{"id":8126,"date":"2010-11-08T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T20:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=8126"},"modified":"2017-05-15T14:32:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T21:32:22","slug":"alien-contest-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/alien-contest-results\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Alien Anthology&#8217; Contest Results!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow! I&#8217;m left a little speechless. We received over 500 entries for our contest to win a copy of the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/2447\/alienquad.html\">Alien Anthology<\/a>&#8216; box set on Blu-ray. That&#8217;s fantastic, but also a lot of work for me to sift through. Nonetheless, I&#8217;ve read through all the responses and have picked my favorites. Read on to find out who won.<\/p>\n<h6><!--more--><\/h6>\n<p>As described in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/alien-anthology-contest\/\">contest rules<\/a>, the challenge was to provide a funny or clever caption for the following photo: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/alien-caption.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/alien-caption.jpg\" title=\"And the winner is...\" width=\"400\" height=\"170\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/alien-caption.jpg 852w, https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/alien-caption-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even though I limited entries to 10 per person, we were bombarded by responses \u2013 countless really, really hilarious responses. Narrowing these down to a handful of Honorable Mentions and one Winner was a nearly impossible task, but here&#8217;s what I came up with.<\/p>\n<h5>Honorable Mentions<\/h5>\n<p>There was no way I could limit this down to only 5 Honorable Mentions, so here are 25!<\/p>\n<p>Alex wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Simple but effective.<\/p>\n<p>Along the same lines, Christian wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Alien: &#8220;You sure do got a purdy mouth.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For some reason, &#8216;Deliverance&#8217; jokes make me laugh.<\/p>\n<p>HuskerGuy has been paying attention around here recently:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Do I look a little teal to you?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Too bad he just won our last contest. <\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the rest.<\/p>\n<p>Chad:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>XENOMORPH: \u201cWHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE IS NO 3D AVATAR BLU-RAY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!?!?! WHY THE HELL DID YOU TELL ME TO BUY A 3D TV THEN!?!?&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Andrew:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I am not a witch. I&#8217;m you!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bryson:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Need a moment? Grab a Snickers.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Boo:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDoes this look infected to you?\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Benjamin:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dirty Mouth? Clean it up with Orbitz gum. Fabulous!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>John:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Alien: Watch Aliens vs. Predators now! See the horror!<br \/>\nRipley : NOOO (starts crying)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jason:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ripley:(weakly singing) Nothing compares, nothing compares to you\u2026\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Joe:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I&#8217;m sorry you had to purchase two versions of Avatar in only eight months but this is the Limited Collector&#8217;s Edition.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Purple Moose:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Nobody puts Baby in a corner!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>KTA:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Alien Wiseau: \u201cYou are lying! I never hit you! You are tearing me aparrrrrt!!! Ripley!\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Joseph:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I&#8217;m not touching you! I&#8217;m not touching you! I&#8217;m not touching you!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jared:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>How&#8217;s about a little head?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>RushGirl2112:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A: Do you like my cologne? It&#8217;s Sex Panther. I wore it just for you.<br \/>\nR: I bet you say that to all the girls!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>David gave us several gems:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cKeep your friends close, but your enemies closer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ripley to her agent: \u201cWell, here&#8217;s another nice mess you&#8217;ve gotten me into!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alien to Ripley: \u201cSay hello to my little friend!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alien: \u201cI feel the need \u2013 the need to feed!\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>J.J.:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My face is gonna punch you in the face.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know why, but that just cracks me up.<\/p>\n<p>Austin:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhat do you MEAN the condom broke???\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Teddy:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cCheer up, at least our Blu-ray looks better than Predator\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ben:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWould you like to hear more about the book of Mormon?\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Damon:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ripley: Do you have a queen?<br \/>\nAlien: Go fish.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Scott:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ripley, Ima gonna let you finish\u2026\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>William:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Alien: Say the safety phrase!<br \/>\nRipley: Game over, man, game over!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sam:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI can haz kiss?\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Drumroll please for\u2026<\/p>\n<h5>The Winner!<\/h5>\n<p>Terry had the genius idea to combine &#8216;Alien&#8217; with &#8216;Blue Velvet&#8217;. And, somehow, I can almost hear the alien saying this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In best Dennis Hopper voice:<br \/>\n\u201cDON&#8217;T YOU F&#038;%@ING LOOK AT ME!\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s pure win in my book. Congratulations to Terry for winning a copy of the &#8216;Alien Anthology&#8217; box set on Blu-ray!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone else who participated. We had a terrific turnout, and your entries were some of the best we&#8217;ve ever had yet. You guys are really on top of your games. <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll try to do this again as soon as we get another good prize to offer. <\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow! I&#8217;m left a little speechless. We received over 500 entries for our contest to win a copy of the &#8216;Alien Anthology&#8216; box set on Blu-ray. 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