Movie Trilogy (Meta)
■ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-09-12T06:00:45.989Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is an ice-cream
Ah, movie trilogies: the best things in life come in threes! Well, sometimes. Hopefully, your knowledge of movies will assist you to the meta answer which is an ice-cream. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=142230#p142230
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- Berto 🤓2:36 · 2023-09-12T08:09:31.733ZI’ve seen 2 of the 3 flavours(!) - Hot Fuzz is an absolute classic, seen it multiple times. Thanks Ben!
- HOT37DMarilyn Monroe movie about the St. Valentines Day massacre, "Some Like It ___"[---] FUZZ44AFur on fruit like the one in the Henry Selick movie "James and the Giant Peach"[----] is definitely my favourite of the three!
- Laura M 🤓4:37 · 2023-09-12T08:19:22.505ZFun! I've seen two of the movies but didn't know what the trilogy was called.
- SamKat9 🤓10:18 · 2023-09-12T09:49:09.694ZSeen and loved all of these! Thanks!
- boharr 7s · 2023-09-12T12:04:40.210ZIs Cornetto sold in the US?
- JHSeeman 2s · 2023-09-12T13:25:36.202ZLove those movies....ran into Simon Pegg when they were unveiling his shirt and tie from shaun of the dead at the museum of pop art in seattle. fun fact, part of his lunch is on the tie as he was eating just before filming and dropped sauce on the tie.
- Hector 🤓8:57 · 2023-09-12T12:57:14.020ZWhew! My only "in" was having "Shaun of the Dead" very vaguely ring a bell. I knew nothing else about it or its sequels, so, none of the other theme material helped.
- MatthewL 🤓5:39 · 2023-09-12T14:20:54.861ZTook a minute, but finally saw it. Had to Google for the ice cream name -- I've seen only the first movie and was not familiar with the brand. Thanks for a fun one, Ben!
- Very nice, thanks Ben! Never heard of Cornetto before, but we have a similar product in the US called a Drumstick. I do remember, long ago, having an ice cream product that was actually shaped just like a Cornetto- versus the Drumstick, which has a rounded scoop of ice cream on top- but it wasn't called Cornetto, and I haven't seen it in quite some time. It's one of those things that an ice cream truck had, but you usually couldn't find in a store. Delicious. Now I want a Drumstick.
- HeadinHome 🤓3:37 · 2023-09-12T15:56:45.777ZThat this group of films is a trio was news to me — but was familiar enough with the titles that when I highlighted all the grid entries that had anything to do with film, I spotted the title words easily enough, and googles did the rest! Great fun, and also gave me another good idea for a different mechanism! (Not telling). ( :
- That was how I hoped the solving process would unfold - at least for those who had not heard of any of the movies. Can't wait for your meta with a different mechanism to see the light of day!
- hoover 3s · 2023-09-12T15:27:48.510ZAmazingly, since I have seen zero of these movies, I managed to see enough of the themers to know what to search for. I saw SHAUN5ASheep in the Oscar winning animated movie "A Close Shave" who went on to have his own TV show[-----] near DEAD10DLike the poets in the title of a Robin Williams movie[----], and WORLDS60ASteven Spielberg movie starring Tom Cruise, "War of the ___"[------] near END62DThe last movie in a trilogy brings everything to an ___[---]. That led me to IMDB, which told me that HOT37DMarilyn Monroe movie about the St. Valentines Day massacre, "Some Like It ___"[---] FUZZ44AFur on fruit like the one in the Henry Selick movie "James and the Giant Peach"[----] was the third movie I was looking for. Then searching those with ice cream led me to the answer.
- Well done! Now you get to watch the movies as a reward. ;-)
- I saw shaun near dead and hot near fuzz but dismissed those as flukes. (always listen to nags in your mind when doing metas!) Two days I just ignored them. It was only when figuring "hmm maybe endhas something to do with it" that something came.... It was pirates of the carriers but what the hey, it got me to think of the bendy shapes as movie.I had never heard of Worlds End and I had no idea Shaun of dead and hot fuzz had anything to do with each other. But once I got the "oh thats what they were googling" it all worked.
- p.s. -- believe there's an extra 'been' in the 14A14A"Never in the field of human conflict was so much ___ by so many ___ so few" (Churchill)[------] clue?
- You are correct, sir. I will edit the clue. Not sure where my spurious version came from!
- Yeah, guessing this might play a little tough just because I don't think it's a thing in the US (my parents grew up in Dublin so I spent many summers there when I was younger and am thus very familiar with it). So people might see the name of the trilogy and not realize that it's ice-cream (unless of course it features in the plots, I've not seen any of these). Still, seems like a small speed bump. Puzzle itself was fun--got lucky and hit on SHAUN5ASheep in the Oscar winning animated movie "A Close Shave" who went on to have his own TV show[-----] of the DEAD10DLike the poets in the title of a Robin Williams movie[----] right away, which led to the rest. Might be tough if the titles don't ring a bell, but that PEGG54D7th in an alphabetised line of cribbage pieces, perhaps?[----] clue by itself could maybe be a way in--as in 'why would he clue PEGG54D7th in an alphabetised line of cribbage pieces, perhaps?[----] that way...' Good stuff as usual, thanks. :)
- Yes, that's why I clued PEGG54D7th in an alphabetised line of cribbage pieces, perhaps?[----] that way. Plus, for those who can see it, there are two other relevant names in the grid! And yes, Cornettos do feature in the movies; although, to say "feature" is a bit much. In the first one, Simon's character buys one from a store. Then, in the second one, I think you can see a wrapper at some point? By the third one, the film-makers were already talking about "the Cornetto trilogy" as a joke. So they included another reference. But the name stuck!
- Wow, after wag ing Neapolitan I decided to look at ice cream+ Shaun of the Dead. Stroke of luck really because I had LOTS of rabbit holes. I’ll take luck and a rocket pop please (never a fan of the Coronetto, truthfully only slightly remember them)
- whimsy 9:37 · 2023-09-12T17:15:06.618ZI am very familiar with Wallace and Gromit (& friends) and not at all with the puzzle's trilogy, but I can google! I thought I recalled someone named Simon Pegg and wondered why 54 Down54D7th in an alphabetised line of cribbage pieces, perhaps?[----] was clued with cribbage instead. I found out why, and then I found out the answer! Thanks, Ben!
- That was one of my intended solver paths! Glad it worked. ;-)
- I K Snamhcok 2s · 2023-09-12T17:39:50.258ZI feel so out of it. I needed to google. Fun to learn about those movies. Maybe I’ll watch. Thanks, Ben!
- I often have to google US-centric stuff in crosswords/metas. Glad I could return the favour! And the movies are a lot of fun, too.
- Qmark 3s · 2023-09-12T19:14:02.296ZAwesome, Ben...so fun! I finally managed to track down the 3rd movie on DVD in a library in my son's city and complete the trilogy.
- Ergcat 16:02 · 2023-09-12T20:53:04.889Zfun one! Needed to google after recognizing a few things in the grid! thanks, Ben!
- KayW 🤓5:47 · 2023-09-12T21:01:05.256ZFun one! I saw only the first, and that was a long time ago. Time to add all three to my to-watch list.
- MrTheHan 🤓5:09 · 2023-09-13T00:21:50.810Z(To my previous comment: backsolving didn't take too long!)
- MrTheHan 🤓5:09 · 2023-09-13T00:20:56.323ZMy pop-culture trigger-happy brain was wired to get the meta without actually examining the crossword... time to backsolve! Thanks for the great fill!
- That was always a possibility: aficionados of good movies should know the name of this trilogy!
- Cindy Heisler 3s · 2023-09-13T14:54:47.990ZI have never heard of the movies or the ice cream. Much Googling was needed and I still submitted several wrong answers. Nice challenge, Ben. Thanks!
- Wow. I somehow never think graphically.Not sure how I came with this after nearly two days but....
- Carolyn 4s · 2023-09-14T14:59:42.559ZSorry, never heard of any of these. A bit too random for me. Google to the rescue!
- Jerry Miccolis 🤓8:02 · 2023-09-14T18:43:45.281ZNice touch to get the triad of PEGG54D7th in an alphabetised line of cribbage pieces, perhaps?[----], WRIGHT23AWorker skilled in the manufacture especially of wooden objects[------], and FROST43AWintry coating[-----] in there as well!
- You are the first person to notice WRIGHT23AWorker skilled in the manufacture especially of wooden objects[------] and FROST43AWintry coating[-----]. Well done!
- nice puzzle thanks! i googled shaun of the dead trilogy to get the answer... knew that PEGG54D7th in an alphabetised line of cribbage pieces, perhaps?[----] was somehow involved because its such a crazy way to clue it... don't think i've seen cornetto in the supermarket before, now i want to try it
- Sendhil Revuluri 🤓2:12 · 2023-09-18T18:43:45.073ZThank goodness for nudges! Loved this trilogy and yet didn't know where to begin with the meta.
- Sharkicicles 3s · 2023-09-20T20:42:01.263ZLate to this one but amazing!
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- 1ASpanish bull
- 5ASheep in the Oscar winning animated movie "A Close Shave" who went on to have his own TV show
- 10ALike some martinis
- 13ATreat with disdain
- 14A"Never in the field of human conflict was so much ___ by so many ___ so few" (Churchill)
- 15AIt's north of Afr.
- 16ACharitable gifts
- 17AMade fun of
- 18ASit-up muscles
- 19AKanga's kid
- 20AChampagne name
- 21A"___ or not, here I come!"
- 23AWorker skilled in the manufacture especially of wooden objects
- 25AMuesli morsel
- 26A"Let me think about that..."
- 27ARevolving revolutionary (cryptic clue that's missing the definition part)
- 30ATruck, to a Brit
- 34ASound of thunder
- 36AInterjection in the Psalms, the precise meaning of which is unknown
- 38A"No," said the German
- 39AAscend
- 40AItalian hors d'oeuvre, anti___
- 41AEast of Spain
- 42AIvan Skavinsky Skavar's opponent, Abdul Abulbul ___
- 43AWintry coating
- 44AFur on fruit like the one in the Henry Selick movie "James and the Giant Peach"
- 45ADyeing technique that originated in Java, Indonesia
- 47ASpecial treatment, for short
- 48AIn favour of
- 49ASanta ___ winds
- 51ACorporate shuffles, for short
- 54AMore washed out
- 56AHay bundle
- 57AParisian summer
- 59AEither one of two Spice Girls
- 60ASteven Spielberg movie starring Tom Cruise, "War of the ___"
- 62AAdam and Eve's grandson
- 63ASelf-importance
- 64A"Futbol" chant
- 65ATV series starring Mark Harmon
- 66AIt's just a number, apparently
- 67AFight with foils, epees or sabres
- 68AArt ___ (retro style)
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- 1DRussian ruler of old
- 2DSimmering
- 3DAdele song that she has described as a "sort of bluesy-pop stomping song"
- 4D"Doing the ___" (vital sign monitoring in an Aussie hospital)
- 5DChildhood ___ (person you loved when you were much younger)
- 6DOven output
- 7DTV commercials
- 8D"In ___" (Nirvana album)
- 9D"I can't agree to that"
- 10DLike the poets in the title of a Robin Williams movie
- 11DRed gemstone
- 12DDecade divs.
- 14D"Alternatively..." (in an SMS)
- 20DStudio with a lion mascot
- 22DDo something that shows that you are repentant
- 24DHaughty and majestic
- 28DThe sun in Spain (shines mainly on the plain?)
- 29DChildren's string game
- 31DRevival after a period of lesser popularity
- 32DCracker introduced by Nabisco in 1934
- 33DCalifornia's Santa ___ Valley
- 34DCancer (the constellation, not the disease)
- 35DCapital of Peru
- 36DLetters on a bottle of sunscreen
- 37DMarilyn Monroe movie about the St. Valentines Day massacre, "Some Like It ___"
- 46DWas familiar with
- 48DEnemy
- 50DPlay ___ (act)
- 52DIf...then... ___ (programming construction)
- 53DStiff-upper-lip type
- 54D7th in an alphabetised line of cribbage pieces, perhaps?
- 55DSkin soother
- 56DVoting group
- 58DCanadian gas brand
- 59D___ culpa ("My bad!")
- 61DStimpy's pal
- 62DThe last movie in a trilogy brings everything to an ___
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