How about another tournament?

[_____V_____]

I have had 2-3 PMs in the past couple weeks to get another one going.

Good idea or bad? Or after a while?

[MichaelMyers]

Yes, asap.

[hammerfan]

I always love your tournaments, V! I say yes!

[realdealblues]

I'm game...

[newb]

Go For It......................

[_____V_____]

Any suggestions for themes?

[hammerfan]

Hmmm, what have we covered so far?

[_____V_____]

http://www.horror.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2&daysprune=-1&order=desc&sort=replycount

Uhh...plenty. :o

[hammerfan]

Wow, I don't know that there's any subject left. LOL!

[MichaelMyers]

Best Horror Film Involving Simians Tourney.

[newb]

Best WTF moment .......doesn't have to be just "horror".

[The Mothman]

Best backyard/z-grade movies!

[ImmortalSlasher]

I wouldn't be able to join this one till next month so hopefully not soon.

[_____V_____]

Best Horror Film Involving Simians Tourney.

Any contenders who can give Kong a run for his money there?

Best WTF moment .......doesn't have to be just "horror".

Nice. It would be a "spoiler"-filled tourney, though.

Best backyard/z-grade movies!

Excellent but I doubt many might have seen them.

I wouldn't be able to join this one till next month so hopefully not soon.

Will take me some researching so yes, take your time.

[Freak]

You can always do the Video Game Character one that I could never get off the ground. Could give tons of suggestions for that one.

[hammerfan]

You can always do the Video Game Character one that I could never get off the ground. Could give tons of suggestions for that one.

I wouldn't be able to participate in that. I don't play video games and know nothing about the characters.

[roshiq]

Best Horror Movie location/premise tourney?:D

[ChronoGrl]

How 'bout a Cryptid and/or Urban Legends tournament?

[_____V_____]

You can always do the Video Game Character one that I could never get off the ground. Could give tons of suggestions for that one.

Not too many gamers in our HDC regulars these days, like hammerfan. The tourney will starve for votes.

Best Horror Movie location/premise tourney?:D

Interesting. Might be worth a shot.

How 'bout a Cryptid and/or Urban Legends tournament?

Interesting thought as well. Might require quite a bit of research too.


Hmm...I have been toying with an idea since yesterday. Let me see if there's enough material to hammer out a tournament from it. Meanwhile, keep the suggestions coming.

[newb]

Nice. It would be a "spoiler"-filled tourney, though.




Good point

[_____V_____]

Working on 2 ideas since yesterday - a shorter one scraping through the bottom of the barrels, and a longer one which involves some more research.

Let's start the shorter one.

[_____V_____]

Turns out the longer tournament idea has a huge scope to be epic.

I hope you all are a patient bunch, voters. A gigantic tournament is headed your way soon.

[hammerfan]

Turns out the longer tournament idea has a huge scope to be epic.

I hope you all are a patient bunch, voters. A gigantic tournament is headed your way soon.

I'm intrigued!

[_____V_____]

Quick question - if you are listing the characters from a film/series, do you list the creatures/robots/machines in the films under characters as well?

For e.g., for 2001: A Space Odyssey, we have the character David Bowman (and other minor characters). Is HAL 9000 a character too?

[hammerfan]

Quick question - if you are listing the characters from a film/series, do you list the creatures/robots/machines in the films under characters as well?

For e.g., for 2001: A Space Odyssey, we have the character David Bowman (and other minor characters). Is HAL 9000 a character too?

If you're asking me, personally, and not as a rule, yes, I would. Not sure what the rule would be.

EDIT: I went to IMDB. Using your example of 2001: A Space Odyssey, they do list the actor that provided the voice for HAL9000.

[realdealblues]

I was actually going to suggest maybe a best "killer" (or in general) Robot/Cyborg/Machine tournament...but perhaps you have something similar/better in mind V :)

Yes, I would definitely consider HAL9000 to be a character.

[_____V_____]

Thanks, guys.

If you're asking me, personally, and not as a rule, yes, I would. Not sure what the rule would be.

EDIT: I went to IMDB. Using your example of 2001: A Space Odyssey, they do list the actor that provided the voice for HAL9000.

Providing a voice is different, don't you think?

We can judge the performance of an actor, but can we judge the performance of a machine/creature character? What about emotion? Does a machine emote? Does it have "character" to be considered as an actual character?

I was actually going to suggest maybe a best "killer" (or in general) Robot/Cyborg/Machine tournament...but perhaps you have something similar/better in mind V :)

Yes, I would definitely consider HAL9000 to be a character.

What about Wall-E, then? Would it be a character too, even though it's animated and has someone providing voice for it?

That's a nice idea, realdeal. I am working on something more comprehensive. 25% through the source material and I have 700+ shortlisted candidates! :eek:

[hammerfan]

Thanks, guys.



Providing a voice is different, don't you think?

We can judge the performance of an actor, but can we judge the performance of a machine/creature character? What about emotion? Does a machine emote? Does it have "character" to be considered as an actual character?



What about Wall-E, then? Would it be a character too, even though it's animated and has someone providing voice for it?

That's a nice idea, realdeal. I am working on something more comprehensive. 25% through the source material and I have 700+ shortlisted candidates! :eek:

Yes and yes. :D

[_____V_____]

Yes and yes. :D

You just made my job a lot more harder. :D

[realdealblues]

We can judge the performance of an actor, but can we judge the performance of a machine/creature character? What about emotion? Does a machine emote? Does it have "character" to be considered as an actual character?



Think about the "Short Circuit" movies and Johnny 5. He most certainly showed emotion :) He was "really pissed off" at Oscar after being betrayed in Part 2.

On the reverse side, it made "me" cry as a kid when they killed him even though he was just a machine...

[_____V_____]

Think about the "Short Circuit" movies and Johnny 5. He most certainly showed emotion :) He was "really pissed off" at Oscar after being betrayed in Part 2.

On the reverse side, it made "me" cry as a kid when they killed him even though he was just a machine...

Valid point. My workload got increased. :)