At Cinema Role, we let the dice decide!

We roll dice to choose a movie, how we watch it, and to drive our discussion! How’s it work? Read on!

What we roll: D20, D10, D8, and D6

The 20-sided die roll chooses the sheet from which we’ll select the movie to watch and discuss. Since there are 20 sheets, this is easy. The 8-sided die gives us the first digit of our row number. The 10-sided die chooses the second digit. And that’s our movie… Unless…

  1. We’ve already done a podcast episode on the movie chosen, or we can’t find the movie available to watch anywhere. In this case, we re-roll the D10 and the D8.
  2. The 8 sided die lands on a 7 or 8. Since there are no rows that start with 7 or 8, 7 will designate a re-roll and 8 will become a 0.
  3. If the first digit is a 0 and the second is also a 0, we’ll re-roll the D10.

Guiding our Discussion

In addition to our movie list, we came up with 6 things to discuss about each movie we watch. They are:

  1. Technology & Science
  2. Color Theory
  3. Special/Practical Effects
  4. Fashion
  5. Cinematography
  6. Dialogue

Prior to watching, we’ll each roll our 6-sided die once to select one thing to pay extra attention to. While we each watch, we’ll take notes with that thing in mind.

Discussion

After we watch our selected movie, we’ll sit down and talk about it. In addition to our three things from the list above, we’ll roll our D20 to guide our discussion some more. Each number will designate a segment as follows:

Segment Name

  1. I’m like the Cryptkeeper!
  2. The pen is blue. The pen is blue! The goddamn pen is blue!
  3. Hey look kids, there’s Big Ben, and there’s Parliament… again.
  4. Santa! I know him!
  5. Eh… wh… why am I drippings with goo?
  6. You had me at “hello”.
  7. We’re at the airport. Yeah, so? I’ve already seen the airport.
  8. Welcome to the party, pal!
  9. Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. Do you hear that? It’s the winds of change.
  10. I haven’t seen this picture in 20 years. Huh. Would you look at me then? Whoo. Would you look at me now.
  11. What’s in a name?
  12. Florals? For Spring? Groundbreaking…
  13. I think their undisputed masterpiece is ‘Hip to be square’.
  14. I’m becoming: Brundlefly.
  15. Did we just become best friends?
  16. I know Kung Fu.
  17. Are you for scuba?
  18. I’m eight years old. You think I would be here alone? I don’t think so
  19. Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler.
  20. I’m right on top of that, Rose!

Question

  1. Did it age well?
  2. Any favorite lines?
  3. How rewatchable is it?
  4. Where else do we know key actors from?
  5. What gave us the ick?
  6. What did we absolutely love about the film?
  7. Were there any places or things we recognized?
  8. Is it a “Die Hard”?
  9. What would this movie look like in a different genre? (Roll D10)
  10. How would be different if it was made 20 years earlier or later? (Roll D6 – Even = Earlier, Odd = Later)
  11. What’s a good alternate title?
  12. What’s a good tagline?
  13. What song would make the best soundtrack addition?
  14. What human/animal swap would be best for the main character?
  15. Pick a character as your new roommate. How does it go?
  16. Best character to be on your side in a fight?
  17. What weird hobby would the main character(s) have?
  18. What age would be the best age to first experience this movie?
  19. Could this have been an email?
  20. Would you want a job from this movie?