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The Sci-Fi/Action/Disaster Movie Drinking Game

Each occurrence costs the players one drink unless otherwise noted. If you want to make it competitive, each player could take a different subset of rules to see who's un/luckier.

You also may want to institute a "Buy 5, get one free" rule. E.g., in Stargate, the sons of bitches say "Stargate" about 16 times. Rule #1 will kick your ass in this case, so take it easy on yourself - after 5 Stargates, let the sixth go by with a nod, not a sip.

1. Title gets quoted in the movie
2. Nameless character dies at beginning of film
3. Creaking weather vane *
4. Leading man named after verb or mineral
5. Leading woman named after sex act or animal
6. Leading lady's clothes torn off or come off during/due to disaster*
7. Hero has a questionable reputation *
8. Cameo by porn star
9. Cameo by B actor (not drinkable if you know they are in the movie before you watch it)
10. Geeky sidekick character
11. Bad/dirty cop character
12. Use of a power ballad (including credits)
13. Computer hacking scene
14. Death of a minority (2 drinks if this is a nameless minority)*
15. Vehicle chase scene *
16. Childhood flashback **
17. Death of meaningful family member ** (one drink for each one dead) (two drinks if they die due to the same disaster the movie is about)
18. Ridiculous explosion *
19. Child in peril/child saved **
20. Silly technical acronym or jargon ****
21. Kid sneaks out of the house *
22. Name of fictional government agency
23. Evil/Rival scientist * (use a broad definition of scientist)
24. Renegade scientist
25. Sex scene anywhere other than a bedroom
26. Tour group at dangerous location/facility *
27. Someone is overheard saying something insulting or stupid *
28. Evil clown/mime/street performer
29. Looting/robbery/crime after or because of the disaster
30. Character "coming back" from the dead
31. Someone is sacrificed or sacrifices him/herself *
32. Missed warning message*
33. Communication goes down ***
34. Someone hangs up in an attempt to fix a cut phone line*
35. Bad matte painting or blue-screen *
36. Animals sensing danger
37. Escape route blocked *
38. Ridiculous talking computer or countdown*
39. Person swears at machine*
40. Rescue team gets trapped/ambushed/lost/killed*
41. Past/unused/random job or skill comes in handy *
42. Technology used in a way differently than how it actually works in the real world (prime example from Twister: duplex communication over CB's as if they're telephones)
43. Something doesn't work because of budget cutbacks
44. Somebody points out the obvious*
45. Trying to outrun/drive/fly the disaster **
46. Dolly counter-zoom
47. Meal interrupted*
48. Someone pulls rank *
49. Someone is asked to do the impossible *
50. Using untested invention to save the day * (by broad definition, equipment that hasn't been used in X years counts)
51. A self-destruct device is used
52. If you need to flip/change DVDs/tapes/hard drives (yes, we actually needed to flip the DVD during Stargate)
53. If you talk to the screen/TV
54. If you look anything up on IMDB or Google during the movie
55. Singing in a foreign/alien language
56. Chanting
57. Ridiculous use of English (e.g. Bedouins talking to each other)
58. Hero contemplates suicide
59. Character drops/breaks something while realizing/learning something shocking
60. Character refers to something as, "The Device"
61. Evacuation (not the bathroom kind)
62. Gratuitous use of a robot
63. sci-fi light tunnel effect (e.g. Han gets the Hyperdrive working)

And now, drinkable quotes (none need to be exact):

1. "I was out of line" *
2. "We're going to need all the manpower we can get." *
3. "We need to bring the [system] back online." *
4. "What's going on?" + one additional drink for each cuss word/phrase added (e.g. "What the fucking god-damned hell is going on!?!?" = 4 drinks).
5. "It's/that was a long time ago." *
6. "It's not responding - I don't know why." *
7. "I need some help in/over here!" *
8. "Stay with me." *
9. "We're not out of this yet." *
10. "Not by a long shot."*
11. "There's not enough time!"
12. "We're losing it/him/her!" *
13. "No! It's too dangerous!"
14. "Don't you understand? We're/you're/they're all going to die!"
15. "Just hang on - I've got you!" *
16. "There's only one MAN who can help us" (2 drinks)
17. "There's only one PERSON who can help us" (1 drink)
18. "It's quiet - too quiet."
19. "It's coming right for us!" *
20. "It's like nothing I've ever seen before."
21. "Armageddon."
22. "I'm not leaving you!" *
23. "But that's impossible."
24. "Worst/biggest [insert disaster or event here] ever." *
    
25. And . . . "Are you coming back alive?" (this one is actually a joke - I said it to the rebooting Mythtv box and A. thought I was suggesting it for the list. It's close enough to be on the list, she thinks.)

* inidactes these rules took their toll as we watched, Atomic Twister.

Enjoy! Let us know how it goes.