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Crossing the Beams

Persephone

03:41 / 06.12.02

So I have one group of friends who really like the movie The Poseidon Adventure, and I have another group of friends who take online personality tests. And naturally this has led to... Which Poseidon Character Are You?

Make me happy. Take the test.

I can explain everything.

gravitybitch

06:31 / 06.12.02

eeeuuuww.

I'm the little brat, Robin Shelby.

It's not fair!! ...and I want to go home.

The Strobe

07:41 / 06.12.02

I'm Acres. Description quite accurate.

bio k9

07:46 / 06.12.02

Mike Rogo!

sleazenation

09:25 / 06.12.02

I'm teddy, which doesn't suck, apparently...

Kit-Cat Club

09:32 / 06.12.02

Acres... sounds about right...

I don't know anything about the Poseidon Adventure, but it's a good test though - much more interesting questions than you usually get, so congrats!

woodswalker

10:33 / 06.12.02

I'm an Acres too. All I remember of the movie is Shelly Winters
being annoying and Ernest Borgnine reprising every role he's ever done. Thought it was pretty funny really, how people acted with their world turned upside down.

The Apple-Picker

10:49 / 06.12.02

Hm, I'm Teddy. Decisive, yeah, but only in dire circumstances.

Persephone

12:01 / 06.12.02

Hooray, thanks!

It's a modified Myers-Briggs inventory, so hopefully it has a whiff of leather couch. Not that it has a bit of scientific validity, as we swiped most of the Javascript from the Which Prep Label Are You quiz.

I must say that Mike Rogo sounds *just right* for Bio K9! And iszabelle, don't you work in a lab? Robin Shelby is meant to correspond with the Inventor temperament... and you are going to be the rare 'lither who tests as an extravert.

I can't exactly take the test myself; but based on the two types that usually turn up for me, I'd be either Teddy or Manny Rosen.

Spatula Clarke

12:07 / 06.12.02

I'm Mr Martin.

Who's Mr Martin? I thought it was going to be a Ghostbusters thread...

Shortfatdyke

12:10 / 06.12.02

I'm Teddy, too! Had trouble answering the 'who's your ideal man?' question. If Teddy's the one who runs around in a panic and is a complete coward when danger appears, then it's totally accurate.

Persephone

12:34 / 06.12.02

Had trouble answering the 'who's your ideal man?' question.

Sorry about that... that was written for the main Posiedon constituency, id est gay men. Extra points to ERD for getting the Ghostbusters reference, though. Okay, I'll go away now... so annoying to have someone reading over your shoulder...

Ariadne

12:41 / 06.12.02

I am Linarcos. I can't remember the film well enough to know who he is but I'm a bit alarmed.

One, cause he doesn't seem to be the coolest chap in the world, and two, because it's a wee bit true: "Under normal circumstances, you are quite reliable." Under stress, however, I'm a jellyfish.

Eloi Tsabaoth

12:49 / 06.12.02

I'm Manny. I've never seen The Poseidon Adventure, but I'm pleased to see he is, in fact, Charlie's Granddad from 'Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory'...

Mourne Kransky

12:59 / 06.12.02

I am Manny Rosen, but too technologically challenged to post the pic here. (Imagine perspiring Jewish man with grey hair and gash on forehead.)

I am private and sensitive and rarely stand in the spotlight. I quietly influence and guide those who are close to me. I can be reserved and hard to get to know, which makes my loved ones feel lonely. But I often surprise people with my insightful observations.

Ha, you say!

Pretty near the mark, actually. I am l’ eminence grise of inverted shipping! At least I’m not Shelley Winters. And having had seventies hair myself once, I emphathise with you Apple-picker.

grant

16:03 / 06.12.02

It might be more fun to rephrase question 10 to make it a little less Poseidon-specific. (Might not - the fanbase is not a "constituency" I'm familiar with.)

Persephone

16:06 / 06.12.02

Here you go, ZoCher and Biznuth. Bizunth.

Perfect Tommy

16:43 / 06.12.02

Apparently, I'm Susan Shelby. I'm not sure that's true, but I haven't seen the movie.

Though, the bit about the hot pants is completely accurate.

Mourne Kransky

17:58 / 06.12.02

Thank you, kindly Mrs Hades.

If I had to be in a sinking ship film, could I not be Benjamin Guggenheim, dressed in tails and top hat to go down with the Titanic, faithful amanuensis with me to the end, sipping a heroic last Martini...

The Return Of Rothkoid

21:30 / 06.12.02

I'm Mr. Martin.

Which is kinda amusing in a real-life way.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

22:53 / 06.12.02

I'm Manny. Coulda sworn I was the priest.

Fantastic movie/test combination, though.

000

23:10 / 06.12.02

Please provide some room in the Mannyskin for me, Maominstoatie, it's going to be cramped in there.

Nelson Evergreen

00:25 / 07.12.02

No Gene Hackmans yet?

Curly haired action hero priests: reveal yourselves.

Rev. Orr

22:47 / 07.12.02

I'm the third engineer. Which is all well and good, but I appear to be a kiddy-fiddling giant hand.

Ho hum.

Persephone

23:12 / 07.12.02

But you win a big prize for *getting* the kiddy-fiddling joke! I have very clean-minded meatfriends, apparently. Yay Barbelith.

Mourne Kransky

11:39 / 09.12.02

Every time I see this thread title, I think of this but those beams are quite other.

Not entirely thread rot. There is a watersports connection.

Spatula Clarke

22:52 / 04.01.03

Hang on just one frickin' minute. The film was on today and I've just realised who Mr Martin is.

I'm a gimp. Oh sure, I'm the one who ends up with Carol Lynley but, beautiful as she is, emotionally she's just a simpering fool.

Goddamn you, Mr and Mrs Persephone! Goddamn you all to hell!

Persephone

00:40 / 05.01.03

Goddamn you, Mr and Mrs Persephone! Goddamn you all to hell!

Have you forgotten whom you're talking to?

Spatula Clarke

12:35 / 05.01.03

Ah. Good point. As ineffectual curses go, that's a real doozy.

Ganesh

13:19 / 05.01.03

This is the Captain of your ship...

Cosmicjamas

21:39 / 05.01.03

I'm Acres. Ah well. I wanted to be the girl who does the whole upside down climbing route in the silver platform sandals...

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