# Movie Poster -- Word Picture **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713 "2005-07-01T16:20:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/21 "2005-07-01T22:49:04Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > **Beneath the Planet of the Apes**??? I also wondered if it might be one of the apes movies, but I only saw the first one. I even wondered if it might have been **Road Warrior** which I did see but can’t remember the scene being there. Even one of Ahnold’s terminator things. No luck so far guessing this one. Help! ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_of\_the\_Felines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/b5e925/32.png) [@Queen\_of\_the\_Felines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_of_the_Felines)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/22 "2005-07-01T23:27:52Z")
> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#): > > A strange humanoid with a joyous expression is holding up a cat out of some wreckage, amongst the wreckage are kittens, in the background is tremendous upheaval and wreckage. There are tears on the humanoid’s face. Star Trek: Generations? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/23 "2005-07-02T00:05:17Z")
Until **Zabali\_Clawbane** confirms or denies the suggested titles, I suggest we continue on. It’s been three hours or so since the post. New poster: An old man with an eyepatch has the reins for his horse in his teeth and has a gun in each hand. ---
**Author:** ![Desperate\_Welfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Desperate\_Welfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desperate_Welfie)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/24 "2005-07-02T12:40:35Z")
_ **True Grit?** _ ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/25 "2005-07-02T12:54:08Z")
> [@Desperate Welfie](#): > > _ **True Grit?** _ That’s it. Two men in western clothes, without hats, are jumping off a cliff into a stream ---
**Author:** ![Desperate\_Welfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Desperate\_Welfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desperate_Welfie)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/26 "2005-07-02T13:25:31Z")
_ **Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid** _ A half frozen man holding a stick of dynamite in one hand, a lit flare in the other. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/27 "2005-07-02T13:34:44Z")
> [@Desperate Welfie](#): > > _ **Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid** _ > A half frozen man holding a stick of dynamite in one hand, a lit flare in the other. I can see several incomplete pictures. First thought would be **Ice Station Zebra** but I can’t remember enough of that movie to be sure. Another idea is **Die Hard 2** but that’s not clear either. Lastly, I’m thinking **Von Ryan’s Express** for no good reason. Any additional pieces of the picture? Clothing? Setting? Background? Otherwise, I’m stumped. Good one, though. ---
**Author:** ![Desperate\_Welfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Desperate\_Welfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desperate_Welfie)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/28 "2005-07-02T13:54:19Z")
Ok, then. His back’s to a wall in a supply closet. There’s a layer of frost all over his beard, and he has the hood to his fur lined parka pushed back off his head. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/29 "2005-07-02T13:57:41Z")
> [@Desperate Welfie](#): > > Ok, then. > His back’s to a wall in a supply closet. There’s a layer of frost all over his beard, and he has the hood to his fur lined parka pushed back off his head. Could it be Carpenter’s **The Thing**? ---
**Author:** ![Desperate\_Welfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Desperate\_Welfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desperate_Welfie)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/30 "2005-07-02T14:03:12Z")
Bingo!! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/31 "2005-07-02T14:04:06Z")
Here’s a new one: A man in a business suit, holding a briefcase, and a woman in a print dress are being dumped out of a garbage truck into a landfill. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/32 "2005-07-02T21:11:47Z")
> [@Queen of the Felines](#): > > Star Trek: Generations? Yep, sorry I didn’t get back sooner, have had a busy weekend. The “strange humanoid” was Data who would look completely human were it not for his white skin and golden eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/33 "2005-07-02T21:30:39Z")
Adding, I didn’t intend “mischief” by my description of Data either. To me, he can’t be human, because of his white skin and golden eyes, yet he’s got a “human” build, therefore he’s “humanoid” in appearance, (as in, human seeming to a varying degree, but not human) and later you find that he’s an android, designed to learn to be human. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/34 "2005-07-03T10:22:49Z")
> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#): > > Adding, I didn’t intend “mischief” by my description of Data either. To me, he can’t be human, because of his white skin and golden eyes, yet he’s got a “human” build, therefore he’s “humanoid” in appearance, (as in, human seeming to a varying degree, but not human) and later you find that he’s an android, designed to learn to be human. Thanks for clarifying. I couldn’t help but wonder if the “humanoid” was an actual human, such as a little girl. And then I also wondered if maybe it was a monkey or an ape or some other persuasion. I have seen snatches of the Star Trek series after The Original, but not enough to relate to the characters or episodes. I’d have never guessed this one. No biggee, though. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/35 "2005-07-03T11:41:46Z")
In the forground is an old Royal typewriter. The paper becomes trees in snow with someone carrying a body. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/36 "2005-07-03T12:03:55Z")
I have three more. I’ll be back in a couple hours to see if anyone got them. The first is a gimme the second easy, the third may be obscure. 1. Black leather, sun glasses, frowning, he sits astride a Hog with a sawed off shotgun in his left hand. 2. The one face you see, is two, his and hers. 3. Two skiers crisscrossing down the mountain from a pass, but wait… Its a kiss. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/37 "2005-07-03T19:35:23Z")
**picunurse** number two could be either **Tootsie** or **Mrs. Doubtfire** IMO. Am I right? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/38 "2005-07-03T23:29:42Z")
> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#): > > **picunurse** number two could be either **Tootsie** or **Mrs. Doubtfire** IMO. Am I right? Nope. I’m kind of cheating since I have the film proof for the posters in front of me. The second one is _Ghost_Patrick Swazye and Demi Moore ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/39 "2005-07-03T23:33:44Z")
Since I can’t hang out here all day, I’ll put the other two in spoilers too. The first one is _Terminator_ Arnold The third was obscure, at least to me, my husband knew it. _The Perfect Run_ sorry, I don’t know the stars ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713/40 "2005-07-03T23:36:49Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > In the forground is an old Royal typewriter. The paper becomes trees in snow with someone carrying a body. This one is _Misery_ James Caan, Kathy Bates [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-poster-word-picture/310713.md?page=3)