# One sentence summaries - THE GAME **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589 "2003-04-23T14:24:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/81 "2003-04-24T18:08:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diane \* > \*\* > 2. After bad people “cut in” on the dance, no one gets to leave. > > \*\* The Hole? Edward Scissorhands? the sequel to Carrie? Interview with a Vampire? ---
**Author:** ![HoviBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HoviBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoviBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/82 "2003-04-24T18:37:06Z")
Movies 1: A good thing to remember: Clones don’t so much attack, per se, as they do just sit in cool, goo filled bubbles. 2: Tresspassing young rapscallion gets what he deserves after messing with the wrong man’s woman. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/83 "2003-04-24T20:36:15Z")
1. Attack of the Body Snatchers? Smam - Nope, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![HoviBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HoviBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoviBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/84 "2003-04-24T20:47:12Z")
Nope, sorry Diane. ---
**Author:** ![knock\_knock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@knock\_knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knock_knock)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/85 "2003-04-24T22:32:09Z")
I’ll edit mine a bit: 1. Newly built sports facility generates higher than expected attendance. 2. Misdirected airplane struggles to arrive on time because of fear that tardiness will result in reprisal. (A made for TV movie based on a book) 3. Burglars foiled by new security system and its dedicated administrator. 4. Precocious student-athlete fixes problem in school’s plumbing system. I’m stumped on all the ones out there. ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/86 "2003-04-24T23:17:29Z")
Burglars foiled by new security system and its dedicated administrator. _Panic Room_? smample (2) Guy looking for money scratches his stubble often _The Treasure of the Sierra Madre_? ---
**Author:** ![knock\_knock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@knock\_knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knock_knock)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/87 "2003-04-25T00:11:15Z")
Nope, Jabba. My 3. could say “Two burglars are foiled by a new security system and its dedicated administrator.” ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/88 "2003-04-25T01:22:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by knock knock \* > **1. Newly built sports facility generates higher than expected attendance.** _Field of Dreams_ ---
**Author:** ![knock\_knock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@knock\_knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knock_knock)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/89 "2003-04-25T02:41:18Z")
Right on, Protesilaus ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/90 "2003-04-25T03:00:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by knock knock \* > \*\*2. Misdirected airplane struggles to arrive on time because of fear that tardiness will result in reprisal. (A made for TV movie based on a book) \*\* The Langoliers? ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/91 "2003-04-25T11:15:24Z")
**Jabba** it ain’t the Sierra Madre. **HoviBaby** your clone one is either Attack of the clones or Alien Ressurection, maybe. **knock knock** Number 3’s gotta be Home Alone ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/92 "2003-04-25T11:17:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diane \* > **2. After bad people “cut in” on the dance, no one gets to leave.** **From Dusk till Dawn?** ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/93 "2003-04-25T13:04:15Z")
Nope, not Dust Til Dawn although it would make sense, the “cutting in” part and then the “sinking fast” (as in the movie started great then turned to crap, heh) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/94 "2003-04-25T13:40:00Z")
1: A good thing to remember: Clones don’t so much attack, per se, as they do just sit in cool, goo filled bubbles. Minority Report? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/95 "2003-04-25T13:41:31Z")
Young girl discovers dancing and love in the fifties. ---
**Author:** ![cankerist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@cankerist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cankerist)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/96 "2003-04-25T14:57:00Z")
**HoviBaby** Clones don’t so much attack, per se, as they do just sit in cool, goo filled bubbles Matrix? ---
**Author:** ![HoviBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HoviBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoviBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/97 "2003-04-25T15:09:52Z")
My # 1: A good thing to remember: Clones don’t sop much attack, per se, as they do sit in cool goo filled bubbles. (Attack of the Clones) 2: A tresspassing young rapscallion finally gets what he deserves after messing with the wrong man’s woman. (Titanic) Movie- When life hands you lemons, go on a city wide killing spree, alienating the only two people in your life you care about, and finally dying a pitiful, self-inflicted death while Robert Duval whines in the background. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/98 "2003-04-25T15:29:47Z")
> [@](#): > > When life hands you lemons, go on a city wide killing spree, alienating the only two people in your life you care about, and finally dying a pitiful, self-inflicted death while Robert Duval whines in the background. ’ The Godfather? ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/99 "2003-04-25T15:35:04Z")
ANSWER: After bad people “cut in” on the dance, no one gets to leave. That was Ghostshi(t)p. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/100 "2003-04-25T15:49:00Z")
So, is no-one willing to take a crack at mine? 1. Hooligans foil a plan a genius has for cognitive improvement of his compatriots. 2. Conflict over speech issues has religious implications. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589.md?page=6)