Picking a winner for last week’s ‘Ghost in the Shell’ contest was especially difficult. We received one brilliant entry after another after another after another. Our readers clearly had a ball with this one.
I could have easily gone with 50 or more honorable mentions. To keep these results to a manageable size, I had to weed out a number of very good submissions. I recommend reading through all the Comments to the original post for more hilarity.
We challenged you to provide funny or clever captions for the following image:
Honorable Mentions
- T.J. Kats: “I already did a movie where I unlocked more than 10% of my brain so maybe in this one I can unlock more than 10% of my arm.”
- Csm101: I got an idea for a movie title: ‘Under the Skin’.
- Joseph V: They warned me this could happen while baking cookies. #ovenmitts
- Jared M: “What? You said I had to be unarmed for the next mission. Oh you meant…crap.”
- Deaditelord: Major, that’s never going to heal if you don’t stop picking.
- Colin: Seriously? The left hand was DLC and not available on release day? Ughhh…
- William M: “Interesting, if they repair my arm, how do I know it’s the same? And if I don’t know my arm is the same, how then, do I know that the rest of me is the same before the accident? My ghost tells me I am Motoko, but my mind tells me I can’t possibly know, therefore I can’t be certain of anything anymore. My life is but a cell in an ocean of uncertain life, floating in the depths of the abyss where the glimmers of light I see can’t be judged to enlighten my past, or that of someone else’s being mixed with mine through the interconnectedness of all li… Fuck! I thought you said I wouldn’t feel anything!”
- Tom H: Don’t worry if it’s not strong enough to pull the hatch off a tank. What are the odds that I’ll have to do that?
- Joshua B: The major began to get a sneaky suspicion that she wasn’t actually getting the tattoo she had requested….
- Ronald O: It’s true..beauty really is just skin deep.
- Andrew T: In the future, people take Thumb Wars WAYYY too seriously.
- Terry: Seriously…a fucking flesh eating computer virus?
- Jerry D: What until they get a load of my Kung Fu grip.
- Todd: I may not be Asian, but my arm was made by a Chinese toddler for a penny. Think Different.
- Patrick T: New Achievement Unlocked: “Suffer For Your Craft”.
- Jason: Is this the only way to get access to the vending machine in the lounge?
- Plisken99: “See boys, I told you I was built in a lab by nerds, for nerds.”
- JazzC: Oh My God they weren’t kidding when they said that Kentucky Fried Chicken was Finger Licking Good
- Leon: So I guess that’s not what they meant when they said: “Give him a hand.”
- Robert M: Major pondered silently “Why can they grow me an arm, but not nipples?”
- Craig P: Six finger, six finger, man alive ! How did I ever get along with five !
- Jordan M: Hey, do I get a free oil change with this tune up??
- Elizabeth: Scoring the latest Republican “healthcare” bill, the CBO has determined that by 2026 health insurance will cost a literal arm and a leg.
- George: These new Apple watches are a pain to put on
- Salvador C: “It may not seem like it, but in comparison, I have more real parts than Nicki Minaj.”
The Winner!
This entry from moremovies85 was among the earliest to be submitted to the contest, and I pegged it as a finalist right away. Although numerous terrific responses from others put up a strong challenge, I kept coming back to this as the one that made me laugh the hardest:
Am I turning Japanese? I think I’m turning Japanese, I really think so.
Congratulations to moremovies85 for winning ‘Ghost in the Shell‘ (2017) on 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray, and thanks to everyone else for participating in our contest.
Deaditelord
I also thought this had a very good shot at winning this contest when I first read it last week. Congratulations moremovies85!
Csm101
Congrats moremovies85!
moremovies85
Great! Thanks! This will be my first UHD Blu-ray (I am getting a player later this fall).
William Milby
Congrats! I actually already bought the UHD, so… my feelings aren’t that hurt.