The Syndicate

Day 5:

Who shot Timmer in the face?

Poll ended at Wed Feb 11, 2015 12:25:18 pm

Bass the Clever
0
No votes
BirdWithTeeth11
0
No votes
BlackRock
0
No votes
Canucklehead
0
No votes
DFaraday
0
No votes
Dom
0
No votes
Lizzy
0
No votes
Long Con
0
No votes
Made
5
Long Con (8), Spacedaisy (10), S~V~S (11), Roxy (12), Ricochet (13) 38%
MetalMarsh
0
No votes
Ricochet
1
birdwithteeth11 (9) 8%
Roxy
0
No votes
sabie12
0
No votes
SpaceDaisy
0
No votes
S~V~S
1
Made (7) 8%
thellama73
0
No votes
TurnipHead
0
No votes
My Wayward (Ali)Son
6
MovingPictures07 (1), Mongoose (2), zeek (3), Vompatti (4), timmer (5), Epignosis (6) 46%
Total votes : 13

Day 5: Death by Choreography

The ghost of Vomps said: "Busby Berkeley was a Hollywood movie director and musical choreographer. Berkeley devised elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns. Berkeley's works used large numbers of showgirls and props as fantasy elements in kaleidoscopic on-screen performances."

If you have a baby or small child, I probably have sang this song to him/her [1].

"Which of his is your favorite?" asked Made.

"I like Gold Diggers of 1933," said Long Con.

"I prefer the classicism of 42nd Street," opined Dom.

"Who could forget Carmen Miranda in The Gang's All Here?" asked Roxy.

"I should get a hat like that," said Llama.

"Let's make kaleidoscopic patterns with our bodies!" said BirdWithTeeth11.

"HUMAN PYRAMID?!" exclaimed Metalmarsh.

The group formed a human carousel of people, with Made at the top. Someone pushed him off, and he toppled to the cold, hard ground.

Made has died. He was David Lean.

It is now Night 5. You have 30 hours[2] to send in your night actions and vote in the night poll.

[1] Isn't Ginger Rogers transcendentally beautiful?
[2] to allow us to get back on a regular schedule.

Okay to post. Host post in a moment.

A Person wrote:
Mongoose wrote:Good evening, players.

Hope you are having a very special Tuesday.

I'm planning on a film club event this weekend where we would all watch The Golem at the same time. Stay tuned for details. It is available on Youtube.

As you were!
can dead people join?

It is mandatory for dead people to join.

Good evening, players.

Hope you are having a very special Tuesday.

I'm planning on a film club event this weekend where we would all watch The Golem at the same time. Stay tuned for details. It is available on Youtube.

As you were!

*Required Watching: Un Chien Andalou

Perhaps the most known collab between Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.

* Required Watching for life, not for the game.

And now a word from Eisenstein:

Hello ladies and Gents. So day four is over and poor Pedro Almodovar ended up getting lynched. So no baddies yet to be lynched but the baddies have only had one successful kill. Poor llama can't get a break. I still think MM needs to be lynched. Also is anyone else finding Black Rock a bit suspicious ? Well until next time all you cool kids.

Treasure of the Sierra Madre is one of my favorite films.

Day 5:

I'm Looking for the Man Who Shot Timmer

Who could it be?

It is FINALLY Day 5.

Timmer has died.

You have 48 hours to find the shootist.

Also: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075213/combined

Also sorry for sucking.

*senora*

Best film:

Best pick for best pic?

Poll ended at Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:26:23 pm

American Sniper
0
No votes
Birdman
4
Mongoose (2), thellama73 (4), Ricochet (14), zeek (21) 14%
Boyhood
4
Mongoose (1), thellama73 (3), Canucklehead (5), zeek (20) 14%
Grand Budapest Hotel
6
Dom (6), MovingPictures07 (9), A Person (10), The Ghost (18), timmer (23), Bass_the_Clever (28) 21%
Imitation Game
1
S~V~S (12) 4%
Selma
4
Dom (7), S~V~S (13), timmer (25), DFaraday (26) 14%
Theory of Everything
0
No votes
Whiplash
2
Dom (8), timmer (24) 7%
I've not seen any of these.
7
Metalmarsh89 (11), Black Rock (15), Vompatti (16), Long Con (17), nijuukyugou (19), Made (22), Spacedaisy (27) 25%
Total votes : 28

I'm home for lunch. Give me 2 shakes.

I'm just getting home from St Pete after an exhausting weekend in more ways than one (hanging out with my soon to be former husband and in-laws while the latter are stateside) -- got back to hotel every night at 2am and then up at 8 so just really intense and cannot even fathom figuring out PMs tonight -- I'll post tomorrow during lunch break!

Apologies -- I'll make it up to you, but about to collapse.

<3,
Your Wayward Host

A Person wrote:I've yet to see Birdman or Boyhood, but I thought Budapest was particularly good. I won't vote though as I've not seen anything apart from it.

Aww, you could though.

Whiplash was also quite compelling.

thellama73 wrote:Couldn't choose between Boyhood and Birdman, so I voted for both. Budapest was great, but it was really just Wes being Wes and I'm not sure it deserves best picture in this unusualy strong crop.

Same

The night poll is up and allows you to be the Academy! All options on the poll are the 2015 Academy Award nominated films for best feature (English language). Feel free to pick more than one.

Misspelled Director's Chair Answers:

1. Sham Pleckinhpagh - Sam Peckinpah
2. Lard box pliers - Lars von Trier
3. China Yeastmood - Clint Eastwood
4. Epia Casan - Elia Kazan
5. Pony Martial - Penny Marshall
6. Knick Cassaveddies - Nick Cassavetes
7. Olive Hirstone - Oliver Stone
8. John Pee-air Joonay - Jean-Pierre Jeunet
9. June Hoebawng - Joon-ho Bong
10. Joan Who - John Woo

Day 4: Get on the Damn Plane

Rick: Because you're getting on that plane.
Ilsa: I don't understand. What about you?
Rick: I'm staying here with him [Renault] 'til the plane gets safely away.
Ilsa: No, Richard. No. What has happened to you? Last night...
Rick: Last night, we said a great many things. You said I was to do the thinking for both of us. Well, I've done a lot of it since then and it all adds up to one thing. You're getting on that plane with Victor where you belong.
Ilsa: But Richard, no, I've...
Rick: Now, you've got to listen to me. Do you have any idea what you have to look forward to if you stayed here? Nine chances out of ten, we'd both wind up in a concentration camp. Isn't that true, Louis?
Renault: I'm afraid Major Strasser would insist.
Ilsa: You're saying this only to make me go.
Rick: I'm saying it because it's true. Inside of us, we both know you belong with Victor. You're part of his work, the thing that keeps him going. If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.
Ilsa: But what about us?
Rick: We'll always have Paris. We didn't have it before...we'd...we'd lost it until you came to Casablanca. We got it back last night.
Ilsa: When I said I would never leave you...
Rick: And you never will. But I've got a job to do too. Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that. Now, now. Here's looking at you, kid.

Blooper was pushed into the propeller and died immediately. She was Pedro Almodovar.
It is now Night 4. You have 48 hours to submit your PMs (notice extended time).

Day 4 Poll:

Who switched the saws?

Poll ended at Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:10:23 pm

Bass the Clever
0
No votes
BlackRock
0
No votes
Canucklehead
1
nijuukyugou (13) 6%
DFaraday
0
No votes
Dom
0
No votes
Lizzy
0
No votes
Long Con
0
No votes
Made
1
Roxy (5) 6%
MetalMarsh
2
Bass_the_Clever (8), S~V~S (11) 13%
Ninjablooper
2
thellama73 (9), Canucklehead (14) 13%
Ricochet
1
birdwithteeth11 (10) 6%
Roxy
3
Metalmarsh89 (6), Black Rock (15), Turnip Head (16) 19%
sabie12
0
No votes
SpaceDaisy
0
No votes
S~V~S
0
No votes
thellama73
1
Long Con (12) 6%
Timmer
0
No votes
TurnipHead
0
No votes
James Wan (get it? Host/Mod/Deadies/NPs)
5
Mongoose (1), Vompatti (2), Epignosis (3), zeek (4), A Person (7) 31%

You have about 90 mins left to submit your answers to the misspelled director's chair game. If you entered a submission, you should have received a PM from me. If you did not receive a message from me, please PM me.

Thanks!

"Be cuddly to your fellow players."

Announcements:

Thank you all for your submissions so far for the Misspelled Director's Chair event/game. You still another full day. At the end of Day 4, I'll notify the winners and alert them of their prize(s).

I'll be out of town this weekend (and every weekend in February, ugh), so my plan is to have Day 5 last three days instead of two. I will be with my in-laws who are stateside so won't have a ton fo time to make the Night post, BUT I will be able to check in occasionally and answer your questions.

Thank you for all being respectful to one another and for bearing with me as my TS access has been greatly lessened (due to work blocking it -- I sometimes go outside far enough where my phone gets signal to check for messages -- just that dedicated!)

Back to your regularly scheduled Day 4, already in progress.

Oh here's a video. The Academy's tribute to Kate Hepburn, the superior of the two Hepburns.

birdwithteeth11 wrote:I'll settle this debate then. Mostly because I'm just as curious as all of you as to how I came back.

@Hostess: Was me dying on Night 3 an hosting error on your part, or was I actually rezzed?

No known hosting error(s) has/have been committed at this time.

Made wrote:Is there a recruiter in this game?

No, I took that role out when I cut out 7+ roles.

Effective immediately, birdwithteeth11 has been resurrected.

And now a word from Eisenstein:

Hey everyone. So Vompatti finally got lynched turns out it was for nothing because he was Francois Truffaut. Poor Godard won't be receiving any more messages . So now the the wild Vomps chase is over were should we look at today. I still think everyone should take a hard look at MM. So until next time everyone stay classy.

Night 3 Poll:

Fave 3 films by Opie?

Poll ended at Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:02:11 pm

Rush
4
Mongoose (1), Ricochet (25), Bass_the_Clever (30), birdwithteeth11 (35) 9%
Angels & Demons
3
zeek (11), Bass_the_Clever (31), nijuukyugou (43) 6%
Frost/Nixon
4
Mongoose (2), zeek (12), Dom (15), birdwithteeth11 (34) 9%
Da Vinci Code
0
No votes
Cinderella Man
0
No votes
The Missing
1
Vompatti (20) 2%
A Beautiful Mind
8
thellama73 (5), Long Con (9), Dom (14), Black Rock (17), Vompatti (21), S~V~S (29), Bass_the_Clever (32), nijuukyugou (42) 17%
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
3
Metalmarsh89 (24), Lizzy (39), nijuukyugou (44) 6%
EdTV
0
No votes
Ransom
0
No votes
Apollo 13
8
zeek (13), Dom (16), Metalmarsh89 (23), Ricochet (26), S~V~S (28), birdwithteeth11 (33), Lizzy (41), Canucklehead (45) 17%
The Paper
0
No votes
Far and Away
5
Mongoose (3), Vompatti (22), S~V~S (27), timmer (36), Canucklehead (47) 11%
Backdraft
1
timmer (37) 2%
Parenthood
0
No votes
Willow
4
thellama73 (6), Epignosis (7), Long Con (10), Black Rock (18) 9%
Gung Ho
1
thellama73 (4) 2%
Cocoon
3
Long Con (8), Black Rock (19), Lizzy (40) 6%
Splash
2
timmer (38), Canucklehead (46) 4%
Night Shift
0
No votes
Total votes : 47

Event: The Director's Chair

Instructions: These directors' names have been misspelled on their director chairs! Send in a PM to me with your corrected answers. The player(s) with the most correct answers wins a prize. You have until the Day 4 poll closes.

1. Sham Pleckinhpagh
2. Lard box pliers
3. China Yeastmood
4. Epia Casan
5. Pony Martial
6. Knick Cassaveddies
7. Olive Hirstone
8. John Pee-air Joonay
9. June Hoebawng
10. Joan Whoo

Night 3: Christopher Nolan Nation

Christopher Nolan looks like a former workmate and was known for his start in cerebral, non-linear filmmaking in films like Following and Memento. Nowadays, Nolan is a bona fide blockbuster director with such colossal films as The Dark Knight, Inception and Interstellar under his belt.

Nolan has had his share of missteps. Insomnia was a critical flop despite pulling high-caliber powerhouse actor Al Pacino. It was perhaps the paradigm of ingenious concept, terrible execution.

I've always liked that he has co-written some of his films with his brother and that he owns a production company with his wife. Keepin' it in the family!

The Prestige is my favorite of his films because I like a) David Bowie as Tesla and b) a film about magicians/illusionists. That said, I actually prefer the similar film The Illusionist (this is an extreme minority opinion).

"What is your favorite film about magicians?" asked Made.

"Who needs a film about magicians when you have a real life illusionist right here?" asked Llama, thumbing at himself. "Watch me juggle!"

"I might have a magic trick, if you know what I mean," said BWT.

"I like The Wizard of Gore," said the ghost of Vompatti.

"Does Bedknobs and Broomsticks count?" said the spectre of A Person.

"Can I saw you in half?" asked Llama.

"Sure, let's do that," said BirdWithTeeth.

Birdy laid down in the box and Llama flourished his cape, which he always kept in his satchel (for emergencies). Llama cut through the box and into BirdWithTeeth, who began screaming.

"Wow, he's really screaming," said Spacedaisy.

"So realistic!" said Sabie.

Llama opened up the box and showed the audience. Blood was everywhere. The trick had not work and BWT was sawed in two.

"What have you done!" yelled Roxy.

"Someone must have switched my blade!" Llama said, aghast at the mistake.

BirdWithTeeth11 done died.
It is now Day 4.

You have 48 hours to determine who switched the saws.

Last hour for PMS!

Turnip Head wrote:Really sorry players and host, I have had no time to mafia the past few days. Rest in peace Vompatti, sorry you got lynched again for your style but I'm sure you are quite used to it.

Host: May the revealed roles please be placed next to the names of the lynched players in the opening post for easy reference?

Absolutely!!

The night poll is up. Feel free to vote for up to three of your favorite films by Ron Howard.

Day 3: Who used too many lens flares?

Poll ended at Mon Feb 02, 2015 9:48:35 pm

Bass the Clever
0
No votes
BirdWithTeeth11
0
No votes
BlackRock
0
No votes
Canucklehead
0
No votes
DFaraday
0
No votes
Dom
0
No votes
Lizzy
0
No votes
Long Con
0
No votes
Made
1
Roxy (19) 5%
MetalMarsh
0
No votes
Ninjablooper
0
No votes
Ricochet
0
No votes
Roxy
1
Metalmarsh89 (13) 5%
sabie12
0
No votes
SpaceDaisy
0
No votes
thellama73
0
No votes
Timmer
0
No votes
TurnipHead
0
No votes
Vompatti
12
Long Con (6), Dom (7), thellama73 (8), Canucklehead (9), Made (10), timmer (11), DFaraday (12), birdwithteeth11 (14), Bass_the_Clever (15), Black Rock (16), Ricochet (17), nijuukyugou (18) 63%
J.J. Abrams (Host/Mod/NPs/Deadies)
5
zeek (1), Mongoose (2), A Person (3), MovingPictures07 (4), Epignosis (5) 26%
Total votes : 19

Day 3: Welcome Back, Potter

Alfonso Cuaron is a Mexican director perhaps best known for Y Tu Mama Tambien, Children or Men and Gravity. He is also known is certain circles as being the director for the third Harry Potter film, which has a few homages to Y Tu Mama in certain scenes, if you know what to look for.

"He won the BAFTA for Best Director last year for Gravity," announced Ninjambalaya.

"Aren't he and two other dudes known as 'The Three Amigos of Cinema?" asked LongCon.

"Yeah, him and Alejandro González Iñárritu and Guillermo del Toro," answered Timmer helpfully.

"Hot," said Lizzy.

Vomps looked at Lizzy. He ignited from desire and the cafe exploded.

Compare with the street shoot in Azkaban below to see how his style carries through.

Notice the rotating shots and muted palette on both films. These are films grounded in reality, but with a melancholy filter of ethereal madness overlaid upon them.

Vompatti has been lynched. He was Francois Truffaut.
It is now Night 3.

You have 24 hours to vote in the night poll and send in your PMs.

Hi players, Happy Monday!

Here are my favorite living and favorite all-time actors interviewing one another on Iconoclasts.

Thanks for your entries! I enjoyed them all.

The winner has been notified via PM.

And now a word from Eisenstein:

So here is the recap folks mp got lynched, and it could have been a vomp save. So vomps might be worth a vote this next day phase. If you aren't feeling a vomps vote I would suggest looking a MM somethings up with that guy. Well till next time folks .

Night 2: Just for Fun Poll

Just For Fun Poll: Wes Anderson's Oeuvre
Poll ended at Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:41:29 pm

Bottle Rocket
0
No votes
Rushmore
0
No votes
Royal Tenenbaums
4
zeek (5), S~V~S (7), timmer (11), FZ. (14) 25%
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
3
Mongoose (1), Vompatti (2), Long Con (3) 19%
Darjeeling Limited
0
No votes
Fantastic Mr. Fox
3
Ricochet (6), A Person (10), Black Rock (13) 19%
Mongoose Kingdom
1
thellama73 (4) 6%
The Grand Budapest Hotel
5
MovingPictures07 (8), Dom (9), birdwithteeth11 (12), nijuukyugou (15), Bass_the_Clever (16) 31%
The Shorts: Hotel Cavalier/Castello Cavalcanti
0
No votes
Total votes : 16

Night 2: Who Peed in My Cornflakes?

Ida Lupino did not pee in your cornflakes.

Ida Lupino was a visionary filmmaker. During a time that filmmaking was largely a man's gig, she brought strong acting and camerawork to the screen.

Perhaps best known for such classic hits as The Big Knife (starring Jack Palance andherself) and The Hitch-hiker (she was the first woman to direct a Film Noir), Lupino was also an actress who was frequently cast as a femme fatale or naughty girl.

FZ thought someone had actually peed in her cornflakes when they had not. She died at the thought of it.

FZ has died.
It is now Day 3. You now have 48 hours to find the serial cereal killer.

Loving the submissions, guys! Thanks for participating!

You still have a couple hours to get your entries in should you want to still engage.

Happy Saturday, sweet players.

I'll be out this afternoon doing indoor rock climbing, but I should not have any problem getting the Night 2 post up on time.

Don't forget to post your entry by COB tonight if you'd like to participate in the contest. Have fun with it!

Enjoy mise-en-scene from 2006's ethereal beauty The Fall:

I really recommend this film. The perfect touch of fantastical reality.

Day 2 Poll:

Who doesn't respect glass?
Poll ended at Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:33:12 pm

Bass the Clever
0
No votes
BirdWithTeeth11
0
No votes
BlackRock
0
No votes
Canucklehead
0
No votes
DFaraday
0
No votes
Dom
0
No votes
FZ.
0
No votes
Lizzy
0
No votes
Long Con
0
No votes
Made
1
Turnip Head (12) 5%
MetalMarsh
1
Bass_the_Clever (7) 5%
MovingPictures07
7
Canucklehead (6), timmer (9), Dom (11), Roxy (15), S~V~S (16), Metalmarsh89 (17), Vompatti (18) 37%
Ninjablooper
0
No votes
Ricochet
1
DFaraday (13) 5%
Roxy
0
No votes
sabie12
0
No votes
SpaceDaisy
0
No votes
S~V~S
0
No votes
thellama73
0
No votes
Timmer
0
No votes
TurnipHead
1
Black Rock (19) 5%
Vompatti
4
thellama73 (4), FZ. (5), Ricochet (10), nijuukyugou (14) 21%
Hipsters and their Mason jar obsessions (Host/Mod/NPs/Deadies)
4
Mongoose (1), zeek (2), A Person (3), Epignosis (8) 21%
Total votes : 19

Event: Directors Respond to Negative Film Reviews

Roger Ebert was known for his sometimes scathing reviews of film.

Ebert's story is being told in the new biodoc Life Itself. I sobbed uncontrollably when I read these memoirs (before he died) because they were so beautiful. Reading his thoughts on Bergman's Persona or meeting Fellini were breathtakingly effervescent.

Additionally, negative reviews can be hilarious in nature.

For today's challenge (optional as always), your job is to write a snippet AS any director responding to a fake negative review of your film. Feel free to a fake quote or include block quotes from this hypothetical bad review. Alternatively, you may respond AS any director responding to an actual negative review of the film.

Be hilarious! Have fun with it.

Post your submissions within the game thread by the end of Night 2 for one doozy of a prize. The winner will be selected by a neutral third party.

Inspiration: http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/ ... ood-movies

Thanks for playing, bub.

Day 2: When Harry Met Sally

It was finally time for the class to fuel up on some scrumptious vittles.

"Do you have any liver casserole?" Vomps asked the waiter.

"Uhhh, we have turkey burgers?" said Biff the waiter.

"This reminds me of a film," said SVS.

"Harry Met Sally, right?" said Roxy.

"Oh, I love Nora Ephron," said Sabie.

"She wasn't just a rom com queen, she was a highly-lauded and cerebral writer transposing visceral emotions into transformative levity on the big screen," mentioned the waiter, as he jotted down their orders.

"What will you have, sir?" Biff the waiter asked Ricochet.

Ricochet nodded in Lizzy's direction. "I'll have what she's having."

The host is also a big fan of delis.

Host Note: When I auditioned for UF's Performing Arts program, I had two classmates in my acting class audition using this skit. Me and my classmate auditioned with the $5 milkshake scene in Pulp Fiction.

MovingPictures has died from too much deli meat. He was Stanley Kubrick - truly the best friend a bird could ask for.

It is now Night 2. You have 24 hours to send me your night actions and vote in the (optional) night poll.

An event is on the horizon.

Here's a picture of me in front of the historic Tampa Theatre, circa July 2007.

Don't forget to vote, folks!

I am in zebra Betsey Johnson PJs and watching a documentary on Kerouac and still have not found a bird head, but I am available for any questions you may have tonight for the next 90 mins or so. Tomorrow, there might be an event...

Metalmarsh89 wrote:
S~V~S wrote:@Mongoose~ lovely hostess, are all fail kills portrayed the same way, or are distinctions made?
Hiya Mongoose. I'd love an answer to this when you get a chance.

I don't portray how the kill fails happened. Anything in the story is just for flavor

Thanks for requoting this, I missed it the first time.

S~V~S wrote:Edit~

@Mongoose~ is this a one time Golem, or a nightly Golem?

This is a nightly golem.

Night 1: Day, Night, Day, Night

Has anyone seen the movie Day Night Day Night? I watched it when it first came out, and it's been with me ever since.

"It's haunting in a truly cerebral way," mentioned Long Con.

"It looks funny now when 'ture' or its derivatives are spelled correctly," said Sockface.

"That film isn't rated very highly on IMDb," said Black Rock.

"But it's a tour de force performance from the lead actress!" insisted Sabie.

"Maybe I will get it on Netflix, I've heard it was based on an opera from the 1700s," trolled Llama.

Sabie was standing under a chandelier, which you aren't supposed to do if you are a character in a film.

Someone cut the wires to the chandelier and it plummeted toward her! At the very last second, she was pushed out of the way by an unseen hand.

No one has died. You have 48 hours to find her attacker.

It is now Day 2.

I have responded to everyone that sent me a night action. If you sent me a night action and I have not responded, please poke me ASAP.

While you wait for the official night post, here is a word from Eisenstein:

So ladies and gents what are crazy day phase. First people voted BWT to be lynched and he ends up being a really helpful role that could help the civs out a lot if used right. Thank the flim gods for Stanley Kubrick. So now it's day 1.2 and a lot of ideas and theories were being thrown around. MP and Dom are at each other's throats which seems to be the norm now and days. The one person who stuck out the most to the majority was A Person who's self vote seemed to be opportunistic. Poor Darren Aronofsky never had a chance to show off his math skills. Lets try to get it right Day 2 everyone.

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