(1) SURREAL CEREAL. “When I just saw this, I did suddenly wonder, ‘Is nothing sacred?’” says James H. Burns.
(2) RED LIGHT AT MORNING. Bob Byrne’s “The Public Life of Sherlock Holmes: ‘Rudolph’s Performance Review’” at Black Gate continues his tradition of holiday humor.
You’d think the reindeer with the shiny red nose would have knocked his annual review out of the park after that foggy Christmas Eve, eh? Well, that Santa is one tough reviewer. Read on, and I wish you a safe, happy and blessed Merry Christmas….
(3) DON’T LINK. Jenneral Geek’s theory about Doctor Who’s most popular episode suggests “’Blink’ Might be Even More Timey-Wimey Than You Think”.
Now, you may also remember a flirtatious babe from the same episode named Billy Shipton. Billy is a detective investigating the disappearance of people in relation to Wester Drumlins. This is what brings us to the lovely meet-cute in which Billy Shipton and Sally Sparrow flirt in front of a dusty blue police box. Billy gets Sally’s number and when he asks for her full name she retorts, “Sally Shipton” without thinking, followed by her instant mortification and departure. Cut scene and fast forward – Billy gets Weeping Angel’d back to 1969 where he receives instructions from the Doctor not to contact Sally Sparrow until after their original encounter. Billy lives his life back to 2007 and calls Sally. They re-meet minutes later for Sally and 38 years later for Billy in his hospital room. An elderly Billy tells Sally Sparrow information that is relevant to the plot, BUT he also tells her that he married a woman coincidentally named Sally from the 70’s. He even shows a picture of his dearly beloved, Sally Shipton.
I know this is timey-wimey enough as is, but what if there is more? At this point of the episode I had to press pause because my mind was going through the time vortex. Hey, how cool would it be if Billy Shipton actually married Kathy Wainwright’s daughter? So, I couldn’t resist whipping out my handy dandy calculator and pretending like I don’t blow at math.
(4) RETROSPECTIVE. TCM Remembers 2015 honors actors, actresses and filmmakers who passed away this year, among them Leonard Nimoy, Christopher Lee, Rod Taylor and Wes Craven.
(5) BSFA AWARDS. Nominations are open for the British Science Fiction Association Awards through December 31.
Who can nominate?
You may nominate a work if YOU:
- Are a member of the BSFA
AND
- Send or give your nominations to the Awards Administrator to arrive by the 31st December of each year.
See here for further details.
(6) SEE ME. Now I’m surprised John Scalzi didn’t drop in this morning to support Buckaroo Banzai in Hampus’ next set of brackets.
All these science fiction reboots and sequels and franchises AND WHERE THE HELL IS MY GODDAMN BUCKAROO BANZAI REMAKE PEOPLE
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) December 15, 2015
I swear to God. Someone give me the rights. I WILL MAKE IT MYSELF AND IT WILL BE PERFECT LIKE TOMMY
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) December 15, 2015
But John, do you mean Perfect like Perfect Tommy, or like Roger Daltrey’s Tommy?
(7) ACKERMANSION II. There’s a petition at change.org calling on the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission to “Declare Forrest Ackerman’s house a historic monument!” The Commission considered an application at its December 3 meeting – I don’t know what they decided.
Forrest Ackerman is considered “the father of science fiction.” He was a magazine editor, science fiction writer and literary agent who represented Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, J.P. Lovecraft and L. Ron Hubbard, among many others. His magazine, Famous Monsters of Filmland, was an inspiration to writers and filmmakers like Stephen Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Stephen King, J.J. Abrams and Guillermo del Toro. Ackerman housed his extensive collection of sci-fi memorabilia in a private museum at 4513 Russell Ave. in Los Angeles and this home was dubbed the “Acker-Mini-Mansion.” The Smithsonian described Ackerman’s home as “one of the 10 best private museums in the country” open to visitors every Saturday since 1951 until Ackerman’s death in 2008. Please support designating Ackerman’s house a historic monument to prevent its demolition by developers who want to “put up a parking lot.”
I’m guessing “put up a parking lot” is a reference to Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” rather than an immediate plan for the property.
(8) THE VOICE. Last summer Natalie Luhrs raised $5,125 from folks who wanted her to livetweet her experience reading a Theodore Beale novel, and unlock another major incentive. And now that incentive has arrived — “Bad Life Decisions: Mary Robinette Kowal Reads Theodore Beale. Sexily” — at Pretty Terrible.
As promised at the conclusion of the fundraiser, here is Mary Robinette Kowal reading snippets from Theodore Beale’s Eternal Warriors™: War In Heaven in a very, very sexy voice.
(9) OKORAFOR. Nnedi Okorafor has been named the winner of Brittle Paper’s African Literary Person of the Year Award.
Brittle Paper is a blog written by Duke Ph.D. student Ainehi Edoro.
The 2015 African literary person of the year goes to Nnedi Okorafor for the many ways in which Africa inspires innovation in her approach to storytelling.
The way she writes about Africa is refreshingly different. Take for example her 2014 novel titled Lagoon. The novel follows the near-apocalyptic chaos that takes over Lagos when aliens land on its shores. In the novel, she pushes us to imagine a futuristic but recognizable Lagos swarming with aliens and creatures. The novel is a mashup of cultural iconographies that range from alien spaceships and viral youtube videos to Igbo ancestral masquerades and folkloric archetypes to Karl Marx and Danfo buses. She tells a story about Lagos by situating the city, its fears and anxieties, its history and its landscape within a global network of literary traditions and philosophical concerns. A novel such as Lagoon brings to the conclusion that African life is so complex, so rich that to adequately give an account of it we have to draw inspiration from everywhere—from Nollywood but also from Star Wars, from Esu but also from American rappers, from Pentecostal churches but also from underground LGBT communities.
(10) Today In History
- Born December 14, 1900 – The quantum theory
Through physical experiments, Planck demonstrated that energy, in certain situations, can exhibit characteristics of physical matter. According to theories of classical physics, energy is solely a continuous wave-like phenomenon, independent of the characteristics of physical matter. Planck’s theory held that radiant energy is made up of particle-like components, known as “quantum.” The theory helped to resolve previously unexplained natural phenomena such as the behavior of heat in solids and the nature of light absorption on an atomic level. In 1918, Planck was rewarded the Nobel Prize in physics for his work on blackbody radiation.
(11) TOY AUCTION. An auction of over 600 Star Wars collectible toys on December 11 brought in more than $500,000.
The higher-end items in Nigo’s collection were either rare or still in the original packaging, making them desirable collectors’ items.
A rare Luke Skywalker figure — one of only 20 confirmed — was expected to sell for $12,000 to $18,000. It sold for $25,000.
The highest-selling lot, a seven-figure multi-pack sold exclusively in Canada in 1980, garnered $32,500 at the auction.
Among the items were two sets of “Star Wars” coins which were estimated to sell for between $25,000 and $35,000. They sold for $27,500.
(12) LITTLE TEENY EYES. Supervike is creating Monster Hunter International miniatures.
I paint and model little toy soldiers, and since there really aren’t any commercially available that represent the world of MHI, I’m trying to convert and paint existing miniatures to fit and represent the characters.
The scale of these miniatures is about 28mm. That just means the ‘average’ man of 6ft tall or so, is represented as 28mm tall. So, that’s a bit over an inch tall for us that never could figure out the metric system (thanks Jimmy Carter).
Some are fascinating, like the set in “It’s beginning to look a lot like Fishmen”.
Deep ones, those aquatic Lovecraftian fishmen, are only briefly mentioned in Monster Hunter International. They serve as the badguys in a mission previously mentioned with a SEaL team and a cruise ship.
Turns out that the Deep Ones aren’t just interested in mindlessly attacking humans, they also prefer to lay their eggs inside a human host. I’m assuming the outcome (other than the obvious madness) would be something like these guys. These are Deep One Hybrids, the spawns of such an unholy union.
(13) PATENT FENDING. The Washington Post’s Larry Downs names “The 4 worst patents of 2015” after this introduction:
This was another depressing year for patent law, which long ago lost sight of its constitutional moorings as a balanced and limited source of incentives for innovators. Though Congress, the courts and the Patent and Trademark Office each tried in their own way to rein in a system widely-regarded as out of control, in the end nobody made much progress.
On just one day in November, for example, over 200 new patent lawsuits were filed, as plaintiffs rushed to beat a change in federal procedure that could require more specific claims. Most were from companies that buy up patents of dubious quality and use them to extract nuisance settlements from actual innovators….
To give just a sense of just how out of touch the law has become, I asked Daniel Nazer, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, to highlight the worst patents he’s come across this year. Nazer, who holds the Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents (yes, really), had little trouble coming up with these four, culled from a monthly “Stupid Patent of the Month” post he writes for the EFF site. (The complete list is available here.) Each one highlights a different crisis in our badly-misaligned patent system…
(14) VASICEK. Joe Vasicek’s latest proposition is “Disagreement is not offensive”, at One Thousand And One Parsecs.
If you take offense whenever people disagree with you, chances are that you’ll never be able to cut it as a writer. In order to write well, you have to be able to see things from inside the heads of people who aren’t like you and probably don’t agree with you.
This is why I support Sad Puppies: because the SJW types in Science Fiction are usually the first to cry offense over anything that doesn’t fit into their narrow worldviews. This naturally makes them as vehemently opposed to intellectual diversity as they (falsely) claim that the Puppies are to racial, sexual, and cultural diversity. When you look at the books and stories that these people uphold as shining examples of the genre, their rigidly ideological worldview is as plain as the emperor’s new clothes.
Disagreement is not “offensive.” In fact, it’s a sign of respect. If your opponent thought that your opinion or argument wasn’t worth engaging with, then they simply would have ignored you. By saying “I don’t agree,” they are acknowledging your position in an intellectually honest way. When you willfully misrepresent your opponent’s views, or bully them into silence, it is a sign of disrespect that warrants taking offense. And who is most guilty of that? I’ll give you two chances, and the first one doesn’t count.
(15) THE MAX. Blunt is one way of describing Max Booth III’s “Sad Puppies and The Goosebumps Rap: The Best and Worst Things to Happen to Literature in 2015” at Lit Reactor.
Sad Puppies
The KKK Sad Puppies are a group of white supremacists science fiction writers set on fixing the Hugo Awards. They are very pathetic nerds who won’t be satisfied as long as people other than straight white males are represented in science fiction. Keep the genre pure, they say. Heil Hitler, they probably also say. Our penises are tiny and we need to make others feel miserable to satisfy ourselves, they almost definitely say. So, in 2015, they managed to get Puppy nominees in almost every category. Because of this clusterfuck, many categories were given “No Awards”.
World Fantasy Award
Hey, speaking of racists. This year also saw a very nice and welcome change: Lovecraft was removed as the model for the World Fantasy Award. Many non-terrible people celebrated this victory, and many other terrible people whined about it. Especially ST Joshi, whose recent blog posts are both hilarious and sad. It’s still unknown what will take Lovecraft’s place as the trophy model. I’ve already suggested myself, but have yet to hear back. I’ve also heard many people suggest a dragon, but dragons as we all know, are lame. Honestly, a giant dong might be the way to go.
(16) ONE STAR (WARS) RATING. Milo Yiannopolous argues ”Star Wars Is Garbage” at Breitbart.com.
With Star Wars, liberal Hollywood got it all wrong. They get everything wrong, of course, but this movie franchise really takes the biscuit. They turned the heroes into villains, and the villains into shining beacons of virtue. With a new film on the horizon, I feel duty-bound to warn you about the desperate shortcomings of this particular entertainment phenomenon.
If we’re honest with ourselves, the real wretched hive of scum and villainy is Skywalker Ranch, where George Lucas and his band of morally dissolute bastards created the Star Wars universe, a blight on western civilisation and culture.
This magisterial bit of trolling includes lines such as —
Jabba the Hutt was actually pretty progressive.
And –
Oh, and by the way, Darth Vader’s daughter was installed as the leader of the galaxy after he killed the rightful and democratically elected leader, Emperor Palpatine. I’m just saying.
(17) USE THE SOURCE. A “Google Chrome extension replaces all mentions of Donald Trump with Voldemort” reports the Telegraph.
The Trump2Voldemort extension for the web browser replaces any text referring to the Republican candidate with ‘He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named’ or ‘Tom Riddle’
The source is here:
https://twitter.com/Sarah_X_Chen/status/675030881447358464
(18) ULTIMATE TIME SAVER. Michael McNulty’s YouTube video plays Star Wars I-VI simultaneously in six side-by-side windows!
[Thanks to John King Tarpinian, Jerry Pournelle, and Brian Z. for some of these stories. Title credit goes to File 770 contributing editor of the day James H. Burns.]
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SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. TAKING CHANCES IN THE SUNLIGHT
The Time Machine (1960)
2. CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, FREEDOM IS AN ILLUSION
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
3. FIRST STAGE REMOVAL
The War of The Worlds (1953)
(Hard choice when it comes to this pair. I made my pick because I have spent decades laughing with other fans about Gene Barry’s line “Welcome to California!”)
4. THERE ARE NO LACK OF PAINFUL THINGS IN THIS WORLD
Escape From New York (1981)
5. NIFTY COSTUMES
The Fifth Element (1997)
6. ESCAPE IS POSSIBLE
Abstain
7. SPACE COWBOYS… AGAIN!
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8. HUNTED HUMANS
Predator (1987)
9. KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS
Time Bandits (1981)
10. RUN, DON’T WALK
Bladerunner (1982)
11. TRAVEL OR HOMESTAY
Mad Max: Road Warrior (1981)
12. CHANGING THE WORLD TO FIT PEOPLE
Abstain
13. WHY CAN’T WE WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES? WHY CAN’T WE WORK THINGS OUT?
Aliens (1986)
14. I, WHILE LIVING, HAVE CONQUERED THE UNIVERSE
Start Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
15. STRIVE FOR PERFECTION
Gattaca (1997)
16. CREATURES AND THE CITY
King Kong (1933)
SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. TAKING CHANCES IN THE SUNLIGHT
Guardians of The Galaxy (2014)
2. CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, FREEDOM IS AN ILLUSION
They Live (1988)
Curse the dice! This one was tough.
3. FIRST STAGE REMOVAL
Soylent Green (1973)
4. THERE ARE NO LACK OF PAINFUL THINGS IN THIS WORLD
Escape From New York (1981)
5. NIFTY COSTUMES
The Fifth Element (1997)
6. ESCAPE IS POSSIBLE
Pitch Black (2000)
7. SPACE COWBOYS… AGAIN!
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8. HUNTED HUMANS
Planet of the Apes (1968)
9. KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS
Time Bandits (1981)
10. RUN, DON’T WALK
Bladerunner (1982)
11. TRAVEL OR HOMESTAY
Mad Max: Road Warrior (1981)
12. CHANGING THE WORLD TO FIT PEOPLE
Dark City (1998)
Curse the dice again (or perhaps the final image of Sutherland from Invasion is what I need here).
13. WHY CAN’T WE WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES? WHY CAN’T WE WORK THINGS OUT?
Aliens (1986)
14. I, WHILE LIVING, HAVE CONQUERED THE UNIVERSE
Start Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
15. STRIVE FOR PERFECTION
Gattaca (1997)
16. CREATURES AND THE CITY
King Kong (1933)
1. Guardians of the Galaxy. Both flawed films but Time Machine doesn’t stand up very well. We have to believe our hero can fall in love with a woman with the brain power of a Golden Retriever. Guardians always goes for the joke, even when it is out of character, e.g. Drax calling Gamora a whore.
2. They Live. Extremely underrated film.
3. War of the Worlds. Never bettered. Hated the remake.
4. Abstain. Never saw Summer Wars.
5. Fifth Element. Love the over-the-top production. The fifth element should have gone neutral at the end like the other four did, though.
6. Abstain. Never saw District Nine. Loved Pitch Black as an update of Stagecoach. Wish we had stayed with that Riddick and more hard science feel for the sequels.
7. Empire Strikes Back.
8. Planet of the Apes.
9. Time Bandits.
10. Bladerunner.
11. Abstain. Never saw Delicatessen.
12. Dark City.
13. Aliens. Near perfect action film.
14. Star Trek with the whales, as my mother called it.
15. Gattaca
16. Abstain. Never saw City of Lost Children.
I needed forehead cloths for a lot of these!
SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. TAKING CHANCES IN THE SUNLIGHT
The Time Machine (1960)
Guardians of The Galaxy (2014)
2. CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, FREEDOM IS AN ILLUSION
They Live (1988)
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
3. FIRST STAGE REMOVAL
Soylent Green (1973)
The War of The Worlds (1953)
4. THERE ARE NO LACK OF PAINFUL THINGS IN THIS WORLD
Summer Wars (2009)
Escape From New York (1981)
5. NIFTY COSTUMES
The Fifth Element (1997)
Tron (1982)
6. ESCAPE IS POSSIBLE
District 9 (2009)
Pitch Black (2000)
7. SPACE COWBOYS… AGAIN!
Westworld (1973)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8. HUNTED HUMANS
Predator (1987)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
9. KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS
Time Bandits (1981)
The Fly (1986)
10. RUN, DON’T WALK
The Blob (1958)
Bladerunner (1982)
11. TRAVEL OR HOMESTAY
Delicatessen (1991)
Mad Max: Road Warrior (1981)
Abstain, since I don’t think I’ve ever seen either all the way through.
12. CHANGING THE WORLD TO FIT PEOPLE
Dark City (1998)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
13. WHY CAN’T WE WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES? WHY CAN’T WE WORK THINGS OUT?
Aliens (1986)
Mars Attacks! (1996)
14. I, WHILE LIVING, HAVE CONQUERED THE UNIVERSE
V for Vendetta (2005)
Start Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
15. STRIVE FOR PERFECTION
Stepford Wives (1975)
Gattaca (1997)
16. CREATURES AND THE CITY
The City of Lost Children (1995)
King Kong (1933)
This post reaches you from the far off year of 5137 AD, where we are currently enjoying Star Wars MMMXV
@Jim Henley
LOL for explaining your reasoning
I missed the earlier rounds but here are my votes for this one
SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. Guardians of The Galaxy (2014)
2. They Live (1988)
3. The War of The Worlds (1953)
4. Summer Wars (2009)
5. The Fifth Element (1997)
6. District 9 (2009)
7. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8. Predator (1987)
9. Time Bandits (1981)
10. Bladerunner (1982)
11. Mad Max: Road Warrior
12. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
13. Aliens (1986)
14. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
15. Gattaca (1997)
16. King Kong (1933)
SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. Abstain
2. Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
3. The War of The Worlds (1953)
4. Escape From New York (1981)
5. The Fifth Element (1997) Daft, but fun. Tron seemed badly dated even when it first came out.
6. District 9 (2009)
7. The Empire Strikes Back (1980). No contest
8. Planet of the Apes (1968)
9. Time Bandits (1981)
10. Bladerunner (1982)
11. Abstain
12. Dark City (1998)
13. Not seen Mars Attacks! Don’t rate Aliens. Seems like a good place for a write-in vote for Invaders from Mars.
14. Abstain
15. Abstain
16. The City of Lost Children (1995)
SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. Guardians of The Galaxy (2014)
3. The War of The Worlds (1953)
5. The Fifth Element (1997)
6. District 9 (2009)
8. Planet of the Apes (1968)
9. Time Bandits (1981)
10. Bladerunner (1982)
12. Dark City (1998)
13. Aliens (1986)
14.V for Vendetta (2005)
16. King Kong (1933)
The wonderful thing about forehead cloths is that they have multiple uses for all sorts of situations. I for one use them as a prophylactic to prevent decision-related stress. There have been many other uses sugggested for them which I list below but I can’t vouch for the efficacy of any:
– as shoeshine
– as aftershave
– immunity from ridicule
– brain improvement (if you’re a fool)
– gives you hair
– turns your trousers into flares
– washing socks (who’d have thunk?)
– stripping ceilings.
What !?! How did this happen ??? Forehead cloths immediately !!!
There has been a great disturbance in the BRACKETTS as if a 1000 cinephiles cried out in agony and then were silenced.
3. Soylent Green
4. Escape From New York
5. Tron
6. District 9
7. The Empire Strikes Back
8. Planet of the Apes
9. Time Bandits
10. Bladerunner
12. Dark City
13. Aliens
14. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
15. Gattaca
Well, 5 and 13 were really painful. I used up a whole box of Cally’s forehead cloths.
SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. TAKING CHANCES IN THE SUNLIGHT
The Time Machine (1960)
Guardians of The Galaxy (2014)
Golden retriever remark notwithstanding
2. CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, FREEDOM IS AN ILLUSION
They Live (1988)
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Nope
3. FIRST STAGE REMOVAL
Soylent Green (1973)
The War of The Worlds (1953)
4. THERE ARE NO LACK OF PAINFUL THINGS IN THIS WORLD
Summer Wars (2009)
Escape From New York (1981)
Nope
5. NIFTY COSTUMES
The Fifth Element (1997)
Tron (1982)
6. ESCAPE IS POSSIBLE
District 9 (2009)
Pitch Black (2000)
7. SPACE COWBOYS… AGAIN!
Westworld (1973)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8. HUNTED HUMANS
Predator (1987)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
9. KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS
Time Bandits (1981)
The Fly (1986)
Nope
10. RUN, DON’T WALK
The Blob (1958)
Bladerunner (1982)
These dice suck.
11. TRAVEL OR HOMESTAY
Delicatessen (1991)
Mad Max: Road Warrior (1981)
Nope
12. CHANGING THE WORLD TO FIT PEOPLE
Dark City (1998)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
13. WHY CAN’T WE WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES? WHY CAN’T WE WORK THINGS OUT?
Aliens (1986)
Mars Attacks! (1996)
14. I, WHILE LIVING, HAVE CONQUERED THE UNIVERSE
V for Vendetta (2005)
Start Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
TIE
Is a Kyra tie a thing, please?
15. STRIVE FOR PERFECTION
Stepford Wives (1975)
Gattaca (1997)
16. CREATURES AND THE CITY
The City of Lost Children (1995)
King Kong (1933)
SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. TAKING CHANCES IN THE SUNLIGHT
The Time Machine (1960)
Guardians of The Galaxy (2014)
Dance off!
2. CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, FREEDOM IS AN ILLUSION
They Live (1988)
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
There’s lines from They Live still bouncing around the collective consciousness.
3. FIRST STAGE REMOVAL
Soylent Green (1973)
The War of The Worlds (1953)
The only good thing about Soylent Green is going caroling:
SOYLENT GREEN, MADE FROM PROTEIN
FROM OUR DEAD, COMES OUR BREAD
4. THERE ARE NO LACK OF PAINFUL THINGS IN THIS WORLD
Summer Wars (2009)
Escape From New York (1981)
I consist the ending to be one if the most pink things ever.
5. NIFTY COSTUMES
The Fifth Element (1997)
Tron (1982)
I just lack the gene to enjoy Fifth Element.
6. ESCAPE IS POSSIBLE
District 9 (2009)
Pitch Black (2000)
I liked OB as a nice, tight little horror film.
7. SPACE COWBOYS… AGAIN!
Westworld (1973)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8. HUNTED HUMANS
Predator (1987)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Didn’t care for it at first, but it grew on me.
9. KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS
Time Bandits (1981)
The Fly (1986)
Thieves of space and time, vs naked David Giodblum
10. RUN, DON’T WALK
The Blob (1958)
Bladerunner (1982)
11. TRAVEL OR HOMESTAY
Delicatessen (1991)
Mad Max: Road Warrior (1981)
It was actually herb years before I saw this film, because the eager descriptions given by the guys in my high-school class turned me off.
12. CHANGING THE WORLD TO FIT PEOPLE
Dark City (1998)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
The real horror in IotBS are the 70s fashions.
Also, Dark City is the first “Mage the Ascension” movies in today’s bracket.
13. WHY CAN’T WE WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES? WHY CAN’T WE WORK THINGS OUT?
Aliens (1986)
Mars Attacks! (1996)
14. I, WHILE LIVING, HAVE CONQUERED THE UNIVERSE
V for Vendetta (2005)
Start Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
OK, but it’s still a silly film.
15. STRIVE FOR PERFECTION
Stepford Wives (1975)
Gattaca (1997)
There’s still too many people who think Stepford Wives was a utopian film.
16. CREATURES AND THE CITY
The City of Lost Children (1995)
King Kong (1933)
Yes, I know that the girls film is a classic. But CoLC is such a beautiful, quirky little film.
And CoLC is the second “Mage the Ascension” movies in this bracket.
Only a few where I can vote!
SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
5. NIFTY COSTUMES
Tron (1982)
7. SPACE COWBOYS… AGAIN!
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8. HUNTED HUMANS
Planet of the Apes (1968)
9. KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS
Time Bandits (1981)The Fly (1986)
The former isn’t SF (seriously, where is the SF in “Time Bandits”? and I thought it was in the fantasy bracket…no?), but I don’t remember the latter grabbing me (I’m not that into horror) . . . so I protest vote for THE FACULTY!
It would be hilarious if the science fiction movie bracket were won by a fantasy flick!*
* IMHO Star Wars is science fiction. 😉
10. RUN, DON’T WALK
Bladerunner (1982)
SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT (my first vote — why do this in run-up to Xmas?)
Lots of equivocating.
1. Guardians of The Galaxy (2014)
Time Machine is entertaining and a fine stick to thwack certain dopey writers, but GotG was really, really fun.
2. They Live (1988)
I liked Colossus as a great dystopian movie (and the book series is pretty good, too), but Rowdy Roddy takes it. Consume! Obey! Stay asleep!
3. Soylent Green
WotW is good and creeeeepy, but the deviations from the novel are sub-optimal for me.
4. Escape From New York (1981)
Snake!
5. The Fifth Element (1997)
Another really fun, really well crafted movie with style to burn.
6. Pitch Black (2000)
District 9 is a jewel, but Pitch Black is actually a tight little thriller.
7. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Best Star Wars is best.
8. Planet of the Apes (1968)
Gah. Predator has better one liners, but PotA is a classic.
9. Time Bandits (1981)
Time Bandits was awesome, and the Fly was gross.
10. Bladerunner (1982)
“Let me tell you about my mother.”
11. Mad Max: Road Warrior (1981)
When Mel was only crazy on screen.
12. Dark City (1998)
Remember to skip the intro if you don’t want the film ruined.
13. Aliens (1986)
“In the pipe, five by five.”
14. V for Vendetta (2005)
Rhetorical flourishes edge out toupeed whale saving.
15. Stepford Wives (1975)
Classic.
16. Write in: Godzilla (1954), the true King of Kaiju
I’ve had a headache all day, and just got up–and read Jim Henley’s bracket choices. I feel much better now.
1. TAKING CHANCES IN THE SUNLIGHT
The Time Machine (1960)
2. CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, FREEDOM IS AN ILLUSION
abstain
3. FIRST STAGE REMOVAL
The War of The Worlds (1953)
Though I almost voted for Soylent Green by virtue of having tried Soylent last month. Soylent … tastes like the bottom of a Cheerios box.
4. THERE ARE NO LACK OF PAINFUL THINGS IN THIS WORLD
abstain
5. NIFTY COSTUMES
Tron (1982)
6. ESCAPE IS POSSIBLE
abstain
7. SPACE COWBOYS… AGAIN!
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8. HUNTED HUMANS
abstain
9. KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS
abstain
10. RUN, DON’T WALK
abstain
11. TRAVEL OR HOMESTAY
abstain
12. CHANGING THE WORLD TO FIT PEOPLE
abstain
13. WHY CAN’T WE WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES? WHY CAN’T WE WORK THINGS OUT?
abstain
14. I, WHILE LIVING, HAVE CONQUERED THE UNIVERSE
V for Vendetta (2005)
15. STRIVE FOR PERFECTION
abstain
16. CREATURES AND THE CITY
abstain
1. TAKING CHANCES IN THE SUNLIGHT
The Time Machine (1960)
Guardians of The Galaxy (2014)
2. CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, FREEDOM IS AN ILLUSION
They Live (1988)
Colossus: The Forbin Project
3. FIRST STAGE REMOVAL
Soylent Green (1973)
The War of The Worlds (1953)
4. THERE ARE NO LACK OF PAINFUL THINGS IN THIS WORLD
Summer Wars (2009)
Escape From New York (1981)
Abstain – haven’t seen (or even heard of) Summer Wars
5. NIFTY COSTUMES
The Fifth Element (1997)
Tron (1982)
6. ESCAPE IS POSSIBLE
District 9 (2009)
Pitch Black (2000)
Curses Hampus with the white-hot fire of a thousand suns
7. SPACE COWBOYS… AGAIN!
Westworld (1973)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8. HUNTED HUMANS
Predator (1987)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
9. KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS
Time Bandits (1981)
The Fly (1986)
10. RUN, DON’T WALK
The Blob (1958)
Bladerunner (1982)
Not even close.
11. TRAVEL OR HOMESTAY
Delicatessen (1991)
Mad Max: Road Warrior (1981)
12. CHANGING THE WORLD TO FIT PEOPLE
Dark City (1998)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Also a really tough call.
13. WHY CAN’T WE WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES? WHY CAN’T WE WORK THINGS OUT?
Aliens (1986)
Mars Attacks!
I came this close to walking out of Mars Attacks.
14. I, WHILE LIVING, HAVE CONQUERED THE UNIVERSE
V for Vendetta (2005)
Start Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
15. STRIVE FOR PERFECTION
Stepford Wives (1975)
Gattaca (1997)
I think Gattaca is really underrated.
16. CREATURES AND THE CITY
The City of Lost Children (1995)
King Kong (1933)
Abstain – haven’t seen City of Lost Children
Thank you, Soon Lee. I had no idea the forehead cloth was such a versatile instrument! I will begin applying one twice daily to prevent an overzealous outburst if, in a potential Daddy Issues bracket, The Empire Strikes Back should be found wanting relative to Return of the Jedi.
Been away for a while, so this is my first heat. Looking at the results of the third heat, it’s not too bad, but I’m glad I didn’t have to make a couple of those painful choices. As for this set? Hmm…
1. TAKING CHANCES IN THE SUNLIGHT
Guardians of The Galaxy (2014)
Cheesy it may be, it’s still my favorite Marvel movie so far.
2. CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, FREEDOM IS AN ILLUSION
They Live (1988)
A total mess of a movie. One of my favorite total messes, however! 🙂
3. FIRST STAGE REMOVAL
Abstain. Never actually got around to seeing Soylent Green.
4. THERE ARE NO LACK OF PAINFUL THINGS IN THIS WORLD
Abstain as I haven’t seen Summer Wars.
5. NIFTY COSTUMES
The Fifth Element (1997)
Both silly, flawed movies, but I was a lot more entertained by this one.
6. ESCAPE IS POSSIBLE
District 9 (2009)
Oh, this was a bit of a tough choice, but I gotta go with the South Africans, I guess.
7. SPACE COWBOYS… AGAIN!
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
I liked Westworld, and ESB is not my favorite, but…yeah.
8. HUNTED HUMANS
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Now this was a hard choice, but since I’m not heavily vested in either one, I’ll go with my gut.
9. KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS
Time Bandits (1981)
Without hesitation.
10. RUN, DON’T WALK
Bladerunner (1982)
That wasn’t anything resembling a fair matchup! 🙂
11. TRAVEL OR HOMESTAY
Mad Max: Road Warrior (1981)
Darn, I really liked Delicatessen, but it’s no match for the Road Warrior!
12. CHANGING THE WORLD TO FIT PEOPLE
Dark City (1998)
An underrated film.
13. WHY CAN’T WE WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES? WHY CAN’T WE WORK THINGS OUT?
Aliens (1986)
Ugh, Mars Attacks had all its good jokes in the trailer.
14. I, WHILE LIVING, HAVE CONQUERED THE UNIVERSE
V for Vendetta (2005)
I suspect this is a futile vote, but I have to do it.
15. STRIVE FOR PERFECTION
Gattaca (1997)
16. CREATURES AND THE CITY
The City of Lost Children (1995)
King Kong (1933)
Oh god, oh god, oh god! Um, I loved Lost Children, but Kong is such a classic. I don’t know, lets call it a tie, and curse the dice again.
SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. TAKING CHANCES IN THE SUNLIGHT
The Time Machine (1960)
2. CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, FREEDOM IS AN ILLUSION
They Live (1988)
3. FIRST STAGE REMOVAL
The War of The Worlds (1953)
4. THERE ARE NO LACK OF PAINFUL THINGS IN THIS WORLD
Escape From New York (1981)
5. NIFTY COSTUMES
The Fifth Element (1997)
6. ESCAPE IS POSSIBLE
District 9 (2009)
7. SPACE COWBOYS… AGAIN!
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8. HUNTED HUMANS
Planet of the Apes (1968)
9. KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS
Time Bandits (1981)
10. RUN, DON’T WALK
Bladerunner (1982)
11. TRAVEL OR HOMESTAY
Mad Max: Road Warrior (1981)
12. CHANGING THE WORLD TO FIT PEOPLE
Dark City (1998)
13. WHY CAN’T WE WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES? WHY CAN’T WE WORK THINGS OUT?
Aliens (1986)
14. I, WHILE LIVING, HAVE CONQUERED THE UNIVERSE
Start Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
15. STRIVE FOR PERFECTION
Gattaca (1997)
16. CREATURES AND THE CITY
King Kong (1933)
SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
3. FIRST STAGE REMOVAL
The War of The Worlds (1953)
5. NIFTY COSTUMES
The Fifth Element (1997)
7. SPACE COWBOYS… AGAIN!
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8. HUNTED HUMANS
Planet of the Apes (1968)
9. KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS
Time Bandits (1981)
10. RUN, DON’T WALK
Bladerunner (1982)
12. CHANGING THE WORLD TO FIT PEOPLE
Dark City (1998)
13. WHY CAN’T WE WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES? WHY CAN’T WE WORK THINGS OUT?
Aliens (1986)
14. I, WHILE LIVING, HAVE CONQUERED THE UNIVERSE
Start Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
1. Guardians of the Galaxy
2. Colossus: The Forbin Project
3. Soylent Green
4.Escape From New York
5. Fifth Element
6. Pitch Black
7. The Empire Strikes Back
8. Planet Of The Apes
9. Time Bandits
10. Bladerunner
11. Mad Max: Road Warrior
13. Aliens
15. Stepford Wives
1. TAKING CHANCES IN THE SUNLIGHT
The Time Machine (1960)
Guardians of The Galaxy (2014)
Good fun.
2. CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, FREEDOM IS AN ILLUSION
They Live (1988)
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Carpenter always has something to say.
3. FIRST STAGE REMOVAL
Soylent Green (1973)
The War of The Worlds (1953)
4. THERE ARE NO LACK OF PAINFUL THINGS IN THIS WORLD
Summer Wars (2009)
Escape From New York (1981)
5. NIFTY COSTUMES
The Fifth Element (1997)
Tron (1982)
6. ESCAPE IS POSSIBLE
District 9 (2009)
Pitch Black (2000)
District 9 was smart, political, and a stunning debut.
7. SPACE COWBOYS… AGAIN!
Westworld (1973)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8. HUNTED HUMANS
Predator (1987)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
9. KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS
Time Bandits (1981)
The Fly (1986)
10. RUN, DON’T WALK
The Blob (1958)
Blade Runner (1982)
No contest!
11. TRAVEL OR HOMESTAY
Delicatessen (1991)
Mad Max: Road Warrior (1981)
12. CHANGING THE WORLD TO FIT PEOPLE
Dark City (1998)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
13. WHY CAN’T WE WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES? WHY CAN’T WE WORK THINGS OUT?
Aliens (1986)
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Also no contest.
14. I, WHILE LIVING, HAVE CONQUERED THE UNIVERSE
V for Vendetta (2005)
Start Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
The only tough call so far, but I have to go with V.
15. STRIVE FOR PERFECTION
Stepford Wives (1975)
Gattaca (1997)
Another ridiculously good directorial debut.
16. CREATURES AND THE CITY
The City of Lost Children (1995)
King Kong (1933)
Crush it, City! Crush the monster!
Brackets in 6427:
1. Guardians
2. They Live
3. War of the Worlds
4. Escape from NY
5. Tron. Not that Fifth Element wasn’t pretty, but Tron gave us lightcycles and at least two videogames.
6. Pitch Black
7. Empire
8. Predator
9. Fly (Goldblum)
10. Blade Runner, and I refuse to say which cut.
12. The dice are mocking me. Dark City, dammit.
13. Aliens, despite Mars Attacks having both Tom Jones and Jack Nicholson.
14. Star Trek IV
15. Stepford Wives
16. King Kong
1. Guardians of the Galaxy
2. They Live
3. WOTW 50’s
4. Escape From NY
5. Tron
6. Abstain
7. TESB
8. Planet of the Apes
9. Time Bandits
10. Blade Runner
11. MM:RW
12. Dark City
13. Aliens
14. ST4 Whales in Spaaaaaaaace
15. Stepford Wives
16. King Kong
That one wasn’t hardly painful at all!
(Note that 12 is pere vs. fils!)
1. TAKING CHANCES IN THE SUNLIGHT
The Time Machine (1960)Guardians of The Galaxy (2014)
5. NIFTY COSTUMES
The Fifth Element (1997)Tron (1982)
7. SPACE COWBOYS… AGAIN!
Westworld (1973)The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
9. KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS
Time Bandits (1981)
The Fly (1986)10. RUN, DON’T WALK
The Blob (1958)Bladerunner (1982)
13. WHY CAN’T WE WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES? WHY CAN’T WE WORK THINGS OUT?
Aliens (1986)
Mars Attacks! (1996)14. I, WHILE LIVING, HAVE CONQUERED THE UNIVERSE
V for Vendetta (2005)Start Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
16. CREATURES AND THE CITY
The City of Lost Children (1995)King Kong (1933)
SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. TAKING CHANCES IN THE SUNLIGHT
Guardians of The Galaxy (2014)
2. CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, FREEDOM IS AN ILLUSION
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
3. FIRST STAGE REMOVAL
The War of The Worlds (1953)
4. THERE ARE NO LACK OF PAINFUL THINGS IN THIS WORLD
Escape From New York (1981)
5. NIFTY COSTUMES – Oy! This is a tough one….
The Fifth Element (1997)
6. ESCAPE IS POSSIBLE
abstain
7. SPACE COWBOYS… AGAIN!
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8. HUNTED HUMANS
Planet of the Apes (1968)
9. KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS
The Fly (1986)
10. RUN, DON’T WALK
Bladerunner (1982)
11. TRAVEL OR HOMESTAY
Mad Max: Road Warrior (1981)
12. CHANGING THE WORLD TO FIT PEOPLE
Dark City (1998)
13. WHY CAN’T WE WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES? WHY CAN’T WE WORK THINGS OUT?
Aliens (1986)
14. I, WHILE LIVING, HAVE CONQUERED THE UNIVERSE
Start Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
15. STRIVE FOR PERFECTION
Gattaca (1997)
16. CREATURES AND THE CITY
abstain
lurkertype: Note that 12 is pere vs. fils!
I’m not sure why you say that. I don’t think the plots of those two movies are terribly similar. In one, the aliens take on the form of the humans, who are then destroyed. In the other, the aliens leave the humans alive, but alter their memories, identities, and physical surroundings in endless experiments to try to understand how and why they will react.
WHISTLEBLOW
Voting closes in one hour.
Bloodstone75:
Or watch directors cut where it was removed. It wasn’t in the original european version of the movie either.
VOTING IS CLOSED!
RESULTS: SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. TAKING CHANCES IN THE SUNLIGHT
The Time Machine (1960) – 12 votes
Guardians of The Galaxy (2014) – 31 votes
The filers have grown tired of hearing or reading the expression “Morlocks”. Optimistic Starlord turns on “Go All The Way” on his walkman and dances a victory dance.
WINNER: Guardians of The Galaxy
2. CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, FREEDOM IS AN ILLUSION
They Live (1988) – 20 votes
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) – 8 votes
Colossus was the crowning achievement of the punched card era. But its rule over humanity soon grinded to a halt by the original bugs that fried the electronics inside its panels. Bye, bye Colossus.
WINNER: They Live
3. FIRST STAGE REMOVAL
Soylent Green (1973) – 13 votes
The War of The Worlds (1953) – 22 votes
God put bacteria on the world to save humanity in The War of The Worlds, but there is no hope in Solyent Green.
WINNER: The War of The Worlds
4. THERE ARE NO LACK OF PAINFUL THINGS IN THIS WORLD
Summer Wars (2009) – 4 votes
Escape From New York (1981) – 24 votes
Snake Plissken, a parody of an archetype that still works. Summer Wars might have won several awards for its animations, but that was not enough.
WINNER: Escape From New York
5. NIFTY COSTUMES
The Fifth Element (1997) – 25 votes
Tron (1982) – 22 votes
The was the big badabom of the contest where Tron took the lead early on only for Fifth Element to slowly work itself up to a tie and then on as a winner. Flying cars or light cycles? Flying cars. “Nononononono”, yells the bit.
WINNER: The Fifth Element
6. ESCAPE IS POSSIBLE
District 9 (2009) – 22 votes
Pitch Black (2000) – 11 votes
Pitch Black would have done good against other movies, but not against District 9. Bye, bye Riddick. Continuing with your next movie is almost as loosing anyhow.
WINNER: District 9
7. SPACE COWBOYS… AGAIN!
Westworld (1973) – 0 votes
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) – 46 votes
The other Star Wars-movie to completely obliterate its opposition, not even allowing it one vote. Poor West World. You have run out of ammunition.
WINNER: The Empire Strikes Back
8. HUNTED HUMANS
Predator (1987) – 10 votes
Planet of the Apes (1968) – 34 votes
This was the wrong era for the Predator to land on earth. Soon he was netted and then put in a cage. A nice addition to the Zoo.
WINNER: Planet of the Apes
9. KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS
Time Bandits (1981) – 32 votes
The Fly (1986) – 10 votes
A fantasy movie and a science fiction movie? Of course the fantasy movie wins as it has been directed by Terry Gilliam. There is really much love for him among the filers.
WINNER: Time Bandits
10. RUN, DON’T WALK
The Blob (1958) – 1 votes
Bladerunner (1982) – 44 votes
This wasn’t really fair, was it?
WINNER: Bladerunner
11. TRAVEL OR HOMESTAY
Delicatessen (1991) – 6 votes
Mad Max: Road Warrior (1981) – 23 votes
Both apocalyptic, both running out of petrol, but one future is cuter and have more hope for humanity. That is why the filers voted for Mad Max instead.
WINNER: Mad Max: Road Warrior
12. CHANGING THE WORLD TO FIT PEOPLE
Dark City (1998) – 27 votes
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) – 11 votes
And this is how the pod people came to rule the earth while only one city survived.
WINNER: Dark City
13. WHY CAN’T WE WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES? WHY CAN’T WE WORK THINGS OUT?
Aliens (1986) – 36 votes
Mars Attacks! (1996) – 5 votes
Ack! Ack! Ack! Ack!
WINNER: Aliens
14. I, WHILE LIVING, HAVE CONQUERED THE UNIVERSE
V for Vendetta (2005) – 13 votes
Start Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) – 28 votes
Evey found out that she liked the bald hair and went Tank Girl for the future. Meanwhile, our brave crew found the perfect norwegian recipe for fish balls in lobster sauce and they have pleanty of whale meat for it. Nomnom.
WINNER: Start Trek IV: The Voyage Home
15. STRIVE FOR PERFECTION
Stepford Wives (1975) – 10 votes
Gattaca (1997) – 26 votes
Perfect movies about perfect people, but it is the small imperfections that make it worthwile and thats where Gattaca wins. The Stepford Wives are just too perfect.
WINNER: Gattaca
16. CREATURES AND THE CITY
The City of Lost Children (1995) – 11 votes
King Kong (1933) – 17 votes
A small step for a gorilla, but a larger step if you are bellow it. One is flattened as King Kong rampages through the city.
WINNER: King Kong
1. TAKING CHANCES IN THE SUNLIGHT
The Time Machine (1960)
2. CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, FREEDOM IS AN ILLUSION
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
3. FIRST STAGE REMOVAL
Soylent Green (1973)
5. NIFTY COSTUMES
The Fifth Element (1997)
6. ESCAPE IS POSSIBLE
Pitch Black (2000)
7. SPACE COWBOYS… AGAIN!
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8. HUNTED HUMANS
Planet of the Apes (1968)
9. KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS
The Fly (1986)
10. RUN, DON’T WALK
Bladerunner (1982)
11. TRAVEL OR HOMESTAY
Mad Max: Road Warrior (1981)
12. CHANGING THE WORLD TO FIT PEOPLE
Dark City (1998)
13. WHY CAN’T WE WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES? WHY CAN’T WE WORK THINGS OUT?
Aliens (1986)
14. I, WHILE LIVING, HAVE CONQUERED THE UNIVERSE
V for Vendetta (2005)
15. STRIVE FOR PERFECTION
Gattaca (1997)
16. CREATURES AND THE CITY
The City of Lost Children (1995)
@Hampus Eckerman: Thanks for another fine bracket heat (though not every winner is to my own taste)! I look forward to the next one. 😀
I find these brackets kind of unpredictable. I have already lost quite a few favourites (some already during the nomination round!). It is a lot less clear cut than the Fantasy Movie Bracket.
Ken: Sorry, just 10 minutes too late.
Hampus I’m enjoying the Brackett titles and your commentary.
Thank you!
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