There is a brand new comprehensive analysis on the Dramatica site that I’m really excited about. I think Jim is going to blog or post on here about it soon, but before he lets the cat out of the bag, I thought it would be cool to see if people could guess.
Don’t check the analysis site, that’s cheating!
Can you guess the newly analyzed film based only on these 4 clues?
The Overall Story Concern is Conceiving.
Hint 1 is really all you need. Really! And that’s the biggest clue of all!
Okay, for a bit more help, recall that like any Dramatica term it can be negative, like lack of conceiving, or poor conceptions, or another negative… EDIT: to make it a bit easier, there is a single word, which is a negative of a Conceiving, that is spoken several times in one sequence in the film. I’m sure everyone
who’s seen it remembers it, because it was hilarious! (Note this word is not the film’s title.)
Three clues is plenty but I had to make a quad so … the film came out in the 80s.
…“Robocop?” I have no idea. I’m sure it’s some really obvious movie that I haven’t seen, “Misconceptions” or “The Big Idea” or whatever. Apparently, I need to watch more 80s movies. (EDIT: Also, it must be somewhere I didn’t look, because I didn’t see it in the Recent Updates or on the analysis page. Yes, I did try to cheat. EDIT EDIT: Found it. Won’t give it away.)
Okay, maybe the clues were too vague. To make clue 3 more specific, there is a single word, which is a negative of a Conceiving, that is spoken several times in one sequence in the film. I’m sure everyone whose seen it remembers it, because it was hilarious!
That’s hilarious Mike – even more so because I was going to log on here and write the exact same thing, even substituting the word “clue” for “word” in Inigo’s quote. Awesome.
@mlucas – that’s a great, very comprehensive analysis. Nice work!!
It’s almost incredible how many examples you found, and yet, the story doesn’t feel remotely thin or biased towards “just a few things” – the reverse: it feels super rich!
Thanks Mike! That means a lot. Of course I was lucky that Goldman and Reiner made it so easy. I think I’ll start another thread to talk about the process. EDIT: here it is
Sorry for spoiling the surprise Jim @jhull! I just couldn’t wait to share I guess.
@Prish, sorry the clues were so vague … you really had to luck out and hit on the word Inconceivable to get it.
I have no idea. I’m sure it’s some really obvious movie that I haven’t seen, “Misconceptions” or “The Big Idea” or whatever. Apparently, I need to watch more 80s movies. (EDIT: Also, it must be somewhere I didn’t look, because I didn’t see it in the Recent Updates or on the analysis page. Yes, I did try to cheat. 
EDIT EDIT: Found it. Won’t give it away.)
Thanks for playing 