August 31 2010
Jesting....1, 2, 3...
As this new domain marks a sequel to Cassowary, let’s engage in a Storm of the same kind, turning one production into a trilogy.
Take Mad Max for example. That movie was followed by Mad Max 2. And finally Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
Or turn your gaze to Jason Bourne, who scrambled and somersaulted through the hoops of Identity, Supremacy, and ultimately The Ultimatum.
Philip Pullman dazzled in his Dark Materials trilogy, where a Golden Compass makes way for a Subtle Knife that lastly points to an Amber Spyglass.
But imagine any one book, or movie, is Part One of a trio. Can you speculate on the two sequels around the corner? Say Muriel’s Wedding wasn’t a dead-end, but the first step of three-step plan. Could the next two films be Muriel’s Settlement, then Muriel [Heart] Rhonda?
Or what about: Green Eggs and Ham, O The Hospitals You Will Go To, Sam He Was?
Or Miss Smilla’s Sense of Snow, Miss Smilla is Concerned for Want of Snow, Miss Smilla Lobbies for Carbon Emissions Trading?
And should you stumble on a double, where two books/films have been created, but not a third, then add that final piece: Babe, Babe: Pig in the City, Kransky.
That’s your challenge in this domain debut – to trilogise. Which isn’t a real verb, but what say we make it a surreal one this week? In the name of relocation, the Storm will last till late Friday, giving wayfarers and regulars a chance to get their new bearings. Get extensive.
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Simon L — 31 August at 11:32AM
How about -
The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Retouched Photo of Dorian Gray, The YouTube Video of Dorian Gray
Simon L — 31 August at 11:45AM
Or, given the poor taste and cross franchising that Hollywood is prone to...
The Hurricane
The Hurricane 2: Rubens Revenge
The Hurricane 3: Ruben v Rocky
JD — 31 August at 12:39PM
Doting parent's trilogy:
Born on the 4th of July
Cut 1st Tooth 4th of November
Rolled Over 25th December
DA — 31 August at 12:56PM
Lovely work. I'm making a U-turn to pitch two operatic prequels:
Madame Butterfly
Shark Boy & Larva Girl
Inch by Inch: Those Crazy Caterpillar Days
JD — 31 August at 01:14PM
Three movies that could be consecutive:
Almost Famous
High Society
Down and Out in Beverley Hills
DA — 31 August at 02:03PM
Gee, that's an interesting twist,JD, treating three existing movies as though they are related, and sequential.
What say we make that a separate category for this feat, with prizes going to the best 3 Contrived Titles, and the best 3 Borrowed Titles? Could be fun.
— 31 August at 02:15PM
My first entry on the new blog. Three existing films making up a trilogy:
A Star is Born
Supernova
The Black Hole
Mr X — 31 August at 02:16PM
And of course I should have realised that my details haven't come over from Cassowary Crossing Again -
My second entry on the new blog. Three existing films making up a trilogy:
A Star is Born
Supernova
The Black Hole
Mr X — 31 August at 02:25PM
A local threesome (incorporating a yet to be filmed novel & a homophone) is:
Howard's End
We Need to Talk about Kevin
Independent's Day
DA — 31 August at 02:27PM
Glad to see you brilliance weathered the migration, Mr X.
DA — 31 August at 02:29PM
Um....your.
(Am trying to install a Preview Post option, to help guard against those li'l typos.)
All user feedback welcome, by the way. Working with my web-maestra at the minute, getting the finer points finessed.
Mr X — 31 August at 02:51PM
Rather than the movies, here's a set of TV shows - as SBS decide to make their 6 pm quiz tougher & tougher:
Letters and Numbers
Words and Equations
Gerunds and Integral Calculus
As far as site feedback goes - are the links from Cassowary Crossing coming over ? I've gotten use to clicking on the Puzzability link for a regular hit of Common Knowledge
Mauve — 31 August at 02:55PM
The Graduate
The Lawyer
The White-Collar Crim
Mauve — 31 August at 02:58PM
prequels...
Apocalypse Soon
Apocalypse Nearly There
Apocalypse Now
mauve — 31 August at 03:02PM
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
One Enters The Cuckoo's Nest
I'm Mark Latham. Where's Reception?
Mauve — 31 August at 03:03PM
Apocalypse Soon
Apocalypse Nearly There
Apocalypse Now
dg — 31 August at 03:03PM
Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead
Home Alone
The Delinquents
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Dog Day Afternoon*
The Night of The Hunter
The Morning After*
I had no idea that these 2 had the same director
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mauve — 31 August at 03:10PM
Annie Hall
Mia Farrow
Scarlett Johanssen
DA — 31 August at 03:36PM
Mauve, bienvenidos...
A good point about those Links too, Mr X. Will look into that.
PRS — 31 August at 05:18PM
Babe
Good Girl, Bad Girl
Pretty Woman
PRS — 31 August at 05:25PM
The Firm
Bad Company
The Mafia
or in reverse for a redemption trilogy
PRS — 31 August at 05:30PM
15 Minutes
48 Hrs
Another 28 Days Later
dg — 31 August at 05:33PM
DA,
Why do i have to keep typing in my name and email? (I didnt on Cassowary)
The Conversation
The SMS
The Tweet
DA — 31 August at 05:37PM
I'm hearing you, dg. A minor bump, which defaults with a single character per line anyway, and does reduce the wordpress gift for spam, as beset Cassowary now & then.
Your patience with the prototype is appreciated...
And ahoy, PRS - welcome aboard.
JD — 31 August at 05:49PM
The Year of Living Dangerously
Parenthood
Coccoon
PRS — 31 August at 05:56PM
Come in Spinner
Hello Again
Welcome Stranger
DA: Aye, aye, Cap'n - would comment re the site be preferred here, at the risk of blog clog, or be posted via LaMedia?
DA — 31 August at 06:32PM
Yeah, maybe if your blog comments are on the lengthy side, PRS, then go the LAMEAID option. Or here, if brief.
Can't vouch to change anything, but all this is good feedback for the tech team.
(PS - love your 3 Ages of Humanity, JD.)
PRS — 31 August at 07:03PM
Jigsaw Man
Chopper
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
dg — 31 August at 10:12PM
DA,
There may be some regulars stranded at the old blog. You go to it and its reads
"Letter-ature Later
August 28th, 2010"
BUT the 'Stop Press' isnt seen without scrolling down. Maybe you could put the Stop Press at the top in case people are patiently just expecting more updates there.
PRS — 01 September at 01:12AM
Heading home:
Escape from Jupiter
Appointment with Venus
Flight to Mars
finishing up
Here on Earth
avoiding
Black Moon & Rising Sun
SK — 01 September at 07:25AM
Knocked Up
Deliverance
Million Dollar Baby
Or perhaps...
The Blair Witch Project
W
Dumb and Dumber
— 01 September at 07:32AM
The Julia Gillard Trilogy...
Moving Forward
Moving Back
You Do The Hokey Pokey And You Turn Around
Mauve — 01 September at 07:33AM
um, that was me. It's too early in the morning for me to remember to fill in fields
mauve — 01 September at 07:34AM
A Simple Man
An Even Simpler Man
Fevola
Mauve — 01 September at 07:35AM
Lost In Translation
Totally Confused
Inception
DA — 01 September at 08:32AM
dg - re the Stop Press stopgap, that will become a re-direction banner in the next day or two - thanks.
My overnight reveries:
Go
Up
Cold Mountain
You've Got Mail
UV Got Txt
Tweet Fail
JD — 01 September at 09:08AM
Hamlet
Our Town
Metropolis
JD — 01 September at 10:34AM
(hope this isn't a repeat -it's either been swallowed up or lost in the ether)
Riches to Rags story:
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Lunch at Bevilles
Dinner at Klein's
PRS — 01 September at 12:44PM
Ben Hur
Ben Hymn
Ben Hu
Simon L — 01 September at 04:13PM
Continuing the biblical epic theme, but allowing for and increase in bureaucracy and a decrease in general attention spans.
The Ten Commandments
The Seven Short Listed Recommendations
The Three Bullet Point Executive Summary
Mr X — 01 September at 05:12PM
In the Foreign Film Category:
Il Postino
La Fax Machine
Das Internet Server
DK — 01 September at 07:30PM
Carmen
Goin'
Who Goes there?
Andrew — 01 September at 08:48PM
My Dinner with Andre
In the Heat of the Night
The Mummy
DA — 01 September at 08:54PM
Saving Private Ryan
Selling Private Ryan's Remarkable Story
Saving Private Ryan From Himself
PRS — 01 September at 11:23PM
Run Fat Boy, Run
The Sadist
Intolerable Cruelty
PRS — 01 September at 11:28PM
The Cars That Ate Paris
The Buses That Clogged London
The Planes That Hit Manhattan
(too raw?...)
PRS — 01 September at 11:33PM
The Reluctant Boxer
The Occasional Pruner
The Constant Gardener
SB — 02 September at 05:22PM
A few late entries
Fatal Attraction
My Summer of Love
The End of the Affair
Silence of the Lambs
The Words of my Father
Clash of the Titans
Single White Female
Married Black Male
Widowed Greying Hermaphrodite
JD — 02 September at 07:57PM
Weight Watcher's trilogy:
Supersize Me
Biggest Loser
Absolutely Fabulous
(cross media promotion)
DK — 03 September at 07:04PM
Great Expectations
High Hopes
Reality Bites.