View Full Version : Best Sci-Fi Tournament - Round 1, Group G
fernandito
07-10-2014, 03:01 PM
Note:
Although you can vote for a maximum of 6 films in the polls, it doesn't necessarily mean you HAVE to vote for 6. We encourage you to vote only on those you strongly feel deserve to move on to the next round.
http://sorozatportal.hu/sites/sorozatportal.hu/files/users/A-fraid/affiche.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YtXzVde0D1M/UGM3MdKS1AI/AAAAAAAAAyk/0fabQ4VUbMM/s1600/THE-HIDDEN-crop-400.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/58/The-Invisible-Man.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/Time_bandits.jpg
http://s1.thcdn.com/productimg/0/600/600/68/64468-1309271003-899958.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/Short_circuit_two_ver2.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/Inception_ver3.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FfC7UzSiZpU/UJWP0RMGLiI/AAAAAAAAC9I/IAc9aRjq6ng/s400/Frankenstein+poster.jpg
http://www.best-horror-movies.com/images/beyond-the-black-rainbow-blu-ray.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/53/Blade_Runner_poster.jpg
fernandito
07-10-2014, 03:02 PM
Clockwork Orange
Inception
Blade Runner
Beyond the Black Rainbow looks trippy as hell. Will have to watch that soon.
Mattrick
07-10-2014, 04:23 PM
Someone needs to fix my votes...hit vote now on my phome trying to select Blade Runner.
Picked:
Virtuosity
Clockwork Orange
blade Runner
Coming soon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEDdaStz4kw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GzW7dx6FoI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oo0Nj3fMf8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwnjENpIyq0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPRzm8ibDQ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-8hH_-qBxE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66TuSJo4dZM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN8K-4osNb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ertVYn750
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiH4hxhKBmY
Voting for:
The Invisible Man
Time Bandits
Clockwork Orange
Inception
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Blade Runner
Please note it was Short Circuit 2 that was nominated, not the first Short Circuit. This was a point of some discussion back during the nomination process. But it's listed as just "Short Circuit" and the poster if also for the original (a much better film, in my opinion). And I see it has garnered three votes already, but very likely these are for SC1, not SC2. Unless we want to retroactively change that to SC1 now.
Tommy
07-10-2014, 07:39 PM
Beyond the Black Rainbow looks trippy as hell. Will have to watch that soon.
Indeed it is
Mattrick
07-10-2014, 08:15 PM
Wasn't this group H earlier...am I taking crazy pills?
pathoftheturtle
07-11-2014, 01:37 AM
No H yet. I don't know what you're taking, but it must be good!
Steve Gutenberg didn't even come back for Short Circuit 2. So at least it has that going for it.
I definitely want to vote for Blade Runner and Inception, but I haven't seen Beyond the Black Rainbow or The Hidden.
So we're officially going with the original Short Circuit, not the sequel?
pathoftheturtle
07-11-2014, 02:15 AM
I'm joking. Don't ask me. I think switching would be unfair to the original contributor. But neither one has much chance anyway, IMO.
In that case the poster should be changed and the poll option.
divemaster
07-11-2014, 07:17 AM
Some good movies here. Blade Runner, for sure. However, I remember watching Virtuosity, what, 17 years ago or so and thinking just how bad it was. Russell Crowe's performance was positively cringe-inducing over-the-top cheese.
Mattrick
07-11-2014, 07:46 AM
Some good movies here. Blade Runner, for sure. However, I remember watching Virtuosity, what, 17 years ago or so and thinking just how bad it was. Russell Crowe's performance was positively cringe-inducing over-the-top cheese.
Over the top? He was like, emotionless and stoic.
Yeah really surprised seeing Virtuosity getting votes.
divemaster
07-11-2014, 08:48 AM
Some good movies here. Blade Runner, for sure. However, I remember watching Virtuosity, what, 17 years ago or so and thinking just how bad it was. Russell Crowe's performance was positively cringe-inducing over-the-top cheese.
Over the top? He was like, emotionless and stoic.
OMG. That scene where he was like conducting a symphony? That was MST3K bad. "Welcome to Death TV" ?? His facial expressions throughout the entire movie were certainly exaggerated and he kept doing this thing with his eyes. Define it how you like but it was annoying as hell. The Terminator was emotionless and stoic. Crowe was...something else.
fernandito
07-11-2014, 11:10 AM
Some good movies here. Blade Runner, for sure. However, I remember watching Virtuosity, what, 17 years ago or so and thinking just how bad it was. Russell Crowe's performance was positively cringe-inducing over-the-top cheese.
Over the top? He was like, emotionless and stoic.
OMG. That scene where he was like conducting a symphony? That was MST3K bad. "Welcome to Death TV" ?? His facial expressions throughout the entire movie were certainly exaggerated and he kept doing this thing with his eyes. Define it how you like but it was annoying as hell. The Terminator was emotionless and stoic. Crowe was...something else.
I haven't seen this movie in ages so I just looked it up on YouTube and holy shit
LAUGH MY ASS OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :rofl:
That is Grade A, unfiltered, pure 90's cheesiness. I love it lol.
Iwritecode
07-11-2014, 11:47 AM
In that case the poster should be changed and the poll option.
So are we voting for 1 or 2? The poll and the poster still don’t match.
fernandito
07-11-2014, 11:53 AM
The vote is for Short Circuit 2. Poll will be changed soon.
Just two votes for Black Rainbow. And six for Short Circuit 2 :(
fernandito
07-13-2014, 09:35 AM
Blade Runner at the forefront of this group, as it should be. :)
Merlin1958
07-13-2014, 05:00 PM
Blade Runner at the forefront of this group, as it should be. :)
Blade Runner is good, no doubt, but I think "Inception" was a slicker production. Granted it's more timely with regard to FX and all. Still a rather innovative premise and story line IMHO.
Tommy
07-13-2014, 08:17 PM
Just two votes for Black Rainbow. And six for Short Circuit 2 :(
I think we are the only two who've seen Beyond the Black Rainbow :pullhair:
Just two votes for Black Rainbow. And six for Short Circuit 2 :(
I think we are the only two who've seen Beyond the Black Rainbow :pullhair:
Apparently so, which is a shame, and it's available to stream on Netflix: http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70181693?trkid=13752289
Such an original film, and such contests are often popularity contests, in a way - not that that's bad, but true gems like this are often overlooked while of course things like Blade Runner and Star Wars, while I love them too, garner nearly 100% of the vote.
fernandito
07-15-2014, 11:09 AM
*bump
Poll is closing in two days...
Heather19
07-15-2014, 02:16 PM
Inception and Frankenstein
pathoftheturtle
07-16-2014, 02:48 AM
I can probably watch BtBR this weekend. Even if I want to vote for it, tho, there'd be no way it would succeed at this point. Sorry.
Need more Invisible Man votes. Can't have a tiebreaker with SC2. That would just be wrong.
fernandito
07-16-2014, 08:11 AM
Looks lime you got your wish, it's currently in the driver seat for 6th place!
fernandito
07-17-2014, 08:27 AM
*Bump
This poll is closing today at 4 PST!
Ricky
07-18-2014, 07:42 AM
I'm surprised that Inception did so well.
Ben Staad
07-18-2014, 07:45 AM
Me too. I was also disappointed that Frankenstein received so few votes.
I'm surprised that Inception did so well.
Frankenstein made it, though, and so did The Invisible Man!
Merlin1958
07-18-2014, 04:20 PM
Frankenstein made it, though, and so did The Invisible Man!
I think that both of these films may have suffered from the duplicity issue. They are both Horror and SYFY.
fernandito
07-20-2014, 03:40 PM
Advancing from this group :
The Invisible Man
Time Bandits
Clockwork Orange
Inception
Frankenstein
Blade Runner
Merlin1958
07-20-2014, 04:48 PM
Advancing from this group :
The Invisible Man
Time Bandits
Clockwork Orange
Inception
Frankenstein
Blade Runner
I'm Okay with that. Still it may be a good idea to split Frankenstein and the Invisible Man in the subsequent round.
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