Best Sci-Fi Tournament - Round 1, Group G

[fernandito]

Note:
Although you can vote for a maximum of 6 films in the polls, it doesn't necessarily mean you HAVE to vote for 6. We encourage you to vote only on those you strongly feel deserve to move on to the next round.

http://sorozatportal.hu/sites/sorozatportal.hu/files/users/A-fraid/affiche.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YtXzVde0D1M/UGM3MdKS1AI/AAAAAAAAAyk/0fabQ4VUbMM/s1600/THE-HIDDEN-crop-400.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/58/The-Invisible-Man.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/Time_bandits.jpg

http://s1.thcdn.com/productimg/0/600/600/68/64468-1309271003-899958.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/Short_circuit_two_ver2.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/Inception_ver3.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FfC7UzSiZpU/UJWP0RMGLiI/AAAAAAAAC9I/IAc9aRjq6ng/s400/Frankenstein+poster.jpg

http://www.best-horror-movies.com/images/beyond-the-black-rainbow-blu-ray.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/53/Blade_Runner_poster.jpg

[fernandito]

Clockwork Orange
Inception
Blade Runner





Beyond the Black Rainbow looks trippy as hell. Will have to watch that soon.

[Mattrick]

Someone needs to fix my votes...hit vote now on my phome trying to select Blade Runner.

Picked:

Virtuosity
Clockwork Orange
blade Runner

[mae]

Coming soon:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEDdaStz4kw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GzW7dx6FoI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oo0Nj3fMf8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwnjENpIyq0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPRzm8ibDQ8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-8hH_-qBxE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66TuSJo4dZM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN8K-4osNb0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ertVYn750

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiH4hxhKBmY

[mae]

Voting for:

The Invisible Man
Time Bandits
Clockwork Orange
Inception
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Blade Runner

[mae]

Please note it was Short Circuit 2 that was nominated, not the first Short Circuit. This was a point of some discussion back during the nomination process. But it's listed as just "Short Circuit" and the poster if also for the original (a much better film, in my opinion). And I see it has garnered three votes already, but very likely these are for SC1, not SC2. Unless we want to retroactively change that to SC1 now.

[Tommy]

Beyond the Black Rainbow looks trippy as hell. Will have to watch that soon.

Indeed it is

[Mattrick]

Wasn't this group H earlier...am I taking crazy pills?

[pathoftheturtle]

No H yet. I don't know what you're taking, but it must be good!

Steve Gutenberg didn't even come back for Short Circuit 2. So at least it has that going for it.

I definitely want to vote for Blade Runner and Inception, but I haven't seen Beyond the Black Rainbow or The Hidden.

[mae]

So we're officially going with the original Short Circuit, not the sequel?

[pathoftheturtle]

I'm joking. Don't ask me. I think switching would be unfair to the original contributor. But neither one has much chance anyway, IMO.

[mae]

In that case the poster should be changed and the poll option.

[divemaster]

Some good movies here. Blade Runner, for sure. However, I remember watching Virtuosity, what, 17 years ago or so and thinking just how bad it was. Russell Crowe's performance was positively cringe-inducing over-the-top cheese.

[Mattrick]

Some good movies here. Blade Runner, for sure. However, I remember watching Virtuosity, what, 17 years ago or so and thinking just how bad it was. Russell Crowe's performance was positively cringe-inducing over-the-top cheese.

Over the top? He was like, emotionless and stoic.

[mae]

Yeah really surprised seeing Virtuosity getting votes.

[divemaster]

Some good movies here. Blade Runner, for sure. However, I remember watching Virtuosity, what, 17 years ago or so and thinking just how bad it was. Russell Crowe's performance was positively cringe-inducing over-the-top cheese.

Over the top? He was like, emotionless and stoic.

OMG. That scene where he was like conducting a symphony? That was MST3K bad. "Welcome to Death TV" ?? His facial expressions throughout the entire movie were certainly exaggerated and he kept doing this thing with his eyes. Define it how you like but it was annoying as hell. The Terminator was emotionless and stoic. Crowe was...something else.

[fernandito]

Some good movies here. Blade Runner, for sure. However, I remember watching Virtuosity, what, 17 years ago or so and thinking just how bad it was. Russell Crowe's performance was positively cringe-inducing over-the-top cheese.

Over the top? He was like, emotionless and stoic.

OMG. That scene where he was like conducting a symphony? That was MST3K bad. "Welcome to Death TV" ?? His facial expressions throughout the entire movie were certainly exaggerated and he kept doing this thing with his eyes. Define it how you like but it was annoying as hell. The Terminator was emotionless and stoic. Crowe was...something else.

I haven't seen this movie in ages so I just looked it up on YouTube and holy shit

LAUGH MY ASS OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :rofl:

That is Grade A, unfiltered, pure 90's cheesiness. I love it lol.

[Iwritecode]

In that case the poster should be changed and the poll option.

So are we voting for 1 or 2? The poll and the poster still don’t match.

[fernandito]

The vote is for Short Circuit 2. Poll will be changed soon.

[mae]

Just two votes for Black Rainbow. And six for Short Circuit 2 :(

[fernandito]

Blade Runner at the forefront of this group, as it should be. :)

[Merlin1958]

Blade Runner at the forefront of this group, as it should be. :)

Blade Runner is good, no doubt, but I think "Inception" was a slicker production. Granted it's more timely with regard to FX and all. Still a rather innovative premise and story line IMHO.

[Tommy]

Just two votes for Black Rainbow. And six for Short Circuit 2 :(

I think we are the only two who've seen Beyond the Black Rainbow :pullhair:

[mae]

Just two votes for Black Rainbow. And six for Short Circuit 2 :(

I think we are the only two who've seen Beyond the Black Rainbow :pullhair:

Apparently so, which is a shame, and it's available to stream on Netflix: http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70181693?trkid=13752289

Such an original film, and such contests are often popularity contests, in a way - not that that's bad, but true gems like this are often overlooked while of course things like Blade Runner and Star Wars, while I love them too, garner nearly 100% of the vote.

[fernandito]

*bump

Poll is closing in two days...

[Heather19]

Inception and Frankenstein

[pathoftheturtle]

I can probably watch BtBR this weekend. Even if I want to vote for it, tho, there'd be no way it would succeed at this point. Sorry.

[mae]

Need more Invisible Man votes. Can't have a tiebreaker with SC2. That would just be wrong.

[fernandito]

Looks lime you got your wish, it's currently in the driver seat for 6th place!

[fernandito]

*Bump

This poll is closing today at 4 PST!

[mae]

And it's closed.

[Ricky]

I'm surprised that Inception did so well.

[Ben Staad]

Me too. I was also disappointed that Frankenstein received so few votes.


I'm surprised that Inception did so well.

[mae]

Frankenstein made it, though, and so did The Invisible Man!

[Merlin1958]

Frankenstein made it, though, and so did The Invisible Man!

I think that both of these films may have suffered from the duplicity issue. They are both Horror and SYFY.

[fernandito]

Advancing from this group :


The Invisible Man
Time Bandits
Clockwork Orange
Inception
Frankenstein
Blade Runner

[Merlin1958]

Advancing from this group :


The Invisible Man
Time Bandits
Clockwork Orange
Inception
Frankenstein
Blade Runner

I'm Okay with that. Still it may be a good idea to split Frankenstein and the Invisible Man in the subsequent round.