Author Topic: ABCs at the Movies: The Doubles Round!  (Read 2568403 times)

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"U" is USS VD: Ship of Shame
« Reply #2050 on: December 11, 2007, 09:16:22 am »
From IMDb:  This is a wonderfully lame film complete with infected genitals (all male) and Raymond Massey as a distraught Executive Officer. I saw this for the first time on a Navy ship while in-port. When I told the Corpsman that I thought the film was great, he said, "it figures you would".

Cliched, melodramatic, overwrought acting. Every cornball cliche of WW II films is included, and there is truly nothing funnier than sailors referring to women that put out as "swell gals".

VD runs rampant. Sailors pass out, lose their vision, scream in pain, and display chancres and pustules that are guarenteed to make you reach for a condom.

Special highlight: There's a visit from the Health Department to a young lady that results in frustration because the nurse gives a dire warning to see a doctor, but will not tell the young lady why.


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"V" is The Valley of the Vanishing Men
« Reply #2051 on: December 11, 2007, 09:23:22 am »
==comment==

I love the title!



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Paul scooped me on the U! I was just about to post the same movie with the same picture and everything! Oh well...if anyone wants to read a really funny review with comments, go here:

http://www.badmovies.org/movies/shipshame/
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Re: "V" is The Valley of the Vanishing Men
« Reply #2052 on: December 11, 2007, 09:31:25 am »
I love the title!
"Valley of the Vanishing Men"?  Are you trying to tell us something?


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Paul scooped me on the U! I was just about to post the same movie with the same picture and everything! Oh well...if anyone wants to read a really funny review with comments, go here:

http://www.badmovies.org/movies/shipshame/

I saw that review too!  Too funny.  It even has some audio clips, but I have no idea how to post those.

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"W" is Woman of the Year
« Reply #2053 on: December 11, 2007, 10:14:03 am »


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This is one of nine pairings of Tracy and Hepburn.
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"X" is X Marks the Spot
« Reply #2054 on: December 11, 2007, 10:26:20 am »

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"Y" is Yankee Doodle Dandy
« Reply #2055 on: December 11, 2007, 10:28:20 am »
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"Z" is Zamindar
« Reply #2056 on: December 11, 2007, 10:47:13 am »
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Must be an Indian epic--166 minutes long!
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Ding Ding Ding! Announcing Another Special Round!
« Reply #2057 on: December 11, 2007, 10:52:10 am »
I think we need a special round to liven things up around here so try this one on for size.....

Numerology!


Movie titles with numbers IN the title (such as 12 Angry Men) or movie titles that ARE numbers (such as 1408, which could be played as F). We've played a few number titles, including 8 1/2 and 2001: A Space Odyssey, but not too many, so I think we have lots to choose from. Words that refer to numbers, such as "dozen" or "decade" would also count.

1. As always, unplayed movies only -- anything from 1942 to the present can be used. Check the archive if in doubt!
2. Include the year after the title.
3. Wildcard X is still in effect.

Let's have fun!

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"A" is Apartment Zero (1988)
« Reply #2058 on: December 11, 2007, 11:13:33 am »

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"B" is The Big Red One (1980)
« Reply #2059 on: December 11, 2007, 01:07:46 pm »