Move Over Karaoke...Hello Movieoke

cb8100 writes "Fox News is reporting about a new bar game called "Movieoke" in which participants act out scenes from their favorite movies -- karaoke style." Totally not a surprising development, but I imagine this can be quite fun. Or quite terrible depending on who's "Playing".

Movieoke craze already sweeping Canada

[frenetic3]

Apparently it's a smashing success among morbidly obese teens [albinoblacksheep.com].

-fren

Re:Movieoke craze already sweeping Canada

[Lane.exe]

But this is a *new* craze and that is an *old* joke.

Re:Movieoke craze already sweeping Canada

[Randolpho]

New craze? I dunno... I remember doing Movieoke down in front of The Rocky Horror Picture Show showings...

Where would we be without Slashdot?

[antic]

Thank you slashdot for keeping me current with the absolute latest in trends.

Like so many people, I rely on the mighty Slashdot to stay current and wearing the coolest clothes, reading the coolest books, and now doing Movieoke to stay ahead of the all-important trend-waves that hit my area. I'm even considering subscribing so that I can get the scoop on what's cool before even the general crowd that frequents this site!

Thank you Slashdot for keeping me current with the latest, breaking trends. Without you

Re:Hell, it has been around

[Tenfish]

And, the obvious question is: did the person turn out to be the gender you expected?

Re:Hell, it has been around

[buck_wild]

"--As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

Would that be for breakfast, lunch or dinner? Would you serve him with a side salad?

Re:Movieoke craze already sweeping Canada

[iminplaya]

It's sweeping Oklahoma also. It's called "oke-dokey"

Tip for bad actors

[YanceyAI]

Always take the Keanu role. You'll look like a genius!

Re:Tip for bad actors

[corbettw]

And it's an easy script to remember:

"Whoa."

Re:Tip for bad actors

[neuraloverload]

use the star trek movies and always use the shatner "khaaaaannnnnnn!". you'll kill every time. ;)

Doesn't sound that origonal

[HappyCitizen]

Does it really deserve its own name? I mean people have been doing this for ages. They think of a scene and just act it out. Its great fun, but movioke is going a little to far...

Re:Doesn't sound that origonal

[k2dbk]

Sure it needs its own name. Think about it: You're wandering down the street, you pass the first bar, which has a sign in the window that says "Now featuring that thing where you act out a movie in front of a green screen and make a fool out of yourself" and keep walking. You pass the second bar where it says "Movioke!" and run inside.

It's all about marketing.

Re:Doesn't sound that origonal

[Anonymous Coward]

Something tells me you are the guy that is always annoying people at parties by trying to act out Frodo and Gollum fighting over the ring on Volcano mountain...

The actor matters too . . .

[shystershep]

Well, it all depends on the scene, now doesn't it? This [glacombe.com], for instance, might be an interesting choice . . .

Parent NOT SAFE FOR WORK

[Andorion]

mostly.

~Berj

Re:The actor matters too . . .

[shystershep]

Well, I was thinking "actor" in a more gender neutral sense, but . . .

Gender neutral. Oh, dear god, that's not a mental image I want. Excuse while I go slit my wrists.

Just what the world needs

[ralf1]

Another way for drunk people to embarrass themselves.

Re:Just what the world needs

[elviscious]

I think you mean the dumb drunk people to embarass themselves. Smart drunks just convince their friends how awesome it would be if they were up there doing it.

My wife and I

[stoolpigeon]

have been doing this for years. We've come up with many creative names for it so the kids don't know what were talking about. I guess we can add movieokie to the list

Re:My wife and I

[jridley]

I don't think they're talking about pron movies. I mean, re-enacting scenes from those is fun and all, but probably not a good idea in bars. :)

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Re:I played movieoke.

[kfg]

I take it you got, ummmmm, "stuck" playing Debbie?

KFG

Re:I played movieoke.

[El]

You need to find some female friends.

Re:I played movieoke.

[orthogonal]

I played movieoke once.

All was well until my friends got too drunk and suggested we perform a scene from "Debbie Does Dallas".

Um. I hate to break it to you, but the movie [texasonline.net] with the line "I bet you can squeal like a pig" isn't actually Debbie Does Dallas.

But it sure sounds like you have some great "friends".

Should have gone for "Deepthroat" instead

[El]

The line "Mind if I smoke while you eat?" was a classic!

Re:I played movieoke.

[Any Web Loco]

Well you should have played Dallas, shouldn't you?

Re:I played movieoke.

[BiggerIsBetter]

With Slashdolts being computer geeks, I'd say if you're not "palatable" it's probably due to drinking too much coffee.

There will be XXX Movieoke, yes?

[mbrother]

Seems like this would be a natural in some clubs in the big cities, at least in the days of Plato's. Or is this too scary to contemplate?

Re:There will be XXX Movieoke, yes?

[hackstraw]

Yeah, the one where "Boy meets girl and fucks her" would be a good one to do. I can't remember the name off hand, but I'm sure you've seen it.

How d'ya do, I see you've met my faithful handyman

[The I Shing]

At the risk of being modded Redundant because someone else happens to be typing this at the exact same time that I am, we used to do something like this every weekend at the local showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Fun!

Re:How d'ya do, I see you've met my faithful handy

[DrugCheese]

Yes the original Movieoke!

SAY IT!! SAY IT!!

Let's Do The Timewarp Again!

[Threed]

Used to? It's still going strong! www.cosmosfactory.org

Anyway, RHPS was the first thing I thought of, thanks for stealing my +5. :)

Re:How d'ya do, I see you've met my faithful handy

[Mr. Bad Example]

And to bring this full circle...my usual song on karaoke nights is "Sweet Transvestite".

It's like a Mobius strip of shame.

Well, this would have to be..

[Gr8Apes]

less offensive than people not being able to sing. At least here, only one aural facet would be present, bad verbal acting. The rest can be easily ignored. With singing, there are so many facets that assault the ears, from not being able to carry a tune, to false notes, to bad rhythm, to... I know there's more...

Disney's California Adventure

[bravehamster]

A couple of years ago I went to Disney's California Adventure with my fiancee. They had this sort of animation adventure house. At one area there was a setup where you could pick a scene from a disney movie and speak the lines as they came up on the screen. It would record your voice and play it back with the recordings synced up to the animation. Pretty fun actually. Mufasa, mufasa, mufasa!

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Re:Disney's California Adventure

[cpeterso]

What do they do if you try to record "alternative" lines that include vulgarities? :-) "Minnie, you beyotch!!1"

When I was on the Splash Mountain ride, my friend and I took off our shirts, in preparation for the photo finish. Right before we reached the drop, a disembodied voice politely but authoritatively boomed "Please put your shirt on." Those Disney people watching, always watching...

Role-playing?

[eddy]

So it's like role-playing but without [most of] the creativity?

Nataile Portman

[rsmith-mac]

Oh! Oh! Can I be Anakin Skywalker? Even if I have to lose a hand, it'll be worth it to kiss Nataile Portman. I promiss to even do a bit of improvising, and work in the hot grits.

What we'd actually use it for...

[kaden]

Early returns indicate top rentals are "Debbie Does Dallas" and "Deep Throat". What, you thought people'd pay money to pretend to be in Star Trek 3?

Re:What we'd actually use it for...

[identity0]

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!

Re:What we'd actually use it for...

[istewart]

"My God, Bones, what have I done?"

M*A*S*H Did it First

[Urantian]

I think the TV show M*A*S*H was the first to do it. They had two episodes in which Movieoke was performed while the camp showed a movie. In one scene, Hawkeye and (I think) Trapper John stood in front of the screen, and acted out a Humphrey Bogart scene. In another, everyone in the camp theater participated in the shoot-out at the OK Corral.

Drunk games

[Anonymous Coward]

If all we're looking for is embarassing things to do while drunk, why don't I just piss my pants.

Please, God....

[switcha]

Do NOT offer The Holy Grail.

This place will turn into a ghost town.

Re:Please, God....

[Jacer]

Fear not! I'll rush in and save you from the peril!

Re:Please, God....

[Tumbleweed]

Help, help! I'm being repressed!

Re:Please, God....

[drinkypoo]

Jimbo: Please, Jesus?
Jesus: Leave me alone.

Clearly, South Park is the obvious choice for so-called Movieoke (TV-okie would be Hee Haw.)

Re:Please, God....

[gosand]

Do NOT offer The Holy Grail.

This place will turn into a ghost town.

You say that like it is a bad thing.

Re:Please, God....

[csteinle]

Oh my god, it's started.

The next American Idol?

[antdude]

The next thing you know is that Fox [fox.com] will be making movie-theme version for American Idol [idolonfox.com] series with people trying to be actors. I wonder who would be a good judge like Simon Cowell. :P

Re:The next American Idol?

[B3ryllium]

Keanu Reeves.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, judge.

tvokie?

[mrbcs]

What's more fun is making up your own lines. I saw a chick do this at a party once... total improv.. very early in the a.m. some old tv show on and she was hilarious.. doin all the lines.. mind you, we were.. umm.. very stoned.. but that was years ago... ;-)

This isn't new.

[andy666]

There was something like it on TV in the 1980s.

Bring back other hot things from the 80s

[sporkboy]

Breakdancing
Jheri Curl
Velour Jogging Suits
Mullets

Nah

[Golias]

Karaoke: 3 minutes in the spotlight, while people who don't care about the singing can still dance to the track. If you sing badly, it's good for a laugh or two, if you sing well, you just might impress members of the opposite sex.

Videoke: 3 minutes in the spotlight while no music plays, so everybody must sit quietly while you and your loser drinking buddy attempt to play Mr. Pink and Mr. White from Resevior Dogs. If you act badly, it's beyond tedious. If you act well, nobody cares.

I think it's obvious which will still be around in 2 years.

Re:Nah - but Pulp Fiction funnn...

[mcwop]

Vincent: I could blow.
Jules: Oh, you ready to blow.
Vincent: Yeah, I'm ready to blow.
Jules: Well I'm a mushroom cloud layin' mutha fu@@@a mutha fu@@@a.

The Wolf: If i'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think fast, I talk fast, and I need you guys to act fast if you guys wanna get out of this. So pretty please with sugar on top, clean the f@@@@king car.

Jules: You sending the wolf?
Marcellus: Don't you feel better mother f@@@@ka?
Jules: Shit, nee____o. That's all you had to say.

Butch: Zed

This could be a good tool...

[Vexler]

...for actors who were screened out of a role to submit their own acting later on after the movie is out. They can send it to the casting person and say, "See? Stallone doesn't make such a great Terminator. *I* am the Terminator!!!" (Reference to "The Last Action Hero")

I've participated myself...

[ciroknight]

Seems to be pretty popular around here for people to try and reinact the most popular scene from the matrix; The one where Neo falls backwards dodging the incoming fire from the agent. It's not too complicated, and can be realitively easy to re-inact given you have the balance nessicary (but of course, you can't keep from hitting the ground as long as he did.. that was movie-magic->time-dilation(); )

Re:I've participated myself...

[loucura!]

But have you tried it while someone playing the agent was shooting at you? No? Amateur.

Re:I've participated myself...

[B3ryllium]

It's called "tripping over a branch just-in-time while playing Paintball"

We had this years ago...

[Karl Cocknozzle]

...It was called "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."

With that said, please cue up "Wrath of Khan" to the scene where Kirk was on the radio with Ricardo Montebahn...

"KHAN!!!!!!"

Oy. I need to find something more productive to do with my afternoons...

please cue up "Wrath of Khan"

[steveha]

Anyone who wants to see which scene he is talking about, click here:

http://www.khaaan.com [khaaan.com]

steveha

One Khan, coming up

[dexter riley]

Khaaaaaaaan!!! [khaaan.com]

why

[WormholeFiend]

why are people from all over the world contacting the so-called inventor?

all you need is a large screen, a dvd player, a mic and speakers, since movies on DVD come with subtitles most of the time.

unless his system has some sort of highlighting function to signal to the "actors" when each word is spoken, like those karaoke systems?

Ofcourse I have no desire to try this out...

[GillBates0]

Movieoke gives film lovers a chance to emulate their favorite stars, from Robert De Niro to Tom Cruise. Participants just choose a scene they want to perform, then get up on a small stage while the scene is projected onto a screen behind them.

Considering the fact that I'm boycotting the RIAA and the MPAA. Haven't seen LoTR yet...just read the book. Don't own a CD/DVD player or TV. Watch a few broadcast channels on my PC (TV Tuner card). Haven't bought CDs/DVDs for about a year now (and download only legal

I beat my dog

[3terrabyte]

I enjoyed reading the link in the story about StareMaster much more, instead.

Date Killers

[Shadow Wrought]

"Wow, movieoke! Now I can impress her with my knowledge of Monty Python and Star Wars..."

Jay Sherman Says...

[da3dAlus]

It STINKS!
This is the worst idea since "Aurthur 6: Revenge of the Liver"

Obligatory bad joke

[Chagatai]

Did you hear about the game where you have to sing about movies with Sooners in them that deal with cooking potatoes?

It's called movieoke-Okie-gnocchi-karaoke.

Re:Obligatory bad joke

[spood]

It's best played in a Florida jail with Disney and Norse gods.

Movieoke-Okie-gnocchi-Okefenokee-pokey-Mononoke- Lo ki-karaoke.

*Whew*

Hysterically funny vs tragically dreadful

[Moderation abuser]

Is purely a function of the number of pint glasses on your table.

Fahrenheit 451

[linuxwrangler]

Oh great. We've taken one more step toward the "parlor room" from Fahrenheit 451.

Wayne's World

[H8X55]

Wayne's World has that great scene where Wayne, trying out the vintage Fender Stratocaster is stopped abruptly by the clerk, who points to the "No Stairway to Heaven" sign.

"What?! No Stairway?!? Denied!"

The idea is this song is so vastly performed by everyone trying their hand on a new axe, it's become redundant and painful for the guitar shop employees.

I can already see a "No Jerry McGuire" sign in countless movieoke bars.

"But you had me at hello!"

Re:Wayne's World

[RailGunner]

You know, it's beyond the point where you can impress anyone playing Stairway to Heaven.. it seems like any guitarist worth his or her pick can play it.. yeah, some better then others, but still.

However, I've found that playing anything axed by Randy Rhoads can really turn some heads.

Diary of a Madman, Crazy Train, Over The Mountain, Suicide Solution... good stuff.

So I think you'll see the following happen - anything like Jerry Maguire or Cast Away (WIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLSOOOOOOONNNNN!!!!!!) will get over done (along with anything by DeNiro).. and those that can pull off, say...
Sling Blade, for example - will be the ones that impress.

Besides, who doesn't like french fried pertater's with mustard. mmm hmm.

Re:Wayne's World

[H8X55]

Agreed on both points.
Crazy Train guitar solo = godly.
Or Mr. Crowley - that's good stuff.

...So I taken the kaiser blade, some folks call it a sling blade, I call it a kaiser blade...

That would be cool, maybe a bit of a downer at the bar, but cool nonetheless.

Ya wanna impress? do Paint your Wagon....

[way2trivial]

What's the bid?

whatever the bid is, I DOUBLE IT!

Lip sync

[jemenake]

It's probably a little tough to get your lips to sync with the soundtrack just right. I guess it'd be best to pick movies that were originally in a different language. :) Karate movies, here we come!

Neal Stephenson picks another one

[Remillard]

Maybe it's that I have Stephenson on the brain, having just finished Quicksilver but this news items immediately reminded me of the 'ractive players in The Diamond Age. All it lacks is the helper industry of 'ractors, and the virtual abstraction used in the book.

Past experience suggests if there is a market for movieoke actors to help, it will arrive. The virtualization part only needs R&D and time.

does this include porn?

[objwiz]

I know I girl I wouldnt mind acting out a scene with....;=)

Braveheart

[Snoopy77]

While setting up and testing the inl=laws new DVD and surround sound system I had to do a sort of movieoke myself. I was testing it out with the Braveheart DVD and while I was behind the entertainment unit trying to figure out the mess of wires occasionaly there would be no sound (note to wanna be technicians like me: read the manual in full, plug everything in properly, then turn it all on ... do as I say, not as I do). So having seen the movie 10+ times I kicked in with what was happening, what was bein

I imagine this can be quite fun.

[mykepredko]

Or quite terrible depending...

Actually, I would consider the biggest variable in the determination of quality would be the amount of alcohol consumed.

karaseiu

[Richard Allen]

I think they should call it "karaseiyu". Kara means empty and oke means orchestra.

Empty actor, I believe, would be karaseiyu.

Movieoke is cute, though.

I don't know japanese though, any corrections?

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I can't believe this made it on /.

[Bendebecker]

We played this back when I was elementary school. So their doing it in bars now? What is there to say? It's cool? Nope - an adult would have to be drunk to do it. It's fun? Dancing on tables and shaking your fist at trees is fun when your drunk too. Just another filler story, move along...

WordSpy had this a few days ago

[MBraynard]

I guess this is one of the places that FNC gets their leads - and it's a good source.

See the word spy entry. [wordspy.com]

Warning...

[BTWR]

Karaoke can be great fun. There's a rule (or "theme") - good songs don't necessarily make good karaoke. "Come on Ilene," Dancing Queen" and Bon Jovi are examples of songs that are good to karaoke to - the people in the bar get into it. Songs that require great pipes are awful for 95% of the population to sing.

Same goes for movie scenes. I can see acting out scenes from Swingers ("You're so money!"), Star Wars (Luke/Vader father revealing) and Jerry Maguire ("Show me the money!" - overdone but still fun

Most Popular: Top Gun

[Galapas]

Something to the effect of:

"She's lost that lovin' feeling Goose"

"No she hasn't"

"Yes, she has..."

"No... Shit, I hate it when she does that..."
.
.
.

A new Turn of Events

[psycht]

"Bookiokie" has been know to pop-up in the occasional library (after hours, of course).

I'd like to act out....

[The Ape With No Name]

Harvey Keitel's scene in the "Bad Lieutenant" where he pulls the two Jersey girls over and "interrogates" them.

Etymologically unsound construction

[Lost Race]

Augh, BARF!

"Movieoke" is a linguistic monstrosity. Can we please call it something like "karaeiga" instead?

karaoke = kara (empty) + okesutra (orchestra, from English)

karaeiga = kara + eiga (movie)

Seems like an appropriate name, as I'd imagine such a performance would tend to empty a theater quickly. But then again, people seem to enjoy karaoke against all reason, so maybe not.

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Porn version already exists

[teneighty]

Apparently a porn version of this is popular in some German nightclubs. Basically they play a scene from a porn movie with no sound and the participants on the stage have to provide the sound effects. The person who does the best sound effects wins ("best" being judged by audience reaction I guess?).

I think this would be great fun at parties - if this doesn't break the ice, nothing will (although a certain degree of inebriation might be required before getting things started).

What would it be called if you . . .

[npsimons]

. . . did the karaoke scene from "I Still Know What you did Last Summer"?

Screw that

[NanoGator]

I want something like this, only where you make MST3k'esque comments.

meaning meanings

[Zugok]

you know in Japanes, karaoke means something like empty (kara-) orchestra (-oke). Japanese for movie is eiga, so I guess if we were to follow the Japanese roots for naming this new form of entertainment, would be kara-eiga. I bags being Col. Jessop first!

Hmm... this idea is only about 25 years old...

[generationxyu]

...as can be seen here... [rockyhorror.com]

Re:Beer

[The Only Druid]

To actually correct the above two posts, its: "To Alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems."

Re:Rost in Transration

[B3ryllium]

Sorry, you mean to say "Rost in Tlansration". ;-)

Re:"movieoke"??

[absurdhero]

Yes, I agree. I was about to post that myself. I would also suggest karamovie or karabid(eo). But anywho, it doesn't much matter since the english->japanese->english conversion has turned karaoke into a unique english word in its own right. There isn't any big deal if the meaning from 2 translations back is lost.

Mommy!!!!

[Trejkaz]

Oh yeah, it would rule!