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If you're familiar with Contextualize/Whamise This Line, then you may know how this will work. However, instead of a line, you must write a plot/synopsis based off a title from a work in a "Poster above you" format. For example...

Troper A: Soul Surfer

Troper B: Soul Surfer is a cyberpunk action film about a man who has the unique ability to go into the bodies of other people, and must do this to clear his name for a crime he hasn't committed.

Something like that. I'm just hoping I'm being concise enough. Alright, let's begin.

Lord of the Rings

edited 5th Feb '13 10:14:18 AM by Psyga315

Xeroop Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#376: Jun 21st 2013 at 4:37:18 PM

A slasher film about a mass murderer who exclusively uses soft items, such as pillows, to suffocate his victims.

High Fidelity

eldritchseer all the loose ends from Cocytus Since: Mar, 2019
all the loose ends
#377: Jun 21st 2013 at 4:39:55 PM

The tale of a humble and celibate man living a good life with great wealth.

It doesn't fare well, do to the lack of conflict, and fails, however, it's a nice read, heartwarming even.

Echo Bazaar

edited 21st Jun '13 4:40:05 PM by eldritchseer

IuraCivium Space General from Eagle Land Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Married to the music
Space General
#378: Jun 21st 2013 at 7:55:30 PM

A man's sister is dying and the only cure is a drug fabled to be sold on the black market and that nobody seems to have ever come across. He travels to three continents following leads in search of the compound, eventually landing at the only place in the world where it is sold—a market in Western China whose name translates to "the Echo Bazaar"—only to be told the compound doesn't exist. He is then hustled, beat up, and left for dead. A local finds him and nurses him back into travelable condition, handing the man, over his protests, a small pouch, saying, "It is the least I can do". The man realizes it is the compound he has been searching for. Upon returning home, he is greeted with the fact that his sister has died while he was incapacitated, but the man then turns over the compound to a university in the hopes that research can be conducted to replicate the compound and other people's lives can be saved.

The Days of the Moribund Kurgans

edited 21st Jun '13 7:55:58 PM by IuraCivium

{Star Trek}** exists in large part because of Tsar Nicholas II Romanov was assassinated and I don't know how to feel about that
fillerdude from Inside Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#379: Jun 26th 2013 at 6:49:57 AM

The Kurgan family has to live life in a Zombie Apocalypse.

He Really Hates to Lose

peccantis Since: Oct, 2010
#380: Jun 26th 2013 at 10:17:18 AM

Pony Tale meets crime thriller. A promising colt turns heads and bet tables around by winning six of his first six races. On the eve of a grand challenge between him and another 2-year champion prospect, accidents start to happen... and then murder. Jockey, groom and owner are suspected.

Beneath October Waters

edited 26th Jun '13 10:21:26 AM by peccantis

Yachar Cogito ergo cogito from Estonia Since: Mar, 2010
Cogito ergo cogito
#381: Jun 26th 2013 at 2:02:33 PM

A composer obsessed with the element water is working on what he would call a masterpiece: A viola concert . As he works he witnesses the coming of autumn and the beautiful deterioration of nature around him and this becomes a metaphor for what happens in his life as it deteriorates while the composition improves.

Lets continue with a similar theme:

A String Around Autumn

'It's gonna rain!'
fillerdude from Inside Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#382: Jun 27th 2013 at 4:57:12 AM

A short story of a woman's final moments as she is strangled to death.

Fiddler On The Rock

IuraCivium Space General from Eagle Land Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Married to the music
Space General
#383: Jun 27th 2013 at 7:24:18 PM

An interview about Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson from the point of view of his personal fiddler.

Day 21

{Star Trek}** exists in large part because of Tsar Nicholas II Romanov was assassinated and I don't know how to feel about that
Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#384: Jun 27th 2013 at 8:24:05 PM

In the aftermath of a nuclear Apocalypse the worst day of this mans life has yet to happen. But on the 21st day of his journey that will change!

El Goonish Shive

edited 27th Jun '13 8:25:39 PM by Wildcard

SKJAM Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#385: Jun 28th 2013 at 8:28:07 AM

A Spanish epic about a famous warrior—his name does not translate.) It lifts large parts from the story of Rustam, with the Zoroastrian elements refitted for Catholicism. It ends with El Shive's death at the hands of his previously unmentioned brother being avenged by God.

A Planet of Your Own

Avenuewriter Destroyer of worlds. from On my way out of this universe Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Destroyer of worlds.
#386: Jun 28th 2013 at 3:58:03 PM

The crew of an advanced seeding ship scour the cosmos for a suitable planet to begin a new colony. Things go awry when one of the crew develops a god complex and plans to kill the others in order to begin a world of his own making.

Her Name Was Irene

Is not impressed.
IuraCivium Space General from Eagle Land Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Married to the music
Space General
#387: Jun 28th 2013 at 10:38:04 PM

The death of a teenage girl polarizes an entire community. The film is a series of vignettes based around anecdotes told by affected citizens to a therapist.

Chandelier

{Star Trek}** exists in large part because of Tsar Nicholas II Romanov was assassinated and I don't know how to feel about that
fillerdude from Inside Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#388: Jun 28th 2013 at 10:57:07 PM

A show about the eponymous Super Robot, so-named because of its penchant for illustrious displays of laser spam.

Tiger And Bunny

DarkbloodCarnagefang They/Them from New Jersey Since: May, 2012
They/Them
#389: Jun 28th 2013 at 10:57:53 PM

[up][up] A children's book which chronicles the accounts of an intelligent chandelier as he goes on a journey to find his place in the world, where he can shine brightest.

[up] A gritty film about two government operatives as they search to find an artifact known as the Tiger and Bunny.

Attack on Titan

edited 28th Jun '13 11:00:09 PM by DarkbloodCarnagefang

Note to self: Pick less edgy username next time.
Psyga315 Since: Jan, 2001
#390: Jun 28th 2013 at 11:03:08 PM

[up] Hot-Blooded show about the Greek Mythology's story surrounding the Gods vs. The Titans.

God Speed Love

edited 28th Jun '13 11:03:25 PM by Psyga315

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#391: Jun 28th 2013 at 11:03:12 PM

A god decides to take on the identity of a car driver who enjoys challenging drivers at illegal street races.

Ghost in the Shell: Arise

edited 28th Jun '13 11:03:47 PM by Ominae

Avenuewriter Destroyer of worlds. from On my way out of this universe Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Destroyer of worlds.
#392: Jun 29th 2013 at 1:21:41 AM

In the later years of the Cold War a secret branch of the government attempted to capture spirits for scientific and military research. The result was a contraption the engineers dubbed "The Shell." Fast forward to present day where a team of investigators stumble upon the Shell facility and unleash the horrors it ensnared, including a demonic god bent on destroying the world.

Ben Sterling: Consulting Serial Killer

Is not impressed.
fillerdude from Inside Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#393: Jun 29th 2013 at 9:13:40 AM

The second book in the Ben Sterling series. Here Ben has finally found the mysterious hacker who calls himself Serial Killer, and is enlisting his help to fend off a mysterious, villainous organization.

Completing Fences

porschelemans Avatar Sakaki Ignore cat from A Giant Hamster Ball Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Avatar Sakaki Ignore cat
#394: Jun 29th 2013 at 12:37:37 PM

A practical, yet overly specific, DIY manual.

Fawlty Towers

I'm so sorry that my avatar doesn't appear fully in the shot, but the cat was threatening the photographer.
IuraCivium Space General from Eagle Land Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Married to the music
Space General
#395: Jun 29th 2013 at 10:16:24 PM

A slice-of-life series showcasing how seven-foot, nine-inch Matthias Fawlty towers over his surroundings and everyone around him, highlighting the difficulties someone of his stature must face.

Square Root

{Star Trek}** exists in large part because of Tsar Nicholas II Romanov was assassinated and I don't know how to feel about that
Poisonarrow Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: In love with love
#396: Jun 30th 2013 at 11:20:44 PM

A novella taken from excerpts of a mathematician's journal, writing down his thoughts as he sits in the same place from his childhood: an oddly squared off root under a large oak tree. The story trails from his early college life, to the passing of his wife during childbirth, to the raising of his daughter as he tries to reconcile faith in something greater with the harsh realities of life.

Rain Man

Feminist in the streets, sex slave in the sheets
porschelemans Avatar Sakaki Ignore cat from A Giant Hamster Ball Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Avatar Sakaki Ignore cat
#397: Jul 2nd 2013 at 5:15:25 AM

The story of a TV weatherman who saves the lives of 50 people during a major flooding disaster, only to slowly slip into depression from a combination of PTSD and the constant media attention he receives as a result.

Planet Telex

I'm so sorry that my avatar doesn't appear fully in the shot, but the cat was threatening the photographer.
Izon Anomaly of Time and Space from Location Since: Jan, 2013
Anomaly of Time and Space
#398: Jul 8th 2013 at 9:14:51 PM

In 4509 AD, drug dependence has become such a huge issue in society, that there is virtually no economy or governance - everyone just spends their day taking Omega-3298, ignorant of the world around them. It is in this world that young boy named Telex lives, who is constantly having adventures within his own mind... or perhaps outside of it? It's never really clear.

Pikmin

Graffiti. My. Page. due eet nao
fillerdude from Inside Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#399: Jul 9th 2013 at 4:47:05 AM

One of the topics in the 22nd Comic Book Conference: the origin, meaning and usage of the sound effect "Pikmin!", which only appears in Rose Caldwell's works, prominently in Gareth Gold Gun, Stallion and The Non-Humans (which, incidentally, take place in the same setting). The analysts have invited the author herself for an interview, but she's not proving to be very helpful.

Little Inferno

LMage Scion of the Dragon from Miss Robichaux's Academy Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Scion of the Dragon
#400: Jul 9th 2013 at 8:49:52 AM

A tiny fire spirit dreams of going up in the world ad becoming king of the fire spirits. It will be a long a treacherous journey with a rival to overcome, but with his true companions and sheer determination, he knows deep down he can make it.

Bones

"You are never taller then when standing up for yourself"

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