The following aren't mine, but in fact come from one of the standard UNIX fortune files that I folded into my quotes file years ago.
MONOPOLI: Peter Weir's classic film examining the false heroism of parlour games. The powerful ending of the film sees one young man after another charge toward GO, only to senselessly lose his life on the Boardwalk property.
MIRACLE ON 42ND STREET: Santa Claus, in the off season, follows his heart's desire and tries to make it big on Broadway. Santa sings and dances his way into your heart.
THE PHILADEPHIA EXPERIMENT STORY: To keep his ex-wife (Katherine Hepburn) from marrying an up-and-coming politician (Ronald Reagan) in 1943, a scientist (Cary Grant) sends her into the future to see what the consequences of the marriage would be. AAN to James Stewart as the PEOPLE reporter who follows her around in 1982.
HIGHLANDER NOON: Just when an immortal sheriff is planning to settle down with the local Quaker wench, three guys with swords show up on the noon stage, intending to cut his head off. Slow story, but made famous by the hit song, "Do Not Behead Me Oh My Darling."
GODZILLA IS MY CO-PILOT: Flag-waver about Navy test pilot who is convinced that a giant radioactive lizard will bail him out if he has plane troubles. Pretty maudlin, and the finale where Godzilla gets help for the flyboy after a crash is a direct ripoff from almost any LASSIE episode.
LICENSE TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: James Bond tires of international intrigue and cosmopolitan living, turns in his double-O license and moves to a small town in the deep South, living as a hermit known as Arthur "Boo" Radley. But when a group of sadistic bigots threaten the daughter of a local attorney, Bond straps on his Walther PPK and wipes out the entire Alabama Klan. Very satisfying film for liberals. Special mentions: Ken Adams' set design for the huge launch pad (hidden beneath a cyprus swamp) used to launch a burning cross into orbit; and Olivia D'Abo as "Scout" Finch.
A FRIGHT NIGHT AT THE OPERA: A vampire (Sig Rumann) moves next door to the New York Metropolitan Opera company, and attempts to seduce its financial benefactor (Margaret Dumont), but is thwarted by an ex-game show host (Groucho Marx), his Italian manager, and a mute vampire hunter. Famous for Groucho's "My, what big teeth you have, Grandma!" line, and the classic scene with 20 people cooped up in a coffin.
NATIONAL BLUE VELVET: The story of a girl training her horse for the Grand Nationals in an odd American town. Academy Award nomination to Dennis Hopper as her rather moody trainer.
And now some RPG variations, gotten off the GURPS newsgroup years ago:
GURPS Ancient Rome/Bestiary: Take animal form to seduce women.
GURPS Wraith: the Oblivion/In Nomine: Hell freezes over.
GURPS Delta Gretna Green: A crossover adventure for Jane Austen and Black Ops. Wickham has eloped with Lydia, and Mr. Darcy must find them before Lydia is sacrificed to Shub-Niggurath.
GURPS: Ice Age/Cyberpunk -- "Thag's modular hand implant come with digging stick, axe and fire stone! Give you cranial implant for free, buster!" Though the netrunning rules would be pretty short. ("Og net-run good. Og pick up net, put left foot for-ward, put right foot for-ward, put left foot for-ward, put right foot for-ward...")
GURPS Ice Age/Reign Of Steel: The PCs fight against the tyranny of the evil stone axes....
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
MONOPOLI: Peter Weir's classic film examining the false heroism of parlour games. The powerful ending of the film sees one young man after another charge toward GO, only to senselessly lose his life on the Boardwalk property.
MIRACLE ON 42ND STREET: Santa Claus, in the off season, follows his heart's desire and tries to make it big on Broadway. Santa sings and dances his way into your heart.
THE PHILADEPHIA EXPERIMENT STORY: To keep his ex-wife (Katherine Hepburn) from marrying an up-and-coming politician (Ronald Reagan) in 1943, a scientist (Cary Grant) sends her into the future to see what the consequences of the marriage would be. AAN to James Stewart as the PEOPLE reporter who follows her around in 1982.
HIGHLANDER NOON: Just when an immortal sheriff is planning to settle down with the local Quaker wench, three guys with swords show up on the noon stage, intending to cut his head off. Slow story, but made famous by the hit song, "Do Not Behead Me Oh My Darling."
GODZILLA IS MY CO-PILOT: Flag-waver about Navy test pilot who is convinced that a giant radioactive lizard will bail him out if he has plane troubles. Pretty maudlin, and the finale where Godzilla gets help for the flyboy after a crash is a direct ripoff from almost any LASSIE episode.
LICENSE TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: James Bond tires of international intrigue and cosmopolitan living, turns in his double-O license and moves to a small town in the deep South, living as a hermit known as Arthur "Boo" Radley. But when a group of sadistic bigots threaten the daughter of a local attorney, Bond straps on his Walther PPK and wipes out the entire Alabama Klan. Very satisfying film for liberals. Special mentions: Ken Adams' set design for the huge launch pad (hidden beneath a cyprus swamp) used to launch a burning cross into orbit; and Olivia D'Abo as "Scout" Finch.
A FRIGHT NIGHT AT THE OPERA: A vampire (Sig Rumann) moves next door to the New York Metropolitan Opera company, and attempts to seduce its financial benefactor (Margaret Dumont), but is thwarted by an ex-game show host (Groucho Marx), his Italian manager, and a mute vampire hunter. Famous for Groucho's "My, what big teeth you have, Grandma!" line, and the classic scene with 20 people cooped up in a coffin.
NATIONAL BLUE VELVET: The story of a girl training her horse for the Grand Nationals in an odd American town. Academy Award nomination to Dennis Hopper as her rather moody trainer.
And now some RPG variations, gotten off the GURPS newsgroup years ago:
GURPS Ancient Rome/Bestiary: Take animal form to seduce women.
GURPS Wraith: the Oblivion/In Nomine: Hell freezes over.
GURPS Delta Gretna Green: A crossover adventure for Jane Austen and Black Ops. Wickham has eloped with Lydia, and Mr. Darcy must find them before Lydia is sacrificed to Shub-Niggurath.
GURPS: Ice Age/Cyberpunk -- "Thag's modular hand implant come with digging stick, axe and fire stone! Give you cranial implant for free, buster!" Though the netrunning rules would be pretty short. ("Og net-run good. Og pick up net, put left foot for-ward, put right foot for-ward, put left foot for-ward, put right foot for-ward...")
GURPS Ice Age/Reign Of Steel: The PCs fight against the tyranny of the evil stone axes....
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.