The Raptor Game

Oh, I just remembered that the best modern analogue for Velociraptor is the secretary bird. These large birds can fly, but they hunt on the ground.

San Diego Zoo says that they can live for 10 – 15 years in the wild.

I’d take that age range and move it downwards a bit, since Velociraptor hunted prey much larger than itself. So, 8 – 12 years maybe?:

Any more hints? Is this a biopic…?

Very interesting, I don’t think I have ever seen that bird. Megafauna flightless birds sort of look like ostriches. Random thoughts.

For anyone familiar with the film, there’s plenty of “ding, ahah” in my description.

This older film was big in its day. Nominated for more than half a dozen Oscars and winning half that number so I am confident that there are people out there that know the answer.

If your not familiar with the film then you probably can’t guess it. I didn’t design my description to be googlable. :stuck_out_tongue:

It may be that what we are seeing here is a fading interest in ‘The Raptor Game’. If anyone out there knows the answer but doesn’t want to play, remember that you can always put @You_Know_Me out of their misery and then pass your turn or it might be time to pull out a balalaika and let things go.

Oooh. I know. How about a poll:

  • More Clues Please.
  • Reveal Answer.
  • No action. Await arrival of glorious victor.
0 voters

@Kosh I’mm looking through the list of academy award-winning films now… Even though I saw parts of the film on multiple occasions, I never understood what it’s about. And now you mention a Balalaika. Are we talking about Doctor Жivago?

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Ding ding. We have a winner “Glorious Victor”. :smiley:

Hmph… lol…

And well played, @Kosh… stumped me with that one. Even though I have seen this film… A biopic… Lol I don’t think I woulda ever guessed Doctor Zhivago…

Me neither! I had no idea what that film was about, actually. Do you want to do the next?

Hahaha noo no no no no… Please, you go. Poll to put me out of my misery. I pretty much remember it as a love story that takes place during the Bolsheviks revolution. Great soundtrack :stuck_out_tongue:

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Alrighto.

A elderly man and his granddaughter, who work in small-scale dairy industry receive a guest who seems sickly. But what’s that, one morning, all the goats are killed and their entrails all over the place! The shepherd boy already seems to know what’s up.

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Yepppp. Drawin’ a blank on this one, too.

Im feeling some alien or sci-fi . . . .Is it critters? Also you forgot the raptor!

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Okay, the raptor who killed and lacerated all the goats is the guest with a frail body, of course.
Our other characters are grampa, granddaughter and a boy who is a goatherd.

And it’s not one single movie, I have in mind. The story has been adapted multiple times.

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Heidi-Raptor?

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Yes! The Raptor is Klara, the girl in the wheelchair.

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Real flying raptors want nothing to do with a velociraptor in the snow. But it quickly dies from cold, and a Mongolian girl gets on with her amazing life.

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Okay, the answer is

The Eagle Huntress

Who wants to do the next one?

A raptor stumbles over a tiger’s head.

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The original ‘Casino Royale’?

Dinner for one.

A young raptor working in entertainment is being ridiculed for his strangely shaped forelegs. After some ordeals, it is discovered he can fly.