch of series correct but I don’t think I got the exact movies right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 10/10 was nice while it lasted 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted May 1, 2023 Author Share Posted May 1, 2023 I'll get the standings out soon, I just wanted to get Week 3 live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Ah shit, I missed the second week... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 This was a tough one for me this week. I’ll be happy if I even get 6 this week. We should get bonus points for the first too guess the theme(s) mine is Spoiler Spoiler Claustrophobic/Suspense and Real/Not Real Reality Mentality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 I felt real good until I completely whiffed on 10. Feel pretty solid on the other nine though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 I never saw one of the ones I got wrong in week 2, but I saw one of them... a bunch of times. Spoiler The way the Infinity War shot was framed, I was reading it like we were looking at someone's back. As soon as I told my brain I was looking at someone head on it clicked immediately. Can't believe I whiffed that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 How did I miss this thread up until now...week 3 answers submitted would have loved to have done it from the start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted May 2, 2023 Author Share Posted May 2, 2023 3 hours ago, silentbob said: This was a tough one for me this week. I’ll be happy if I even get 6 this week. We should get bonus points for the first too guess the theme(s) mine is Hide contents Hide contents Claustrophobic/Suspense and Real/Not Real Reality Mentality You are waaaaaaaaay overthinking the themes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted May 2, 2023 Author Share Posted May 2, 2023 8 minutes ago, EternallDarkness said: How did I miss this thread up until now...week 3 answers submitted You know, we're all (mostly) adults here. I can provide the links to the previous weeks if you haven't looked at the answers in the spoilers. And if anyone has an issue with late entries, I can break the winners up between those who met the deadlines, and those who didn't. Each submission is dated. It's all meant to be fun, but also offer something (that I think is cool) as a prize at the end. Here's what the winner(s) can choose from (valued around $30-$35): HoistTheSales - Etsy WWW.ETSY.COM Shop items by HoistTheSales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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