Driven to abstraction

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Driven to abstraction

#1 Post by giraffe » Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:42 pm

Has anyone made any headway with this. I think I'm about 3/10 ths of the way through the first part, but progress is slow.
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#2 Post by pebbles » Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:44 pm

I think I have 7 so far.
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#3 Post by giraffe » Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:18 pm

Kingsley and I are collaborating and are up to 4. BUT IT'S LIKE PULLING TEETH. She can't access this part of the forum at present, so I'll have to be her spokesperson. She is convinced the red one is a film called "The Oven" (complete with fried egg) :lol:
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#4 Post by LAT » Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:56 pm

I'm impressed! My mind is almost a total blank on these. The red one is the only one I do know. But I've never been much of a film buff :(

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#5 Post by SparkOut » Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:36 pm

The one on which you can actually still read the caption (top right on the website page) is the only one I have for this so far. I haven't really tried yet though, but I don't think I'm going to like this one as much as another movie poster one I have seen of Scurra's though... ;)
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#6 Post by giraffe » Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:04 pm

Is there anyone out ther with any ideas about the 4th one (6 pictures ) or the last one?
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#7 Post by kathlyn » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:49 am

Anyone know where I can start looking for the answers to these posters. I've done some searching on the web but zilch :x I'm not a movie goer so am stumped :evil:
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#8 Post by eirian » Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:07 pm

thanks to a brilliant OH, I've done this one. If anyone wants to check something, PM me.
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#9 Post by SparkOut » Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:12 pm

I think on this one I'd have to send my list and have you fill in the blanks. (There's only that one non-blank still! :D)
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#10 Post by giraffe » Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:14 pm

Katsmom I goggle imaged famous actors with the words film poster. Some I just googled famous films' names to see what the posters were like. They are quite well known in general (I don't get to the cinema either) still stuck on two.
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#11 Post by giraffe » Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:50 pm

AAAAHHHHHAAAAA!

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#12 Post by kingsley » Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:15 pm

I can get onto this forum now!!!

Surprisingly, I have exactly the same ones as giraffe :roll:.
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#13 Post by kathlyn » Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:22 pm

zoe -i 've been there done that and trawled through loads of posters with no matches as there are thousands of the things it's like looking for a needle in a hay stack :shock:
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#14 Post by chazzie » Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:11 pm

Got it :D :D :D
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#15 Post by strep98 » Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:19 pm

I too am no film goer think I may recognise one, but that is it help please.
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#16 Post by pnward » Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:55 pm

I'm amazed anyone can make anything from the movie posters - well done to those that have got some or all of them.

Anybody tell me the lead actor in the films to give me a chance.
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#17 Post by katsmom » Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:58 pm

Chazzie, your little penguin looks like it is gloating.
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#18 Post by chazzie » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:38 pm

katsmom wrote:Chazzie, your little penguin looks like it is gloating.
It wasnt intended that way. There was so much talk about dancing on this forum that I thought this would be fun. He brings back memories of my nephew dancing on the table when he was about 18months old - and makes me laugh - even when I'm struggling with the puzzles :lol:
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Re: Driven to abstraction

#19 Post by kingsley » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:34 pm

I'm done too! :D :D :D
Now I just need to enter my answer.
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#20 Post by Bunnylump » Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:16 pm

Phew! I've got there too. Very clever, Scurra!
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