# One sentence summaries that miss the point -- The Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 20, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166 "2009-03-20T14:59:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/141 "2009-03-28T17:43:30Z")

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> [@Meeko](#):
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> Not “The Da Vinci Code” is it ?

No. Colder.

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**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/142 "2009-03-28T21:18:35Z")

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> [@Aghris](#):
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> [39] WAG: Ghost Busters?

Tragically not.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/143 "2009-03-28T23:35:50Z")

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> [@Aghris](#):
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> Close enough. I’d have thought that Vanilla Sky would be more mainstream, but they are essentially the same film.

Not to sound like an art film snob, but I haven’t seen Vanilla Sky. Which is why I mentioned the original film. Is Vanilla Sky essentially the same story, or was it changed a lot?

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