Tournament: Greatest movies of the Sci-Fi / Fantasy Genre (WINNER ANNOUNCED!)

I've had to vote for a couple I'd rather not have and against a couple that shouldn't be going out first round in this one

 

Voted for Bracket #4. It wasn't has hard for as as Bracket #3, but the Mad Max vs. Tron certainly made me pause to reflect. Two oldies but goodies.

 

Toughest one here is Alien III vs. The Fifth Element, which I refused to even vote on, because neither one of them belong anywhere near a 'best of' list.

Well, Goldenthal's score for Alien III was great . . . so perhaps I should have voted for that one, solely on the merits of the score.

Well, too late now. Never mind.

Seriously, AI vs. Back to the Future was tough, but come on, AI is maybe one of the top ten movies ever . . .

 

Considering that my DVD of Equilibrium says "Forget The Matrix" on it (a quote from a reviewer) #1 should be easy.

 

I've been making that argument for years. If its a blatant enough rip that it has the audacity to say it on the cover then you might as well just stick with the original.

Unless that isn't what you meant....

Which it probably wasn't.

 

That last vote between Robocop and Hitchhikers Guide was tough, as it did not specify which version of Hitchhikers, the recent (thrashed) version, or the original 1980 (superior) miniseries. For lack of knowing, I had to choose Robo.

 

Mini-series would be ineligible for this wouldn't they?

 

Yes, it was decided that there wouldn't be mini's or telefilms.

 

Results for Bracket #4 are as followed:

Bracket #4 ? (Science Fiction) (The Photon Torpedo Bracket):

Matrix Reloaded
Tron
<s>Minority Report</s>
Predator
<s>Event Horizon</s>
<s>Alien III</s>
<s>A.I.: Artificial Intelligence</s>
The Abyss: Special Edition
Back to the Future
Fifth Element
The Time Machine (1960)
<s>Mad Max (1979)</s>
<s>Equilibrium</s>
<s>Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy</s>
<s>The Invisible Man (1933)</s>
Robocop

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Voting for Bracket #5 begins now. You have 48 hours. Voting will end Tuesday at 10:00 AM EST.

Bracket #5 ? (Fantasy) (The Fountain of Youth Bracket):

1. Superman Returns
   vs.
   Excalibur



2. Krull
   vs.
   Batman Returns



3. The Mummy Returns
   vs.
   King Kong (1933)



4. Gremlins
   vs.
   Army of Darkness



5. LotR: The Two Towers
   vs.
   Masters of the Universe



6. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
   vs.
   The Princess Bride



7. Son of the Mask
   vs.
   Willow



8. Dune
   vs.
   Big Fish

 

At least we get a no brainer this round.

Razzie nom vs. Lucas/Howard joint endevor

 

Vote sent in.

A little sad that Alien III got knocked out this early

 

Krull better defeat Batman Begins...

 

You absolute fools.

 

That's what I said. But in place of "best LOTR film" I used the phrase "weakest LOTR film."

 

After we do this initial voting through the eight brackets, what do you guys think about changing the time limit on the voting? Say we do a 24 hour limit on the weekdays and a 48 hour limit on the weekends? That would speed things up.

 

Sounds fine to me.

Also, Minority Report should not have gone.

 

Well their votes were in the minority.

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mad max and equilibrium gone...?

wow, I missed that round of voting, I wonder if one vote would have changed any of those out comes.

I didn't expect to see a lot of these movies go out this early on bracket 1 and on.

dkt

 

Yes, 24 hrs sounds like a much better idea.

 

sounds good