Terrible one-sentence plot summaries!

Equilibrium: Man forgets to take medicine, starts killing rampage.

Monster Rancher: Hoodlum and his gang try to prevent man from finding himself.

Magic The Gathering: Card games are serious business.

Gunslinger Girls: Middle aged men brain wash preteen girls into being their partners.

Elfen Lied: Orphan girl restablishes relation with lost childhood friend.

Saints Row 2: Youth group leader rebuilds life after waking from coma.

Evangelion: Retelling of Old Testament, with robots.

K-ON! Highschool girls drink tea in after school club. (although maybe not so terrible a plot summery)

House: Doctor heals sick patients.

M.A.S.H.: Political commentary on Vietnam war, and military life.

Dwarf Fortress: 7 dwarfs build a fort.

Dawn of the Dead: Gun toting band breaks into a mall, locks up security guards and loots mall.

Claymore: Women proves you can't rape the willing.

Dr. Who:
Illegal immigrant travels in phone booth, saves Britain from plagues and invasions. Repeatedly.

Metroid: Stupid aliens inject themselves with cancer for super powers and are defeated by a ball.

Nah.

Illegal immigrant uses phone booth and wits to save Britain, shows off.

erm... wasn't M.A.S.H. taking place during the Korean War?

Which is why it's a TERRIBLE SUMMERY!

Half-Life 2 (+ Episodes):
Eerily silent man with a crowbar screws up an alien government's attempts at establishing relationships with mankind, and strands their emissaries on earth.

Yes, but given that it was a show that aired during the Vietnam war and often focused on the senseless destruction of war and its psychological effects on members of the military, it's not hard to draw a connection.

Yes but it was produced to make comment on the Veitnam war. See how they did that? Made a dig at the administration(s) without a direct conflict.

A Kite: Two police officers take orphan girl in off the street.

Kirby: Shapeshifting alien cannibal terrorizes peaceful community.

Hostel: Backpackers fail to get a good night's sleep in subpar bed and breakfast.

Saw: Dying man funds interactive gameshow with his own money.

Apocalypse Now: Man takes scenic riverboat trip.

Legend of Zelda: Lonely orphan boy finds a place in the world, by learning the magic of music.

Dr. Who: Mechanical genius fails to repair telephone.

The Incredible Hulk: Man strips whenever upset.

Watchmen: Vigilante opts not to bathe.

Carrie: Unpopular girl's luck turns around when she is voted Prom Queen.

Halloween: Young man seeks to reunite with long-lost sister.

Snow White: Young woman shacks up with seven dwarves.

Mary Poppins: Babysitter subdues charges through witchcraft.

Speed: Reckless female passenger and violent SWAT officer hijack city bus.

The Mist: Grocery store clerk kills patron for her religious beliefs.

Little Shop of Horrors: Man gardens.

Sweeney Todd: Talented barber charges reasonable fee.

Marathon Man: Man goes to a dentist's appointment.

Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Arc: Harvard Professor robs tomb and murders local police.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Reclusive entrepeneur drowns foreign boy.

Batman Begins: Drunken billionaire burns down mansion.

Signs: Washed up ball-player goes on rampage with "lucky bat"- kills one.

Meet Joe Black: Woman longs for death.

These are great.

Games Movies and Books

Warcraft 3:Reign of Chaos: Psychotic Prince murders tribal natives fighting off alien and zombie threats.

Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne: [/COLOR]Multiple Nations launch military campaign to stop schizophrenic prince from sitting down; fail to do so.

Diablo: Psychopath kills town's livestock for loot.

Diablo 2: Band of Psychopaths kill woodland creatures and hermits for loot.

Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction: Band of Psychopaths steal wooden leg from dead boy to kill livestock.

Pokemon: Charles Darwin meets Cockfighting.

Gears of War: Man breaks out of jail.

Gears of war 2: Man breaks into Psycho-ward.

Minesweeper: Amateur Mine sweeper searches a gray desert in order to allow safe passage for his comrades; dies instantly.
or
Minesweeper:Apathetic soldier tediously searches gray desert for unexploded ordnance; dies instantly.



The Reaping: Professor helps Homicidal Girl escape town watch.

Matilda: Young girl terrorizes principle; refuses to go on family vacation.

A Christmas Carol: Old Man is Tortured by Crumb of Cheese.

No Country for Old Men: Man reunites with Long Lost Brother; kills him while bowling.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Cop kills imaginary friend.

Accepted: Reject frauds Thousands; Recognized as a College.

The Dark Knight: U.S. Government ignores major terrorist threat.

Doomsday: Great Britain Rebuilds the Roman Wall.

Transformers 2: College student is caught with sex-doll by girlfriend.



Catch 22: Man goes to Sweden.

Ender's Game: Military unleashes child killer on peaceful aliens.

Ender's Shadow: Rebellious plant gets Lost in Space.

These are very good, man. How come you get it and like 80% of the posters posting summaries are making ones that are either: 1. Not misleading and/or 2. Terrible in the "they suck" sense.

Yeah. 2. Ya gotta qualify "Terrible". It's a specificity thing. SBers are spazzy unless pointed VERY accurately. I mean like Minutes/Seconds, not Degrees.



Nightmare on Elm Street: A group of teenagers grow closer by sharing their dreams with one another.

Bioshock: long lost son reunites with father for a bit of golf
Halo series: man with voice in head struggles against doomsday cult
Event Horizon: scientist goes through hell to develop FTL drive
SDF Macross: man requires the death of billions to choose girlfriend
Macross II: goverment agency discovers music doesnt soothe savage beasts
the One: man kills himself, many times
the Highlander: immortal sociopath decapitates others for 500years

Prince of Nothing: Man befriends many individuals in his search for his father and becomes a messiah in the process

TTGL: A self-sacrificing race unsuccessfully attempts to prevent the use of a force that could lead to the universe imploding.

You make it sound like a depressing tale of defeat, instead of an inspiring tale of victory. Well done.

This was just on so I tried to think of something for it..

Titan A.E.- Bums go on treasure hunt, end up committing genocide.

Kanon: Teenager causes serious injury or death of almost every female he meets.

AIR: Young girls have fun.

Detroit Metal City: Mild-mannered small town boy with pop star aspirations founds indie band.

Denno Coil: Glasses are suddenly cool among schoolchildren.

Twilight: Breaking Dawn: Ancient sunproof telepathic vampire eats pregnant girl's uterus, prepares for bloody final showdown against Italian Mafia.

Blade: Vampire without traditional vampire weaknesses gets the girl.

I Am Legend: Angry black man kidnaps woman for unspeakable medical experiments, kills dog.

The Brave One: Jodie Foster engages in racial violence against minorities.

Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus: Transoceanic airliner encounters unexpected turbulence.

Lilo and Stitch: Dangerous escaped felon enters relationship with 6 year old girl.

Idiocracy: Centuries old librarian-soldier with incredible mental powers incites social unrest.

Alone in the Dark: Haunted house lacks sufficient car chases.

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Mice attempt to harvest the question of life the universe and everything from last human when Earth is destroyed for space highway.

Awesome.

Resident Evil (Film Trailer): Beauty is skin deep, unfortunately so is your humanity.

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō: Robot goes about day to day tasks as humanity is slowly dying out.