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sakabatou

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63. Money and...

Thu Apr 10, 2014, 01:38 AM

Apr 2014

Don't give them the real title of film or book. Have them say their lines or partial lines without context of other peoples' lines. There are also editing techniques that can be used too.

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How would somebody trick you into narrating a film that says the sun travels around the earth? [View all] OmahaBlueDog Apr 2014 OP

They could blind me with an enormous check. DavidDvorkin Apr 2014 #1

Enormous checks are responsible for lots of otherwise unexplainable actions... OmahaBlueDog Apr 2014 #2

Indeed. DavidDvorkin Apr 2014 #5

you want I should kick your money-loving ass, DavidDvorkin? Skittles Apr 2014 #41

Bring a big check. DavidDvorkin Apr 2014 #57

after just one, you'll be paying ME Skittles Apr 2014 #61

Other: I heard there was cake? Scootaloo Apr 2014 #3

The cake is a lie. rudolph the red Apr 2014 #6

I'm making a note here. Scootaloo Apr 2014 #10

Please don't tell me Aerows Apr 2014 #33

The steak is a fake chrisa Apr 2014 #48

I am pondering kicking Rudolph the Red's ass Skittles Apr 2014 #42

the cake is a lie rudolph the red Apr 2014 #62

awwwww I kid you, rudolph the red Skittles Apr 2014 #66

Yep. Valve said so. sakabatou Apr 2014 #13

:) rudolph the red Apr 2014 #21

I'm just disappointed by the steak being a lie. Aerows Apr 2014 #36

After all that work, the whole party was a big disappointment rudolph the red Apr 2014 #37

Bummer. n/t Aerows Apr 2014 #38

What?! GLaDOS wouldn't lie to me! NuclearDem Apr 2014 #44

Maybe Tiramisu -- soaked in lots and lots of Amaretto OmahaBlueDog Apr 2014 #7

No, I swear I heard *steak* Aerows Apr 2014 #34

Perhaps "sun" was spelled "son" Duer 157099 Apr 2014 #4

Other: Benghazi! FSogol Apr 2014 #8

Clearly people are way to focused on science and not focused enough on Benghazi OmahaBlueDog Apr 2014 #11

You left out: It's turtles all the way down IDemo Apr 2014 #9

Yes!!!! johnp3907 Apr 2014 #25

It's quite possible... Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #12

I remember like 25 years ago, Jacqueline Bissett claimed similarly trickery in a lowbrow teen comedy OmahaBlueDog Apr 2014 #14

Bill Murray did Garfield because he thought it was a Coen Brothers film nt Ex Lurker Apr 2014 #65

My answer is a combination of "money" and "she wasn't tricked" markpkessinger Apr 2014 #15

What's odd to me is that her publicist had not heard anything about this project before yesterday Starry Messenger Apr 2014 #16

maybe they implied it was for a weird fiction movie eShirl Apr 2014 #17

That might be possible, I suppose. AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #18

other: her agent didn't do due diligence RainDog Apr 2014 #19

Probably a temporal disturbance. rrneck Apr 2014 #20

If they fire a tachyon burst KatyMan Apr 2014 #59

Not sure how that got past Mrs. Columbo. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2014 #22

This type of thing has happened before: Humanist_Activist Apr 2014 #23

Lawrence Krauss: I Have No Idea How I Ended Up in That Stupid Geocentrism Documentary brooklynite Apr 2014 #24

Hasn't this happened before? Johonny Apr 2014 #26

Contract signed before the theme of the movie was articulated. Motown_Johnny Apr 2014 #27

Hey, that sort of thing just happens when you forget to reverse the flux capacitors. winter is coming Apr 2014 #28

I've done voiceover work. It's just a job. Recursion Apr 2014 #29

About that "who is Kate Mulgrew" option.... Motown_Johnny Apr 2014 #30

And why didn't she end up being the one Aerows Apr 2014 #32

Because 7 was emotionally stunted from her time with the borg. Motown_Johnny Apr 2014 #43

exactly eShirl Apr 2014 #45

I still think there may be a portrait stashed in her attic. Motown_Johnny Apr 2014 #46

Kate's and Patricia's voices are a bit similar, too. John1956PA Apr 2014 #51

If I were given a sci-fi movie script to read during an audition? ecstatic Apr 2014 #31

They tell you it's about cockfighting /nt frazzled Apr 2014 #35

for 1 million dollars I would say it with a straight face. - 5 million I would say it and believe it Douglas Carpenter Apr 2014 #39

"Morphine... with a Demerol Chaser" Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #40

The editing wouldn't have to be 'very clever' or 'digital' muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #47

Exactly. The director probably told her the video was about CJCRANE Apr 2014 #49

I'll do it for you muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #50

Wasn't that used for Ben Stein's film? sakabatou Apr 2014 #64

yep. (nt) Nine Apr 2014 #53

This. She may have only been told that this was a "science documentary". backscatter712 Apr 2014 #60

It was Quark, that devious miscreant! Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2014 #52

"A voice for hire" Tsiyu Apr 2014 #54

Like this, even though I thought this was funny... stevenleser Apr 2014 #55

Money...Money...Money workinclasszero Apr 2014 #56

Pay me enough, no problem. JackRiddler Apr 2014 #58

Money and... sakabatou Apr 2014 #63

Harry Potter Savannahmann Apr 2014 #67

Other - people are lazy dipshits. joeglow3 Apr 2014 #68