It’s:
[spoiler]C-CARNATION-SAUR (Carnosaur)
Movie not obscure enough for you? How about this?
[/spoiler]
Got #1
RHODODENDRON WOMEN ON THE MOON - Amazon Women on the Moon
I just checked some more of the spoilage – you’d have lost that bet. But do remember that I’m the guy who’d never heard of Natalie Portman or Christina Hendricks until they were mentioned at SDMB recently. :smack:
Please PM me when there’s a thread on Geography puzzles or Trivia related to computers of the 1970’s. :smack:
One more then I’ll stop for the day.
#5:
INDUS-IATOR - Gladiator
A couple more.
Number 7:
AN AN DE DR EY FA GR NL IO ST
Sorted:
ST FA NL EY AN DR IO GR AN DE
Buffer letter F removed.
Rio Grande replaced with Iris.
Movie title:
Stanley and Iris.
Number 10:
AB CE EC HI NA NI NG UR
Sorted:
EC HI NA CE AB UR NI NG
Echinacea removed and replaced with Mississippi.
Movie title:
Mississippi Burning.
And my last one for today.
Number 13:
AR BE EH HE IT LE MB OF ST TH TH
Ordered:
TH EH ST AR OF BE TH LE HE MB IT
The buffer H (2nd) removed.
Star of Bethlehem removed and replaced with Ob.
Movie title:
The Hobbit.
Correction:
That 2nd H has to stay in for The Hobbit. :smack:
Sorry.
Number 17:
AD AN AN CR DE DG EN EN ER LD NA NG RE ST TZ TZ UI YA
Ordered:
YA NG TZ EN CR AN TZ AN DG UI LD EN ST ER NA RE DE AD
Yangtze removed, and replaced with Rose.
Movie title:
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Good job on that one! I thought if any one title was not to be solved, that title was going to be it.
Number 6:
EA EH MO NG ON OW RA SC TH YD
Ordered:
MO SC OW ON TH EH YD RA NG EA
Hydrangea removed and replaced with Hudson.
Movie title:
Moscow on the Hudson.
And my last one for today.
Number 15:
CK EA ES HF II IL KI ON OR QU RC RE RT SJ SS TA TH
Ordered:
SS TA RT RE KI II TH ES EA RC HF OR SJ ON QU IL CK
Buffer letter S (1st one) removed.
Jonquil removed, and replaced with Po.
Movie title:
Star Trek III : The Search for Spock.
I have an unfair advantage - it’s been on the list of movies that I want to see since I read a review when it came out. That was 20? years ago, but I still haven’t managed to get around to watching it.
Thanks for the reminder.
Number 18:
IA IN LA NA NE PO PR SE SO TT
Ordered:
PO IN SE TT IA SO NA PR LA NE
Buffer letter R removed.
Poinsettia removed and replaced with Snake.
Movie title:
Snakes on a Plane.
Wow, that just leaves #9 and #16.
And of course, the naming of the common factor —which I suppose is obvious at this point…
Number 9:
AN AR AY CT EF EM FE GA IG IN MM NM NT OF OO RI SO SS TH TH
Ordered:
THX EF FE CT OF GA MM AR AY SO NM AN IN TH EM OO NT IG RI SS
Tigris removed, and replaced with Marigold.
X represents an E that I can’t seem to find in the letter mix.
Movie title:
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds.
Number 16:
AI BE BL EI ES GO NC NI TH
Ordered:
TH EI NC BE GO NI AI BL ES
Begonia removed and replaced with Red.
Movie title:
The Incredibles.
Excellent work Snerky Snerk! You are blooming good as a puzzle solver!
Also kudos to Tom Scud and steronz as well. An in-seine-ly fine job everyone!
Sorry for taking so long to finish it. I really struggled with the last two. I don’t know if it was on purpose, but -
- AI BE BL EI ES GO NC NI TH
- threw me right off. I looked at it and said ok, it has Saigon in it. That must be the Saigon River.:smack:
I figured the movie name was very close to The Incredibles, but I just couldn’t make it work. Unsurprisingly.
Anyway, thank you very much for the mental workout. Much appriciated.
I was more of a lurker when you had the last puzzle with the coded messages. I didn’t manage to crack those at all, but had some fun trying, so a late congrats on the construction of that one as well.