Here's one of my "stealth" triples, where you could technically make it a double,
but I sneak in an overlapped title in the middle. (2 movies, 1 show.)
In this sci-fi romp, a quiet, brilliant youngster is recruited and trained to play
a critical part in saving the Earth from the second wave of attacks
by aliens bent on destroying the Earth. Saving Earth is just the beginning, though....
Thinking his life post-war is boring, his brother drags him into a live-action adventure
with unspoken rules, an unspoken "board" and so on, where winning is surviving.
Making it through that, he eventually becomes a major player in the struggle among
the surviving low-tech humans to become the ruler of what's left of the Earth,
its surviving tribes/houses, and the cooler weather (obviously the result of a
minor "nuclear winter" scenario blocking sunlight and making everything cooler
after the planetwide attacks decades earlier.
Most of the post-apocalypses movies I have in mind ( I don't read sci-fi, just watch them) haven't got a youngster recruited in them ie: Bruce Willis Fifth Element, Will Smith Indendence Day or MIB both young but not really brilliant, Keane Reeves Matrix was recruited but not dragged into anything by a brother, so the only deduction that I can draw on so far would be Terminator: Rise of the Machines.
Is this in the ballpark?
I really can't play with you guys when it comes to movies or TV, your just too talented. WordWolf you have a very interesting and intriguing clue here, but by the time I'm done fiddling around with the first part, George will already have the answer.
I don't know if John Conner's was dragged into a post-war scenario by his brother either? Obviously, those clues come from a well read fan of science fiction.
The page flipped over so I missed your reply WordWolf. I had the same answer as George, but with that I had "The Game" Michael Douglas's movie.
The first movie is recent. I substituted it in place of an older movie because I found myself
spending a paragraph trying to describe the first movie.
I was close to going with Ender' s Game also, and I kept exhausting my wits with a tv show to go with it which I never came up with one. Wasn't this supposed to be a stealth triple? Or is this a double entendre?
The page flipped over so I missed your reply WordWolf. I had the same answer as George, but with that I had "The Game" Michael Douglas's movie.
I was close to going with Ender' s Game also, and I kept exhausting my wits with a tv show to go with it which I never came up with one. Wasn't this supposed to be a stealth triple? Or is this a double entendre?
I announced it was a stealth triple, with 2 movies and one TV show.
It was: Ender's Game (movie)
The Game (movie)
Game of Thrones (TV show)
I listed the cast of each in order, and on their own lines.
Of those 3, people talk about Game of Thrones all the time, but not really the other 2.
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A cheerful young Mexican-American convinces a couple of cranky spies to take him on as a partner in their fight against an evil organization. (TV show)
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If someone else thinks of something first, go ahead.
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Here's one of my "stealth" triples, where you could technically make it a double,
but I sneak in an overlapped title in the middle. (2 movies, 1 show.)
In this sci-fi romp, a quiet, brilliant youngster is recruited and trained to play
a critical part in saving the Earth from the second wave of attacks
by aliens bent on destroying the Earth. Saving Earth is just the beginning, though....
Thinking his life post-war is boring, his brother drags him into a live-action adventure
with unspoken rules, an unspoken "board" and so on, where winning is surviving.
Making it through that, he eventually becomes a major player in the struggle among
the surviving low-tech humans to become the ruler of what's left of the Earth,
its surviving tribes/houses, and the cooler weather (obviously the result of a
minor "nuclear winter" scenario blocking sunlight and making everything cooler
after the planetwide attacks decades earlier.
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Most of the post-apocalypses movies I have in mind ( I don't read sci-fi, just watch them) haven't got a youngster recruited in them ie: Bruce Willis Fifth Element, Will Smith Indendence Day or MIB both young but not really brilliant, Keane Reeves Matrix was recruited but not dragged into anything by a brother, so the only deduction that I can draw on so far would be Terminator: Rise of the Machines.
Is this in the ballpark?
I really can't play with you guys when it comes to movies or TV, your just too talented. WordWolf you have a very interesting and intriguing clue here, but by the time I'm done fiddling around with the first part, George will already have the answer.
I don't know if John Conner's was dragged into a post-war scenario by his brother either? Obviously, those clues come from a well read fan of science fiction.
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Not really a romp is it?
Mars Attack of The Clones???
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The first movie in the set is a LOT more recent than all of you are thinking.
Don't get too obsessed with my attempts to make this one coherent story
by flavoring the description heavily. The last part (the TV show) is better known than the
first 2 parts.
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Here's one of my "stealth" triples, where you could technically make it a double,
but I sneak in an overlapped title in the middle. (2 movies, 1 show.)
In this sci-fi romp, a quiet, brilliant youngster is recruited and trained in an advanced military
academy in outer space to prepare for a future alien invasion decades after their previous
assault on Earth. Saving Earth is just the beginning, though....
Thinking his life post-war is boring, his brother drags him into a mysterious live-action adventure
with unspoken rules, an unspoken "board" and so on, where winning is surviving,
that integrates with his attempts to live day-by-day.
Making it through that, he eventually becomes a major player in the struggle among
the surviving low-tech humans to ascend the High Seat of what's left of the Earth,
its surviving tribes/houses, and deal with the expected, oncoming colder weather.
Stars include Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley and Abigail Breslin,
Michael Douglas, Sean Penn,
Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Maisie Williams, Kit Harrington, and Sophie Turner.
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Well I'm pretty sure I have the movies but it's the all important connect to > tv show that has me aloof.
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What do you have so far?
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I'm sure that the last movie and the TV show are "Game of Thrones." I just can't think of the first movie.
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The first movie is recent. I substituted it in place of an older movie because I found myself
spending a paragraph trying to describe the first movie.
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Ender's Game of Thrones
I'm baaa-aaack. As me, I mean.
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That's it.
I substituted "Ender's Game" (new movie) for "The Crying Game" (older movie) because I was
unable to come up with a summary of the previous movie that was clear, brief, and a fair
summary of the movie. So, about a paragraph in (and still on the first movie), I deleted the
text and started over with a different movie ending in "game".
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The page flipped over so I missed your reply WordWolf. I had the same answer as George, but with that I had "The Game" Michael Douglas's movie.
I was close to going with Ender' s Game also, and I kept exhausting my wits with a tv show to go with it which I never came up with one. Wasn't this supposed to be a stealth triple? Or is this a double entendre?
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I announced it was a stealth triple, with 2 movies and one TV show.
It was: Ender's Game (movie)
The Game (movie)
Game of Thrones (TV show)
I listed the cast of each in order, and on their own lines.
Of those 3, people talk about Game of Thrones all the time, but not really the other 2.
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A student at a historically black college tries to get into a popular fraternity, tapping into an ongoing feud between lighter-skinned and darker-skinned students. One day, a millionaire businessman trying to show his son how important it is to get a formal education decides to enrol, causing a big splash.
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I know the second half. (Big splash -- cute!)
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I pulled a "you guys" and listed the second movie first. So George, you actually have the FIRST movie title in mind.
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In that case,
"Back to School Daze"?
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Yes sir!
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You forgot the THE! No need for a response WordWolf. I'm attempting to use sarcasm. Albeit, a poor attempt.
George is up.
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A cheerful young Mexican-American convinces a couple of cranky spies to take him on as a partner in their fight against an evil organization. (TV show)
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Is this an all-comedy production?
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Though both component shows contained humorous elements, I would only consider one of them an actual comedy.
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