Monday 24 June 2013

The BEST Movie Mash Up Drinking Game!

I saw this on Cougar Town and wanted to do it myself.



How it works is you take 2 movie titles that share a word, combine them and then describe that movie. For Example, "A killer whale gives out golden tickets to see who gets his candy company" and the answer is "Free Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory".

There will be a quiz master who will read the movie mash up descriptions and everyone will try and guess the title. Whoever gets it right wins that round and does not have to drink while everyone else (except the quiz master) has to drink. If no one gets it right, then the quiz master has to drink. 

I found a couple of these online and then started to add my own to make it more fun. This is an extremely fun game to play and will really break the mould of the usual boring drinking games. It keeps your brain working hard while you slowly poison it with alcohol.

If you think of any more, feel free to add them to your own game or message me and I will add them to this list.

Here is a list I have created for your quiz master to use (there are movies and television shows in this list):
  1. Superman tries to find a friend to be his best man - I love you, man of steel
  2. An island of resurrected dinosaurs run a government branch in Pawnee, Indiana - Jurassic Parks and Recreation
  3. Tina Fey and steve carrell go on a date in a museum where everything comes to life after closing time - Date night at the museum
  4. Emma stone gets a scarlet letter for trying to celebrate xmas instead of halloween - Easy a nightmare before xmas
  5. J-Lo uses elaborate lies to hide her profession while a member of maya rudolphs bridal party - Bridesmaids in Manhatten
  6. Will smith flies fighter planes while running from slow walking zombies - independence day of the dead
  7. A giant, red comic book hero tries to get rid of a curse given to her by a gypsy - drag me to bellboy
  8. An animated super villain adopts a dog that dies in the end - Despicable marley and me
  9. Jesse eisenberg runs from zombies with a group of orphaned animated dinosaurs - zombieland before time
  10. will smith and martin lawerence are cops trying to get laid in high school - superbad boys
  11. a woman who is always a bridesmaid and never a bride tries to survive a virus spreading in an apocalyptic world - 27 dresses later
  12. a lonely robot cleans up an abandoned planet while trying to phone home - wall e.t.
  13. an orphaned masked avenger assassinates osama bin laden - zero dark knight thirty 
  14. a pregnant katherine hiegl rides an aeroplane with george clooney - knocked up in the air
  15. Two space-faring buccaneers are enlisted to rescue a princess while martians invade 
  16. London - star war of the worlds
  17. A pride of animated lions climb the empire state building - the lion king kong
  18. A chinese animal trains in martial arts so that he will never grow old - kung fun peter panda
  19. A new, more lethal type of robot is sent back from the future to kill Bill Murray, again and again! - Terminator 2 : Groundhog Day
  20. boy wizard and his .44 magnum - dirty harry potter
  21. Jack black teaches children about cross dressing musical numbers - school of rocky horror picture show
  22. a prince who was curse to look like a monster films a plastic bag floating around - american beauty and the beast
  23. A serial killer murders puppets in their dreams - a nightmare on sesame street
  24. a man in a hockey mask tries to kill two girls who swapped bodies - freaky friday the 13th
  25. a luxurious cruise ship is destroyed after the kraken is released! - clash of the titanics 
  26. indiana jones and lara croft search for ancient artifacts - tomb raiders of the lost ark  
  27. After a bank heist gone wrong, an indian boy competes on a tv game show - resavoir slumdogs millionaire
  28. two agents protect earth from aliens while competing for a part in the ballet - men in black swan
  29. An animated blue super villain gets a procedure to erase memories of a previous relationship - eternal sunshine of a spotless megamind
  30. a cartoon monkey ages in reverse - the curious george of benjamin button
  31. A weather machine that creates food is used to summon a dragon that grants a wish - cloudy with a chance of dragonballs
  32. A horny secret agent is brought out of cryo-freeze to read the news - austin powers: anchorman of mystery
  33. Michael jordan ventures into space with a super intelligent computer that tries to kill him - 2001: a space jam
  34. 2 gay men travel through time and accidentally change history - brokeback to the future
  35. The biopic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader with mutant powers - malcolm x-men
  36. an elderly couple reminisce about when they were young and in love, while killing people by writing their names in a special book - death notebook
  37. a young robot with incredible powers lives in a nazi concentration camp - astro boy with the striped pyjamas
  38.  Seven noble families get children from different districts to fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros - the hunger game of thrones
  39. a famous english detective sets traps in his house to prevent burglars - sherlock home alone
  40. Amanda bynes pretends to be a boy while building a metal suit to fight crime - she's the ironman 
  41. King Leonidas gets involved in a whirlwind relationship with zooey deschannel - 300 days of summer
  42. 2 priests try to save a teenage girl that is possessed by a demon and mailing clothes to her friends - the exor-sisterhood of the travelling pants 
  43. jackie chan and chris tucker watch a man cut his own arm off - 127 rush hours
  44. Lisbeth Salander helps a journalist who is trying to tame flying mythical creatures - how to train your girl with the dragon tattoo
  45.  the perfect nanny uses ben stillers semen as hair gel - there's something about mary poppins 
  46. An Arabic street rat that wants to be a prince travels to Belgium after an assassination gone wrong - aladdin bruges
  47. James bond tries to survive a global warming apocalypse - die another day after tomorrow
  48. a married couple find out they are both assassins hired to kill each other while the father cross dresses to spend more time with his kids - mr and mrs doubtfire
  49. a family adopts a mouse that made a deal with a sea-witch to walk on the land like humans - stuart little mermaid
  50. 50. tom hanks tries to solve a mystery at the vatican with 3 sexy detectives - char lies angels and demons
  51. english teacher robin williams inspires his student to love poetry while they invent Facebook - dead poets social network
  52. A group of people are doomed to die after Nicholas Cage steals the declaration of independence - final desti-national treasure
  53. Will Smith is a cowboy who works for the President Of The United States of America - Wild Wild West Wing
  54. A high school detective from Neptune, California defends Earth from a Martian Invasion - Veronica Mars Attacks!
  55. A mutant with adumantium claws befriends a tribe of Native Americans - Dances with Wolverines 
  56. A blind man becomes a super hero while working for Merryl Streep at a fashion magazine company - The Daredevil Wears Prada
  57. A gigantic snakes sings "the sun will come out tomorrow" - Annie-conda
  58. A troubled boy dives into a wonderous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book but while he is gone, his toys come to life - The Neverending Toy Story
  59. A Michael Jackson tour documentary about trying to escape your video game to become a hero - This is Wreck It Ralph
  60. A young boy obtains Michael Jordan's talent while Channing Tatum strips - Like Magic Mike
  61. A newly released ex-con and former US Ranger finds themselves trapped on a prisoner transport plane when a golden retriever plays basketball - Con Air Bud
  62. A ten year old boy named Ash travels the world trying to catch all the monsters who work for a company that collects children's screams for energy - Pokemon-sters Inc
  63. Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson search for lost treasure while James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve - Fools Goldfinger
  64. Will Smith plays a struggling salesman who takes custody of his son while animated penguins sing and dance - The Pursuit of Happy Feet
  65. A man diagnosed with cancer turns to selling meth and posing as a christmas icon to rob a department store on christmas eve - Breaking Bad Santa
  66. Mel Gibson obtains the ability to read women's minds and curve the trajectory of bullets - What Women Wanted
  67. Justin Timberlake lives in a world wear time is used as currency with his best friend, Jake the Dog - Adventure In Time
  68. 2 paranoid stoners get unintentionally involved in a murder on a boat with a tiger - Life of Pineapple Express
  69. 3 super powered toddlers fight crime by doing a nude calendar to raise money for a local hospital - Calendar Powerpuff Girls
  70. An animated zebra must compete in a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory - Death Racing Stripes
  71. A team of teenagers wearing brightly coloured suits save the world with a Native American warrior, Tonto - The Lone Power Ranger
  72. An Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month while zombies attack and Will Farrell is a Nascar driver - 30 Days of Talladega Nights
  73. Jim Carrey inherits six penguins, and transforms his apartment into a winter wonderland with Morgan Freeman narrating - March of Mr. Popper's Penguins
  74. A young Avatar learns elemental magic while playing on a womens soccer team in London - The Last Air Bend It Like Beckham
  75. Will Smith is the sole survivor in New York City and obducted by an evil Owl Army - I am Legend of the Guardians
  76. James Bond tries to save wife and several others who were taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party - Another Day to Die Hard
  77. Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress, discovers a new world of vampires were they must match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond - True Blood Diamond
  78. Satirical patriotic puppets become serial killers while listening to Huey Lewis and the News - Team American Psycho
  79. Tyra Bank's judges as students at the Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class - Americas Next Top Gun
  80. A Sacha Baron Cohen character makes an alliance with a rodent to become a chef - Borat-atouille
  81. An alien befriends a girl in Hawaii and teaches clients how to pick up women - Lilo and Hitch
  82. A Scott F. Fitzgerald movie about a rich playboy that throws parties until an animated bee sues the human race for selling their honey - The Great Gats-Bee Movie 
  83. Home footage of a group of young boys as they obtain super powers and set out with The Bride to get revenge on those who betrayed her - Chronicle Bill

Saturday 3 March 2012

40A The Basin Reserve Pt.II

So as of tomorrow, I will have been down here for a fortnight. I guess it is about time I filled everyone in on what has been going on. This may only be interesting to a few people but I'm sure my mother will greatly appreciate this. As you can see from my previous post here, the Spidey-Cave I live in is pretty well equipped. It is on the top floor, so no phantom footsteps or ghosts moving around in the hallway outside. Everything here is a lot bigger than I expected, so I still have plenty of room for my secret dancing. I've decorated the place with all sorts of things that I have picked up from around the place (White Stripes, Scott Pilgrim, T. Rex, Misfits, Star Wars, Pokemon, Drab Doo-Riffs, Pulp Fiction, Iggy And The Stooges,Wasting Light, Sonic Youth, August Burns Red, Wooden Shjips, Shihad, Mark Lanegan, Deadpool, Die! Die! Die!, Black Dahlia Murder and more...). This place already feels like home, but I do really miss Alison. I will be back in Auckland soon to rock the motherfucking house and pick up my guitar. I have been desperate to play her for 2 weeks now and I want to play with my 21st birthday present from my awesome friends. After the great success of my (almost) 21st party in Feburary, I will be having a proper 21st down here in Wellington this Saturday. It will be a pretty small event with mainly American exchange students attending but there will be good music and a drunk Harry worrying about voodoo curses. This won't come as a surprise to my flatmates (Kate, Brendan, Tori and Allison) who are already very aware of what happens inside my head. My sequential art class (Comics) is having a show and tell on Tuesday but all my comics are in Akld, so I just HAD to go out and spend money at the comic book store. It was for school. It was for my education. So now I can sit crooked on my favourite spot on the couch and read Deadpool throughout this miserably rainy day. It has been pretty terrible weather lately (which my sister would love) and if I have learnt anything from television it is that when it is raining outside, something dramatic is about to go down. That and you can justify anything in the storyline as long as you blame it on the Hellmouth. I have already seen Death Cab For Cutie, No Aloha, Street Chant and Die! Die! Die! since getting here and I still have Lamb Of God, Unearth, Black Dahlia Murder x2, St Vincent, Boris and so much more this month to look forward to. I bought Sonic classic on Nintendo DS, so I will need to gather my brood of Auckland nerds and bathe in the majesty of Sonic 2! Can someone tell me if Sam bought a fucking DS yet? Watching the All-Star game used up so much of my internet but it was so worth it to see KD crowned MVP. That is it for now, there will be lots more of these random posts about what I am up to. Stay tuned...

P.S. there is no such thing as the Spidey-Cave. Peter Parker lives in an apartment.

Tuesday 13 September 2011

She drinks like a chimney and smokes like a fish

This is the show I had been waiting for since early August, the Drab Doo-Riffs release party for their new EP 'A Fistful Of Doo-Riffs'. I got this EP at the Liam Finn show on August 3rd but it wasn't out until Sept 9th officially, so I had to bide my time until the release show to truly celebrate its magnificence. DDR were playing at the Winchester in Auckland City, which is a perfect venue for them and they had some quality opening bands including Allan Pitt playing the saw (seriously, it was amazing) and the instrumentalists Hollow Grinders. The Drab Doo-Riffs took to the stage which was decorated with guitar pinatas and a banner with a severed dolls leg painted on it. They started off the show with their theme from A Fistful Of Doo-Riffs played by the toughest trumpet player I have ever seen and from then on out, it was just a tornado of Doo-Riff. Opening with some older material really helped get the crowd into it and then they unleashed some of their new songs like Lunatic Fringe and I'm Depressed. The set list was filled with new and old songs, which is a wonderful thing to experience. The Drab Doo-Riffs now have enough material to entertain all night and that can only be a good thing. DDR writes new music so quickly that they were playing new songs, like Do The Cat and Fantastic Voyage, that weren't even on the new EP (that is how new they were). The Drab Doo-Riffs live shows are the best in the country with Karl Steven and Caiohme McFehin bringing perpetual energy and twitchy dancing to ever show. It was a great night of madness and the best NZ show I have seen all year. I even came away with lots of goodies, including a t-shirt, 10" vinyl, 3D poster, stickers and a lungful of glitter.

The Drab Doo-Riffs. 09/09/2011. The Winchester, Auckland, New Zealand.
The Drab Doo-Riffs w/ Tim on trumpet

Lucy & Karl

The Drab Doo-Riffs w/ Tim on trumpet - Motorscoot Scoot

Karl, Caiohme & M. F. Joyce

The Drab Doo-Riffs - Ill Equipped

DO THE CAT!


The Drab Doo-Riffs Set List


Try hard not to argue the obvious

Everything was coming in 2's with 2 of my favourite New Zealand artists playing 2 nights in a row. Liam Finn and The Drab Doo-Riffs are electric live bands and brilliant musicians, so this was an unmissable event. The first night started off extremely well, with The Drab Doo-Riffs unveiling their new EP, A Fistful Of Doo-Riffs (which wasn't even in stores yet) and playing all of their new songs. The new material was a little rough, but it was the first time some of those songs had ever been played live so it was really a privilege to experience that. Karl Steven and Caiohme McFehin were spastically (yet somehow gracefully) throwing themselves around as usual and being a die-hard DDR fan myself, I was happily dancing my heart out along with them, even on their new songs which I was experiencing for the first time. Liam Finn was the main event, touring in support of his new album FOMO and he lived up to his reputation. A huge musical performance backed by a lovable personality, his guitar was vibrant, his drums were dynamic and his vocals resonated from behind that signature beard. Liam's set list fluctuated between his 2 albums, while he switched between instruments flawlessly and his backing band was magnificently complimentary. The bearded one loves to end with a big finish, howling the vocals for Lead Balloon while the encore took a much more mellow approach, eventually settling down to just Liam and E.J. performing an intimate song. The second night was a lot of the same, The Drab Doo-Riffs were feeling a lot more comfortable with their new material and really let loose in the Kings Arms, while Liam suffered some slight technical problems that would've been problematic, but Liam covered for it with an impromptu jam session. The set lists for both bands changed slightly on the second night, but mainly just shuffling songs. It was a fantastic night and an absolute blessing that I got to experience it twice in a row.

Liam Finn w/ The Drab Doo-Riffs. 03/08/11. Kings Arms Tavern, Auckland, New Zealand.


The Drab Doo-Riffs - I'm Depressed
The Drab Doo-Riffs - Pour Vous

The Drab Doo-Riffs Set List

Liam Finn - Gather To The Chapel

Liam Finn Set List



Liam Finn w/ The Drab Doo-Riffs. 04/08/11. Kings Arms Tavern, Auckland, New Zealand.

The Drab Doo-Riffs - Lunatic Fringe

The Drab Doo-Riffs Set List
Liam Finn - Better To Be
Liam Finn - Lead Balloon

Liam Finn Setlist

Sunday 31 July 2011

My secret you'll forever be

Unearth were coming to Auckland and they were putting on a big show for metal fans. They had multiple local bands opening up for them and they were bringing melodic death metal band, The Black Dahlia Murder over with them as well. I hadn't seen any of the local bands before but they were all quite impressive, except one band that was really horrible. Awaiting The Storm were the first act to play and they were very young but extremely good for their age. The Dauntless and Mark Of Man played brilliant sets that really got me hooked on their music. It was an awesome couple of hours of NZ metal but now it was time for the international acts to take the stage. I had heard a little about The Black Dahlia Murder before this show but I had never really been exposed to them before. There seemed to be endless amounts of people wearing beautifully illustrated and coloured BDM t shirts though, so they must have been good to have such a cult following. As the night went on, I would discover that they were more than good, they were FUCKING AMAZING! The Black Dahlia Murder took the stage and blew my fucking mind. They were thrashing heavy metal music at a blistering pace but there was an underlying melody created by some inspired guitar riffs. The lyrics were complex and morbidly fascinating, while the atmosphere of the band was so playful and fun. Lead vocalist, Trevor Strnd was a demonic puppet master as he psyched up the audience and pumped his fist in the air. They were so quirky and had such a party attitude, but their music was genius and fucking exciting. I fell in love with this band that night and I have been obsessed with them ever since. After their set I was hugely satisfied but to my utter delight, Unearth were about to take the stage. They played another hour of brilliant metal to the point where they were thrashing so hard, Drummer Derek Kerswill broke his drumstick during Endless (which he then threw to me). It was a heavy night filled with amazing bands and life changing discoveries.

Unearth & The Black Dahlia Murder. 29/05/2010. Kings Arms Tavern, Auckland, New Zealand.

The Black Dahlia Murder set list

Running schedule w/ Unearth guitar pick



Extract the venom, spit it over the shoulder

Shihad are one of the most successful bands to emerge from New Zealand, I was lucky enough to get to witness them take home the Legacy award at the NZ Music Awards in 2010. Earlier in the year, Shihad were touring the country in honour of 2 of their best albums, Killjoy and The General Electric. I would've loved to have gone and seen them both but being a poor art student, I had to decide which one I was going to attend. In the end it was obvious, I was going to see The General Electric album being played in its entirety. The show was sold out and local shredders, Heavy Metal Ninjas opened the night with an impressive display of guitar manipulation. The NZ audience was now ready for Shihad and they delivered with interest, kicking off the show with My Minds Sedate. They transitioned straight into The General Electric (the song) and the atmosphere was buzzing. New Zealand loves when Shihad plays and Shihad love putting on one hell of a show for us. The rest of the album was played with the usual intensity that Shihad have always brought to the stage and lead vocalist/guitarist Jon Toogood was at his best, rocking out like a true skinny white guy. The encore was filled with lesser known tracks from earlier albums and Jon even climbed the sound system at one point. It was a great night that NZ fans can always expect from one of our greatest rock groups ever.

Shihad. 07/08/2010. Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand.


Shihad - Jon Toogood

Over New Years, I headed down to Waihi to see Shihad play another show. This time they were playing as part of a summer festival that was travelling around New Zealand over the holidays. I live in Auckland, so it was a pretty decent drive down to see them, but that would never stop me from seeing a band I loved. To add to the allure, one of my favourite NZ bands were playing in support, Christchurch duo Cairo Knife Fight, along with Chart Topping Indie Pop group, The Naked & Famous. I drove down there in the morning and spent the day on the beach and walking around the cliffs, until I headed off to the venue, Waihi Beach Hotel. A big stage had been built outside the Hotel and I was able to grab a spot in the front row, just to the right of the centre. Cairo Knife Fight opened the show to a rather calm crowd but by the time they were done playing, the audience was alive and thriving. I've seen CKF many times and they always manage to win every single person in the audience over by the end of their set. The Naked & Famous played a good set, their style of alternative pop music got everybody moving and really appealed to the younger people in the audience. Finally, Shihad took the stage and the place just erupted. Unlike earlier in the year when I had seen them, they were playing a set list of their greatest hits and it was an amazing display. Starting with the new and haunting Final Year that lead straight into heavier hits My Minds Sedate and The General Electric. They worked their way through their history playing older songs, like Semi-Normal and Run with newer songs, like Engage and Lead Or Follow. Ending the show with massive hits Comfort Me and Sleepeater, the atmosphere was absolutely electric. They came back for an encore where they played their 2 most well known songs ever, Home Again and Pacifier. The show was well worth the trip down to Waihi and I even managed to see the band afterwards and get them to sign my set list.

Shihad w/ The Naked & Famous + Cairo Knife Fight. 03/01/2011. Waihi Beach Hotel, Waihi, New Zealand.