yeah, I'll take the blame for casino; Sister Act starts with her working in a Casino with her mob boss bf before witnessing the murder which is why she was put into witness protection in a convent in the first place; and her being a lounge singer is the background for her working on updating the Church Choir's songs/arrangements

not sure why I thought he said Sister Act 2; Sister Act - 2 is clearly having the 2 for number of words, like every game; just too fast of a glance I guess

We got close. When you get close you can't really grumble.

looks like me vs eb; i'll rand up a list

Dog Day Afternoon was a bad example. A better example is Creed - 3. That cannot be used to get boxer/fist/olympus.

I can’t clue Brothers Karamazov for novel, but I can clue Misery.

Alaska
Army
Bicycle
Castle
Dryer
Fly
Iceland
Luck
Mouse
Net
Pad
Seal
Shark
Skyscraper
Smuggler
Spell
Sugar
Tablet
Tank
Tear
Tiger
Turtle
Virus
Walrus
Zombie

if even i'm red

it's-a me!

Also, need to take care with words on the board like America. Just because something is set in America, it doesn’t mean America is correct. This is where clueing theory will need to evolve in this variant.

I get that The Truman Show was depicted in the movie as a cultural phenomenon in America, so the guess made sense. I was hoping that the setting never clearly being described as America (like, did Truman even know he was in the USA?) could sway you.

But as a general rule, connections need to be explicit in order to guess words like that. I’ll be clueing America with things like “The Patriot.”

I think we should talk more before just diving into another game, but maybe I’m alone here.

sure; I can always re-rand tho I haven't actually looked at anything yet

I agree with your sentiments that we should have more explicit connections for the vague things like America

to me, it was that his whole thing was setup as 50s Americana town, not just that the film was obstensibly in America; so I think that is enough in that case

but generally just because a film is likely set in random America place isn't nearly as strong of a connection since most films are as when cluing a movie set somewhere else (Australia, Moscow, etc.)

and I think understanding the other team's clues and avoiding them is more important as well (e.g., Sister Act) because lots of nuance in these clues and lists so that can help avoid landmines

we probably need to mostly expect to take an extra turn than normal games for these early goings at it, unless a banger happens to come up; playing it slow and safe may make more sense; even with a potential banger, if it's more esoteric media or the connections require someone really knowing the movie well, it's gonna be tough to pull those

Everyone good with this? States more explicitly:

The words being clued must directly relate to the content within the clue (the “Creed Rule,” just because a character is named Apollo, it does not mean “Creed” is a legal clue for Olympus).

Clueing a movie to get film isn’t legal unless it’s relevant to the plot (e.g., Boogie Nights)

Clueing a book to get novel isn’t legal unless it’s relevant to the plot (e.g., Misery)

Clueing a song to get music isn’t legal unless it’s relevant to the lyrics or artist (e.g., Hook)

A movie or book having a plot is not enough to clue plot. The movie or book must have to do with a plot of some sort.

We’re not going to be able to lay everything out, but this seems like a decent starting point.

I think this is good

Sure.

Good to go imo

Nich

Contagion - 3

I saw it once a billion years ago and remember none of it. I’m assuming it has to do with a virus. And it’s not zombies, because that’s 28 Days Later. Army would be Outbreak, pretty sure.

So yeah, I have no idea beyond virus.

I don't know this movie at all.

Virus for sure.

If you're sure it's not Army we won't do Army.

If you're sure it's not Zombie we won't do Zombie.

It's probably some animal. Mouse?

And probably some place. Alaska? Iceland? Castle?

Could just say Virus/pass rather than take risks.

Yeah sorry, I’m useless here other than virus (and having two better clues for virus + other words). I don’t remember it being something animal related. I remember it having an espionagey type feel, maybe there’s smuggling of the virus or a cure or something. And who knows, it could’ve been a digital virus, so I’ll throw net into the mix as well.

Virus
Pass

Smuggler
Net

Contagion - 3

Alaska
Army
Bicycle
Castle
Dryer
Fly
Iceland
Luck
Mouse
Net
Pad
Seal
Shark
Skyscraper
Smuggler
Spell
Sugar
Tablet
Tank
Tear
Tiger
Turtle
Walrus
Zombie

Virus

Finding Dory - 3

Turtle
Shark
Walrus
Seal

I have seen the movie but don't remember specifics about it.

Turtle and shark for sure.
I've only seen finding dory once, though, so I'm not sure why it instead of Nemo