Snaketalk....WOW !! It's BIG, It's BOLD, It's IN YOUR FACE !!

Chat amoung yourselves, challenge each other or just be plain boring...each your choice !!

Congrats go to Bridelady for a great win !!

Congrats to BL on last week's win - I really enjoyed that game!

Re this week's: Are TV films and films for video included? Are translations of foreign film titles allowed?

Have to say that "T" is a suspiciously good letter for you to start off with Sypher!!!

Are the words "A", 'An' and 'The' allowed to start a film or should we take the second word as we did in stage musical (I think)

Only Films.... No Foreign Films....
An entry has to start with a 'T' if you want to use 'THE'.

As for the starter letter....I can change it if you want !!

Translations of foreign film titles DO NOT COUNT !!

How do you decide what the starter letter is going to be each week?

As well as translations of foreign film titles (which you've already established are not allowed), I've noticed that on the IMDb site quite a lot of films are listed with alternative titles. Eg - The Silver Star (which appears as the main title) is listed as "aka The Sheriff". Are these aka titles allowed, or just the main titles which are underlined as links?

Hoo Roo! Congratulations BrideLady!

AKA's are allowed as long as it is not an alternative of a Foreign film.

As for starter letters...it's purely random. No matter what I pick someone always thinks there is a massive entry for it. Most times there isn't or I just don't find it.

Look at last week....A starting letter of 'A'. How naff was that...

What makes the starter letter "T" look dodgy is the fact that a huge number of films begin with "The"! LOL

Most film/TV/music websites list their titles in alphabetical order by first word excluding "The", "A" and "An" as zozo mentioned. So if we followed their example then "T" (or "A") would not have such a disproportionate number of entries.

However, if "The", "A" or "An" were tagged onto the end of the entry, there would be an awful lot of them ending in "E", "A" or "N" which would also cause problems. So how about putting those words in brackets at the end of the entry so they don't count for points or as a starting letter?

Also the starting letter each week could be, say, the first letter in the Monday headline of a specified online newspaper. Or you could always just use the last letter of the last entry from the previous week's game.

Those are my thoughts anyway. What does anyone else think?

From next week....the Starting letter will be the last letter of the previous game, as for this week...I will change the starting letter from 'T' to 'B'.

If you want to use an entry with 'The' as a start..you will need to have a 'T' to start with. No Words in brackets as mentioned by Somali's idea.

Also...any titles that have brackets, those words will not count for points.

When he said we could only use a color once, does this mean that I can only use it once or that if someone else has already used it then I can´t repeat it?

This should prove to be an interesting and hectic week! LOL

Hi Fort. He means we have to use a different colour for each of our five entries - otherwise the game would grind to a halt after the first seven posts!!

Hi Sypher...Great topic and new rules...it ought to make for an interesting week!

I've read the above chit-chat, but am still unclear whether TV films and films that go to video are accepted.

Also, are animated films o.k.?

Thanks.

BL

To answer Bridelady's question....If you were looking at IMDB....ONLY FILMS are Valid.

No TV, No TV Films and NO Films mad for video.

I'm wondering what we're supposed to do if the only entry that starts with the right letter contains a colour we've already used. Do we just say "Pass" or do we use an entry starting with the penultimate letter instead?

BTW - I'm hoping my entry for today is ok as the title is only given in English on the IMDb site, not as a translation of a foreign title, although it is listed as being a Japanese film.

How did your sister's wedding go? Are you feeling fragile today?

OK..Somali...here is the gamble !! If you can't find an entry that has a different colour to one you have already used....Simply put...TOUGH !! You would have to pass and miss out on the points for that day. There are many entries with different colours, in fact some entries have more than one colour and you get to choose.

Thanks for asking about my sister's wedding. It went very very smoothly and the only downside was the weather. Very overcast but at least no rain. Everybody enjoyed it, the food was great, the drink was flowing and the band was good !! As for being fragile today...I surprise myself...no hangover even though I was drinking last night. Geee...I must be getting used to alcohol !! lol

Glad the wedding went well. It's your one next then!

I think we might see quite a bit of "passing" in this game. Most of the films end in one of a very limited set of letters - and a couple of those have very few entries indeed. It will be an interesting week! LOL

Sypher....after having some time to look for titles this morning, I have to agree with somali....choices are extremely limited; i.e. we're only a couple of entries away for 'E', which will force everyone that gets an 'E' for the rest of the week to pass. Even if you should allow films before 1950, it's pretty much the same story.

Granted there are a lot of films with colors in the titles, but it's no good if you don't get certain letters to use. IMHO, I think you should declare yourself the winner this week! lol

BL

I´m thinking we´re running the risk of suffering a nervous breakdown this week. LOL

My question is, what exactly constitutes a foreign film? There are plenty of countries which have released movies in English (for example India, UK, Australia). Does this mean that the criteria is the language of the film having to be English? Also, there are some movies which have been released (in English) which list more than one country as a source...for example, India/USA...do these qualify?

I´d like a Tequila straight up to kick off the week!

Fort....I'm stashing the Tequila and heading straight for the Scotch!

Regarding foreign films, I can only presume that Sypher meant that only titles in English qualify. (Note I said presume)! lol

I'm afraid the way things are going the 1st day, maybe all colors should be included for the rest of the week. Who knows.

Have a good night!

BL

sorry my clock is a bit fast I posted two mins early...lol

Ok, I know animated films don´t count, but can we do documentaries? Trying to broaden our range a bit here.

Never mind...just saw #3 on the invalid list.
There goes that idea!

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Hadn´t noticed Pling´s entry until now...sorry to have to do this, but I challenge on the grounds mentioned above.

Looks like challenges will be one way to stay in the game this week. Unless, of course, our dear sweet handsome Sypher decides to change the rules and give us a break! LOL

I actually came very close to challenging both Somali and Bridelady's entry but didn't because I think foreign films should be allowed if the are listed with only an English title (I almost used the same entry as Bridelady myself). I actually could have posted alot earlier than I did but I waited two hours to see if Sypher would answer if Somali's answer was OK.

Though it doesn't contain a color I mean a movie similar to 'The Seven Samuarai'. In the English speaking world it is known only by that name.

Also if you change the rule about 'the' 'an' 'a' it would open it up a bit. At the moment we are really going to try and not give anyone a T or A because they would have too many titles to chose from. As someone who has studied library cataloging I can assure that we overlook these words when cataloguing.

What happens if we find an entry like 'The Greens at Home' or 'Greenburg City' can we include that?

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