My first time starting this so I went to the expert and creator of the chain for his write up on the rules and such.
This will be round 52 of Never Ending Movie Chain.
From Don:
Feel free to jump in anywhere you want, post once or post as often as you want just don't reply to yourself. huh
For any new folks joining in <and new folks are definitely encouraged to do so>...
We start by naming a movie, the next player to jump in has to name an actor in that film and the next to follow him/her has to name a different movie that actor was in.
EX:
Player one: Star Wars, Player Two: Mark Hamill, Player Three: Corvette Summer, Player Four: Annie Potts, Player Five: Ghostbusters, etc., etc.
Repeats are allowed but discouraged and there has to be a distance of at least five steps before you use a movie or an an actor a second time. No IMDb please <expect to look up dates of movies with identical titles or spellings of names>. grin
No repeats within 5 steps and avoid getting caught in a loop with MCU or Fast & Furious movies, for example. Long-running franchises with ensemble casts can allow you go round and round indefinitely.
You need to follow the chain as it is drawn, no jumping. If we have Stephen Moyer on the table and someone plays Prince Valiant then the Prince Valiant you have to go out of is the one that had Stephen Moyer in it, no matter how many other movies out there are named Prince Valiant.
A clarification on play. We want to avoid using archival footage. For purposes of our game Dick Clark, Bob Hope, President Kennedy etc. Did not appear in Forrest Gump.
I won't make this a rule but rather a recommendation. Please avoid films that have not been released/aired in the U.S.
And just for the sake of putting it into the written rules mostly for sake of newcomers voice work (animated films) and made-for-TV movies are allowed but not mini-series.
Oh, and the idea is not to stump everyone but to keep the chain going for as long as possible. We play this one on road trips and I don't know why I didn't think to start this up here years ago. It is perfect for the online community because you can jump in whenever and wherever or as often as you want.
Also feel free to add comments about the movies or actors mentioned if you like. Part of the fun is saying “Wow, I haven't thought about that movie for years.” or “I love Errol Flynn!”
Finally this is what burned us the last time. Generally no posting of names, trailers, or posters that show who might have been involved in the movie.
My daughter and I just watched that movie and I can name at least a couple of people in it, but I have no idea what other movies they might have been in. So I'm not going to mention them and I'll leave it to you experts.
Well I'm tempted to go with The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, but given that all 13 characters were played by Lily Tomlin that would by definition kill the chain.
So let's got with the recent silly GOAT-based 80 for Brady which I haven't seen, but could name at least 3 of the stars.
I think Nick Cage was in that (I'm pretty sure that's who I'm picturing) and I guess it has been long enough since he was mentioned in this thread. <shrugs>
Miales, if they had watched the video, it would be cheating- no posters/videos/etc. that show other actors in the movie.
This is a have you see it, do you remember it game.
Just checking because if by your ruling this would technically break the chain.
If that is the case then why didn't this video break NEMC 34?
1. It's the Music Video, not a film preview or list of the cast. 2. The only thing visible in the preview is the musician, John Parr; nothing from the movie is seen without clicking "play". Viewing the video just to see the actors would not be allowed. Just seeing the video link, without clicking on it is fine. 3. It's a great song, even if it wasn't a great movie.
Similarly with your video link. It was fine for you to post it (only because the actress shown was the previous link so it didn't give any additional info; otherwise might have been), but viewing it in order to figure out who else was in the cast wasn't allowed.
Miales, if they had watched the video, it would be cheating- no posters/videos/etc. that show other actors in the movie.
This is a have you see it, do you remember it game.
Just checking because if by your ruling this would technically break the chain.
If that is the case then why didn't this video break NEMC 34?
1. It's the Music Video, not a film preview or list of the cast. 2. The only thing visible in the preview is the musician, John Parr; nothing from the movie is seen without clicking "play". Viewing the video just to see the actors would not be allowed. Just seeing the video link, without clicking on it is fine. 3. It's a great song, even if it wasn't a great movie.
Similarly with your video link. It was fine for you to post it (the actress shown was the previous link), but viewing it in order to figure out who else was in the cast wasn't allowed.
Dance Schon... so the video doesn't break the chain. The movie is just too obscure so far.