Empire's Cryptic Canvas - find the 50 movies

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Thu May 28, 2009 2:58 pm

http://www.empireonline.com/crypticcanvas/

50 to find, I'm on 36. I've found the locations of the other 14 but am quite stumped!

Have at it, then.

[EDIT] 38 down, twelve to go. Woohoo.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Thu May 28, 2009 3:24 pm

Just hit 37, but some of them are a bit obtuse. Gonna stick at it for a bit longer before spoiling it for others

[edit] 39... [edit] 41...

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Thu May 28, 2009 3:34 pm

Upto 40.

I think it's a good mix of obvious and completely ******* obscure.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Thu May 28, 2009 3:38 pm

I'm pretty sure I'm stuck on the obvious stuff too...

Kung fu cheerleaders?
Pirates gambling?
Family with very small children?
CCC warehouse?
Man on platform?
Woman mincing books?

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Thu May 28, 2009 3:45 pm

Just hit 41

Metal Vendetta wrote:Kung fu cheerleaders?

Yeah, me too. I think there's actually two movies there, one on its own then the other two.

Pirates gambling?

Got that one, though I'm not sure the game's relevant.

Family with very small children?

Got that one. The gender of the two parents is the key. Though I'm left with three tiny girls...

CCC warehouse?

I only just got this one. I can't think of a clue that won't give it away though.

Man on platform?

Stuck there too.

Woman mincing books?

She's not mincing them - she's prepping them to be reused. Name of the process.

I'm left with:

Green Rock With Feet Who Might Be a Person Kneeling: The Movie
A Red Windmill?
Driving into the Dragon!
Generic Stringed Instruments 2: The Sequel

I can't help but feel I'm being an idiot.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Thu May 28, 2009 4:12 pm

Brendocon wrote:Green Rock With Feet Who Might Be a Person Kneeling: The Movie

No idea. I though that was part of the kung-fu cheerleaders.

Brendocon wrote:A Red Windmill?

En francais?

Brendocon wrote:Driving into the Dragon!

How can I not give this away? Er...

Brendocon wrote:Generic Stringed Instruments 2: The Sequel

Not generic, and the fact that there are two of them is significant.

[edit]

Brendocon wrote:
Woman mincing books?
She's not mincing them - she's prepping them to be reused. Name of the process.

Gah! Staring me in the face!

Brendocon wrote:
Man on platform?
Stuck there too.

Just got this one. It's related to the other clue nearby.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Thu May 28, 2009 4:40 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:
Brendocon wrote:A Red Windmill?
En francais?

Of course. I suck at foreign.

Brendocon wrote:Driving into the Dragon!
How can I not give this away? Er...

It feels like it should be blindingly obvious. But then I took ages getting the one to the left of it because my mind was stuck on Pixar.

Brendocon wrote:Generic Stringed Instruments 2: The Sequel
Not generic, and the fact that there are two of them is significant.

Yeah, therein lies my problem - I don't know what they are. I'm sure that if I knew then I'd get it no trouble.

Man on platform?
Stuck there too.
Just got this one. It's related to the other clue nearby.

I wanted Man on Wire and can't get past it.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Thu May 28, 2009 5:41 pm

Brendocon wrote:
Metal Vendetta wrote:
Brendocon wrote:Driving into the Dragon!
How can I not give this away? Er...
It feels like it should be blindingly obvious. But then I took ages getting the one to the left of it because my mind was stuck on Pixar.

The last two words are correct. Think TM2 Megatron.

Brendocon wrote:
Brendocon wrote:Generic Stringed Instruments 2: The Sequel
Not generic, and the fact that there are two of them is significant.
Yeah, therein lies my problem - I don't know what they are. I'm sure that if I knew then I'd get it no trouble.

In crossword terms, you've got L _ _ E.

Brendocon wrote:
Stuck there too.
Just got this one. It's related to the other clue nearby.
I wanted Man on Wire and can't get past it.

He should be weraing black to make it obvious.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:46 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:
Brendocon wrote:
Metal Vendetta wrote: How can I not give this away? Er...
It feels like it should be blindingly obvious. But then I took ages getting the one to the left of it because my mind was stuck on Pixar.
The last two words are correct. Think TM2 Megatron.

Yeah well that's the very first thing I entered and it told me it was wrong.

I shall have to try again.

Brendocon wrote:
Brendocon wrote:Generic Stringed Instruments 2: The Sequel
Not generic, and the fact that there are two of them is significant.
Yeah, therein lies my problem - I don't know what they are. I'm sure that if I knew then I'd get it no trouble.

In crossword terms, you've got L _ _ E.[/quote]

Aha. Now I know what they are. Now to engage my brain long enough to try and translate a pair of them into film terms.

Brendocon wrote:
Stuck there too.
Just got this one. It's related to the other clue nearby.
I wanted Man on Wire and can't get past it.

He should be weraing black to make it obvious.[/quote]

Ahaaa. And if he falls off he'll get Hurt.

Which ones have you still got left then?

IronHide · Post by **IronHide** » Thu May 28, 2009 10:12 pm

35/50

Ninja Cheerleaders should work. Hell its a movie. Not a very good one, but a movie nonetheless. It has to be associated with the cameras somehow...not sure yet though...

And I am absolutely stuck on the butterfly attached to a bell thats diving....wtf?

The Knight and the Chocolate Milk on top of a mexican flag are throwing me to.

And still dont get the woman putting the books in a grinder.

edit*
40/50

Does the pirate one have to do with a vacation or traveling?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu May 28, 2009 11:34 pm

40/50.

The hardest part seems to be trying to work out how many foci there are to certain clues.

Also, I'm no botanist.

IronHide · Post by **IronHide** » Fri May 29, 2009 12:11 am

43 now.

And I think the guy in the green is crying, weeping maybe. I dunno.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri May 29, 2009 12:17 am

48.

No clue as to the final two.

Although I did find one that I clicked on earlier but it didn't register as a clue before, so that's okay.

[edit]

49 now.

Good job I tried some guesses again. Love the way it doesn't always accept the right answer.

1 left. I know where it is. I know what it is. But the name of it - no idea!

Where's Crafty when you need a "say what you see" moment.

IronHide · Post by **IronHide** » Fri May 29, 2009 12:42 am

The damn butterfly and bell still have me stumped.

Figured most of the rest out and I feel like an idiot now that I know em...

45/50

Post by **snarl** » Fri May 29, 2009 8:53 am

Somebody tell me all the answers please?

I'm too thick / lazy to do it myself but still want to brag and boast via email to all my colleagues. Yes, I'm a ****.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Fri May 29, 2009 9:58 am

IronHide wrote:The damn butterfly and bell still have me stumped.

It's going to be difficult to give clues without giving it away, as you're virtually there but probably just don't know it's a film.

What the bell is doing is a major clue. 2007 French film.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri May 29, 2009 10:04 am

50!

And now I can get some sleep...

[edit]

So what ones have people got left, then?

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Fri May 29, 2009 10:11 am

Rebis wrote:Good job I tried some guesses again. Love the way it doesn't always accept the right answer.

Yeah. As I suffered from earlier. :/

I just got the Cheerleaders and can breathe again.

Though the fact there were about four entry points for that one clue means I've done 48/50 and can't even find the last two, let alone guess what they are...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri May 29, 2009 10:24 am

Brendocon wrote:I just got the Cheerleaders and can breathe again.

Apparently, even Empire admit that one was rather fiendish.

Though the fact there were about four entry points for that one clue means I've done 48/50 and can't even find the last two, let alone guess what they are...

Hmm. It's difficult to describe where a couple are without giving them away, but here goes.

There's two in the top right, which I missed for ages because my browser window is smaller than the 'painting', so I wasn't scrolling up far enough.

There's also four clues (not three) in the gated-area below the cheerleaders, and although three are obvious, the fourth can be completely overlooked due to its shading.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Fri May 29, 2009 10:30 am

Rebis wrote:There's two in the top right, which I missed for ages because my browser window is smaller than the 'painting', so I wasn't scrolling up far enough.

There's also four clues (not three) in the gated-area below the cheerleaders, and although three are obvious, the fourth can be completely overlooked due to its shading.

Ahaaha. Rebis FTW.

I'd found the extra one in the top right already, but now I've got both of them.

Completely clueless so far, but I'm sure I'll figure it out when I realise what I'm looking at. Too busy getting pissed off with the way the image moves with the mouse so it's difficult to get into the corners.

I had a complete eureka moment when I thought the cheerleaders were Mean Girls. Very angry when it said no. Still, got there in the end.

[EDIT] Just the last one in the top right to go now. Dammit Jim, I'm a bastard not a botanist!

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Fri May 29, 2009 11:51 am

Gah that cheerleaders one is stupid...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri May 29, 2009 12:35 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:Gah that cheerleaders one is stupid...

They all look the same.

And the "Green Rock With Feet Who Might Be a Person Kneeling: The Movie," as Brend put it, looks more like a man in a mac who's just received a sharp one to the nads, and had his sunglasses knocked off.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Fri May 29, 2009 6:47 pm

Rebis wrote:They all look the same.

Racist.

IronHide · Post by **IronHide** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:25 am

Most. Annoying. Movie Find. Ever.

Took me damn near forever to get the last two. The stupid bell one (which I admittedly did look up on imdb, FRENCH FILMS SHOULDNT COUNT!) and the stupid patch of four-leafed vegetation that was really impossible to see.

Actually found the top right one completely by accident, did a double click and had a 'wtf?' moment.

The cheerleader one was a stretch, I new there had to be at least one of those movies on there, that made the most sense.

Aaron Hong · Post by **Aaron Hong** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:31 pm

IronHide wrote: the stupid patch of four-leafed vegetation

Thanks.

Now I can be stuck on 30 instead of 29.

After clearing the blatantly obvious ones I started taking random hits at it.

Post by **Best First** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:23 pm

Cheated on 4;

The top right two confounded me as i thought it was one.

Did better than i expected to when i first set out though

Pissin' Poonani · Post by **Pissin' Poonani** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:42 pm

Some of those made me feel so dumb when I finally realised what they were.

I cheated. Lots.

Post by **Best First** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:46 am

Yay. Pissin'.

Tricks?

Pissin' Poonani · Post by **Pissin' Poonani** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:09 pm

Hey dude!

Tricks 'aint all that at the mo-****** break up. Bah.

How's you's?

Post by **Best First** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:27 am

Sorry to hear that champ.

Things are good with me - except for not being as good at movie quiz's as Brend.