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Just like you, Deadpool is on the CQ team! (although to be fair he’s still a trainee)
Even though we haven’t heard Wordle referenced in a movie the bigger question is what is going to be the first mainstream feature film to mention CineQuote? If we had to guess, it would come from the character you see above. No doubt the pithy one-liners Deadpool utters will forever have a place here, but having the character actually break the fourth wall and ask/threaten us to include it in the game seems exactly the kind of thing he’d do. For the record, we’re all ears. Considering how much he loves his own jokes, and how meta these movies veer, it’s somewhat of a natural fit.
Also, last week we unveiled the Triple Play for our Members to play! As promised here’s another one:
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Alrighty. Let’s talk numbers:
Last Week’s Highlights
Highest Win Percentage97.1%  Clue (1985) | Lowest Win Percentage61.7%  The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) |
CineQuote players figured it it was Miss Scarlet in the observatory with the candlestick. Or was it Mister Green in the study with the knife? Dammit, we forget... Maybe it was Marsellus Wallace in the basement of the pawn shop with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch. Whatever the outcome, a 97.1% is a terrific win rate for CLUE. But how many of you know the Clue board game was designed by this guy:
Anthony Pratt, British musician and factory worker, invented the board game Clue (originally titled Murder!) in 1944. He created the game during World War II, inspired by his love for murder-mystery parlor games and the need for indoor entertainment during air-raid blackouts.
The Day The Win Streaks Stood Still, err, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL vaporized many a player who had a hard time with the 1951 classic about how war between countries is, you know, bad. Good thing humankind listened and forever adopted this valuable, valuable lesson. 😕 Ahem. For anyone staying at the Thayer Hotel this week, ya might wanna stroll over to West Point and tell those kids to stay frosty. Eeeeesh.
As for the rest:
GLADIATOR heralded you for service with honor to Rome, with a magnificent score. See you in Elysium, soldier.
Despite being a Christmas movie, most players got GREMLINS with ease and didn’t dare feed Gizmo after midnight, although technically isn’t EVERY time after midnight?
DEADPOOL 2 just missed an A-, with a 89% Win Rate. Very impressive considering there are three other movies featuring his name that players could have selected, not to mention the lighthearted Harry Callahan romp The Dead Pool.
THE WIZ eked by WICKED, implying that even if there’s no place like home, people are gonna recognize Michael Jackson’s voice and movies easier than Erivo and Grande’s. Poor Wicked really suffered from players accidentally guessing other, NON-OZ related movie also titled “Wicked.” We really try and impress upon you how important it is to check those years of release in the parentheses next to your selection. We’re guessing a lot of people went with THIS Wicked by mistake. Or heck, even this one…
 Colleen Camp as Yvette in | Ace of the Week14.7%“Did anyone recognize you?” “They must have, and not just my face. They know every inch of my body.” |
There are eight main characters in CLUE, with an additional five or six supporting characters. This makes it a little tricky finding a difficult quote to start the game with and in the end we opted for Yvette speaking in her “real” voice. You all must be descendants of the Parker Brothers as nearly 15% of you could not be stumped or flummoxed by Colleen Camp covertly talking (to Miss Scarlett or Mrs. White, depending on what “version” you saw.)
Here are the numbers for all the games last week.
CineQuote Movie | Win % | Ace % |
|---|---|---|
Clue (1985) | 97.0% | 14.7% |
Gladiator (2000) | 95.5% | 3.8% |
Gremlins (1984) | 93.5% | 9.5% |
Deadpool 2 (2018) | 89.0% | 5.3% |
The Wiz (1978) | 72.6% | 5.5% |
Wicked (2024) | 69.5% | 2.9% |
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) | 61.7% | 3.3% |
CQ Recommends
We recommend Gizmo. The original Labubu.
 Ballet 422 (2014 | Follows emerging choreographer Justin Peck as he undertakes the difficult tasks of creating and dancing in the New York City Ballet's 422nd original piece. A documentary about dance, hotshot choreographers, and the sands of the hourglass steadily falling until opening night. Lord knows I’m a sucker for a narrative, or doc, about the process of collaborative work, whether it’s putting a man on the moon, or perfecting an ephemeral burst of artistic expression. -Sean |
The Colosseum: cheap to get in, but a beer is still gonna cost ya 15 bucks.
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