Kids, today was a rotten day. I fell so behind on all my work and was pissed. So I’m on the Acela train home and checking my Twitter account. I fell smack into a game created by Jon Ostrower (@flightblogger) called #AvGeekCinema.
It’s an easy game — you just take a movie title and turn it into an aviation film classic. For example, one of my submissions (I had WAY too much fun with this) was “Star (Alliance) Trek II – The Wrath of Constellation. OK, you really have to be an aviation geek to enjoy this game.
So I decided to come up with my top 35 favorites, excluding my own (I have to stop-I need to sleep). I had to stop searching after 300 entries, but I looked for clever titles or ones that made me laugh out loud. My personal favorite was from Lfboyd: Seven 47 brides for seven 47 brothers. Enjoy!!
- ATC_Ben: Despicable Fee
- Airlineguys: Red Eyes Wide Shut
- Gwitty: The Mooney over Paradour
- Ridge Legend: Gone With The Window Seat
- Binky Airways: Never Say Nacelle
- Marfo: Crouching Tiger Hidden Lounge Dragon
- Charles022: Schindlers Standby List
- Chicofrostie: Three Men and a BMI Baby
- MaxPilot: the Dakota Wears Prada
- Spaetow: The Hurt Overhead Locker
- Fresh1angel: Sex in the Citation
- Dansleezer: Boeing John Malkovic
- Avspook: Taliban vs Predator
- SamStratton: How the WestJet Was Won
- Toshiba_Bill: Aisle Be Home for Christmas
- DTWScott: My Fare Lady
- Derekschatz: A310 to Yuma
- IvnHwk: The Unbearable Light of Boeing
- Flyddw: Prop Shaft (he’s a bad mother, shut yo mouf)
- Douglas_Clark: The KingAir and I
- Geekygirlau: the Thin Red Line Maintenance
- Hharteveldt: JetBlue Velvet
- Gingertotty: Meet the Fokkers
- Boeingairplanes: The African Queen of the Skies
- Airport_girl: the Cockpit and the Pendulum
- Migmarqs: The Eternal Sunshine of a Low-cost Airline
- NYCAviation: men in black boxes
- Adam Johnson285: Me, Myself and Iran Air
- Hnrarebirds: Silence of the NOTAMs
- Pubspotter: The Chronicles of Narita
- LandingShort: Deice Age
- TheGrandVizer: There’s Something About Mary (Kirby)
- Eddyfp: I know what you flew last summer
- Widestance: White Men Can’t Jumpseat
And @Flightblogger says it perfectly: #AvGeekCinema is proof enough that the aviation community online is alive, well and thriving! Amen!
13 is clever because they didn’t make a change that was obviously aviation related, but the result completely is.
And love the shoutout to Runway GIrl in 32.
Thank you. The #avgeeks were on FIRE with #avgeekcinema!! And did I mention I love your email address?
Wow, I absolutely love what those people come up with. I tried to participate by picking a movie from the top 250 list on the IMDb, but every single time, the idea I came up with was already taken. I guess I’m not original enough
I know, right? I was amazed – and impressed – with what the avgeeks came up with!