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08-09-2013, 07:52 AM
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I love The Brood but it shouldn't be in the honourable mentions.... It's not strong enough. Cronenberg will be well represented without this offering.... Equally I don't think The Legend of Hell House belongs on the list. Its a fun flick and am a huge fan of Roddy McDowall, but this just isn't enough to get in the honourable mentions section if you ask me.
The biggest oversight in the list right now is that it wont include Martin... This is a movie that really belongs in the list. Its a quality take on the vampire tale, but more than that it captures the era perfectly. It a sleazy, dark, depressing slice of cinematic beauty. A low budget classic from Romero that I really think you guys should get behind. I regret not getting behind this movie sooner, but please guys, think about this one hard, because it really belongs on the list. |
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08-09-2013, 08:12 AM
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I'll back Martin.
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08-09-2013, 08:24 AM
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I will back The Driller Killer and Deep Red.
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08-09-2013, 08:58 AM
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Well, 4 films have a clear majority of backings so I am moving them up into their separate "Honorable Mentions" section.
http://www.horror.com/forum/showthre...398#post954398 3 other frontrunners with 3 backings each are still UNDERLINED. A new contender has emerged with 2 solid backings - Martin. It joins 3 other films in the list with 2 backings each (underlined also, for easier access). So that's a total of SEVEN films vying for the last 2 Honorable Mention spots (unless the FOUR chosen already receive negative votes/support back outs). Straker, are those negative votes for Brood and Hell House? Please clarify. Keep going, folks.
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08-09-2013, 10:19 AM
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I have already backed five or six films, but I will back one more The Legend of Hell House.
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08-09-2013, 10:55 AM
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The Brood: We already have Rabid in the cut, Scanners in the 80s, probably The Fly and Videodrome in their too. I want some diversity in our list rather than seeing every well known Cronenberg movie make our list. Love the film, just don't think it is a better choice, based on what we already have, and what we need to add to balance our list. The Legend of Hell House: Its just not good enough to make the cut, we would have to give up some real quality for this and I don't understand why its getting so much support over some of the other flicks in contention. |
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08-09-2013, 11:07 AM
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Straker makes a great point about Cronenberg. I backed it to mark the decade where Cronenberg first made an impact, but I overlooked that Rabid was already in there. I'll drop my backing of The Brood and add a backing for Martin.
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08-09-2013, 11:12 AM
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I was thinking Martin is a glaring omission too.
I'll remove my backings for King Kong, stepford wives, hell house, and replace with Martin, Nosferatu the Vampyre, and The Brood. Unless Straker is really negging a film with 6 backings, only then I'd flip that to... meh, can't find a better and important film than The Brood (besides the ones already selected and the ones I'm backing The Night Stalker, Magic and Godzilla Vs the Smog Monster).
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08-09-2013, 11:13 AM
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Also, I want to put forward the idea that we should cap the number of films people can back in each section. Maybe just two honourable mention backings per era....I realise its a bit late in the day for this and I haven't thought the idea through too much so maybe there are negatives to this idea that I haven't considered. I just feel that we would get a better reflection of diversity if we limited the number of backing people could make. Just an idea, maybe too late now anyway, but I thought I would throw it out there, might make the last few decades a little more interesting.
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08-09-2013, 11:25 AM
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I agree Straker made a good point about Cronenberg with reluctance I will remove my backing of it, but I will note that I actually really enjoy that film. I completely disagree with limiting the number of honorable mentions to two. I think it is good, as is.
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