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    I always took these contests as a matter of person pride (when I win or come close), and a shame when I lost.

    That being said, I think that lurker and I deserve a trophy....even if we have to pay for it ourselves.

    Stupid example:


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    In an argument with someone FREAKING OUT that Jordan Peele won best original screenplay. It's apparently race-baiting and all about being progressive and he didn't deserve it and it's all politics. Did they not see that 10 black people won Oscars last year, including TWO winning best adapted Screenplay and a black film winning best picture?
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    This year we have two winners regardless. Any secondary tiebreaker would go into effect next year. I do like the idea of having people pick which film will have the second most Oscars. Predicting the big 6 winners is good too, but I feel like that can end in a tie too. We could institute both and just work our way down if need be. Matt mentioned a point system, which I also thought about too. I think it might complicate things too much and make it a little harder to get the final scores posted in a timely fashion. All great ideas. We've had ties three years in a row, which is crazy.

    As for a trophy. I think that's a cool idea. If anybody deserves a trophy though, it's Heather, who is 6 time winner. We had the year when Me, Ricky and Heather all tied before the tiebreaker was put into place. Other than that, T-Dogz is the only other person to win, so Lurker and RF should certainly be proud. Watch out for Heather next year. This is the longest she has gone without winning.

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    Servant - 15
    Path - 14
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    Merlin - 11
    Feev - 8

    2012 results
    Servant - 14
    Heather - 14
    Ricky - 14
    Stockerlone - 12
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    Thorin- 10
    Mattrick - 9
    Feev - 8
    Garrell - 8
    Odetta - 5
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    Heather - 20
    Servant - 17
    Ricky - 15
    Matt - 14
    Stockerlone - 13
    Feev - 12
    Mae- 10

    2014 results
    Heather - 22
    Ricky - 20
    Servant - 19
    Randall - 16
    Mae - 13
    Matt - 10
    Mystima - 10
    Merlin - 7
    Stockerlone - 6

    2015 results
    T-Dogz - 20
    George Monkey - 19
    Lurker - 19
    Ricky - 18
    Servant - 17
    Feev - 17
    Heather - 15
    Shannon - 15
    Mae - 13
    Stocker - 9
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    Heather - 17 (winner by tiebreaker - Mad Max 6)
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    Matt - 15
    Lurker - 14
    Stocker - 8

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    TDogz - 16 (winner by tiebreaker)
    Doc Z - 16
    Tommy - 16
    Ricky - 15
    Lurker - 15
    Servant - 15
    Heather - 14
    Mae -14
    Matt - 13
    RF - 13
    Stocker - 8
    Merlin - 7

    2018 results
    Randall Flagg - 21 (Tiebreaker - The Shape of Water 4) Co-winner
    Lurker - 21 (Tiebreaker - The Shape of Water 4) Co-winner
    T-Dogz - 20
    Servant - 20
    Matt - 19
    Mae - 19
    Heather - 17
    John Huerta - 16
    Ricky -13
    Doctor Zaius - 10
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    Oh wow I didn't realize this was my best result, by far.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heather19 View Post
    I just submitted my picks. For email, I put in mine, should I have put in yours?
    Quote Originally Posted by mae View Post
    Oh wow I didn't realize this was my best result, by far.
    Nice work. 19 is a great score, people just had an amazing year this year.

    It's really funny to do this contest here though. We love and study film so much and it shows. I also run this contest on Facebook with family and friends and the highest score was 15. Everyone else was in the 8-11 range. That's a feather in all of our caps.
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    I'll never live down that 6 spot in 2015.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Heather19 View Post
    I just submitted my picks. For email, I put in mine, should I have put in yours?
    Quote Originally Posted by Mattrick View Post
    I'll never live down that 6 spot in 2015.
    Yeah, I'm not sure what happened that year. We should go back and look.
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    I'm curious now too .

    I went with a few wildcard picks this year, some helped, some didn't. There were quite a few surprises for me, which I actually prefer. Kudos to the two that got 21. That's a great score. And honestly I don't mind if there are ties in the future.

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    Best Picture for me, was quite literally, a coin toss this year between Shape of Water and 3 Billboards. If the coin had landed on tails, I would have picked Shape of Water.

    However, I should have known that Icarus would win Best Documentary, given the subject matter - so I'm kicking myself over that one.

    I am very surprised that DeKalb Elementary lost to The Silent Child for Best Live Action Short. I think that shit broadsided everyone here!

    Kudos to both RF and Lurker though for scoring 21! Well done guys!

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    Thanks everybody. I did pick Icarus just because the Olympics were on everybody's mind. And Basketball because it's LA and who is not going to vote for Kobe?
    I've missed best picture (I think) every year I have entered, so this year since I would have picked 3 Billboards I went with Water. Whew.

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    And that's why you all should go watch the shorts. Was I the only one that voted for The Silent Child? I knew Dekalb Elementary was the favorite, most likely because of current events. And while the film had a good message and ending, it was definitely the weakest production wise and acting wise compared to all the others.

    And it's funny you say who wouldn't vote for Kobe, because with the drama surrounding his nomination with the whole Times Up movement I thought they wouldn't give it to him. All the animated shorts this year were very weak though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T-Dogz_AK47 View Post

    I am very surprised that DeKalb Elementary lost to The Silent Child for Best Live Action Short. I think that shit broadsided everyone here!
    That one surprised me a lot too. Everything I read leading up to the Oscar night was mentioning DeKalb. I don't think I read anything about Silent Child.

    Quote Originally Posted by Lurker View Post
    Thanks everybody. I did pick Icarus just because the Olympics were on everybody's mind. And Basketball because it's LA and who is not going to vote for Kobe?
    I've missed best picture (I think) every year I have entered, so this year since I would have picked 3 Billboards I went with Water. Whew.
    I was going back and forth on this one. I know LA loves Kobe, but I thought his past allegations were going to hurt him. I should have stayed with my gut on that one.

    Quote Originally Posted by Heather19 View Post
    Was I the only one that voted for The Silent Child? I knew Dekalb Elementary was the favorite, most likely because of current events. And while the film had a good message and ending, it was definitely the weakest production wise and acting wise compared to all the others.
    Actually, 4 people got that right. My sister (she just guessed), John Huerta and my friend Gerry.

    Interestingly, nobody got Best Documentary short right. Heroin(e) seemed to be the favorite, but the Academy went in another direction.

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    Hey, an interesting Oscar bit. When it comes to best picture winners, it's very often (like 85-90%) that the Best Picture winner doesn't win either Adapted/Original Screenplay or Best Editing. The last time a BP winner didn't win either award was 2012 with The Artist. Before that you'd have to go all the way back to Braveheart. Shape of Water is in some elite company. Even more elite when you consider the last time a BP winner didn't win either of those, as well as not winning one of the 4 acting Oscars, was Braveheart. So it's been 22 years since that happened.
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    Another bit of trivia is that The Shape of Water is the first sci-fi film to win Best Picture. It's more of a fantasy, but I'll count it as sci-fi.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mae View Post
    Another bit of trivia is that The Shape of Water is the first sci-fi film to win Best Picture. It's more of a fantasy, but I'll count it as sci-fi.
    It's a great sign, but there's still a long way to go. I don't want to change the subject, but I'm dabbling with the idea of writing a dissertation on the current state of movies. Focusing on mainstream audiences and why films like Annihilation are getting ignored. It's such a huge topic, I don't even know where to start.
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    I don't consider Shape of Water sci-fi/ If you're crossing that as a fantasy into sci-fi, then LOTR: Return of the King won best picture already. Plenty of sci-films have been nominated in the past 8 years or so...Avatar, Inception District 9, Her, Gravity (though I don't consider that sci-fi either), Arrival, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian.
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