# CINEMATIC ROLLOUT · ICE GUN AUDIT (N3, 27 Oct)

Scope: films and skins (24). The mids (6) stay mids at 3 s or less under the new bar.
Rule applied: KEEP = a serious, brutal kill (★ or near it) that is not built on a gag. REBUILD = a gag, comic or weak kill, retired behind the switch or rebuilt in its slot.
Result: 9 KEEP and 15 REBUILD (62%).

| key | name | tier | scores B/C/S/A | verdict | why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ice.on-the-rocks | ON THE ROCKS | COMMON | 8/8/8/8 ★ | KEEP | serious: the eye in the glass, the bust on the red-ice heap |
| ice.cold-hands | COLD HANDS | RARE | 8/7/8/8 | KEEP | serious and brutal: the arms twisted off at the shoulders, the hands shattered at her knees |
| ice.ice-maiden | THE ICE MAIDEN | LEGENDARY | (batch 3) | KEEP | serious horror device: every spike seen through clear ice |
| ice.freeze-thaw | FREEZE-THAW | MYTHIC | 8/8/9/8 ★ | KEEP | serious: the seasons tear her up inside |
| ice.the-still-city | THE STILL CITY | MYTHIC | (pending) | KEEP | a death realm; serious |
| ice.skin-ice | PERMAFROST | LEGENDARY | 8/8/8/8 ★ | KEEP | serious: pressed for ten thousand years |
| ice.anchor-ice | ANCHOR ICE | EPIC | 8/8/8/7 | KEEP | The Deep only: frozen through, not drowned |
| ice.brinicle | BRINICLE | LEGENDARY | (batch 3) | KEEP | The Deep only: the finger of death |
| ice.skin-gold | GOLDEN HOUR | MYTHIC | (unbuilt 8+) | KEEP | a serious kill-cam realm: fire from ice (gets its own 8+ pass) |
| ice.wipe | WIPE | RARE | (old) | REBUILD · WAVE 1 · AMBUSH | lens-wipe gimmick; the weakest film |
| ice.the-first-step | THE FIRST STEP | EPIC | (old) | REBUILD · WAVE 1 · LONG TAKE | passive: Faris folds his arms and waits |
| ice.lawn-dart | LAWN DART | COMMON | 8/8/8/8 ★ | REBUILD | gag image (stuck head first like a lawn dart) |
| ice.triple-dog-dare | TRIPLE DOG DARE | RARE | 8/8/8/8 ★ | REBUILD | schoolyard-dare gag setup |
| ice.hail-mary | HAIL MARY | RARE | 8/8/8/8 ★ | REBUILD | the walk-away gag (it lands after he leaves) |
| ice.thermal-shock | THERMAL SHOCK | EPIC | (old) | REBUILD | irony gag; needs a flamethrower victim |
| ice.gut-check | GUT CHECK | EPIC | (old) | REBUILD | bottles-on-a-fence gag |
| ice.safe-passage | SAFE PASSAGE | EPIC | (old) | REBUILD | 'after you' gag; needs a ledge (map-dependent) |
| ice.glacial | GLACIAL | LEGENDARY | (old) | REBUILD | slow-time stroll prank |
| ice.whiteout | WHITEOUT | LEGENDARY | (old) | REBUILD | candidate for a cinematic THE HUNT later |
| ice.skin-classic | JACK FROST | COMMON | (batch 3) | REBUILD | carol gag |
| ice.skin-taped | COOLANT LEAK | RARE | 8/7/8/8 | REBUILD | tape gag |
| ice.skin-camo | BIRD STRIKE | EPIC | 8/8/8/7 | REBUILD | camouflage-glass gag |
| ice.skin-cartoon | SNOWBALL EFFECT | EPIC | 8/8/8/8 ★ | REBUILD | cartoon gag (by definition) |
| ice.skin-neon | LIT | LEGENDARY | (batch 3) | REBUILD | Christmas-lights gag |

Retired keys (pending A's `def.retired` switch): all REBUILD rows except the two wave-1 slots, which keep their keys and are replaced in place.

Wave-1 slots:
- ice.wipe becomes **THE BLIND** (AMBUSH). Choreography: cine_ice-wipe_choreo.md
- ice.the-first-step becomes **OPEN VEIN** (LONG TAKE). Choreography: cine_ice-first-step_choreo.md

Uniqueness checked against the LEDGER and REALMS:
- hatchet: 0 hits; gold blind / screen: 0 hits.
- Fighting with a dagger snapped from your own frozen blood: 0 hits. The nearest is knife RED ICE (icicles growing from wounds), which is a different idea: there the ice is the wound; here the victim makes it his weapon.
- The black-ice slide idea was dropped because it overlaps sawedoff BLACK ICE.