EN World Movie Battle Royal! We have our winner!

[Gomez]

Movie Battle Royal! Best of the Best!

I thought this would be a fun game to play. l start the game buy picking 16 fantasy, horror, or science fiction movies and matching them up into pairs. Post which movie of each pair is your favorite. After twenty people post their selections then the person who posted the 16 movies announces the winners and a new person takes over and posts a new set of 16 movies. Once we get 64 movies from this process we will start over using the pool of winning movies. Eventually we will work our way down to the favorite fantasy, horror, or science fiction movie of the EN Boards.

When you vote put the round and which voter your are. If you were the fifth person to vote in round 1 you would put: Round 1-5 at the top of your vote. We will take the votes of 20 people per round. Feel free to talk and kibitz about the choices! In the event of a tie, the person posting the round's picks will have the deciding vote.

It is totally up to the person who posts the round's choices on what movies he/she picks or how she matches them up. The only rule is that you cannot use a movie that has already been posted.

I will keep track of the winners here.

Good luck and let the fun begin.


Winners by Seed
1. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 20-0
2. Alien (1979) 19-1
3. Brazil (1985) 18-0-2
4. Bladerunner (1982) 18-1-1
5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 18-2
6. Aliens (1986) 17-2-1
7. Dr. Strangelove (1964) 17-3
7. Three Musketeers (1973) 17-3
9. Indiana Jones & the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 16-3-1
9.The Mummy (1999) 16-3-1
11. Robocop (1987) 16-4
11. Sleeping Beauty (1959) 16-4
11. Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes back (1980) 16-4
11. King Kong (1933) 16-4
15. City of Lost Children (1995) 15-3-2
15. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) 15-3-2
17. The Matrix (1999) 15-4-1
18. Spiderman (2002) 15-5
18. Princess Bride (1987) 15-5
18. The Thing (1982) 15-5
18. Ghostbusters (1984) 15-5
22. Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) 14-2-4
23. Hellraiser (1987) 14-4-2
24. Camelot (1967) 14-5-1
25. Galaxy Quest (1999) 14-6
25. 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (1954) 14-6
25. Planet of the Apes (1968) 14-6
25. Frankenstein (1931) 14-6
25. Monty Python & the Holy Grail (1975) 14-6
30. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) 13-5-2
31. Star Wars Ep IV (1977) 13-6-1
31. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) 13-6-1
31. Twelve Monkeys (1995) 13-6-1
31. The Haunting (1963) 13-6-1
35. The Exorcist (1973) 13-7
35. Batman (1989) 13-7
35. Time Bandits (1981) 13-7
38. Dragonslayer (1981) 12-6-2
38. Minority Report (2002) 12-6-2
40. Phantom of the Opera (1924) 12-4-4
41. Carrie (1976) 12-7-1
41. The Fifth Element (1997) 12-7-1
41. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) 12-7-1
44. Total Recall (1990) 12-8
44. Pirates of the Caribean (2003) 12-8
44. Metropolis (1927) 12-8
44. Big Trouble in Little China (1986) 12-8
44. Sleepy Hollow (1999) 12-8
49. Pete's Dragon (1977) 12-4-4
50. Akira (1987) 11-5-4
51. Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) 11-6-3
52. The Seventh Seal(1957) 11-7-2
52. Hellboy (2004) 11-7-2
54. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 11-8-1
55. Nosferatu (1922) 11-9
55. Conan the Barbarian (1982) 11-9
57. Shaun of the Dead (2004) 10-8-2
58. Dark City (1998) 10-9-1
59. High Plains Drifter (1973) 9-6-5
60. Spirited Away (2001) 9-7-4
61. Shrek (2001) 9-9-2
62. Fallen (1998) 7-2-11
63. Cube (1997) 7-4-9
64. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) 7-6-7



The Movie Madness Tourney is next!

 

[Gomez]

Round One!

Here are the first round matches and we have some heavy hitters here.

1. The Shining (1980) vs The Exorcist (1973)

2. Hellraiser (1987) vs Phantasm (1979)

3. King Kong (1933) vs Jurassic Park (1993)

4. Jason and the Argonauts (1963) vs Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)

5. Total Recall (1990) vs Stargate (1994)

6. Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977) vs 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968)

7. Conan the Barbarian (1982) vs Highlander (1986)

8. ET, The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) vs Alien (1979)


Will Jack prevail against the pea soup shooting Linda Blair? Can Kong defeat the T-Rex for a second time? Will Arnold win in a fight against Kurt Russel? Will stop motion defeat CGI? What will happen when the phantasm ball hits Pinhead? Only you can decide.

Let the voting begin!

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Round 1-1

And the winners are!

(well, my pick for the winners, anyway):


1. The Shining (1980)

2. Hellraiser (1987)

3. King Kong (1933)

4. Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)

5. Stargate (1994)

6. Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977)

7. Conan the Barbarian (1982)

8. Alien (1979)

 

[MoogleEmpMog]

Round 1-2

1. The Exorcist (1973)

2. didn't see both... or either, for that matter

3. King Kong (1933)

4. Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

5. Total Recall (1990)

6. Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977)

7. Conan the Barbarian (1982)

8. Alien (1979)

 

[MoogleEmpMog]

Just out of curiosity, how do you plan to handle elimination when you don't have everything in powers of 2? Eventually, you will eliminate down to an odd number higher than 1. Each 'round' should probably be 8 choices, with 64 or 128 total movies involved.

 

[Gomez]

Just out of curiosity, how do you plan to handle elimination when you don't have everything in powers of 2? Eventually, you will eliminate down to an odd number higher than 1. Each 'round' should probably be 8 choices, with 64 or 128 total movies involved.

Your right. Ok, lets change this up then. Every round will constist of 16 movies or 8 pairs. We will go 8 rounds to get a total of 64 movies for the final elimination.

I am going to go ahead a add three pairs of movies to the first round. If you have already voted. Please add these to your post.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

OK, fearless leader of ours!

 

[Krieg]

1-3

1. The Exorcist (1973)

2. Phantasm (1979)

3. King Kong (1933)

4. Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

5. Total Recall (1990)

6. 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968)

7. Conan the Barbarian (1982)

8. Alien (1979)

 

[Pielorinho]

1. The Shining (1980)
2. Hellraiser (1987)
3. King Kong (1933)
4. Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)

5. Stargate (1994)

6. 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968)

7. Highlander (1986)

8. Alien (1986)

With the provisos that I've never seen either of the entries for #5, and was voting based off the TV show; and that I've never seen Phantasm; and that there aren't enough really good freaky movies in the mix .

Daniel

 

[Gomez]

With the provisos that I've never seen either of the entries for #5, and was voting based off the TV show; and that I've never seen Phantasm; and that there aren't enough really good freaky movies in the mix .

Daniel

Well if you want to post the second round movies you can put as many freaky movies in that you want.

Man I loved Phantasm as a kid! I even put the Ball in one of my dungeons that I made for my high school gaming group. They really started to freak out when the ball which hit a player started to pump out 1d6 damage points of blood every round.