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Welcome to the 4th annual SUBTEXT GAME! The game where you write an essay about a random movie with a random subtext. The rules are simple. When you sign up you post in the thread with... 1. Your username (Just in case you change it etc) 2. A movie 3. A subtext And you are agreeing to write an essay when you sign up, so please keep that in mind. After everyone is signed up, by midnight on August 31st, I will randomize the movies and the subtexts and assign them out to the participants. The subtext and the movie are not linked to each other and will most likely not end up together. After everyone has their movie and their subtext they will have 2 weeks, ending on September 14th, to write their essay and email it to goonsubtextgame@gmail. Once we get it then the judges will grade the essays and the top three rated essays will get SUPER DELUXE PRIZES! You want some examples of essays from prior years? Sure! 2012 ESSAYS 2013 ESSAYS Here are the threads from the prior years... 2011 2012 2013 Fine Print... How long should these essays be? Try to make them less than 3 pages. If you really need more than write more, but realize that unless you are able to keep it really entertaining through and through that the judges might get bored on page 24. How are they going to be graded? Completely arbitrarily by the judges. I believe it is pretty much agreed on that we want to BELIEVE the essay. A good example is D2: The Mighty Ducks and Catharsis through Castration essay. Can I submit any movie? Please make it a movie that does not require weeks to find. If you are assigned a movie that you honestly cannot find I will assign you a movie from one of the prior years that was not written on. Can I submit any subtext? Try not to be too extremely specific or convoluted. Like, we are looking more for "penis envy" or "war on terror" as opposed to "Carl Jung's idea of the anima and animus in exploring the reunification of post World War 2 Europe". This is supposed to be a fun essay challenge and not some 4000 level college essay. What are the prizes? Umm, those will be determined at a future date. Should have email the essay in any particular way? Please have "Username/Movie/Subtext" in the title of the email and please submit it in a normal format such as doc, rtf, pdf, etc. If you have any questions then feel free to ask. Edit: Here is the current signup list. ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE 2014 SUBTEXT GAME code:1st place will receive a Godzilla(1998) trailer reel as PART of their prize. 
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I'm in. Username: TrixRabbi Movie: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song Subtext: The crucifixion of Christ
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Aug 23, 2014 23:55
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Username: Egbert Souse Movie: The Long Goodbye (1973, Robert Altman) Subtext: gently caress the 1970s
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Aug 24, 2014 03:40
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Username: Jonny Angel Movie: I Am Legend (2007) Subtext: Endorsement of BDSM sexuality
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Aug 24, 2014 03:53
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Username: Safe Driver Film: A Very Brady Sequel Subtext: Canada works better in practice than in theory
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Aug 24, 2014 04:19
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I'm gonna give it a shot this year: Username: Friedpundit Movie: Under the Skin Subtext: Millenials and the culture of unearned expertise/clickbaiting.
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Aug 24, 2014 04:50
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Username: User-Friendly Movie: Titanic Subtext: The lifelong yearning to return to the innocence of youth
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Aug 24, 2014 05:03
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Sweet! Last year I got really lucky with my assignment. Can't wait to see what I get this time around. Name: Hibernator Movie: Footloose (1984) Subtext: Fear of one's own body
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Aug 24, 2014 05:03
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Fat Lou, please pair A Very Brady Sequel with Endorsement of BDSM Sexuality. Thanks in advance.
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Aug 24, 2014 15:30
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Maybe this will finally be the year I actually write my essay. Username: RandallODim Movie: Miami Connection Subtext: The US Government was behind the crack cocaine epidemic
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Aug 24, 2014 17:11
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Friedpundit posted:Movie: Under the Skin Hibernator posted:Subtext: Fear of one's own body Anyway I wanna give this a shot. Username: Cakebaker Movie: Cloud Atlas (2012) Subtext: The effectivelessness of non-violent protest
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Aug 24, 2014 20:21
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TrixRabbi posted:Fat Lou, please pair A Very Brady Sequel with Endorsement of BDSM Sexuality. Thanks in advance. I hope that magically happens. I am doing it completely randomly, so we shall see. I am hoping for Titanic and the effectivelessness of non-violent protest. 
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Aug 25, 2014 10:41
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Username: mobby_6kl Movie: The Fly Subtext: Geocentrism
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Aug 25, 2014 16:26
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Username: ynohtna Move: Barbarella Subtext: Dynamics of personal and cultural obsolescence
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Aug 25, 2014 16:49
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Username: Zikan Movie: Top Gun Subtext: The Failed Mysticism of 1960s Counterculture
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Aug 25, 2014 16:55
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I've got to admit to being somewhat surprised that no one has suggested "Subtext: buttsex" yet.
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Aug 25, 2014 17:02
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ynohtna posted:I've got to admit to being somewhat surprised that no one has suggested "Subtext: buttsex" yet. Only so long as it ends up with Top Gun or A Very Brady Sequel.
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Aug 25, 2014 17:08
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ynohtna posted:I've got to admit to being somewhat surprised that no one has suggested "Subtext: buttsex" yet. Subtext: Everybody is secretly having sex with everybody else
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Aug 25, 2014 17:17
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Even though I'm probably a judge, I'm gonna throw in my hat for an essay that just won't be in the running to win: Username: axleblaze Move: Gremlins 2: the New Batch Subtext: 9/11 was an inside job
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Aug 25, 2014 17:19
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Possible I won't have time due to vacation still going on, but we'll see Username: Tars Tarkas Movie: Clerks Subtext: Technology imposes social isolation
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Aug 25, 2014 18:34
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Username: King Cyborg Movie: Her Subtext: The Divine Right of the British Empire
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Aug 25, 2014 19:26
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Username: Kirbdog Movie: The Talented Mr. Ripley Subtext: The ethics of consumption
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Aug 25, 2014 20:03
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Starting school the same week the game kicks off but gently caress it, I'm in. Username: mr. stefan Film: Videodrome Subtext: gender politics in the information age
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Aug 25, 2014 20:53
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Here is the current signup list.
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Aug 25, 2014 22:21
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Name precision Movie Naked Lunch Subtext All agents defect; all resistors sell out
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Aug 25, 2014 23:36
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Tars Tarkas posted:Subtext: Technology imposes social isolation King Cyborg posted:Movie: Her Another potential combination that's just the actual subtext.
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Aug 26, 2014 01:14
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Name Vitamin P Movie Attack the Block Subtext The 5 stages of grief
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Aug 26, 2014 18:58
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Name: Proposition Joe Movie: Looper Subtext: Bitches be crazy
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Aug 27, 2014 04:57
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Name: Darthemed Movie: Cool World (1992) Subtext: The equivalency of artistic creation to magic.
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Aug 27, 2014 18:38
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Alright let's do this. Name: VROOM VROOM Movie: The Raid: Redemption (2011) Subtext: Resistance to colonialism [successful or not]
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Aug 27, 2014 20:27
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Name: Precambrian Movie: Network (1976) Subtext: How secular society attempts to fill the void in the absence of God.
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Aug 28, 2014 23:33
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Username: Not a Twat Movie: Chicken Run (2000) Subtext: The feminist conspiracy to make men redundant I had a fun time writing about Robot incest last year.
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Aug 29, 2014 00:44
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I am just going to give this a little weekend bump for people who still have not signed up.
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Aug 30, 2014 19:53
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Username: Quovak Film: 12 Angry Men Subtext: End The Fed e: Archives are back up. If you want to look at previous threads here they are: 2011 2012 2013 Quovak fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Aug 30, 2014 |
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Aug 30, 2014 20:55
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Canada works better in practice than in theory The US Government was behind the crack cocaine epidemic Dynamics of personal and cultural obsolescence Preemptively dreading any of these.
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Aug 30, 2014 23:37
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Quovak posted:Username: Quovak Thank you kind sir. I forgot to actually check. Oops.
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Aug 30, 2014 23:53
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Has K. Waste signed up for this yet? This poo poo seems like it would be his jam.
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Aug 31, 2014 19:22
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Username: Hbomberguy Film: The Prestige Subtext: the cop and the criminal are the same person Thanks for the link Quovak
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Aug 31, 2014 19:45
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Hbomberguy posted:Subtext: the cop and the criminal are the same person Pre-emptive question: must this theme literally mean that two character in the movie, one a cop and one a criminal, are facets of the same person? Or can it be expanded to be about the thin/non-existent line between the two sides of the law?
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Jonny Angel posted:Pre-emptive question: must this theme literally mean that two character in the movie, one a cop and one a criminal, are facets of the same person? Or can it be expanded to be about the thin/non-existent line between the two sides of the law? Yeah, basically the latter. Just go wild. Protagonist/antagonist, the two protagonists, protagonist and his sandwich, whatevs. It's sort of an in-joke I have with some friends, several of Michael Mann's films explore this theme in often quite on-the-nose ways and we've started jokingly pretending it's a theme in every movie. I think that's a good thing to use in this thread.
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