{"id":4097,"date":"2006-11-15T13:02:21","date_gmt":"2006-11-15T19:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/gazette\/2006\/11\/15\/desert-island-movie-meme\/"},"modified":"2022-01-31T08:02:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T14:02:43","slug":"desert-island-movie-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2006\/11\/15\/desert-island-movie-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert Island Movie Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know, I know &#8212; the &#8220;if you were stranded on a desert island, which movies\/ books\/ music\/ beverages\/ non-venomous reptiles\/ television evangelist\/ Hooter&#8217;s girl\/ Pro Bowling Tour player would you want to have with you&#8221; memes have been done to death, but here&#8217;s a slightly different twist. It still deals with movies, but you get to pick one title for each of the following ten genres.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my list (genres shown in bold) of the movies I&#8217;d choose for my desert island stranding:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Western<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Silverado<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">Horror<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\"> &#8211; <\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">Shaun of the Dead<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">Sci-Fi<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\"> &#8211; <\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">Serenity<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">Musical<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\"> &#8211; <\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">Fiddler on the Roof<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">Comedy<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\"> &#8211; <\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">The Princess Bride<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">War<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\"> &#8211; <\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">Saving Private Ryan<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">Action<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\"> &#8211; <\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">Foreign<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\"> &#8211; <\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">Classic (before 1960)<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\"> &#8211; <\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">The Quiet Man<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">Documentary<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\"> &#8211; <\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">Mad Hot Ballroom<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">Bonus Pick (any genre)<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\"> &#8211; <\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);\">My Cousin Vinny<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are all pretty safe picks (choosing <em>Shaun of the Dead<\/em> in the horror category is probably cheating a bit, but I can&#8217;t think of a &#8220;traditional&#8221; horror movie that I&#8217;d want to see more than once).<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps yours are a bit edgier&#8230;?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, here&#8217;s the setup: you have a desert island, a solar-powered DVD player, and ten empty DVD cases. 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