"Nope," Matthew said when Philip took a crack at guessing it, "and you're disqualified for quoting yourself."
It really was cheating. A quote that someone made themselves? If it was Pope Francis or someone well-known like him, it would've at least made some sense. But nope. Does the quote-giver get a point if nobody correctly guesses it? If everybody quoted themselves, they would be getting free points from making bullshit ones.
Though Matthew did have to admit, he did a good job of fooling all of them.
Lucas started being dramatic again and quoted Thanos from Infinity War. No brainpower was needed for that one. It was really fucking obvious, so he stayed quiet and didn't make an attempt at guessing it. Lucas couldn't be that desperate for a point. He still got it, though, when he named the right movie: The Wicker Man.
"Finally." Matthew said, smiling, "I thought you've been drinking for a second." And with that, Lucas threw his hat into the ring and mentioned the details of another movie and...
...Fuck, he didn't know it. This was getting tough. He didn't even know where to start guessing. After some thinking, Matthew just sighed.
"Shit, you got me," he said, "Well played."
Almost immediately afterwards, he pointed to Reuben.
"Don't look it up or you'll be joining Philip, mate."
The moving quoting got him into the mood for, well, movies. The laptop had a high charge the last time he checked, so he walked into the bathroom and unplugged it. After grabbing that, he walked over to his bag and used his free hand to pull The Hunt out. He wasn't really looking, but he's fairly sure he didn't grab...that one.
"Speaking of which," Matthew said, walking over to sit down on the bed Lucas was on, "did any of you happen to watch this one? I hear that it's pretty good."
He held up the case for everybody to see. Looking on the back of the case, he saw-
...
...
He did.
He did grab that one. And he said it was good with a straight face. Letting out a silent breath, he waited for the inevitable mocking that everybody was going to give him.
Room 714: Den of the Nerds
Reuben Walters, Lucas Abernathy, Matthew Hunt, and Phillip Olivares
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Super Weegee
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During all this tomfoolery, Reuben was just seated on the edge of one of the beds with a blank expression on his face. This was getting a bit out of hand now, wasn't it? First Phillip admitted to just making up a quote out of whole cloth, then Lucas dropped a synopsis for a film that, by the sound of things, was probably some B-movie from the 80's filmed in Norway or thereabouts. The premise was so out there that he felt reasonably certain that it wasn't something that Hollywood had cranked out, so what he was dealing with then was one competitor willing to completely fabricate questions and another who was scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Jeez, when had this game become so cutthroat?
"Uh, yeah...Not even going to try that one," he said after scratching his head for a bit. "Point for Lucas, I guess..." Though part of him still thought that Lucas was cheating a little. Might as well just quote a workplace safety video or one of those self-help instructional tapes if this was the route they were taking.
Well, at least Matthew was willing to impose a bit of order on the proceedings. And hey, he was actually getting to the business of, you know, watching movies. It'd been a long trip, so Reuben was looking forward to watching basically anything.
As long as it wasn't that.
"Think you might want to get a second opinion there, Matt," he said, indicating the cover. It wasn't fair to criticize someone's choice of film since everyone had different tastes, and he'd been pleasantly surprised a number of times at films that he'd never even heard of before. But he'd heard of this one, he'd heard many things about it. He'd seen the trailers, he'd read the reviews, and consensus was that this was an absolutely cynical piece of garbage that should have been forgotten before it'd even been rendered.
When it came to The Emoji Movie, people could, in fact, be unambiguously told that they had no taste.
"But you know what," he considered out loud, "sure, if you want to watch it, I'm down." Maybe there was something about it that had some worth underneath all the advertising and lazy writing. After all, even a lot of garbage films had one or two scenes that stood out. He had enough trust in Matthew's judgment to not dismiss it out of hand.
Jeez, when had this game become so cutthroat?
"Uh, yeah...Not even going to try that one," he said after scratching his head for a bit. "Point for Lucas, I guess..." Though part of him still thought that Lucas was cheating a little. Might as well just quote a workplace safety video or one of those self-help instructional tapes if this was the route they were taking.
Well, at least Matthew was willing to impose a bit of order on the proceedings. And hey, he was actually getting to the business of, you know, watching movies. It'd been a long trip, so Reuben was looking forward to watching basically anything.
As long as it wasn't that.
"Think you might want to get a second opinion there, Matt," he said, indicating the cover. It wasn't fair to criticize someone's choice of film since everyone had different tastes, and he'd been pleasantly surprised a number of times at films that he'd never even heard of before. But he'd heard of this one, he'd heard many things about it. He'd seen the trailers, he'd read the reviews, and consensus was that this was an absolutely cynical piece of garbage that should have been forgotten before it'd even been rendered.
When it came to The Emoji Movie, people could, in fact, be unambiguously told that they had no taste.
"But you know what," he considered out loud, "sure, if you want to watch it, I'm down." Maybe there was something about it that had some worth underneath all the advertising and lazy writing. After all, even a lot of garbage films had one or two scenes that stood out. He had enough trust in Matthew's judgment to not dismiss it out of hand.
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"I got it," Phillip said, "I got it. Just Visiting, right?"
Like, it wasn't totally exactly what Lucas had described, but it was pretty damn close. A knight got cursed or something on his wedding night, freaked out, and killed the princess he was betrothed to. Then he and his squire enlisted the help of a wizard to travel back in time to undo it, except the spell went totally wrong and instead of shooting back to a day or two before, they ended up in New York City in the modern day. He couldn't remember anything about license plate numbers, but they did swordfight a car they mistook for a dragon, and he thought there was some tussling with thugs in there. And a bit where they mistook a urinal for a magic fountain, and ate that weird cake that sat at the bottom to absorb the odor of piss or whatever.
Also, it was a remake of some French movie, so even if Phillip wasn't totally right he was claiming half credit if Lucas was a big enough geek to be thinking of the original instead. It was a minor miracle Phillip had even a vague idea about any of these things; thank goodness for old bargain bin DVDs.
Of course, he had no chance against people who could recite the opening dates and gross profit of Attack Of The Giant Mole People From The Fourth Grade Bathroom and all that stuff, but who cared? Phillip had established he wasn't playing to win, but to have fun, mostly by creatively interpreting the rules. Can't cheat if nobody made anything explicit. No matter what whiners said.
His train of thought was broken just a bit by the unveiling of The Emoji Movie, which was a piece of pop culture he'd been unaware of the existence of until this very moment. It took him a second to process what he was actually even looking at, and when he did he raised an eyebrow. At a glance, that sounded dumb as heck, but he wasn't the movie aficionado here, and if there was one thing he'd taken away from Juggalo culture it was that it was okay for people to be into whatever weird shit they were into as long as it didn't hurt anyone. Second lesson would probably be not to judge things on cover and concept alone, because surprisingly deep, nuanced, social critiques could be hiding behind rap about Faygo.
"Yeah, I'm good with whatever everyone else is," he said, waving his hand noncommittally. Because okay, the other possibility was that he was being had and this was gonna be a whole big thing where Matthew went on and on extolling the virtues of something totally execrable just to get them to ape his opinion, only to then turn around and mock them for being feeble-minded conformists and admitting to enjoying trash.
It was a pretty good prank. Phillip had pulled it on his siblings once or twice.
Like, it wasn't totally exactly what Lucas had described, but it was pretty damn close. A knight got cursed or something on his wedding night, freaked out, and killed the princess he was betrothed to. Then he and his squire enlisted the help of a wizard to travel back in time to undo it, except the spell went totally wrong and instead of shooting back to a day or two before, they ended up in New York City in the modern day. He couldn't remember anything about license plate numbers, but they did swordfight a car they mistook for a dragon, and he thought there was some tussling with thugs in there. And a bit where they mistook a urinal for a magic fountain, and ate that weird cake that sat at the bottom to absorb the odor of piss or whatever.
Also, it was a remake of some French movie, so even if Phillip wasn't totally right he was claiming half credit if Lucas was a big enough geek to be thinking of the original instead. It was a minor miracle Phillip had even a vague idea about any of these things; thank goodness for old bargain bin DVDs.
Of course, he had no chance against people who could recite the opening dates and gross profit of Attack Of The Giant Mole People From The Fourth Grade Bathroom and all that stuff, but who cared? Phillip had established he wasn't playing to win, but to have fun, mostly by creatively interpreting the rules. Can't cheat if nobody made anything explicit. No matter what whiners said.
His train of thought was broken just a bit by the unveiling of The Emoji Movie, which was a piece of pop culture he'd been unaware of the existence of until this very moment. It took him a second to process what he was actually even looking at, and when he did he raised an eyebrow. At a glance, that sounded dumb as heck, but he wasn't the movie aficionado here, and if there was one thing he'd taken away from Juggalo culture it was that it was okay for people to be into whatever weird shit they were into as long as it didn't hurt anyone. Second lesson would probably be not to judge things on cover and concept alone, because surprisingly deep, nuanced, social critiques could be hiding behind rap about Faygo.
"Yeah, I'm good with whatever everyone else is," he said, waving his hand noncommittally. Because okay, the other possibility was that he was being had and this was gonna be a whole big thing where Matthew went on and on extolling the virtues of something totally execrable just to get them to ape his opinion, only to then turn around and mock them for being feeble-minded conformists and admitting to enjoying trash.
It was a pretty good prank. Phillip had pulled it on his siblings once or twice.
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Lucas smiled and snapped his fingers, pointing at Philip. "Close, but no cigar."
Lucas was proud of himself even if he was cheating a little bit with going for an obscure movie, but he wanted a win so he didn't feel too bad. The Lords of Magick was the real answer. Super obscure 80's movie, very cheaply made. Two wizards are going to be executed for necromancy, sent on a quest to save a princess in exchange for leniency. They end up going to modern day Las Angeles and start assaulting random women to look for the royal birthmark that princess apparently had, end up meeting a guy who was trying to learn magic and get him to help, go to a public library to find information, one of the main characters kills a prostitute and falls to the dark side. And there was the scene were they were attacked by a magically animated car and traced its license plate back to the villain's lair. The movie was stupid, but it was good riffing material.
But there was no way anyone was going to get it. Lucas was sure of that.
Lucas looked back to Matthew and frown when he saw The Emoji Movie.
He blinked. "Nice."
Lucas honestly never went to see that movie, not because he didn't want to but rather he wanted to wait til it was out so he could have a bad movie night with it. So better late than never he suppose. If Matt wanted to riff on that movie then he might as well have fun with it.
Lucas stood back up and stretched.
"Well if we're gonna do this, I'm gonna go get some snacks from the vending machines." He said and began moving towards the door. "I'll be right back."
And with that he left the room in search for snacks.
[Lucas Abernathy - Pregame: END]
Lucas was proud of himself even if he was cheating a little bit with going for an obscure movie, but he wanted a win so he didn't feel too bad. The Lords of Magick was the real answer. Super obscure 80's movie, very cheaply made. Two wizards are going to be executed for necromancy, sent on a quest to save a princess in exchange for leniency. They end up going to modern day Las Angeles and start assaulting random women to look for the royal birthmark that princess apparently had, end up meeting a guy who was trying to learn magic and get him to help, go to a public library to find information, one of the main characters kills a prostitute and falls to the dark side. And there was the scene were they were attacked by a magically animated car and traced its license plate back to the villain's lair. The movie was stupid, but it was good riffing material.
But there was no way anyone was going to get it. Lucas was sure of that.
Lucas looked back to Matthew and frown when he saw The Emoji Movie.
He blinked. "Nice."
Lucas honestly never went to see that movie, not because he didn't want to but rather he wanted to wait til it was out so he could have a bad movie night with it. So better late than never he suppose. If Matt wanted to riff on that movie then he might as well have fun with it.
Lucas stood back up and stretched.
"Well if we're gonna do this, I'm gonna go get some snacks from the vending machines." He said and began moving towards the door. "I'll be right back."
And with that he left the room in search for snacks.
[Lucas Abernathy - Pregame: END]