Alternative Summaries Meme

[snogged]

snagged from several folks.

Pick twenty artistic works that you like and put their summaries from Better Than It Sounds and WITHOUT CHEATING have your friends guess.

Literature
1. A precocious preteen finds out that fairies are real, and decides to kidnap one and hold her for ransom to fund his criminal empire. Artemis Fowl, guessed by da_phoenix13

2. A baby is switched at birth, which causes great problems later on. Meanwhile, a cynic with a fondness for antique cars, a rare book dealer, a Granola Girl, a man who breaks things, one of the last witch-hunters in Britain and the witch-hunter's landlady attempt to prevent four rather sinister bikers from causing The End Of The World As We Know It.. Good Omens, guessed by idioticonion

3. Oddly-dressed dropout steals money from admirers and is kicked out of sex rehab. Choke by Chuck Palahnuik, guessed by loquaciousambie


4. A bored boy drives a toy car through an education-themed world, which nonetheless has no rhyme or reason. Because he has nothing better to do, he goes to rescue two princesses who were locked up by their stepbrothers. Accompanying him are a blowhard insect and a dog that can tell time. The Phantom Tollbooth, guessed by idioticonion


Film
5. Man waxes on the subject of conformity, kills people in his spare time. American Psycho, guessed by loquaciousambie

6. Two brothers, along with a sandwich delivery boy and a coffee-loving FBI agent, examine questions of morality and legality while cursing profusely. Their estranged father, an Irish comedian, puts their doubts to rest. Boondock Saints, guessed by magpieinthesky

7. A minimum-wage employee gets called into work on his day off, and gets to hang out with his best friend and play hockey. Clerks, guessed by idioticonion, hellolamppost17

8. Two power-plant workers temporarily adopt a poisonous child and foil an interdimensional abduction scheme. Monsters Inc, guessed by da_phoenix13

Live Action TV
9. A super-strong cheerleader, a Jewish computer nerd witch, a goofy slacker, and the school librarian fight undead (mostly) monsters of the week while their personal lives turn into a soap opera. Beloved people die with depressing regularity. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, guessed by da_phoenix13, velvetwhip, hellolamppost17


10. An apathetic virgin with a death certificate get press-ganged into collecting the souls of newly departed when not hanging out in a diner with her dysfunctional co-workers. Post-it-notes are Serious Business Dead Like Me, guessed by velvetwhip, hellolamppost17


11. A large, blustery man, a secret American who whitens his teeth, a man unable to drive fast, and a man(?) in a racing suit muck about with cars in an airplane hanger. Top Gear, guessed by idioticonion

12. An iconoclastic woman works in an industry she hates so she can preach about it. Her father is a murderer, her best friend at work is an alcoholic and her nephew is friendly with a minion of the Big Bad. Ugly Betty, guessed by rileysaplank


Animation
13. Three Funny Animals of indeterminate species live in a refurbished water storage device and spend their time driving people insane, making fun of their writers, and breaking the Fourth Wall at every given opportunity. Also features shorts of mobster pigeons, a jack-of-all-trades giant chicken, and a Genre Savvy retired actor. -Animaniacs, guessed by da_phoenix13, hellolamppost17


14. A hyperactive bucktoothed kid in a pink hat acquires a pair of shape-shifting magical goldfish who defend him from the local nasty babysitter, school bully, and Sadist Teacher, while frequently giving him lessons in Be Careful What You Wish For. Fairly Oddparents, guessed by da_phoenix13, hellolamppost17

15. Superweapons are given to mentally unstable children while the adults plot to destroy the world. Neon Genesis Evangelion,guessed by lilithisbitter

16. Overdeveloped girls in underdeveloped uniforms live vicariously through past-life regression. Sailor Moon, guessed by da_phoenix13

Theatre
17. An obnoxious lawyer, an emo farmer, a horny doctor and a bunch of middle-aged white men bitch about the heat and call each other names while trying to start a revolution. There are more sex jokes than you might expect. A lot more. 1776, guessed by hellolamppost17


18. Actors fail to perform a comedy correctly. Noises Off, guessed by da_phoenix13

19. Nice midwestern couple meet aliens in drag. Hilarity Ensues. Rocky Horror Picture Show, guessed by loquaciousambie

20. Fairies play pranks on young people and each other, and suicide is played for laughs. Hard-working blue-collar types bust their asses to put on a show; their upper class audience responds by mocking it MST3K-style. Features hot fairy-on-donkey action! A Midsummer Night's Dream, guessed by hellolamppost17

Comments

[da-phoenix13.livejournal.com]

1. Artemis Fowl!
8. Monsters, Inc
9. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
13. ANIMANIACS!!!!!!!
14. Fairly Oddparents
16. Sailor Moon?
18. Noises Off

[loquaciousambie.livejournal.com]

ooh I kept reading 8 and I was like WTF kind of movie is this?! My mom and I were even talking about it last night and how it makes her cry so much haha.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

You got 'em all!!

[idioticonion.livejournal.com]

2. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman
4. The Phantom Tollbooth (which I LOVE) by Norton Juster

7. The movie Clerks
11. The british car enthusiast's show Top Gear

[snogged.livejournal.com]

YES!

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

9) BTVS

10) Dead Like Me


Gabrielle

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Two Points :)

[hellolamppost17.livejournal.com]

7- Clerks
9- Buffy
10- Dead Like Me
13- Animaniacs
14- Fairly Odd Parents
17- 1776?
20- Midsummers Night Dreams

ETA: All of mine were guessed in like the minute I was typing them up. Damn!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

You did get all the ones you guessed so it shall be counted :)

[hellolamppost17.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much :D

[loquaciousambie.livejournal.com]

19 Rocky Horror Picture Show?

All the others I knew were guessed already! I'll try and figure out more. :)

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Yes

[loquaciousambie.livejournal.com]

I think 3 might be Choke by Chuck Palahnuik

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Yes!

[loquaciousambie.livejournal.com]

Okay one more - is 5 American Psycho?

[snogged.livejournal.com]

YES!

[loquaciousambie.livejournal.com]

AWESOME! I still haven't seen it but it's all I knew with someone killing people (thanks to IO, of course)

Ooh, and I was wondering if 6 was Boondock Saints, it's been a while since I saw it and that description just wasn't working for me for some reason...this was fun, I'll have to do it!

[magpieinthesky.livejournal.com]

Wow, pretty much everything has been guessed. EXCEPT:

6. Boondock Saints. I LOVE being able to point out places I know in movies!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

YAY!!!

[rileysaplank.livejournal.com]

Is 12 Ugly Betty?

[snogged.livejournal.com]

YES!

[lilithisbitter.livejournal.com]

Is 15 Neon Genesis Evangelion?

[snogged.livejournal.com]

It is indeed.
Well done!