900th Post: Thanks for playing

I want to say thank you so much to all the people who play the mashup game.  I hope you'll continue to play over at Reel Insight.  Here is the final leaderboard after the big push to get enough posts.

Ryan - 9
SDG - 6
Keith - 3
Rachel - 3
Andrew - 2
Red - 1
Dave - 1
Dylan -1

Congratulations to Ryan for coming out on top.  And thanks again to everyone for playing.

Movie Mashup 17

New Clue: Dr. Alex Cross tries to find a kidnapped young woman because with great power comes great responsibility.


The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue.  Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Movie Mashup 16

New Clue: An African bushman finds a Coke and tries to reform an alcoholic country singer with a broken leg. 


The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue.  Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Movie Mashup 15

New Clue: An alien saves a single human just before Earth's destruction and they travel the universe using the "historical documents" from a 1970s sci-fi TV show and defeat a great enemy.

Movie Mashup 14

New Clue: A young man finds out he's an alien being hunted in a hotel where we meet a bellhop who finds people murdered and plays games of chance for fingers.  

The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue.  Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Movie Mashup 13

New Clue: A Spaniard fights hard for his right to die while attempting to pull of a mysterious bank heist without getting caught.  


The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue.  Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Movie Mashup 12

New Clue: An immigrant woman is going blind, but escapes by watching musicals in an underground world controlled by people who put you to sleep.  


The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue.  Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Movie Mashup 11

New Clue:  Two elderly neighbors continue their feud despite having been part of a government mind control experiment that had bizarre consequences and ultimately didn't work. 


The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue.  Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!  

Movie Mashup 10

New Clue: A man falls in love with his brother's girlfriend during a family reunion while a man is caught up in the crucifixion, with humorous results.

Movie Mashup 9

New Clue: A man and woman date on and off for seven years before they figure out they are right for each other (at her sister's wedding), which is good because they'll have to struggle with her illness forever, even as the guy realizes he doesn't want to sell viagra forever.

Movie Mashup 8

New Clue: A group of high school cheerleaders team up with longshoremen to try to make their lives better.

* This one made me giggle thinking of the actual movie that it would create.

Movie Mashup 7

New Clue: A former tennis pro gets engaged to a debutante, but falls for her brother's fiancee a femme fatale trained to be an assassin after getting arrested.  

Movie Mashup 6

New Clue: A Scottish family in a mining town struggles with various problems in their lives watching 3 young ladies try to make it in show business with some shady results.  


The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue.  Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck! 

Movie Mashups 5

New Clue: A lesbian, a crazy woman who killed her boyfriend, and a prude go on a road trip to the Napa valley to drink lots of wine like serious snobs.  


The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue.  Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck! 

Movie Mashups 4

New Clue: A love triangle helps some actors make the transition from silent to musical films, while a con man tries to help his disabled brother have a better life.

Movie Mashups 3

Going strong!  

New clue: Two Irish brothers have trouble with their relationships - one marries quickly, the other can't keep it in his pants, while a female bounty hunter can't decide which hot guy she really wants.  

The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue.  Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck! 

Movie Mashups 2

Off to a good start.  Here's the next one:


New Clue: A young man is trapped on an island with a haunted house which I'm sure the men who are shot down in helicopters in Somalia would trade for in an instant.  


The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue.  Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck! 

Movie Mashups

Here's the first mashup in my Drive for 900.  Just to remind you of where the leaderboard is starting, here it is:


 Leaderboard 

Andrew, SDG, Ryan - 2
Dylan, Keith, Dave, Rachel - 1

New clue: A bank employee becomes embroiled in an espionage plot when she decodes a computer message, but learns she really need to be a ballet dancer (welding can be a hobby).   

The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue.  Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck! 

Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 60

It was a good week for the Reel Insight ladies - I guessed Rachel's Sim's Screenshots, and Rachel got on the leaderboard!  Well done. 

Last week's clue: A sad family shows us all the ways to shoot up and go a little crazy, while they sing in the 1960s and stab each other in the back to get famous.  

Answer: Requiem for a Dreamgirls

 Leaderboard 

Andrew, SDG - 2
Ryan, Dylan, Keith, Dave, Rachel - 1

New clue: A zoologist fights with an heiress about her pet while she hires another lying woman to carry her child.  

The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue.  Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 59

We have a 2-way tie for first place.  But at least there are still 6 people on the leaderboard.  Well done SDG - go check out his blog over at U, Me and Films.


Last week's clue: A little boy tries to reconnect with his dead father while a confused man tries to explain the disappearance of a little boy and find a mountain. 


Answer: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Leaderboard 
Andrew, SDG - 2
Ryan, Dylan, Keith, Dave - 1

New clue:  A sad family shows us all the ways to shoot up and go a little crazy, while they sing in the 1960s and stab each other in the back to get famous.  

The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue.  Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!