Author Topic: Movie puzzles, no points, just fun (Read 15345 times)

Ray B. · « **on:** August 01, 2008, 06:48:58 PM »

Those of you who have been around here for a while may have noticed that - as a few others - I like to change my picture and signature once in a while. Not very original, since O. Puzzell does it all the time (illustrating in this manner the wheel of Karma), but quite logical as I kind of took him for a mentor on this site, as all of us newcomers do.
A bit puzzled in the end by his constant metamorphosis, I eventually tried to find out what his avatars and mottos meant. I got the meaning of the last but I won't tell you because it's more fun if you keep wondering what it means.
Mine are a little different: they are made to be decyphered. They are, in a way, puzzles within the puzzles. But not auto-puzzles. Movie puzzles.
It happened by itself after I had to explain a comment coming from a line by Peter Sellers in "The Party" (birdie num-num). A few hours after, I was changing my portrait for one of Sellers himself, then periodically switched to a few frames of that film. I also like movies.
After that, I changed for images of another one, a rather obscure film of the 1960's, but a cult-film for a few. My texts and signatures were clues to identify that film (I even gave the title) but as I hadn't warned anyone, nobody understood it was a puzzle, that's for sure.
I am attaching below the same pictures, plus one. The texts you'll have to remember. Any mad film lovers amoung you?
Oh, these are NOT autopuzzles. There is absolutely no point to win by participating. Just fun.

This will go on, and I'll change the film once it's discovered (or before if I run short of pictures). Always cult (to me anyway) and maybe rare films.
There is a second on right now by the way. It's already its second frame and I also have given clues in the texts. You can start guessing its title right now.
And here is the first one.

WHAT IS THE TITLE OF THIS FILM ?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #1 on:** August 02, 2008, 03:53:26 AM »

I know Tor from some of the awful movies Mystery Science Theater 3000 used to lampoon. I don't remember the title, but I'll take a stab at it - is it Plan 9?

Ray B. · « **Reply #2 on:** August 02, 2008, 04:16:17 AM »

YES!
"Plan 9 from outer space" the Ed Wood movie that is supposed to be the WORST film ever produced.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #3 on:** August 02, 2008, 04:32:35 AM »

I'm sorry to say, I've seen worse. The redundantly-titled "Manos: The Hands of Fate" takes the cake as the worst I've seen.

Rent it, if you dare!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060666/quotes

Ray B. · « **Reply #4 on:** August 02, 2008, 05:40:37 AM »

I'm doing better thant rent it: I am downloading it right now in low-res from The Internet Archive, and I'll tell you.
If you haven't seen "Plan 9", it's amazing, yet. It looks like it's been written and shot by a 9 year old kid, which is what Ed Wood was in the end. But, as all bad films, it's ultimately boring. A good compromise is to watch the "Ed Wood" movie by Tim Burton, with Johnny Depp, with its reconstitution of the filming of Plan 9.

@re · « **Reply #5 on:** August 02, 2008, 06:26:33 AM »

Yeah - I did a quick Google search for "Tor make good joke" yesterday, and the script for Ed Wood came up, so it's in there somewhere. Never seen Plan 9 though, but heard a lot about it. We'll see if I feel like wasting a couple of hours some day watching it...

Ray B. · « **Reply #6 on:** August 02, 2008, 06:44:25 AM »

Indeed. It comes from the dialogue of "Ed Wood" (a first draft of the script anyway), as well as "I am so happy! Finally I am star wit dialogue! I memorized every wordt." Some former sentences did come from "Plan 9", as well as all the images.
If you found the Tim Burton film I suppose it lead you to "Plan 9" also.
But I never said the texts have to come the film itself. Only the images.

@re · « **Reply #7 on:** August 02, 2008, 07:47:03 PM »

I visited my local DVD shop today, and ended up reading on the back of the cover of Plan 9. Didn't feel intrigued enough to buy it, though

Ray B. · « **Reply #8 on:** August 03, 2008, 04:50:35 AM »

Oh, it's not worth really buying... stealing maybe.

Ultra · « **Reply #9 on:** August 03, 2008, 04:57:16 AM »

Quote from: Ray B. on August 03, 2008, 04:50:35 AM

Oh, it's not worth really buying... stealing maybe.

Ray B. · « **Reply #10 on:** August 03, 2008, 06:05:16 AM »

While we are concentrating on bad films, if you don't want to bother seing them, you can read detailed reviews, see pictures and clips on http://www.badmovies.org/

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #11 on:** August 07, 2008, 05:12:48 AM »

Ray, perhaps you could help us break the tie over in this thread...

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=4022.0

Ray B. · « **Reply #12 on:** August 11, 2008, 09:01:51 AM »

Quote from: Ray B. on August 01, 2008, 06:48:58 PM

WHAT IS THE TITLE OF THIS FILM ?

All right: Otto Puzzell then @re identified "Plan 9 from outer space", actually playing in everyone of my posts, but nobody came up with an answer concerning this one... It wasn't a blockbuster i reckon, but those who've seen it never forgot.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #13 on:** August 11, 2008, 09:12:16 AM »

I didn't know those represented another movie - I thought they were from Plan 9, as well.

Ray B. · « **Reply #14 on:** August 13, 2008, 03:37:34 AM »

If those shots where also from "Plan 9" it would be an even more amazing film that it already is. Since you seem interested, and have started your own Quiz within a Quiz I'm giving some more clues:
This is another film, from the sixties. At the time, it had a faithful group of fans (a bit like those of "The catcher in the rye" , but much much smaller"). I have already given its title in my signature. The main feminine part was played by two different actresses.

As for your Quiz: is that guy's name Herman something?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #15 on:** August 13, 2008, 03:50:35 AM »

Is one of the characters a funeral director?

My pic is not named for a bovine beverage, but (ironically) shares a name with another barnyard consumable.

Ray B. · « **Reply #16 on:** August 13, 2008, 03:57:57 AM »

That may well be but I must say I don't remember. The last time I saw it was some 40 years ago and it doesn't exist in DVD.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #17 on:** August 13, 2008, 04:04:30 AM »

Is Jonathan Winters in the film?

Ray B. · « **Reply #18 on:** August 13, 2008, 04:30:43 AM »

Nope. One of the actors is a photographer who had a traumatizing relation with an elephant. Another was, among other things, an science fiction illustrator.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #19 on:** August 13, 2008, 05:52:01 AM »

Ray B. · « **Reply #20 on:** August 13, 2008, 06:24:53 AM »

Do you think I have it easier with your "barnyard consumable".
Of course, I could write it otherwise... trampled by an elephant ... and you could find the answer easily on imdb.com but that wouldn't be fun.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #21 on:** August 14, 2008, 09:38:29 AM »

By the way, there is absolutely a connection between milk and the gentleman pictured, but his name is not Milk.

Ray B. · « **Reply #22 on:** August 18, 2008, 09:14:17 AM »

He doesn't look too much like him, and I can't find the connection between ham and milk, but who knows?
George A. Hormel?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #23 on:** August 18, 2008, 10:27:59 AM »

Not a Ham, but certainly a related product...

Ray B. · « **Reply #24 on:** August 22, 2008, 04:09:32 PM »

As found by Otto Puzzell, Film 2 was "Plan 9 from outer space", of which I am posting a few pictures below.

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Author Topic: Movie puzzles, no points, just fun (Read 15345 times)