About a potential next tournament

[John Blaze]

The Doors, man, GLOOOOOOORRRIAAAAAAAA!

[Jean]

seconded

[Odetta]

Doors would be my vote - but I am a keyboardist, so that makes sense.

(Peace Frog rules)

[Mattrick]

I think Pink Floyd or The Eagles or Tool or DMB or The Doors or.........haha this is why we need a tourney.

Tool?


My votes would go to: Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Beatles, Velvet Underground and The Guess Who

[fernandito]

I tried to start a Greatest Band of all time tournament awhile back. While there seemed to be a lot of interest at the time, the idea was shot down due to competition with an ongoing tournament. I think there would be a lot of interest in this type of tourney.

Yup, I remember this. I think this would be an excellent tournament.

[Mattrick]

The Classic Rock station in Toronto did one a month or so ago. It's the highest regarded in all of Canada I believe. It came down to Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd and Zeppelin won. Zeppelin took down some heavyweights, like The Beatles.

[Seymour_Glass]

This is exciting.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Should we open a nominations thread? Here is what I had thought before: Allowing for the wide variety in tastes, and also for the extremely large number of groups that are out there, I think that there should be a large number of nominations.
What do you all think of this?
100 nominations
Round one: 10 groups of 10 - top 2 from each poll move on leaving 20
Round two: 4 groups of 5 - top 2 from each poll moving on leaving 8
Round three: 2 groups of 4 - top 2 from each poll moving on leaving 4
Semifinals: 2 groups of 2 - top 1 from each poll moving on leaving 2
Finals.

thoughts?
too many?

[John Blaze]

I'll participate when it comes down to it, but for the planning phases....I wouldn't know shit about that, it's up to you guys.

[Mattrick]

Is it just bands or are solo artists included? Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Paul McCartney and others definitely deserve to be in it.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

I think solo artists should be included. I would definitely feel that Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix were worthy of a nomination.

[Mattrick]

Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen...they would definitely have to be there.

[John Blaze]

couldn't we have a solo artist tournament too? it might get hopelessly cluttered if we mixed them all up, IMO.

[Jean]

I think solo artists should be included. I would definitely feel that Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix were worthy of a nomination.

Dylan.

You forgot Dylan.

::shocked::

[mae]

Now that we've gone through two big genres (horror and sci-fi), we were discussing earlier the possibility of doing more genres, maybe up to 10 or so, and then having these best movies face off against one another. A popular genre to go next seemed to be comedy, to lighten things up.

This probably wouldn't start right away, I think we all would like a short break, but I wouldn't mind starting this deal back up in a couple of weeks.

I've been going though various lists, and there are just SO MANY great comedies I could potentially nominate, it's not even funny...

Just look at these great movies (some may not be pure comedies, but what is and isn't a comedy is often difficult to say):

1920s:

1. Safety Last! (1923)
2. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
3. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
4. The Cocoanuts (1929)
5. The Freshman (1925)
6. The General (1926)
7. The Gold Rush (1925)
8. The Kid (1921)

1930s:

1. A Day at the Races (1937)
2. A Night at the Opera (1935)
3. À Nous la Liberté (1931)
4. A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
5. After the Thin Man (1936)
6. Animal Crackers (1930)
7. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
8. City Lights (1931)
9. Design for Living (1933)
10. Dinner at Eight (1933)
11. Duck Soup (1933)
12. Easy Living (1937)
13. Holiday (1938)
14. Horse Feathers (1932)
15. It Happened One Night (1934)
16. Le Million (1931)
17. Libeled Lady (1936)
18. Modern Times (1936)
19. Monkey Business (1931)
20. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
21. My Man Godfrey (1936)
22. Nothing Sacred (1937)
23. Platinum Blonde (1931)
24. Room Service (1938)
25. She Done Him Wrong (1933)
26. Stage Door (1937)
27. The Awful Truth (1937)
28. The Thin Man (1934)
29. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
30. Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)
31. You Can't Take It with You (1938)

1940s:

1. A Foreign Affair (1948)
2. A Night in Casablanca (1946)
3. Adam's Rib (1949)
4. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
5. Heaven Can Wait (1943)
6. His Girl Friday (1940)
7. I Married a Witch (1942)
8. Jour de Fete (1949)
9. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
10. Life with Father (1947)
11. Love Crazy (1941)
12. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
13. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
14. Murder, He Says (1945)
15. My Favorite Wife (1940)
16. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
17. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
18. The Bank Dick (1940)
19. The Great Dictator (1940)
20. The Great McGinty (1940)
21. The Lady Eve (1941)
22. The Major and the Minor (1942)
23. The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
24. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
25. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
26. The Talk of the Town (1942)
27. To Be or Not to Be (1942)

1950s:

1. Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
2. Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
3. Born Yesterday (1950)
4. Desk Set (1957)
5. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
6. Good Morning (1959)
7. How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
8. It Should Happen to You (1954)
9. Love in the Afternoon (1957)
10. Mon Oncle (1958)
11. Monkey Business (1952)
12. Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
13. People Will Talk (1951)
14. Roman Holiday (1953)
15. Sabrina (1954)
16. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
17. Some Like It Hot (1959)
18. The Horse's Mouth (1958)
19. The Long, Long Trailer (1953)
20. The Man in the White Suit (1951)
21. The Seven Year Itch (1955)
22. The Trouble with Harry (1955)

1960s:

1. A Shot in the Dark (1964)
2. A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
3. Charade (1963)
4. Closely Watched Trains (1966)
5. Divorce Italian Style (1961)
6. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
7. How to Steal a Million (1966)
8. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
9. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
10. La Dolce Vita (1960)
11. One, Two, Three (1961)
12. Playtime (1967)
13. The Apartment (1960)
14. The Exterminating Angel (1962)
15. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
16. The Graduate (1967)
17. The Pink Panther (1963)
18. The Producers (1967)

1970s:

1. Amarcord (1973)
2. Animal House (1978)
3. Annie Hall (1977)
4. Bananas (1971)
5. Blazing Saddles (1974)
6. Female Trouble (1974)
7. Harold and Maude (1971)
8. Life of Brian (1979)
9. Manhattan (1979)
10. MASH (1970)
11. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
12. Silver Streak (1976)
13. Sleeper (1973)
14. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
15. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
16. The Jerk (1979)
17. The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
18. The Sting (1973)
19. The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)
20. Trafic (1971)
21. Young Frankenstein (1974)

1980s:

1. After Hours (1985)
2. Airplane! (1980)
3. Bachelor Party (1984)
4. Back to School (1986)
5. Back to the Future (1985)
6. Back to the Future Part II (1989)
7. Beetlejuice (1988)
8. Big (1988)
9. Caddyshack (1980)
10. Coming to America (1988)
11. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
12. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
13. Ghostbusters (1984)
14. How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
15. Innerspace (1987)
16. Just One of the Guys (1985)
17. Kin-Dza-Dza! (1986)
18. Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
19. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
20. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
21. Police Academy (1984)
22. Raising Arizona (1987)
23. Ruthless People (1986)
24. See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
25. Short Circuit (1986)
26. Something Wild (1986)
27. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
28. The Breakfast Club (1985)
29. The Meaning of Life (1983)
30. The Naked Gun (1988)
31. The Princess Bride (1987)
32. The War of the Roses (1989)
33. Time Bandits (1981)
34. Tootsie (1982)
35. Top Secret! (1984)
36. Trading Places (1983)
37. Valley Girl (1983)
38. Weird Science (1985)
39. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
40. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
41. Withnail & I (1987)
42. Working Girl (1988)

1990s:

1. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
2. American Pie (1999)
3. Analyze This (1999)
4. As Good as It Gets (1997)
5. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
6. Babe (1995)
7. Being John Malkovich (1999)
8. Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
9. Chasing Amy (1997)
10. Dazed and Confused (1993)
11. Dead Alive (1992)
12. Deconstructing Harry (1997)
13. Delicatessen (1991)
14. Dogma (1999)
15. Dumb & Dumber (1994)
16. Ed Wood (1994)
17. Election (1999)
18. Fargo (1996)
19. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
20. Four Rooms (1995)
21. Greedy (1994)
22. Gridlock'd (1997)
23. Groundhog Day (1993)
24. Grumpy Old Men (1993)
25. Home Alone (1990)
26. Men in Black (1997)
27. Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
28. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
29. Night on Earth (1991)
30. Nothing to Lose (1997)
31. Office Space (1999)
32. Pleasantville (1998)
33. Pretty Woman (1990)
34. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
35. Swimming with Sharks (1994)
36. The Big Lebowski (1998)
37. The Birdcage (1996)
38. The Last Supper (1995)
39. The Mask (1994)
40. The Ref (1994)
41. The Sandlot (1993)
42. The Truman Show (1998)
43. The Wedding Singer (1998)
44. There's Something About Mary (1998)
45. Underground (1995)

2000s:

1. (500) Days of Summer (2009)
2. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
3. Bad Santa (2003)
4. Burn After Reading (2008)
5. Cold Souls (2009)
6. Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
7. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
8. Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)
9. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
10. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
11. I Love You, Man (2009)
12. In Bruges (2008)
13. In the Loop (2009)
14. Juno (2007)
15. Meet the Parents (2000)
16. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
17. School of Rock (2003)
18. Sideways (2004)
19. Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
20. Super Troopers (2001)
21. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
22. The Band's Visit (2007)
23. The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
24. The Hangover (2009)
25. The Misfortunates (2009)
26. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
27. The Terminal (2004)
28. Whatever Works (2009)
29. Zombieland (2009)

2010s:

1. 21 Jump Street (2012)
2. Barney's Version (2010)
3. Carnage (2011)
4. Four Lions (2010)
5. God Bless America (2011)
6. It's a Disaster (2012)
7. John Dies at the End (2012)
8. Kick-Ass (2010)
9. Lapland Odyssey (2010)
10. Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
11. Obvious Child (2014)
12. Ted (2012)
13. The Artist (2011)
14. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
15. The Heat (2013)
16. The Infidel (2010)
17. The Intouchables (2011)
18. The Kids Are All Right (2010)
19. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
20. This Is the End (2013)
21. We're the Millers (2013)

That's 264 movies right there. And I'm sure I missed a bunch. I may have gone overboard just a tad, but most of these deserve to be nominated. So I'm hoping when we go ahead with the nominations, we'll do 200 instead of 160. I'm currently using the 200-entry system for the flags tournament in Starkblast, and it's a pretty good one if I do say so myself!

[frik]

What are we waiting for...let's go!!
And yes, you did miss the best comedy of the 1970s.....which will be my first nomination!

sk

[fernandito]

I'm fully on board, but I definitely do need a small break from tournaments. Completely open to the idea of revisiting this in a few weeks.

Keep in mind that the holidays are quickly approaching so we will likely see a reduced amount of traffic for the remainder of the year. Maybe this is something we should aim to get off the ground in 2015? Just a thought.

[mae]

What are we waiting for...let's go!!
And yes, you did miss the best comedy of the 1970s.....which will be my first nomination!

Do tell

[racerx45]

[frik]

What are we waiting for...let's go!!
And yes, you did miss the best comedy of the 1970s.....which will be my first nomination!

Do tell

[Ricky]

Keep in mind that the holidays are quickly approaching so we will likely see a reduced amount of traffic for the remainder of the year. Maybe this is something we should aim to get off the ground in 2015? Just a thought.

Good observation. I know that if this starts up in the next few weeks I won't be participating in this one. Lots of Halloween-themed movies to watch in addition to fall TV. Plus, I'm about tournament-ed out, so starting sometime in 2015 sounds good to me.

[Shannon]

I'm a little confused as to what your definition of comedy is. I only went through the 2010 list, didn't recognize a lot of them (which is saying something in itself) but ... Wolf of wall street, kick ass, the kids aren't alright ... they might have humor in them, but in no way would I classify them as comedies.

[Heather19]

Keep in mind that the holidays are quickly approaching so we will likely see a reduced amount of traffic for the remainder of the year. Maybe this is something we should aim to get off the ground in 2015? Just a thought.

Good observation. I know that if this starts up in the next few weeks I won't be participating in this one. Lots of Halloween-themed movies to watch in addition to fall TV. Plus, I'm about tournament-ed out, so starting sometime in 2015 sounds good to me.

I agree, things always get really busy around this time of year. And I'm with Ricky. I'll be watching loads of scary movies over the next few weeks

[Girlystevedave]

I'd love to do a comedy tournament.
2015 sounds good to me.

[mae]

I'm a little confused as to what your definition of comedy is. I only went through the 2010 list, didn't recognize a lot of them (which is saying something in itself) but ... Wolf of wall street, kick ass, the kids aren't alright ... they might have humor in them, but in no way would I classify them as comedies.

We've had this same discussion with the horror and sci-fi tournaments. A genre is sometimes hard to define. What's funny to some is not at all funny to others. The Wolf of Wall Street was one of the funniest movies I have seen in a long time. The Quaalude scene alone makes it one of the best comedies.