Fifth Floor Common Room, Wednesday Afternoon into the Evening

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There was an air of menace hanging over the common room. An eau de danger, if you please. As if dust particles should be floating around and very masculine man in large hats and spurs should move into view to do battle at any moment.

Instead, Jeff ambled into the room, holding a stack of DVDs close to his body. "You are not beating me," he informed his opponent firmly. "I am the king of these movies."

Andrew snorted and hugged his own stack of DVDs closer to his side. Reaching up to adjust his sunglasses he replied, "You may be the king of those movies, but they are of a lesser kingdom - a kingdom with rocky soil where everyone herd scrawy sheep and eats tiny potatoes and stuff. My movies are the stuff of legend. Empires rise and fall at the whim of these films."

"That's not true," Jeff countered, gesturing wildly, "Mine have empires too, and they've got puppies in them! And naked women screaming. And really big monsters who can eat your head and still return back home in time for supper. Legends are built on these movies! Legends of globules chasing girls into cars that explode under the force of a million killer potatoes! Your films are no match for the killer potatoes."

"My films are going to rain down phytophthora infestans on your film." He nodded, trying to exude an air of cool. "That's, um, potato blight," he added.

Jeff just pointed a warning finger in his face. They sat down on the couch. It was weirdly coordinated.

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THE GLOBULE

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In which a large globule tries to devour the world before a plucky hero finds his shampoo collection and does battle from the top of a skyscraper. There's a puppy in a car that gets rescued.

Re: THE GLOBULE

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"I'm sorry," Andrew said, "but anyone who is not fast enough to get away from the globule kind of deserves to get digested."

Re: THE GLOBULE

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"You forget the part where the globule gets extra speed from the petrol!" Jeff argued, "You can't plan for petrol, it's just impossible."

HOWARD THE MALLARD

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A zany film from the mid-80s in which a sarcastic but loveable humanoid duck is yanked from his own world and sent to earth to save the world from an evil alien invader. Features a memorable cross species kiss.

Re: HOWARD THE MALLARD

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Wandering into the common room, John started laughing as soon as he saw the screen. Easily recognizing Howard the Mallard, he plopped onto the sofa to join the boys.

Re: HOWARD THE MALLARD

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"You have to admit, they did a really good job getting his bill to move in time with what he is saying," Andrew said, nodding toward the screen.

Re: HOWARD THE MALLARD

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"I don't get this movie," Jeff complained, "Why a duck? Why not... geese? Killer geese!"

Re: HOWARD THE MALLARD

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"Well, he's not a killer duck. He's a cute little lovable duck guy with a quick wit and a cool jacket," Andrew replied. "Not every movie has to have some aberrant species of plant or animal trying to eat people."

ATTACK OF THE KILLER BUNNIES

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In which killer bunnies try to destroy a small town in Iowa, but are eventually defeated by a small child wielding a lollipop and a chainsaw. There's a puppy in a car that gets rescued.

Re: ATTACK OF THE KILLER BUNNIES

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"Now this is prime cinema!" Jeff said, sitting back happily.

It really wasn't.

Re: ATTACK OF THE KILLER BUNNIES

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Ino wandered into the common room just in time to hear that. She stared at the TV for a few minutes before saying incredulously, "How?"

Re: ATTACK OF THE KILLER BUNNIES

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Andrew snorted and rolled his eyes. He actually liked this movie, but he wasn't about to admit that.

THE NIGHT THE WORLD SPED UP

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He came in peace. They shot him. His robot got angry. And there is a bit with a girl.

Re: THE NIGHT THE WORLD SPED UP

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"This," Andrew said loudly, gesturing at the screen, "is groundbreaking cinema. It was political and relevant and new and..." he flailed his hand about searching for the right word, "... awesome."

Re: THE NIGHT THE WORLD SPED UP

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"I liked the bit with the girl the first time I watched it," Jeff admitted, "It gets shorter with time, doesn't it?"

Especially if you fast-forward.

Re: THE NIGHT THE WORLD SPED UP

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"The one with the bunnies was more interesting." Ino complained, but made no move to get up and leave. "And why is the girl even in the movie?"

Re: THE NIGHT THE WORLD SPED UP

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"Good question," Andrew said. "I think it was just expected back then, you know. I guess the studio didn't trust the appeal of good story line without the, um, legs to back it up."

INVASION OF THE LIVING POTATOES

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In which potatoes come to life and start killing in Manchester. Everything seems lost until a group of townspeople all come together to make the world's largest stew. There's a puppy in a car that gets rescued. Naturally.

Re: INVASION OF THE LIVING POTATOES

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"I don't even like potato soup," Andrew commented.

Re: INVASION OF THE LIVING POTATOES

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"You have to make sacrifices to stave off potato-generated doom," Jeff shot back.

Re: INVASION OF THE LIVING POTATOES

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After being hopelessly scarred by the nature program downstairs, Neil decided to head up to the fifth floor common room to raid some popcorn.

His intent was to grab a bag and disappear into his room, instead he found himself stopping and staring at the movie on the screen.

"This could almost be a training video for new students," he said thoughtfully.

BURST BURTON

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A bored alien ruler decides to play around with Earth. An unlikely series of events will lead a courageous and well muscled football hero across the galaxy to save the day!

Re: BURST BURTON

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"You know, I find it terribly unfair that it always has to be the American football player in these films," Jeff complained.

USE THE REST OF THE COMMON ROOM

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Far, far away from the geeks. And their movies.

OOC

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BECAUSE THE WORLD CANNOT BE DEVOURED BY OCD.