Playground Squares XI: And here we go again!

[The Bushranger]

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrr, matey!

[Lex-Kat]

R is for Red Sonja.

Queen Gedren (Sandahl Bergman) has stolen a glowing green orb called only the Talisman, slaughtering the warrior priestesses that protected it.

Now it is up to Red Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen) to not only find the Talisman and destroy it, but get vengeance for the slaughter of her family at the hands of the evil queen.

As with any good fantasy movie, Red Sonja finds companions to join her in her quest: Tarn (Ernie Reyes Jr.), the Prince of Hablok; his loyal servant, Falkon (Paul Smith), and Kalidor (Arnold Schwarzenegger), from what I've read, basically Conan, but with a name change for some reason. Strange.

At the beginning of the movie, Sonja and her family are punished for committing a crime against Queen Gedren. What was the crime?

[Helgraf]

Ahh yes, Red Sonia. A classic in the Swords and 'cake Genre of movies...

[Zeb The Troll]

Indeed. As a 14 year old boy when this came out, I was decidedly the target audience.

[The Bushranger]

Hmmmm...unfortunatly (and perhaps surprisingly) this is a movie I haven't seen. However I do recall the plot...and it was definitly 'target audience', as the Queen had...designs...on Red Sonja's honor, which she took violent exception to.

The Queen, of course, Was Not Amused, and thus, the criminal charges!

[Zeb The Troll]

Much to my disappointment, this is true. So, I agree.

[Lex-Kat]

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DING! DING! DING!
Yup. The Queen wanted Sonja for herself, and Sonja slashed the Queen's face.

Okay Helgraf, this is for the win. Choose the category, as the Square is obvious.

And the Categories are:

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A: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
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C: Cutthroat Island
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F: Fatal Beauty
G: Gator
H: A Hard Day's Night
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J: Just One of the Guys
K: A Knight's Tale
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M: Mystery Men
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P: Princess of Thieves
Q: The Quick and the Dead
R: Red Sonja
S: Supergirl
T
U: The Untouchables
V
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X: XXX
Y: Young Einstein
Z: Zeus and Roxanne

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[Helgraf]

Verily, vaunted value's venue
Vexed, vaudeville's villain and villian
Vociferously vocalizing V for Victory!

[Lex-Kat]

"Remember, remember the fifth of November,
the gunpowder treason and plot.
I know of no reason why the gunpowder
treason should ever be forgot."

V for Vendetta. The 2006 movie based on the Vertigo comic book.

In the near future, war breaks out in America, somehow spreading across the ocean to England. Due to fear, England falls under the rule of a dictatorship, lead by Chancellor Adam Sutler (John Hurt).

On the Fifth of November, the Old Bailey (I think it's a courthouse) is blown up to the music of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. And chaos begins to take hold. Later in the day, V (Hugo Weaving) promises that a year later, he'll finish what Guy Fawkes set out to do.

During the movie, Evey (Natalie Portman) is captured by the Fingermen, blackbagged (as they call it), and taken to a detention center for questioning. After days or weeks of turture and interrogation, the woman in the cell next to hers passes her a letter written on toilet paper. In the letter, she tells her life story, her name is Valerie (Natasha Wrightman).

The question is, what is the name of Valerie's love when she tells her parents that she's a lesbian?

[mangosta71]

Wow. I was expecting a question about some old camp movie that I've never heard of rather than a fairly recent one that I've actually seen.

I remember this scene for a couple reasons. One, they way they handled this bit of exposition about the world was a complete non-sequitur. I felt that it would have been better during the introduction rather than as an interruption in Evey's story. Two, I was waiting for Natalie Portman to reappear onscreen. Three, the person in question shared a name with the leading female role of Phantom of the Opera. Thus, her name was Christine.

[Helgraf]

Wow. I was expecting a question about some old camp movie that I've never heard of rather than a fairly recent one that I've actually seen.

I remember this scene for a couple reasons. One, they way they handled this bit of exposition about the world was a complete non-sequitur. I felt that it would have been better during the introduction rather than as an interruption in Evey's story. Two, I was waiting for Natalie Portman to reappear onscreen. Three, the person in question shared a name with the leading female role of Phantom of the Opera. Thus, her name was Christine.

Well, now we have a point of debate.

In the movie, twas said thusly, "In 2002 I fell in love with a girl named Christina. That year I came out to my parents. I couldn’t have done it without Chris holding my hand." ref here

In which case I must disagree.

In the comics, it was written thusly, "In 1976 I stopped pretending and took a girl called Christine home to meet my parents. A week later I enrolled at drama college. My mother said I broke her heart." ref here

In which case I would have to agree.

However, since every question has been about a movie, then I must go with the movie, and I must therefore disagree with Mangosta.

[Lex-Kat]

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DING! DING! DING!

Somehow I knew I shouldn't ask a question about V for Vendetta. But as I don't have any other V movies I hadn't already used (Vibes and V. I. Warsawski), I had little choice.

And the Categories are:

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A: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
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C: Cutthroat Island
D
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F: Fatal Beauty
G: Gator
H: A Hard Day's Night
I
J: Just One of the Guys
K: A Knight's Tale
L
M: Mystery Men
N
O
P: Princess of Thieves
Q: The Quick and the Dead
R: Red Sonja
S: Supergirl
T
U: The Untouchables
V: V for Vendetta
W
X: XXX
Y: Young Einstein
Z: Zeus and Roxanne

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Helgraf Wins!

[Lex-Kat]

And to finish off my little movie trivia segment.....

We need 2 new Contestants and 9 new Squares.

It has been pointed out to me that posting to be on the waiting list may discourage new players from joining. So I ask that the Current Squares and Contestants wait 24 hours before posting their interest to be in the next game. Thank you.

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Contestants
1) Phillistine
2) smellie hippie

Squares
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2) Elemental
3) Mangosta71
4) Grue Bait
5) Penguinator
6) Zeb the Troll
7) Helgraf
8) TheCountAlucard
9) Castaras

some old camp movie that I've never heard of

And just what did you mean by this, Mango? I'll have you know I own all these movies.

And a question for my two Contestants:

Were the questions too easy, or what? I didn't have to press the buzzer once.

[Castaras]

I'm a square now. Squares are cool.

[Helgraf]

And to finish off my little movie trivia segment.....

We need 2 new Contestants and 9 new Squares.

It has been pointed out to me that posting to be on the waiting list may discourage new players from joining. So I ask that the Current Squares and Contestants wait 24 hours before posting their interest to be in the next game. Thank you.

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Squares
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9) Castaras



And just what did you mean by this, Mango? I'll have you know I own all these movies.

And a question for my two Contestants:

Were the questions too easy, or what? I didn't have to press the buzzer once.

The very first question was the hardest for me - I honestly just took a blind stab. The other ones I got were all movies I knew quite well and enjoyed, so it worked out for me.

I can't speak for Zeb's experience of course.

[mangosta71]

Would have been a lot harder for me because I haven't seen most of the movies you were asking about.

[TheCountAlucard]

Square me!

[Helgraf]

I'll be at work when the 24 hour timer expires, but if the squares haven't filled up by 1:30pm today, I'd like to call one.

[smellie_hippie]

Contestant?

[Zeb The Troll]

Square meh! (If there's still one open)

[Penguinator]

Square me up again.

[Philistine]

Wait... Is there really a Contestant spot still open? Can it be? Sign me up for that, please!

Or square me if I get ninja'd.

[Lex-Kat]

I still need four more Squares, please.

[Grue Bait]

Ah, well, I suppose I'll be a square.

[mangosta71]

I guess I can be a square again.

[Elemental]

I'd offer to be a square, except for the small problem of knowing nothing about movies. And I assume using Wikipedia is frowned upon.
So, I'm going to have to decline.

I've changed my mind. I shall participate.
Woe to those who expect me to know things though.

[Reinholdt]

I'll be a square.

[billtodamax]

I'll be a square.

[The Bushranger]

*stabs both of the above and plants this flag in the final square*

[Lex-Kat]

Yay! And I even have two back-ups.

Philistine, Smellie Hippie. Choose a Square and a Category. Or a Category and a Square. Whichever way you prefer.

And if you'd like a different color representing you, let me know.

And the Categories are:

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A: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
B:
C: Cutthroat Island
D:
E:
F: Fatal Beauty
G: Gator
H: A Hard Day's Night
I:
J: Just One of the Guys
K: A Knight's Tale
L:
M: Mystery Men
N:
O:
P: Princess of Thieves
Q: The Quick and the Dead
R: Red Sonja
S: Supergirl
T:
U: The Untouchables
V: V for Vendetta
W:
X: XXX
Y: Young Einstein
Z: Zeus and Roxanne

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