Fine for me. This game led me here http://www.beerclubofbritain.co.uk/camra.html, which whetted my appetite, then devastated me when I discovered they only deliver in the UK and Ireland. Sods.
The Lino King [Raak] Bah! Beat me to The Unbearable Lighting of Being which I had in my Excel sheet before I went to lunch but couldn't post under the two-strikes-or-you're-out rule.
In that case, sticking with the theme of moving down the high street for inspiration, we come to a run of eateries, so let's have a selection of films suitable for purveyors and clientele of Indian restaurants / Chinese takeaways / Chippies / Kebaberies, etc.
When Harry Met Ramsden [uk] Yes, I got the targets (nicely done Mr. Raak) but never heard of the film (and couldn't imdb part of it as all parts had been miraculously transformed).
Dammit, now I have a deep longing for a bowl of mushy peas with a pork pie slap bang in the middle and lots of mint sauce dribbled over the top. And it's ten a.m. And I'm in bloody Belgium. I'll get my mate to post one over from Brighouse.
[IS,P] Yes indeedy. As for domination, I agree we tend to play the majority of moves, but we don't do this in any other game, and those who play along with us have not made any objections that I've noticed (at least, not recently...). Work? A four-letter word, if ever there was one!
[UK] Do you think we sacrifice quality on the altar of quantity? I'm undecided - but there's rarely a 'LOL' (probably because nobody can post a word in edgewise). I rather liked Softers' A-Ha Day's Night.
A Bridge U2 Far [IS,P] You could well be right - and you certainly are about Chalky. In my defence, as I said above, this is the only game I do this in, and I really appreciate the opportunity to do something approaching 'quickfire'. In addition, there are a number of games across the morniverse that I "don't get" or find too complicated, so I just leave them alone. Whilst I'm not saying that this justifies altering the gameplay here, I don't see games being tinkered with to draw in the greatest possible number of players. It's always nice to find a popular game, but any that is 'active' - certainly to this extent! - should surely exist on its own merits.
Having said all of that, I remember that I got over-enthusiastic with a previous film club game on MCiOS, and that got closed down as a result, and I was rather embarrassed that things ended up that way. I naturally don't want to see the same thing happen again.
Toyah Toyah Toyah [UK] Well, my big games are this one and 201: A Google Odyssey in Another Place. I don't play more than a couple of moves in straight MC games 'cos these new rulesets are a joke - everything was more straightforward in my day. Nice "Bridge U2 Far", btw.
[IS,P] Phil's is the first we've had to pun a film title, I believe: a collision between the film Three Men and a Baby, and Aerosmith's hit "Dude Look Like A Lady". Of course, I could be horribly wrong about this...
Sacha Distel Momma the Babysitter's Dead [Phil] No problem. Nobody said 'stick to artists', but people are more likely to have heard of artists perhaps than individual tracks.
[Phil; IS,P] Just seen the blunders in my post above - I meant to describe the combo as Phil has done (but got myself tangled), and I've realised I should have said "the first we've had to pun a song title. *slaps forehead*
[UK] I make it a rule to always Wiki before displaying my ignorance on here - i.e. I Wiki and then display my ignorance on here. Power Station = Robert Palmer (he of the Sledgehammer) + Two Duran Durannies (John and Andy Taylor) + some bloke out of Chic (Tony Thompson) on drums. doesn't sing: "get it on, bang a gong, get it o-on".