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SixFourian 
"Four ever European"

The European Union

Posted - 20/02/2010 :  21:32:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The challenge this time is to post pairs (or other multiples) of connected reviews by you for different films. (Matching reviews by you for the same film are covered in challenge 7 and responses to others' reviews in challenge 10.) The films themselves can either be connected or not, but it shouldn't just be similar ideas that you happen to have used for unrelated films.

Please post specific links to each set of reviews and give clear spoiler warnings where appropriate.

You are welcome to post existing reviews, but you are particularly encouraged to write new ones fitting the requirement.

Like all challenges, this will be completely open-ended, due to the variable speed of approvals and the fact that inspiration does not come at will. Good luck!

Other challenges:
F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 1: alliteration
F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 2: puns on film titles
F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 3: turn a phrase
F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 4: The Man Who Knew Infinity
F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 5: uniqueness
F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 6: lengthiness
F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 7: matching reviews
F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 8: find the hidden message
F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 9: going for a song
F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 10: responses
F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 11: rhyme
F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 12: anagrams
F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 13: four-letter film reviews
F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 14: weddings
F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 15: zeugma
F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 16: Bushwhacking/Baracking
F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 17: F.W.F.R. and Benj

Edited by - SixFourian on 20/02/2010 23:10:09

[matt] 
"Cinemattic."

United Kingdom

Posted - 21/02/2010 :  15:31:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

Jeepers Creepers
Jeepers Creepers 2



Shrek
Shrek 2
Shrek The Third
Shrek Forever After



Tie Dye 101: The Basics
Advanced Tie Dye Techniques

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SixFourian 
"Four ever European"

The European Union

Posted - 21/02/2010 :  23:45:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Just so that no one thinks films in this challenge need to be linked like [matt]'s and my examples so far, these reviews are an example of another kind of connection I had in mind.
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"

Canada

Posted - 24/02/2010 :  22:21:06  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Only connect.


Splash. Steel Magnolias.

Uma Uma The first of these.

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SixFourian 
"Four ever European"

The European Union

Posted - 24/02/2010 :  22:27:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Got those already, I'm afraid.
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w22dheartlivie 
"Kitty Lover"

United States

Posted - 26/02/2010 :  01:39:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The primary theme in the Godfather series of films is death: The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II and The Godfather: Part III.

The remake of The Longest Yard carried a theme from the first one: The Longest Yard 1974 and The Longest Yard (2005).

The Lord of the Rings films have a theme of awakening: The Fellowship Of The Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.

The Pirates of the Caribbean followed the same premise: The Curse Of The Black Pearl, Dead Man's Chest and End of the World.

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SixFourian 
"Four ever European"

The European Union

Posted - 26/02/2010 :  02:05:35  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Those are all bad links for me unfortuately, w.h.l. This will be because your own default is on a down-arrow (e.g. high votes downwards) whereas mine is currently on an up-arrow (real chronological) and then you've selected reviewer name, with a down-arrow being suitable for you as that starts at the end of the alphabet. It will look correct to you because it still applies your down-arrow default, but for me it applies my up-arrow default.

The best way to isolate specific reviews is to click the chronological button once or twice as applicable (but not nought times) so that it displays from older to newer, then select My reviews only, (then change the user I.D. if you don't want to select your own reviews,) then amend Rows=100 and Start=1 if need be. The resulting link can then only become out of date if the review or an older one by the same user is deleted/disowned or if an older review by the same user is approved.
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SixFourian 
"Four ever European"

The European Union

Posted - 26/02/2010 :  02:31:38  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
LOL, I'm such a dumbass. I knew about the above issue and I've just realised that I fell into the same trap. I set my default to chronological 'ascending' just to save myself some effort when getting to the U.R.L.s for the X x X thread, but of course that meant that the links were no good for anyone with a 'descending' default.
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w22dheartlivie 
"Kitty Lover"

United States

Posted - 01/03/2010 :  22:09:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
So it works for you now?
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SixFourian 
"Four ever European"

The European Union

Posted - 01/03/2010 :  23:55:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
No, sorry -- I was in a dumbass in that I had made the same omission (when I already knew about the issue), but what I said still applies.

Edited by - SixFourian on 01/03/2010 23:57:49
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SixFourian 
"Four ever European"

The European Union

Posted - 06/03/2010 :  22:44:16  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
In this set, the first one does not fit properly, but I think of it as connected by being a different way of reading the title (on which basis the other reviews are formed). This pattern is very common here now but it wasn't at the time.
I II III IV

7 14 21 28 35 42 49

I'm thinking of the second of these films as a response to the first one.
Eighty 80

Mine here were inspired by Cheese_Ed's so I am including his too. I acknowledged my debt to him at the time and he was happy with my extension of the idea.
Ch_Ed me me me

The second of these is one of my favourite reviews.
Boy Man

Him Her

This pair is roughly along the lines of Rock Golf's, although not as good because they don't both refer to the other title.
Modern Historic

His character name is never given in either case and he is described thus in the credits.
Anon Aaron

I II III IV V VI VII

I II
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"

Canada

Posted - 24/03/2010 :  21:31:35  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
ER, here's a new pair:



First Second

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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"

Canada

Posted - 28/03/2010 :  23:31:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Comin' back at ya.

First five. Five remade.

In 1939 John Farrow (Mia's dad) directed Five Came Back. In 1956 he directed a remake--Back from Eternity.

Edited by - lemmycaution on 28/03/2010 23:31:39
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"

Canada

Posted - 01/07/2010 :  17:59:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hemingway my way.

Right way.

Wrong way.

My way of saying that I think Glazer's adaptation is more successful than Hecht's.

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