(1) Here is Hampus Eckerman, “A happy Filer on way to see The Martian.”
(2) But did he know that The Martian is a comedy? Nobody else knew it either until the people who run a set of Hollywood awards started playing games —
The Martian is one of my favorite films of 2015. It was intellectually stimulating, inspiring, thrilling, and even funny here and there, but was it a comedy? I don’t think so, but that’s the opinion of Hollywood Foreign Press: the organization behind the Golden Globes award. Apparently, the film is being shuffled over into comedy so it’ll have a chance to snatch a few awards–any awards–from the grasps of lighter fare: something that it won’t be able to do in the drama category, where there’s stiffer competition.
(3) In case anybody is really going to Mars, NASA wants to have spacesuits ready:
NASA is not wasting any time in developing new spacesuits to be used in a variety of locations for the Journey To Mars. Two new suits, PXS and Z2, were introduced in October and they have now reached the stage of working advanced prototypes.
The PXS, or prototype exploration spacesuit, was developed to improve performance on extra-vehicular activities (EVAs), spacewalks, in low-earth orbit or outer space. The suit aims to minimize the amount of equipment necessary for long duration EVAs. The PXS has a versatile approach to fittings. Many features are 3D printed, so the suit can be personalized for any crew member and for different types of EVAs.
(4) Remember Westworld, “Where nothing can possibly go wrong…”? If you’re going to the screening of Westworld at the Ace Hotel in LA on November 15, please note that the correct start time is 1:00 PM, not 2:00 PM as displayed in the original show banner.
(5) Neil deGrasse Tyson will start a 10-city speaking tour in January 2016.
Join Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, award winning- astrophysicist, author, and host of FOX’s Cosmos for an evening of engaging conversation on science, exploration and the world as we know it.
(6) Fantasy Faction has an extensive and quite interesting report of the Gollancz Festival for Writers.
On Sunday, 18th of October, prolific SFF publisher Gollancz held the Gollancz Festival for Writers, as a sort of addendum to the already sold-out Gollancz Festival 2015. It had a smaller line-up of authors compared to the main festival itself, and focused solely on writing (obviously). I was gutted that the main festival sold out so it was a pleasant surprise when this was announced, and I snapped up tickets immediately.
The main line-up consisted of Ben Aaronovitch, Joe Abercrombie, Joanne Harris and Joe Hill. Out of these four, I’d only read Abercrombie, and I’ve also seen him at events twice before (including Fantasy-Faction’s own Grim Gathering). Joe is one of my favourite writers and also a joy to see speak, so I was already thrilled to be going, but also seeing three other authors I’ve not seen before was a massive bonus.
(7) David K. M. Klaus sent a link to Daniel Castro’s op-ed at Computerworld, “’Ban the killer robots’ movement could backfire”.
Efforts to establish a global ban on offensive autonomous weapons — a.k.a. “killer robots” — have intensified in recent weeks. This uptick in lobbying comes on the heels of an open letter calling for such a ban from a group of artificial intelligence and robotics researchers, including well-known luminaries such as Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and Noam Chomsky.
Unfortunately, these efforts have stigmatized much-needed research on autonomous robots that will be central to increasing economic productivity and quality of life over the next half century — but only if the technology is able to be developed. Rather than allowing those predicting a techno-dystopia to dominate the debate, policymakers should vocally champion the benefits of autonomous robots — including in the military — and embrace policies designed to accelerate their development and deployment.
Klaus responded:
“Ban the Killer Robots!” sounds like a demonstration-slogan shout in a scene on Futurama or something from an Ed Wood movie, but this article is about a real organization with real concerns.
From tele-operated drones to rudimentary A.I. in battlefield machines, they’re worried about the further mechanization of war against enemies of a lower technological level which would still be using human soldiers.
Nobody uses the word “cylon” but it sure as hell was the first thing that came to my mind.
And — I am not making this up — according to Twitter, one of the followers of “Campaign to Stop Killer Robots” tweets is Edward James Olmos.
I keep remembering this quotation by Allen Ginsberg, that “We live in science fiction.” That’s always resonated with me as prophetic, and it becomes more and more true every year.
(8) The BBC would like to get Tom Hanks on Doctor Who.
‘Doctor Who’ has attracted some impressive guest stars over the years including Brian Blessed, Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen, and more recently Maisie Williams, but it seems like the Beeb has its sights set on an even higher stratosphere of names for the future.
Peter Capaldi, the actor currently in the lead role, says his BBC bosses asked him to tap up Tom Hanks to appear on the hit sci-fi show.
Not that he’d actually have to parallel any role he’s done in movies, but Hanks has experience with some of the show’s familiar tropes – he’s been through a time paradox in Radio Flyer, had his own Pompeii moment in Joe Versus the Volcano, and had an extended lifespan in The Green Mile.
(9) John King Tarpinian has been catching up on Scream Queens: [Spoiler Warning]
I watched the other night’s episode this afternoon, they had a big belly laugh scene. Jamie Leigh Curtis is taking a shower, the opening of which is shot-for-shot the same as her mother did for Hitchcock. Except that Jamie beats down the bad guy saying, “I’ve seen the movie like fifty times.”
(10) WIRED’s article “We Flew a Lego X-Wing Into the Death Star Because Awesome” has a clever video of exactly what you’d expect from that title.
You can’t make an omelette, they say, without breaking a few eggs. Well, you also can’t blow up a Death Star without crashing a few X-wings. (That was the lesson of Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope, right?) But while that sucks if you’re Porkins or one of his pilot brethren, the collision of X-wings and Death Stars makes for some pretty awesome destruction.
(11) Today In History
- November 14, 1964: Santa Claus Versus The Martians is released – generally regarded as one of the worst films ever made…
(12) Today’s Birthday Girl
- Born November 14, year *coff* *coff*: Cat Rambo, who wrote a candid status post to mark the day.
Man, this has been a shitty year in many ways, and one full of life lessons that apparently the universe felt were overdue. Some of those I’m still grappling with. I am so freaking behind on this book it’s not even funny, but thank god for both the wonderful time spent writing in California this summer and the kick in the ass that NaNoWriMo has administered. I’m feeling hopeful about that again and making steady progress.
At the same time among the bumps there’s been plenty of bright spots. Among them my first novel, my first appearance in a Year’s Best collection (edited by Joe Hill, no less), and my first acceptance to longtime goal Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (I have been submitting there for over a decade now). I’ve had nineteen original publications come out since my last birthday, and twelve are currently forthcoming, including a team-up with Mike Resnick. Rachel Swirsky and I are working on some projects together, which is terrific fun. I have a good half dozen stories already spoken for. My collaboration with Bud Sparhawk finally got accepted so he can stop nagging me about why it hasn’t sold yet.
(13) So H. P. Lovecraft was actually a good Democrat? Scott Edelman ran this quote in a 2010 blog post, “What H. P. Lovecraft Thought of Republicans”.
As for the Republicans—how can one regard seriously a frightened, greedy, nostalgic huddle of tradesmen and lucky idlers who shut their eyes to history and science, steel their emotions against decent human sympathy, cling to sordid and provincial ideals exalting sheer acquisitiveness and condoning artificial hardship for the non-materially-shrewd, dwell smugly and sentimentally in a distorted dream-cosmos of outmoded phrases and principles and attitudes based on the bygone agricultural-handicraft world, and revel in (consciously or unconsciously) mendacious assumptions (such as the notion that real liberty is synonymous with the single detail of unrestricted economic license or that a rational planning of resource-distribution would contravene some vague and mystical ‘American heritage’…) utterly contrary to fact and without the slightest foundation in human experience? Intellectually, the Republican idea deserves the tolerance and respect one gives to the dead.
(14) You can buy Forrest J Ackerman Presents Music For Robots, created by Frank Coe, on iTunes for $9.99.
The album was released in 2005. It seems that some (all?) of it has already been uploaded to YouTube.
[Thanks to David K.M. Klaus, Hampus Eckerman, Michael J. Walsh, and John King Tarpinian for some of these stories. Title credit goes to File 770 contributing editor of the day Soon Lee.]
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FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. Fantasia (1940)
4. Conan The Barbarian (1982)
5. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
6. Big (1988)
7. The Mummy (1999)
8. Jumanji (1995)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
2. Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
3. The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
4. The Shattered World, Michael Reaves
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
A cloth! A cloth! My Kingdom for a cloth!
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Night Watch (2004)
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
The Mummy (1999)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
3. LEARNING HISTORY
The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Shattered World, Michael Reaves
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
Oh, bravo on the title.
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
The Mummy (1999)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
1. Monty Python and The Holy Grail
African or European?
2. abstain
3. abstain
4. The Nightmare Before Christmas
Kid-nap the Sandy Claws! Throw him in a box! Bury him for ninety years, then see if he talks!
One of those movies aimed at kids which is probably too scary for a lot of kids to handle.
5. abstain
6. Big
7. The Mummy
Yeah, it’s got The Rock in it. Sue me.
8. Jumanji
Yet another of those movies aimed at kids which is probably too scary for a lot of kids to handle.
“7. The Mummy
Yeah, it’s got The Rock in it. Sue me.”
Wasn’t that the 2nd/ 3rd one?
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
The Mummy (1999)
So I’m not Pratchett’s biggest fan, but I generally enjoyed the Sky adaptations of his books. However, I really enjoyed the Mummy as an Indiana Jones with the serial numbers filed off sort of thing.
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
snowcrash: Wasn’t that the 2nd/ 3rd one?
Ah, you’re right. The Mummy had Arnold Vosloo and Oded Fehr. Same diff. 😉
forgot to tick the box!
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
The Sword In The Stone (1963)
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Shrek (2001)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Fantasia (1940)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Night Watch (2004)
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)
Brotherhood of the wolf (2001)
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
Hogfather (2007)
The Mummy (1999)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Jumanji (1995)
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Shrek (2001)
Indeed it does
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Fantasia (1940)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Night Watch (2004)
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
None of the above
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
The Mummy (1999)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
3. LEARNING HISTORY
The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Shattered World, Michael Reaves
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
The Sword In The Stone (1963)
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Shrek (2001)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Hateful, sneaky dice, we hates them, preciousssss…
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Fantasia (1940)
Tie because I refuse to choose at this time.
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Night Watch (2004)
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)
Brotherhood of the wolf (2001)
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
Hogfather (2007)
The Mummy (1999)
Abstain
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Jumanji (1995)
Abstain
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
Abstain
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
Gossamer Axe, Gael Baudino
Abstain
3. LEARNING HISTORY
Argh!! These freaking dice hate meeeee!!!!!!
Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs
The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
Both would make great movies and are wonderful stories. I flipped my coin again.
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Shattered World, Michael Reaves
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
Abstain
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Abstain
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Fantasia (1940)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Abstain
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
Hogfather (2007)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
Even in the bonus bracket the dice are revolting.
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Shrek was a very good movie; CTHD was on another level.
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Fantasia (1940)
But it’s going to lose.
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Night Watch (2004)
But it’s going to lose.
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)
Brotherhood of the Wolf was a fascinating movie, but I’ll go for the one which had a coherent plot.
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
The Mummy (1999)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Possibly my least favorite Miyazaki movie, but against Jumanji? Still not a contest.
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
The choice I had to think about the most in this heat. If it had been a Jerry Cornelius book or a Dorian Hawkmoon book, I probably would have gone with Moorcock, but I think Elric has, alas, become a lifetime in his own legend.
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
Gossamer Axe is … very much of its time.
3. LEARNING HISTORY
Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
But STOP after the first four, please.
Well shucks, there goes that conversation …
@Vasha
Old news, but new to me – thanks! That was very interesting.
Because of course it’s bracket time:
1. Holy Grail
2. Shrek
3. Wonka
4. Nightmare Before Christmas
5. Snow White
6. Big
7. Mummy – if for no other reason than the “which religion will get me out of this?” scene
8. Jumanji
Bonus:
1. Zoo City
2. High Cost of Living
4. Myth all the way, and not just because I could use an Asprin right now. (Toothaches suck.)
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Night Watch (2004)
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
Hogfather (2007)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
3. LEARNING HISTORY
The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
Brackets!
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Fantasia (1940)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
The Mummy (1999)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
Thanks for all your work on this, Hampus!
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
4. Conan The Barbarian (1982)
5. Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
6. Big (1988)
7. Hogfather (2007)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
4. The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
The Sword In The Stone (1963)
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
Honestly, I expect that Wart is going to be obliterated by the Holy Hand Grenade.
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Shrek (2001)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
I didn’t actually like Crouching Tiger.
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Fantasia (1940)
Oh, man. Night on Bald Mountain gave me nightmares; I have to go with Fantasia.
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Conan was just terrible.
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Night Watch (2004)
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Abstain; never saw Night Watch.
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)
Brotherhood of the wolf (2001)
Abstain; never saw Brotherhood of the Wolf. (Although a friend gave it to me for Christmas a few years back; maybe I should take off the cellophane…)
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
Hogfather (2007)
The Mummy (1999)
Hogfather. No contest.
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Jumanji (1995)
Jumanji needed to wait about five years before it was made; the animals looked so fake that it made the movie dreadful.
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
Gossamer Axe, Gael Baudino
3. LEARNING HISTORY
Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs
The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Shattered World, Michael Reaves
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
The Mummy (1999)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Gossamer Axe, Gael Baudino
3. LEARNING HISTORY
The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. Abstain
3. There are not enough headcloths in the world, but Fantasia.
4. The Nightmare Before Christmas
5-7. Abstain
8. Princess Mononoke
Complete abstention in the bonus bracket again.
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Shrek (2001)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Augh. Shrek, but ask me again in 5 minutes
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Fantasia (1940)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Night Watch (2004)
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Abstain. Never even heard of Night Watch. Though it would need to be pretty special to beat the historical significance of Snow White . Or the pipe organ.
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Brotherhood of the wolf (2001)
This was almost an abstention. I’ve only ever seen pieces of Big, but never wanting to see more should count.
7. ALBINOS. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
Hogfather (2007)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
3. LEARNING HISTORY
Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
namowrimo: 35,176 words
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
The Sword In The Stone (1963)
Welp, none of the choices can be worse than this one. Right?
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Fantasia (1940)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Night Watch (2004)
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Brotherhood of the wolf (2001)
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
The Mummy (1999)
Phew. Only the first pairing was awful.
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
3. LEARNING HISTORY
Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs
The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
I haven’t read either of these. Even though I really should have. *shamed* Abstain. (Or the Dalemark quartet, by Diana Wynne Jones.)
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
City of Stairs, Robert Jackson Bennett.
Re: thinking machines– this is an interesting article from Discover magazine from 2009 about some of the problems with building AI, and some of the (possible) hardware solutions.
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/oct/06-brain-like-chip-may-solve-computers-big-problem-energy
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. Fantasia (1940)
4. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
5. Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
6. Abstain
7. Hogfather (2007)
8. Abstain
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
2. Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
3. The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
4. The Shattered World, Michael Reaves
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
The Sword In The Stone (1963)
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
*sigh* As much as much Monty Python humor often misses the mark for me, this really isn’t a contest.
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Shrek (2001)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
I’m going to abstain because I haven’t seen CTHD but a really disliked Shrek.
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Fantasia (1940)
No contest at all. Fantasia FTW.
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Wow. Apples and hedgehogs again. How does one even compare? Conan, I guess.
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Night Watch (2004)
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Abstain. Snow White isn’t so blow-me-away fabulous that I’ll support it against an unknown.
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)
Brotherhood of the wolf (2001)
Abstain, haven’t seen either.
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
Hogfather (2007)
The Mummy (1999)
For its willingness to blend adventure and humor.
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Jumanji (1995)
Mononoke was hauntingly mind-bending.
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
Gossamer Axe, Gael Baudino
I’m aware that Gaiman is such a juggernaut that this is a hopeless cause, but Gossamer Axe has that same blend of faerie and rock music that gives War for the Oaks such great cinematic potential. (Now there would be a bracket match-up!)
3. LEARNING HISTORY
Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs
The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Shattered World, Michael Reaves
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
Not because I’d want to watch a Myth movie, but simply because I think it could be a successful one. (Probably animated.)
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FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Fantasia (1940)
Um … Both?
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
I would’ve liked Conan better if it would’ve been about an entirely different barbarian who wasn’t called Conan.
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Night Watch (2004)
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Brotherhood of the wolf (2001)
My favorite pre-Revolutionary French kung fu werewolf movie of all time.
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
The Mummy (1999)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
3. LEARNING HISTORY
The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Shattered World, Michael Reaves
My nominee. Plus maybe this would get us a third book in the series.
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
The Sword In The Stone (1963)
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
Ni!
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Shrek (2001)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Abstain
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Fantasia (1940)
Umm. Gotta go with the dancing hippos.
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Abstain
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Night Watch (2004)
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Abstain
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)
Brotherhood of the wolf (2001)
Abstain
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
Hogfather (2007)
The Mummy (1999)
Hogfather. For the Toymaker.
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Jumanji (1995)
Abstain
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
Not read the Beukes, thought Elric was annoying. Abstain.
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
Gossamer Axe, Gael Baudino
Can’t remember the specifics of the Gaiman, haven’t read the Baudino. Abstain.
3. LEARNING HISTORY
Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs
The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
Paks.
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Shattered World, Michael Reaves
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
But just the first few. Can we get Foglio to animate it?
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Argh. Cally! Forehead cloth please!
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Fantasia (1940)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
Ah-nold actually wasn’t too bad in this.
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Night Watch (2004)
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Abstain.
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)
Brotherhood of the wolf (2001)
Abstain.
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
The Mummy (1999)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Jumanji (1995)
Abstain.
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
Gossamer Axe, Gael Baudino
(Hampus! You and your eeeevil dice put my book up against Neil Gaiman? GAH! Well, I must vote for the Axe, to show at least one person loves it.)
3. LEARNING HISTORY
Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Shattered World, Michael Reaves
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
Abstain.
@ redheadedfemme
Two. At least two.
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
The Sword In The Stone (1963)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
OW.
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
The Mummy (1999)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Jumanji (1995)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Gossamer Axe, Gael Baudino
3. LEARNING HISTORY
The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
Brackets!
1. Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
The first one, and I’m sad already. The Sword in the Stone was my favorite Disney film before I ever saw it (I had a tiny Brazilian record with some tantalizing pictures on it, and I loved the rather squeaky songs). It was the learning bit I was fascinated with.
2. Shrek (2001)
3. Fantasia (1940)
And this may be my current favorite of the Disneys.
4.The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
5. Abstain, because I haven’t seen Nightwatch. Snow White was the first movie I went to, and I was so scared by the stepmother’s transformation and it’s cheap psychedelic effects I hid under the seat.
6. Big (1988)
7. Protest vote for The Wizard of Oz
8. Princess Mononoke (1997)
Bonus:
1.Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
2. Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
Although I’m a bit wary of Gaiman adaptations by now.
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Fantasia (1940)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
The Mummy (1999)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Gossamer Axe, Gael Baudino
3. LEARNING HISTORY
The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
Not quite as dilemma-filled as the last set, but certainly has its moments of painful choice. Those dice had just better hope I never catch them in a dark alley!
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975). No real contest, even though I love both.
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Shrek (2001). Ow, ow, ow. The sequels went downhill fast, but the first one was a bit of a masterpiece. Enough that I have to choose it over another minor masterpiece.
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971). Another fairly painful choice.
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). An excellent silly movie against an excellent campy movie. I’ll go for silliness this time. But not without some mild regrets.
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Abstain.
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988). Maybe I’m a little too fond of silliness, but I can’t help the way I’m made!
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
The Mummy (1999). Oh ouch! I thought Hogfather was a first-rate adaptation, but I was sort of blown away by the Mummy when I first saw it.
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman. That’s goth, btw, but whatevs. 😉
Huh, I had four votes in all the previous rounds, but I can only find one this time.
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. The Sword In The Stone (1963)
2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
4. Conan The Barbarian (1982)
5. Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
6. Big (1988)
7. abstain
8. Jumanji (1995)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. abstain
2. abstain
3. Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs
4. The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
Votes.
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
The Sword In The Stone (1963)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Luminous.
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Tough call; picking the feature-length over the “interludes”.
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
Best in category, if not in life.
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Abstain
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
Big is fun, but BotW is just crazy and great.
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
The Mummy (1999)
Surprisingly entertaining, it’s one of those sticky traps on TV for me.
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
I soooooo wish this would happen.
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Abstain
3. LEARNING HISTORY
Abstain
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
Abstain
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
The Sword In The Stone (1963)
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Shrek (2001)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Fantasia (1940)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
Hogfather (2007)
The Mummy (1999)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Jumanji (1995)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
Gossamer Axe, Gael Baudino
3. LEARNING HISTORY
Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs
The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Shattered World, Michael Reaves
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
Hampus Eckeman on November 16, 2015 at 11:42 pm said:
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
Voting without husband or reading others
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Fantasia (1940)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Abstain
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
Hogfather (2007)
The Mummy (1999)
Abstain
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Jumanji (1995)
Abstain
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
Gossamer Axe, Gael Baudino
Abstain
3. LEARNING HISTORY
Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs
The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
Tie
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Shattered World, Michael Reaves
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
Abstain
1. Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
I still love the magic duel in Sword in the Stone and desprately want to be able to pack like Merlin, but I guess I to go with
“Come and see the violence inherent in the system!
HELP! HELP! I’m being repressed!”
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS – ARGH! this one was mean!
Fantasia (1940)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
abstain
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
abstain
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
The Mummy (1999)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Abstain, as I have left the night unwatched thus far.
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Abstain, from that curious mix of apathy and ignorance.
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
The Mummy (1999)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Gossamer Axe, Gael Baudino
3. LEARNING HISTORY
Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
Hogfather (2007)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
3. LEARNING HISTORY
Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
The Sword In The Stone (1963)
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Shrek (2001)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Fantasia (1940)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Night Watch (2004)
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)
Brotherhood of the wolf (2001)
nope
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
Hogfather (2007)
The Mummy (1999)
oh dang you dice
this one is for the librarians then
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Jumanji (1995)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
Gossamer Axe, Gael Baudino
3. LEARNING HISTORY
Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs
The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Shattered World, Michael Reaves
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
I will forgo the cloths this time, comforted by my almost complete losing streak in the last bracket.
In a perverse having-my-cake-and-losing-it-too sort of way.
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
The Sword In The Stone (1963)
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Shrek (2001)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Fantasia (1940)
I just don’t get Willy Wonka.
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Night Watch (2004)
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)
Brotherhood of the wolf (2001)
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
Hogfather (2007)
The Mummy (1999)
May I have the 1932 Mummy starring Boris Karloff instead?
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Jumanji (1995)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
Gossamer Axe, Gael Baudino
3. LEARNING HISTORY
Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs
The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Shattered World, Michael Reaves
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
The Sword In The Stone (1963)Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
I can quote large chunks of Holy Grail from memory.
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Shrek (2001)Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)Fantasia (1940)
The scene where Violet blows up like a blueberry scarred me for life. So that’s a strike against. Meanwhile, Fantasia is a classic of world cinema.
(I am not kidding here. Years passed between when I was first taken to see that film, and when I finally saw it all the way through.)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
He is the Pumpkin King!
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Night Watch (2004)
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)We’ll show Sir Terry some love.
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)Brotherhood of the wolf (2001)
Abstain. Haven’t seen the latter, don’t care about the former.
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
Hogfather (2007)
The Mummy (1999)And some more.
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Jumanji (1995)Easy one.
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
Gossamer Axe, Gael BaudinoI’ll take Perky Goth for $300, Alex.
3. LEARNING HISTORY
Dragon Bones, Patricia BriggsThe Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Shattered World, Michael Reaves
The Myth Books, Robert AsprinAnother Fine Myth was pretty good (and the only one of the series I still own) but it went downhill fast.
David Goldfarb:
Wrong Night Watch, I’m afraid.
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Fantasia (1940)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
The Sword In The Stone (1963)
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Shrek (2001)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Fantasia (1940)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Night Watch (2004)
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)
Brotherhood of the wolf (2001)
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
Hogfather (2007)
The Mummy (1999)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Jumanji (1995)
Abstain
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
Gossamer Axe, Gael Baudino
3. LEARNING HISTORY
Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs
The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Shattered World, Michael Reaves
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin
Abstain
FANTASY MOVIE BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SQUIRREL ARTHUR LOVED THE COCONUTS
The Sword In The Stone (1963)
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
2. SPEAKING DONKEY TRUMPS TIGER
Shrek (2001)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
3. SONGS AND COLOURS
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Fantasia (1940)
4. HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
5. WITCHES WHO WATCHES
Night Watch (2004)
Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
6. THINGS THAT GROW BIG
Big (1988)
Brotherhood of the wolf (2001)
7. DO YOU LOVE FATHER OR MUMMY MOST?
Hogfather (2007)
The Mummy (1999)
8. HUNTERS WITH GUNS CHASING ANIMALS RUNNING AMOK
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Jumanji (1995)
BONUS BRACKET – FOURTH HEAT
1. SCARY ALBINOS
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
2. PUNK ROCK OR HEAVY METAL?
Death, The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
Gossamer Axe, Gael Baudino
3. LEARNING HISTORY
Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs
The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon
4. EXOTIC SETTINGS
The Shattered World, Michael Reaves
The Myth Books, Robert Asprin