# Special Movie Trivia: Identify the movie from this scene description. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2002, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533 "2002-03-11T07:44:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/301 "2002-11-27T21:09:39Z")
Right on, **Jabba**! Av1 was indeed _Fearless_. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/302 "2002-11-27T21:17:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > \*\*Finally! NDP 25 is “Vertigo.” > > Now, a new one: > > NDP 28 - A gila monster crawls under a rock. > \*\* Treasure of the Sierra Madre. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/303 "2002-11-27T21:25:33Z")
Neighbors it is, with Tim Kazurinsky punching John Belushi in the stomach! ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/304 "2002-11-27T21:33:47Z")
I have several nobody has guessed at. Any guesses? HPL 2: An outburst on the part of a young man leads to his death, the death of an employee, and the near deaths of several members of his family. HPL 3: Two men begin a conversation by discussing a stolen object and end up planning the construction of a house. HPL 4: A young man saves the lives of several others by allowing himself to be killed. HPL 5: A man uses lizard tissue to give himself an extra hand and a roving eye, but niether are his. HPL 6: An octopus causes an atomic explosion. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/305 "2002-11-27T21:37:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HPL \* > \*\*HPL 5: A man uses lizard tissue to give himself an extra hand and a roving eye, but niether are his. \*\* Severed Ties ? ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/306 "2002-11-27T21:43:59Z")
HPL 4: Platoon? ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/307 "2002-11-27T21:51:43Z")
HPL 3: For some reason this reminds me of _Life as a House_. Is that it? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/308 "2002-11-27T22:03:53Z")
HPL … you are correct! NDP 28 is “Treasure of the Sierra Madre” HPL 6 is “Bride of the Monster” (“He tampered in God’s domain!”) ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/309 "2002-11-27T22:56:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > \*\*HPL … you are correct! NDP 28 is “Treasure of the Sierra Madre” > > HPL 6 is “Bride of the Monster” (“He tampered in God’s domain!”) \*\* Yep. I’m glad I’m not the only one in here who watches B Horror Flicks. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/310 "2002-11-27T22:57:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Avalonian \* > \*\*HPL 3: For some reason this reminds me of _Life as a House_. Is that it? \*\* Nope. A lot older then that. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/311 "2002-11-27T22:58:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Frankd6 \* > \*\*HPL 4: Platoon? \*\* Nice try, but nope. HPL 4 is not a war movie. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/312 "2002-11-28T06:47:42Z")
HPL: I’m familiar with “Bride of the Monster” mainly because its production was a part of the movie “Ed Wood” and because it was featured on MST 3K (“That’s one unstable octopus.”) This is a blind guess but is HPL 3 “Frankenstein”? Here’s a new one: NDP 29 - Acting like he’s hardly ever breathed fresh air before, a man sticks his head out of a car window into a winter’s night. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/313 "2002-11-28T09:17:09Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by HPL \* > HPL 4: A young man saves the lives of several others by allowing himself to be killed._\* Child’s Play 3. ---
**Author:** ![Fnoonf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Fnoonf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fnoonf)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/314 "2002-11-28T13:51:47Z")
Here are a couple of things, all from the same movie, a late '90s action flick: 1. Someone dodges a bullet in glorious slow motion. 2. A stern-looking, business-suit-clad villain with a strange accent expounds on his plans for his race to feed off humanity for untold eons. 3. One of the main characters makes a tremendous leap between rooftops. 4. There is a drawn-out firefight with some SWAT-clad guys in a room filled with marble pillars. 5. A cool-ass black guy with shades turns to his co-star and says “The world you live in is just a sugar-coated topping. There is another world beneath it – the _real_ world.” 6. At the film’s climax, one of the characters transcends his limitations and becomes something no one’s ever seen before. 7. It’s not **The Matrix**. Good luck! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fnoonf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Fnoonf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fnoonf)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/315 "2002-11-28T13:53:15Z")
Quick addendum to No. 5: Cool-ass black guy with shades – and a leather trench coat. Can’t leave out those details. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/316 "2002-11-28T15:18:16Z")
Just a WAG…is it Spawn? ---
**Author:** ![Fnoonf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Fnoonf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fnoonf)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/317 "2002-11-28T15:24:04Z")
Nope, not Spawn. Not a bad guess, though. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/318 "2002-11-28T15:42:45Z")
**Fnoonf** , it is Blade ---
**Author:** ![Fnoonf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Fnoonf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fnoonf)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/319 "2002-11-28T16:27:27Z")
Very good, **detop**. Gotta ask, if I may be permitted a slight hijack: Hasn’t anyone ever wondered at the incredible number of similarities (admittedly superficial ones, but still!) between Blade and The Matrix? And the fact that they’re only about a year apart? Or am I just being all conspiracy-theory-guy over nothing? ---
**Author:** ![greenphan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c37758/32.png) [@greenphan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenphan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/320 "2002-12-04T23:21:16Z")
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