Botticelli, Sept. 2022

Thread Games
41

Iggy Azalea - from her and Jennifer Lopez’s lyrical masterpiece “Booty”
Ub Iwerks - co-designer of Mickey Mouse
Isaac Asimov - his mystery series that often gets overlooked in favor of his sci-fi work

Holding 3 DQs while I ponder some more

42

#1 is correct.
#2: the work in question is Iphegenia in Brooklyn.
#3 was Isaac Hayes, who was the voice of Chef on South Park.

DQ: From a work of horror fiction?

1 DQ reserved.

43

I.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. first name starts with I
  4. would not be alive today, if real
  5. did not originally appear in prose fiction
  6. first was mentioned on screen (TV or movie)
  7. originally from a movie
  8. not the protagonist
  9. American character
  10. first appeared after 1960
  11. mentioned earlier, but first appeared after 1990
  12. did appear in more than movie
  13. played by American
  14. genre movie (sf, Western, war movie, &c.)
  15. kinda sorta an antagonist
  16. set in the contemporary present
  17. unusual first name
  18. did not appear in more than one movie
  19. from a work of fiction with horror elements
44

DQ: Human?

45

I.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. first name starts with I
  4. would not be alive today, if real
  5. did not originally appear in prose fiction
  6. first was mentioned on screen (TV or movie)
  7. originally from a movie
  8. not the protagonist
  9. American character
  10. first appeared after 1960
  11. mentioned earlier, but first appeared after 1990
  12. did appear in more than movie
  13. played by American
  14. genre movie (sf, Western, war movie, &c.)
  15. kinda sorta an antagonist
  16. set in the contemporary present
  17. unusual first name
  18. did not appear in more than one movie
  19. from a work of fiction with horror elements
  20. human

No more IQs, please, and ask all earned DQs by 3pm EST tomorrow.

46

Oh, I’ve got 20 minutes…

DQ1: From a horror-comedy (i.e. something along the lines of Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Shaun of the Dead)?
DQ2: First actually appeared (not just mentioned) before 1995?
DQ3: Has supernatural abilities/powers?

47

I.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. first name starts with I
  4. would not be alive today, if real
  5. did not originally appear in prose fiction
  6. first was mentioned on screen (TV or movie)
  7. originally from a movie
  8. not the protagonist
  9. American character
  10. first appeared after 1960
  11. mentioned earlier, but first appeared after 1990
  12. did appear in more than movie
  13. played by American
  14. genre movie (sf, Western, war movie, &c.)
  15. kinda sorta an antagonist
  16. set in the contemporary present
  17. unusual first name
  18. did not appear in more than one movie
  19. from a work of fiction with horror elements
  20. originally human
  21. from a horror-comedy (i.e. something along the lines of Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Shaun of the Dead)
  22. did not first actually appear (not just mentioned) before 1995
  23. has supernatural abilities/powers

Q20 revised, upon further research.

A word of caution: not all of these characteristics were revealed in the movie.

Tawk amongst yourselves, and ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST Saturday, please.

48

Mentioned before 1990, but does not appear until 1995 at the earliest…
One movie, but other appearances. TV series? Video game? Comics?

“Originally human” implies not human at some point. Vampire? Zombie? Werewolf?
#16 and #4 combined could imply dies in-story. Or maybe becomes undead.

Horror-comedies from that time frame…
Evil Dead? The first movie is straight-up horror, but the other two lean more towards comedy. Original trilogy was pre-1995, but the TV series is within the last decade. Can’t think of an I character (or anyone’s name besides Ash)
Return of the Living Dead? Some of the sequels were post-1995
Beetlejuice? Had an animated spin-off and some video games, but I think all were pre-1995.

Still thinking…

49

Ghost also seems a likely candidate for “originally human”.
I haven’t come up with anything yet.

50

Still nothin’.

51

Time’s up, and I am

Ivo Shandor

The Gozer-worshipping architect who designed the weird Manhattan apartment building featured in the original Ghostbusters. CFOHG was close.

Prominently mentioned but unseen in that movie, he later appeared in other iterations of the franchise.

52

Yep, good one, EH!

53

Good one! I’d ruled out Ghostbusters early on… The first two movies came out before 1990, and I was under the impression the 2016 reboot didn’t share any continuity. I had completely forgotten about Afterlife (still haven’t gotten around to seeing it). Wikipedia says he also was in the video game that was sort-of considered to be Ghostbusters III.

Again, good stumper.

54

Thanks! Our next letter is

W

55

IQs:

  1. Are you Nathan Fillion’s upcoming character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
  2. Did you write One World?
  3. Did you write and direct Shadows and Fog?
56

IQ1: Were you an 80s alternative band’s singer and primary songwriter who was name checked in the cult film Heathers?
IQ2: Were you one of several Vorta clones?
IQ3: Are you best known for your photographs of Weimaraners?

57

Not Wolverine, dunno and dunno

Not Tina Weymouth, the delightfully unctuous Weyoun or William Wegman

58

Paul Westerberg of The Replacements. Heathers was set at Westerberg High.
Correct
Correct

DQ: Real?

59

#1 is Simon Williams, aka Wonder Man.
#2 was Wendell L. Willkie.
#3 was Woody Allen.

DQs:

  1. Male?
  2. Last name starts with W?

One DQ reserved.

60

IQ1: Were you the Phantom of the Paradise?
IQ2: Did you portray #1?
IQ3: Did you portray Swan, #1’s nemesis?