Movie Draft Discussion 2: Oh God, You Devil

[Nick Nunziata]

Continue.

[trippingbillie41]

I think I'm enjoying the movie draft more than the harem draft. But I like the pictures from the harem draft more.

[Nick Nunziata]

I agree on both points. No chick can compete with THE THING.

[raoul duke]

Well unless she can grow a spider head and let you meet Kurt Russell.

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and a voice was screaming: Holy Jesus! What are these damn animals

[A-Pathetic]

U2Shark, you just maybe made my 3rd round decision for me. It was between Pee-Wee and one other film, and that film only needs to last a few more short picks...

[Poxy Von Sinister]

Anybody notice how the draft just seems to die off this time of night? It's pretty consistent throughout the day, but at night, pfffft.

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[Django]

I say we start round 3 and screw all the bullshit...

[A-Pathetic]

I'm all for starting the 3rd round. But that's only because by the time I get into work tomorrow (7 my time) we'll probably have gone 5 picks past me already.

[yt]

I am just so totally heartbroken that I didn't get The Thing. Ah well. There's still The Fog ... right? RIGHT??? ... Mrs. Cobritz?

[Poxy Von Sinister]

Man, I am having a hell of time deciding on my Round 3 pick! There's one I'm leaning towards because I'm stunned it's still out there, but the other two could go at any time, especially with some of the twists this thing has taken. I may have to roll a d6....

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[Innocent X]

Round Three is coming.

[A-Pathetic]

Shhhhh, listen. You can actually hear this creak to a halt if you try.

[Poxy Von Sinister]

But you're A-Pathetic, shouldn't you not care?

Honestly, mid-day things seem to go fine, it's evenings and mornings when this thing resembles a ghost town.

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[Imperator GAC]

well that's because people work in the day and are forced to sit in front of a computer for 8 hours or so. After that, I do not even want to look at a computer screen until the next day.

[trippingbillie41]

I, too, am having a difficult time choosing my third round pick. I'll wait to see how the round progresses. hopefully, that will guide me to the prudent choice. I'll use the Force or something.

[Poxy Von Sinister]

Well, it was a tough call, but I just couldn't see Road Warrior lasting through this round. Hopefully the other two are obscure enough to last for me.

And Devilf, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who was ready to jump all over Round 3!

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[Forklift81]

Poxy, you bastard, Road Warrior was my round three pick! So close... now I have to think of a new movie with cars in it.

[Innocent X]

Days of Thunder?

[Poxy Von Sinister]

That's what you get for snaking Big Trouble in Little China!

Hey, can we get a list of those who are no longer participating?

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[Innocent X]

Well, Nick would have to confirm, but by his words: "Anyone who has not yet drafted at the end of round two will be taken off the draft for expediency," it would mean that

17. Willko
40. Fallen Angel

neither whom have drafted at all yet, would be gone.

[Nick Nunziata]

Temple of Doom gets love. About damn time!

[trippingbillie41]

Carl, you go to hell! you go to hell and you die!

Dammit! And there goes Buckaroo Banzai. Shitola.

[This message has been edited by trippingbillie41 (edited 02-21-2001).]

[Dave Davis]

i actually made the tough decision between Silence and Buckaroo. didn't think either would last this long, actually

[Django]

I prayed that Banzai would last until round numero-three-o as it was the second bill to Last Starfighter on many summer afternoons as I grew up. What can I say, 1984-1986 was just a magical time to be a kid.

If I had picked Aliens as my first choice, then so far I really would have the movies that truly mean the most to me.

Only two more semi-big ones till I begin taking those 1 star not so classics...

[devilf]

Dammit! Blofeld got Lawrence! It was between that and Seven Samurai for me.. in the end, I'm OK with my choice...

[Innocent X]

Who's going to be that guy (or gal) who is going to give us some statistics on these flicks? Like:

Spielberg films: 4
Mel Gibson acted films: 3
Horror films: 5

Etc.

[Django]

Films Starring Peter Weller - 2

[Innocent X]

Very nice.

[trippingbillie41]

Yes, and they were both films I had my eye on.

I used to kick ass at the Robocop arcade game.

[Esdee]

Seahawk hasn't posted yet. My email is delois31@hotmail.com, whenever i'm up.

[The_Equivocator]

And Flint knocks another movie off of my list with an excellent choice.

And I was hoping to get Reservoir Dogs...

[Seahawk]

I'm here....and i 've got evilness up my sleeve....

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"Hold onta' ya' butts!'

[Shelby]

Just for future reference for those who post pics, Geocities no longer allows you to remote link, hence all the loveley little http://www.blah.com 's . Probably because of the female draft pictures we linked to http://www.chud.com/board/ubbhtml/smile.gif

Just letting ya know.

[This message has been edited by Shelby (edited 02-21-2001).]

[Innocent X]

We at Chud ruined it for all?

[Cosmic Ray]

Small quibble, but I wanted to bring it up. I really like the strategy of posting ahead of time who is up, and when. I don't have an unlimited amount of time to check in here, so it helps me plan out when I should try to be at my computer, or know whether I should email a pick to someone ahead of time.

But since I think I'm picking dead last in this draft, it seems as we get toward the end of each round, people start getting antsy and that protocol is dropped. Through two rounds, I've twice waited out to see if a time would be posted for me, or for my "group" of posters near the end of the round. That hasn't happened either time, and the next time I check back, I find that the next round has already started.

So, I just wanted to post the small request that, ya know, if I could get some kind of window in advance from whomever, it would help out a lot.

Thanks.

[Micah Robinson]

Ray, I like it as well, but people here seem to have mixed feelings on it and the notion that it sucks the fun out of the draft. Yet, when we don't constantly nudge the draft along as such, it drags because people are either not here or don't know when to go ro who is next.

Take your case up with Nick and see what he says. He's the draft overlord. http://www.chud.com/board/ubbhtml/smile.gif

[Forklift81]

Just draft out of turn, thats what Nick does.

I would have drafted the Crow if I would have remembered. It makes a much neater replacement for Road Warrior than Lock Stock, even though they are both cool. Anyway, my list of real movies is depleted, so I think I will start drafting animated movies... YOU WILL NEVER GUESS WHICH ONES, DONT TRY TO STOP ME!

[Jason Pollock]

Damn you, Grim-Fisto.

You go in pieces, asshole.

[Poxy Von Sinister]

Ah hell, I was torn between Road Warrior and Blade Runner. I'm pretty sure the rest of my choices are safe though!

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[grim_fist]

http://www.chud.com/board/ubbhtml/smile.gif

Good Cop. Bad Alien. BIG TROUBLE.

Dolph Lundgren kicking ass, killer cd's flying around and our Lord and Savior, Brian Benben.

What a BADASS movie!

[Poxy Von Sinister]

Hey Nick, sorry about that post in the draft thread, I got completely turned around as to which forum I was in. Yank it away at your leisure.

What I was trying to say was, what happened in there? Nothing new in here or there for hours!

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[Innocent X]

Draft you whores!

[A-Pathetic]

I know you got much praise in the last draft, Shelby, but thanks from me for doing the pictures. They're all excellent.

[Poxy Von Sinister]

Well I certainly didn't expect Hook to be the next Spielberg movie to go....

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[Poxy Von Sinister]

Okay, I get the feeling the next round might start while I'm off in sleepland (I'm on the East Coast). My apologies in advance if my pick is late.

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[grim_fist]

Poxy, just do what I do, email your pick and two or three alternates to nick@chud.com and/or to mikah9@atl.mediaone.net.

[Innocent X]

Why did we grind to a stop here? 4 films picked since Lowshot went this morning. Weird.

[Poxy Von Sinister]

Thanks for the advice Grim, but looks like we're at full stop right now, and I should be on around the start of Round 4. Now if I can just decide what the hell to pick.... I really thought some of my choices would be gone by now, which would make things a lot easier for me!

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[DJ Dylan]

The Thing was such a cool movie,i just saw it recently,and IMMEDIATELY went out to buy the McFarlane Movie Maniac Toys from the movie. Those things rule.

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"If you can take my bag from my kung-fu grip, you can have it, otherwise, step off, bitch."

...And now for something completely different!

[Poxy Von Sinister]

And the words we've all been waiting for in this draft:

"I pick SNATCH."

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[Innocent X]

Mr. Dylan is certainly a 21st Century movie boy.

Not that I can talk. I probably like 5 films made before 1980, one of which is Star Wars.

[trippingbillie41]

Poxy! You cock-ass!!

Arrgh! Yet another childhood favorite ripped from my heart. This is kinda starting to piss me off.

[Poxy Von Sinister]

Mmmmmmmmmm, Trippingbillie and Poxy live in peeeeeeeeeeeeace!

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[trippingbillie41]

Yes, I come in peace, Poxy. I was just surprised that it was taken so soon. I guess I shouldn't be, since anything Henson touches is genius, but you know how it is...

[Poxy Von Sinister]

I was surprised to see it still there myself. This is what's killing me -- I've expected a lot of my choices to be whittled down for me, and so far they haven't been!

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[devilf]

I'm finding a lot of the choices made here a little.. mystifying. I wonder if DJDylan knew he is supposed to bring the Beach to a desert island WITH him, and not abandon it there..

[Poxy Von Sinister]

Top Gun is the best film of 1986? Um, Imperator, you DO realize that ALIENS came out that year, right?

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[Forklift81]

Yeah, AND Crocodile Dun Dee

[Dave Davis]

if someone (in a position of power) http://www.chud.com/board/ubbhtml/smile.gif gets a chance, can the CHOSEN thread be updated? it's easier than sifting through all the other stuff...

tanx

[Innocent X]

Doc J and Eightball are wasted!

I love Animal Mother and the Jacket. Great choice Dave.

Fucker.

[Imperator GAC]

As much as I love Aliens, Top Gun is a movie that I never get tired of. The movie is ridiculous but the emotional content is great. Maverick is everyman who fights his demons and triumphs in war.

[trippingbillie41]

yeah, and the dogfights are fuckin' awesome.

[Poxy Von Sinister]

Ah shite Blofeld, I was hoping Apollo would slip through the cracks....

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[flyers130]

I'm thanking my lucky stars that BOOGIE NIGHTS was still available. I thought I had no shot at getting it once MAGNOLIA was swiped from me...

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[Django]

Neither Aliens nor Top Gun is the best movie of 1986.

It's all about Cherry, baby...

[trippingbillie41]

Wow, I correctly predicted Django's next pick. Although I have never seen that movie, I've seen him profess his love for it. I am afraid our similar method of choosing movies for this draft will interfere with my choices once again starting in the next round.

Django, can I come over to your hut and watch movies with you, since you've been taking some of my prime picks?

[Django]

Sure kid.

Remember you part of Team Django now...

[Smilin' Jack Ruby]

C'mon - 1986 brought us WISE GUYS, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2, STAND BY ME, HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER, 9 1/2 WEEKS, ONE CRAZY SUMMER, STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME, CASTLE IN THE SKY, THREE AMIGOS, PRETTY IN PINK, FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VI: JASON LIVES, COBRA, MONA LISA, TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE, IRON EAGLE, F/X, BLUE VELVET, POLICE ACADEMY 3: BACK IN TRAINING, MANHUNTER, SPACE CAMP, CHOPPING MALL, THE FLY, HOUSE, GOBOTS: WAR OF THE ROCK LORDS, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, ARMOUR OF GOD 2: OPERATION CONDOR, MATADOR, SHORT CIRCUIT, and HANNAH AND HER SISTERS

And on TV: RETURN TO MAYBERRY and GARFIELD IN PARADISE

It was back when being Steve Guttenberg meant you WERE somebody!!!

1986 fucking rocked for movies

[The Duke]

You forgot Big Trouble in Little China.

[Seahawk]

and the Jack Ryan Series is MINE! ahahahah!

[Django]

Tell you what Hawk. You can reserve Ben Affleck's Jack Ryan movie now for next year...

[Poxy Von Sinister]

Ah Grim, you break my heart! I saw Willow SIX times in the theater when it first came out -- at the time, I thought it was as close to Tolkien as we were ever gonna get.

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[The_Equivocator]

Why, Micah, why? I have been saving that pick for a while, hoping that people wouldn't go for Iron Giant until I took it next round. Time for me to go cry myself to sleep...

Bastard...

[trippingbillie41]

Hellblazer and Neil Bung can also go to hell.

[A-Pathetic]

BigRoundBastard. Sumbitch. All of the more recent films were going like hotcakes and I was sure Casablanca had somehow been forgotten. Teach me to think.

[Innocent X]

I was thinking that maybe an intermission after Round 5 would be a good idea. I feel a little draft stir crazy, like I need a break from it. I don't know if I'm alone. Maybe we could just chill for a week or two and check out our choices and think about what we want to do before we get into the second half of the draft. Maybe the break will help us get more trades happening in this draft.

And it's not like we need to be in a rush to finish this. The fun should be in the journey, not the end result.

[Forklift81]

I agree, we need time to analyze and belittle eachother's choices.

[Django]

You two are gonna shut up and soldier...

[Innocent X]

Just throwing the idea out there.

[Poxy Von Sinister]

My fear is that if we stop for a week or two, we'll lose more people than we have already.

It's a shame we can't do this like the fantasy football drafts, with everyone on at one time and drafting on a clock. It's very unwieldy for a group like this, but the NFL one I did was blast.

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[devilf]

We should take a break after the Draft is finished, before beginning the next in an endless line of Drafts.

[Innocent X]

Opposed to Adam's cool Deniro motif, I set up my own rule to not have any double directors or double leading actors. Anyone else have any parameters they are following?

It makes for some tough choices. For me, since I took Hoosiers, I can't take another Gene Hackman starring flick that I love.

[Innocent X]

That is a better idea dev.

I totally agree.

[Poxy Von Sinister]

I'm not following any scheme really. I knew I wanted Empire, and with the #2 spot I was pretty sure I'd get it. Then, I used my Drop The Remote Test -- movies that if I'm flipping around on TV and come across, I drop the remote and watch, regardless of how far into the movie I find it. Of course, lots of applicable movies got snaked away from me, but I have to say that CE3K was the last one I was really worried about someone else getting.

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[trippingbillie41]

The strategery I'm employing is as follows: grab as many movies that really mean something to me as I can (i.e. Jedi, Bill+Ted, Labyrinth), next I'll follow up with a movie that stars my favorite actor, or by a favorite director. I'm also trying to grab more than one genre, but I'm not sure how that will work out in the end. Variety is the spice of life, eh.

[devilf]

I wanted to make sure that I got some GREAT movies on my list, as well as a couple that I knew could come in handy for a trade later. Now I'm fulfilling my own needs as a cinejunkie.

[Carl Cunningham]

My "strategy" is simple. I have a running list of my Top 100 films of all time (always in flux). I have said list as my draft depth chart. Easy enough. Screw patterns. The only time I deviate is when it looks like I can let something slide for another round or two in order to get something more popular.

Innocent, have you seen MEMENTO already? Not a smart ass comment, but a sincere question because I know there are already bootleg copies out there. I just thought it odd someone would draft a film they haven't seen yet in the 5th round. But to each his own...

[Innocent X]

http://www.fetalfilms.com/reviews/mementoreview.htm

[Carl Cunningham]

Coolness.

[Innocent X]

I figured if I talked the talk about Memento, I might as well walk the walk and draft it. I was actually going to take it later, but you and Dave took the two films I was looking at for Round 5.

[Carl Cunningham]

That's cool. Makes sense. After all, a film with buzz that good is likely to get drafted at some point. I just was curious as whether you'd seen it because it's still pretty early in the draft.

Speaking of which... who's next? We've grinded to a halt again.

[devilf]

I am incredibly happy with my picks in this Draft. I was much more unfocused in the ladies one, but this time around, I know what I want.

[Innocent X]

Well for one, I love it and two, there so much left out there that I stopped trying to think about it as a late rounder. I wanted to lock it in. I can't believe _______, ______, ________, and _________ are still available. I would have pegged all four of them gone by Round Two. But there's a cool, varied taste on this board. It's been fun watching what gets taken.

[Blofeld]

Yes, I was going to take ____________, too. But I can't imagine why you would think that either ___________ or _____________ would be chosen this entire draft, let alone by round 2.

[Innocent X]

Well I'm taking ______ next round, so you if you want it you'll have to steal out from under me. And about _____, it's one of _____'s best films. His other junk seems to be going, but the fact that no one has taken _____ surprises me. I had it pinned for a Round Two selection.

[Blofeld]

Come on! ____________ is a purveyor of crap! His direction of ___________ is sophomoric, and _____________ can't even qualify for "freshmanonic". ___________? You must be nuts.

Make mine _____________!

[Innocent X]

Crap? Have you even seen ______? Or were you watching something else, ______ perhaps. ______'s direction is right on and in _______ he raises himself to the level of master.

[Poxy Von Sinister]

My puzzler hurts....

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[Poxy Von Sinister]

ARGH!!! DJDylan, there is now a special circle of Hell set aside for you!! I was being all stealthy, not mentioning Python, hoping that MOL would last a few more picks. CRAP!

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Poxy Von Sinister
"That's the biggest hyperbole in the whole wide world!"

[trippingbillie41]

Innocent X, you bitch! Even though I have not seen Memento yet, I've read the story. And if the movie is twice as cool as the story (which I'm led to believe it is), then that's a damn cool movie! Round 6 pick toasted!

The Duke shall also perish in the searing hellfire.

[Innocent X]

Well aren't I glad I didn't fuck around and try to take it later. You can lay some blame on Carl for taking Mask of the Phantasm.

And it's 20x better than the story.

[A-Pathetic]

The later portion of each round is slower than my Grandma without her walker. Either that or I'm living out The Girl, The Gold Watch And Everything. And I didn't realize I'd stopped time. Damn, that's the worst when you stop time on accident.

[Blofeld]

Not for me. I'm enjoying it. People stopped posting when I was getting it on with my mistress!

[Django]

Blo, we stopped cause we all were getting on with your mistress.

Except for me that is cause I call her Mom.

And I have such detailed reasons for choosing my films, that you'll soon be reading a report on The Sci-Fighter about them...

[U2Shark]

Dammit Forklift! I couldn't remember if The Hobbit had a theatrical release or not, that was gonna be my round 5 pick!

[Innocent X]

Spacehunter. Nice Patrick. I'll never forget that film. ROTJ was sold out so I went and saw Spacehunter. In 3D no less.

[flint]

For Carl:

Yes, you assume right. Haven't seen any other version of MOHICANS 'cept the Mann one.

[Dave Davis]

i actually remember GOING OUT OF MY WAY to see Spacehunter, and then arguing with a friend over which was a better 3D sci-fi movie, that or Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared Syn...

ah, such fond memories