The orange blockbusters

Final Proof has dug out something very cool from her archives.

Though it is a well known fact that most orange people do not have time to watch movies, they did watch some blockbusters in the past.

Here are the favourite movies of the orange people. It is strongly recommended that new editors watch them to understand the culture in the orange building.

Movie - N.A. Confidential
Best time to watch - When the MOE releases the S/E syllabus but refuses to release the NA syllabus

Movie - To Kill a Joking Nerd
Best time to watch - When a bad author asks for 20% royalty

Movie - The Silence of the Lams
Best time to watch - When the Bio authors do not reply to emails

Movie - T.R. – The Extra Material
Best time to watch - When teachers are not happy with the core material

Movie - Pulp Non-fiction
Best time to watch - When 15K copies of a book riddled with errors are printed

Movie - It Happened – One Fight
Best time to watch - When the authors of TS split

Movie - Honey I Flunked the Kids
Best time to watch - When the parent bought the competitor's Revision Guide

Movie - Some Like it — HOTS
Best time to watch - When the pri sci book HOTS gets mixed reviews

Movie - Lamer vs Lamer
Best time to watch - When editors compare manuscripts from two authors to see which is more lame

Movie - Four Leadings and a Template
Best time to watch - When four designers are doing the sample chapter design concurrently

Movie - The Whining
Best time to watch - When six editors quit and their stuff is handed over to the last editor standing

Movie - Food – Still Hunting
Best time to watch – When editors are trying to decide where to have lunch

Movie - Run Away, Hide
Best time to watch - When the author is chasing for her MS to be published in the middle of manpower shortage

Movie - A Clockwork Strange
Best time to watch - When new editors are told that the closing time is 6:03 pm

Movie - The In-deliverables
Best time to watch - When the author does not deliver the manuscript on time

Movie - Pay After Tomorrow
Best time to watch - When the author sends angry email to Accounts saying she has not received any royalties

Movie - Along Came Poly
Best time to watch - When interns from Polytechnics join the editorial team

Movie - A Bugged Life
Best time to watch - When an editor looks back at his/her life

Movie - Ex-men
Best time to watch - When ex editors come back to do freelance work

Movie - In the Boss’s Tray for 80 Days
Best time to watch - When a contract goes missing

Movie - The Godmother
Best time to watch - When Mrs Rama was still around

Movie - The Blast and the Curious
Best time to watch - When heads start bobbing up to see who’s the one getting blasted

Movie - You’ve Gone Pale
Best time to watch - When submission date is approaching very fast

Movie - The Usual — Specs
Best time to watch - When an editor goes to the optician get her eyes tested