Reading Meyerweb the other day, I caught sight of one of his ‘distractions’, titled ‘Summarized Cinema: Science Movies explained in a sentence’.

This sounded intruiging, so I headed over to the site to find out what it was about.

I became intrigued by the short description of Curse of the Fly that appeared on the screen when I hit the info button on the remote: “A mad scientist tries out a molecular disintegrator on people but cannot get the hang of it.”Summarized Cinema: Science Movies Explained in a Sentence

He then offered his own variations, including:

2001: A Space Odyssey
A slab of onyx and a singing computer get two astronauts in hot water.

Alien
A feisty cat survives tense times onboard a spaceship.

Summarized Cinema: Science Movies Explained in a Sentence

Genius. There’s no other word for it.

So, in homage to the original idea (that’s the word you use where basically you copy off of someone else’s idea but don’t want it to sound like copying), allow me to introduce my alternative ‘short’ listings for TV programmes… if you want to come up with your own list of TV or film ‘shorts’, consider it a meme…

New Tricks

Old cops solve old crimes while grumbling

The Weakest Link

Rude lady asks people questions

Golden Balls

The down-market ‘deal or no deal’ with big shiny balls.

The Jeremy Kyle Show

Barely-believable hominids shout at each other

Dragons Den

People with business ideas grovel before the rich

Bonekickers

Bonkers archeologists prove history wrong

Have I Got News For You

Random presenter with random ability to present show asks news questions

Gok’s Fashion Fix

In shock news, designer brands are overpriced

The Real Hustle

How to steal things from strangers

Doctor Who

Alien-man in blue spaceship saves Earth from other aliens

Can you do better?