Introduction Alan Smithee is the nom de guerre of directors and screenwriters who have had their movies released in a form they did not intend or approve of; when this happens, they have their names replaced with "Alan Smithee", which is an anagram for "The Alias Men". The Alan Smithee Project (TASP) is a roleplaying game of movies that should not be; bad crossovers, bad sequels, bad adaptations, bad remakes, and even bad new movies, they're all grist for this mill.