EN World Movie Battle Royal! We have our winner!
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ShadowDenizen
Explorer
Round 3-17
1) Empire Strikes Back
2) Galaxy Quest: I have a soft spot for Sigourney Weaver.
3) Close Ecnounters
4) Superman
5) Being John Malkovich
6) Frailty: a movie that is seriously underrated and undersetimated.
7) Solaris: a decent adaptation of a seminal SF novel. (Although I was going to use it in my round.
8) Aliens
9) Dungeons and Dragons: Battlefield Earth was all-around terrible, and not even faithful to the souce material.
1) Empire Strikes Back
2) Galaxy Quest: I have a soft spot for Sigourney Weaver.
3) Close Ecnounters
4) Superman
5) Being John Malkovich
6) Frailty: a movie that is seriously underrated and undersetimated.
7) Solaris: a decent adaptation of a seminal SF novel. (Although I was going to use it in my round.
8) Aliens
9) Dungeons and Dragons: Battlefield Earth was all-around terrible, and not even faithful to the souce material.
ddvmor
I'm a little teapot!
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back - if only for the line 'I'd rather Kiss a Wookie'
Galaxy Quest - Hmmm... terminal boredom and poor acting vs Sigorney's cleavage
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - I didn't like either movie, but this one has mashed potato in it. Which is an important factor.
Superman - Sorry... Supes is so much cooler than Spidey in so many ways!
Dark City - Close one this. I liked 'em both, but Dark City wins... just. Not sure why.
Fallen - Haven't seen either, but this one had a better title! Is that a valid reason? Am I just shallow?
Blade Runner - Come on... this was the best SF movie EVER!
Aliens - Or was this the best SF movie ever? Ho hum!
Battlefield Earth - John Travolta and his 100% extra free wobbly fingers. You can't beat this pinnacle of cinematography.
Galaxy Quest - Hmmm... terminal boredom and poor acting vs Sigorney's cleavage
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - I didn't like either movie, but this one has mashed potato in it. Which is an important factor.
Superman - Sorry... Supes is so much cooler than Spidey in so many ways!
Dark City - Close one this. I liked 'em both, but Dark City wins... just. Not sure why.
Fallen - Haven't seen either, but this one had a better title! Is that a valid reason? Am I just shallow?
Blade Runner - Come on... this was the best SF movie EVER!
Aliens - Or was this the best SF movie ever? Ho hum!
Battlefield Earth - John Travolta and his 100% extra free wobbly fingers. You can't beat this pinnacle of cinematography.
Pielorinho
Iron Fist of Pelor
Wow--leave for a day and almost miss voting on a round!
1) The Empire Strikes Back. I'm just not an oldschool Star Trek Fan, and TESB is my favorite of all Star Wars movies.
2) Galaxy Quest. Loved it, and again, didn't much like old Star Trek.
3) Close Encounters. Truth be told, I don't much like either of them, but Contact committed two sins: first, it was too blatant in its emotional manipulation; and second, the last five minutes of it completely undo the power of its central theme (whether a skeptic must ever take a leap of faith).
4) Spiderman. The old Superman is very satisfying, but Spiderman is just wonderful.
5) Being John Malkovich. If I hadn't seen the first thirty seconds of Dark City, in which a character completely ruins the movie by explaining to you in advance what's going on in the mystery, it'd be a tougher choice.
6) Neither. Like everyone else, I haven't seen either of these,a nd I don't think I've even heard of Fallen. But I've been wanting to see Frailty, so if you need more votes on this pair, count this as a vote for Frailty (albeit a frail one).
7) Blade Runner. I really wanted to like Solaris, but I just couldn't; Blade Runner (the non-narrated version, anyway) is the best cyberpunk movie I've ever seen, and is one of my favorites.
8) Predator, by a hair. I didn't like Aliens as much as I expected to, given the hype about it, and I liked Predator more than I expected to, so this may just be more a matter of expectations.
Sorry to mess up some of your pairings--I'd been thinking of doing both Dark City and Being John Malkovich (in different matchups) myself, and had actually planned on doing The Matrix vs. Tron before I remembered Videodrome.
Daniel
1) The Empire Strikes Back. I'm just not an oldschool Star Trek Fan, and TESB is my favorite of all Star Wars movies.
2) Galaxy Quest. Loved it, and again, didn't much like old Star Trek.
3) Close Encounters. Truth be told, I don't much like either of them, but Contact committed two sins: first, it was too blatant in its emotional manipulation; and second, the last five minutes of it completely undo the power of its central theme (whether a skeptic must ever take a leap of faith).
4) Spiderman. The old Superman is very satisfying, but Spiderman is just wonderful.
5) Being John Malkovich. If I hadn't seen the first thirty seconds of Dark City, in which a character completely ruins the movie by explaining to you in advance what's going on in the mystery, it'd be a tougher choice.
6) Neither. Like everyone else, I haven't seen either of these,a nd I don't think I've even heard of Fallen. But I've been wanting to see Frailty, so if you need more votes on this pair, count this as a vote for Frailty (albeit a frail one).
7) Blade Runner. I really wanted to like Solaris, but I just couldn't; Blade Runner (the non-narrated version, anyway) is the best cyberpunk movie I've ever seen, and is one of my favorites.
8) Predator, by a hair. I didn't like Aliens as much as I expected to, given the hype about it, and I liked Predator more than I expected to, so this may just be more a matter of expectations.
Sorry to mess up some of your pairings--I'd been thinking of doing both Dark City and Being John Malkovich (in different matchups) myself, and had actually planned on doing The Matrix vs. Tron before I remembered Videodrome.
Daniel
Ruined
Explorer
Wow, yeah these rounds do go quickly. I just wanted to chime in and give a shout out to Frailty. Come on, people, Bill Paxton! It's a good flick, go out and rent it when you have the chance.
3-20
1. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
2. Galaxy Quest
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
4. Spider-Man
5. Dark City
6. Frailty !!
7. Blade Runner
8. Aliens
9. Shoot Myself in the Forehead
3-20
1. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
2. Galaxy Quest
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
4. Spider-Man
5. Dark City
6. Frailty !!
7. Blade Runner
8. Aliens
9. Shoot Myself in the Forehead
Cthulhu's Librarian
First Post
Damn, just missed it! Well, here are my votes, if you want to count them...
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - No contest. Khan was good, but Empire is a world better
Galaxy Quest (1999) - STTMP blew chunks, even when I saw it as a kid. Boring, boring, boring. GQ, on the other hand, had me laughing at how funny it was, while still being respectful.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - never saw Contact, but I really like CEot3K
Superman (1978) - I liked SpiderMan alot, and could argue that it's one of the best superheros films ever, but Superman has something undefinable that I like better.
Being John Malkovich (1999) - one of the most bizarre and interesting films I've ever seen.
never saw either
Blade Runner (1982) - One of the best SF films ever made.
Aliens (1986) - Easy choice.
Dungeons & Dragons (2000) - I refuse to see Battlefield Earth, so I have to go with D&D, even though it was so bad.
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - No contest. Khan was good, but Empire is a world better
Galaxy Quest (1999) - STTMP blew chunks, even when I saw it as a kid. Boring, boring, boring. GQ, on the other hand, had me laughing at how funny it was, while still being respectful.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - never saw Contact, but I really like CEot3K
Superman (1978) - I liked SpiderMan alot, and could argue that it's one of the best superheros films ever, but Superman has something undefinable that I like better.
Being John Malkovich (1999) - one of the most bizarre and interesting films I've ever seen.
never saw either
Blade Runner (1982) - One of the best SF films ever made.
Aliens (1986) - Easy choice.
Dungeons & Dragons (2000) - I refuse to see Battlefield Earth, so I have to go with D&D, even though it was so bad.
Laurel
First Post
I know I am past the vote time for round 3, but these were to good to pass up 
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Galaxy Quest (1999)- I loved this movie!!! Good scripts and acting
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Spider-Man (2002)
Dark City (1998)
Blade Runner (1982) -A great classic
"Aliens vs. Predator- HA! Okay then.... ALiens would get my vote. Just not a fan of Predator.
Dungeons & Dragons (2000) vs. Battlefield Earth (2000)- Even with a vote of which is worst this one is hard to choose.... I guess Battlefield Earth since I left disappointed but ahd seen previews and didn't expect much... I can not say the same for my slanted wish and hope that the DnD movie would be awesome.
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Galaxy Quest (1999)- I loved this movie!!! Good scripts and acting
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Spider-Man (2002)
Dark City (1998)
Blade Runner (1982) -A great classic
"Aliens vs. Predator- HA!
Okay then.... ALiens would get my vote. Just not a fan of Predator.Dungeons & Dragons (2000) vs. Battlefield Earth (2000)- Even with a vote of which is worst this one is hard to choose.... I guess Battlefield Earth since I left disappointed but ahd seen previews and didn't expect much... I can not say the same for my slanted wish and hope that the DnD movie would be awesome.
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Desdichado
Hero
Yeah, well Predator had some pretty quotable moments too. "I ain't got time to bleed" where I substitute bleed for whatever else I'm doing makes it's way into my conversation pretty regularly. "I wouldn't wish that on a broke-dick dog" too. I don't have nearly as much occasion to use "You are one ugly mother-Wombat said:
er" but it's pretty classic. Aliens pretty much spanked Predator in the voting, but that's a tough one; I would have picked Predator over most of the other movies in the other pairings.
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