The Mighty HDC Battle Royale III

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The fourth choice has been made.

Finalist FREDDYMYERS has chosen Envelope A.



And the envelope is opened...




...which reveals a yellow card, printed on both sides!



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JUDGE


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...RETURN!!




Door #4 of the Justice Chamber OPENS!


...And the Penguin Judge walks in, and sits directly across from Finalist FREDDYMYERS.

He stares at Freddy for one full minute, then slowly nods at the host.

The host takes the card and turns it around, and reads aloud from the other side of the card.


Freddy's Query - "You are cursed with the daunting task of removing one of the horror films from ever having existed. The film the you choose will be stricken from the very fabric of reality - no remnants of its influence will remain in existence. Keeping in mind all of the effects that they have had on the genre, which of these films do you feel is most deserving to be permanently erased, and why?
On the flip side, which do you feel is most deserving of it's classic status?

- Psycho
- Night of the Living Dead
- Frankenstein"


You have TWENTY-FOUR HOURS to think over your answer and post it in this thread, Straker. Feel free to do any sort of research on the subject asked.

Your answer will be then analyzed and awarded points on a scale of 0-10 by the Judge, who will then proceed to decide if you will incur any sort of punishment OR get any sort of reward for it.

Good luck...think it over carefully, and then reply your answer IN THIS THREAD!


FAILURE TO ANSWER WITHIN THE NEXT TWENTY FOUR HOURS WILL INCUR JUDGE RETURN'S WRATH AND YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A BRUTAL PUNISHMENT!!


Your time starts...NOW.

[neverending]

Dude- that's a brutal question.

[neverending]

Originally Posted by ~Michelle~

As a producer who is going to "reboot" the Dr. Phibes movies I would be inclined to do a remake. The reason I would do a remake is because the original is 39 years old. There are generations of movie goers who have never seen the original, so a sequel at this point would be a crime. The new generations of fans need a proper introduction to the genius of Dr. Anton Phibes.

I would like to cast Gary Oldman as the Doctor. Oldman possesses an otherworldy ability to transform himself into antagonists that you can empathize with, which is key to the character of Dr. Phibes. Plus Gary Oldman could grow a sweet moustache and he is extremely adept at working in an elaborate and fantasical setting.

I find the reasoning behind the choice of doing a remake somewhat simplistic. A new sequel could afford an opportunity for marketting the first 2 films- an out of the box rerelease that could be a cinematic event- as well as new boxed set DVD collection, preparing the way for a new sequel. Still, there are only two possible answers, so I give 3 points to that part of the question.

Second part- casting of Gary Oldman is inspired. He has cred within the genre in many films, he has the chops to live up to the role, and he might even create a portrayal that is a fitting homage to Price. There are only a few other actors I could see attempt the role. Points for this part- 4.5.

Total points- 7.5. An above average answer. No punishment. Small reward.

[The_Return]

Originally Posted by neverending

Dude- that's a brutal question.

Damn right it is :cool:

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Judge NEVERENDING has passed his judgement!!

Finalist Michelle, you have been given...


...7.5 POINTS out of a POSSIBLE 10 for that simple yet effective answer.


Which means, you win ONE additional Health Pack!!


And since the esteemed Judge has decided to give you a small reward too, you win A MAGNUM WITH 6 BULLETS to use in the subsequent Zone outing.

Congratulations. You may step aside, Michelle.

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Judges Zero & Austin will be turning in their verdicts later today.


And the time on FreddyMyer's BR III Clock says 5 hours and 30 minutes.


The last finalist, Jenna26, is yet to select an envelope.

[ferretchucker]

Wow, perhaps I was lucky in dying when I did, these questions are toughies.

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Judge ZERO has passed his judgement!!

Finalist Roshiq, you have been given...




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...09 POINTS out of a POSSIBLE 10 for that superb and exemplary answer.


Which means, you win TWO additional BONUS Health Packs!!


And since the esteemed Judge has decided to give you a SOLID reward too, you win A ROCKET LAUNCHER WITH 3 ROCKETS to use in the subsequent Zone outing.

Many, many congratulations. You may step aside now, Roshiq.

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Waiting for - Judge Austin's evaluation, FreddyMyers' answer and Jenna's pick of the envelopes.


The time on FreddyMyer's BR III Clock says 12 hours and 57 minutes. 11 hours and 3 minutes remain for him.

[FreddyMyers]

I am eliminating from history the movie Psycho. Known as the perfect movie at the perfect time. I picked Psycho because without this movie there would still be the undead, monsters, ghosts and even psychotic killers. The fact of life is that there always has been and always will be “psychos.” The atmosphere, camera work and score had more to do with the success of it way more than the other 2 movies. More so than most movies period. The sad fact of life is the Psychos do exist and eventually there would be a movie made about them. Peeping Tom came out a couple of months before Psycho but didn’t come close to the success. The reason for this is Big Al, not the movie itself. If he’d never thought to do Psycho his way of directing another movie would have still made him a classic icon, but if you add in previously unknown sexuality, a couple screeching violins and a theatre antic (You weren’t allowed to leave the theatre once the movie began, which created a buzz throughout America) you would now have the classic movie it has become.
Humans are human, which means their gonna do stupid, scary, crazy and even psychotic shit, all of which can be recorded into history and therefore have a movie made about it. That is why Psycho is expendable, it would still be going on weather a movie was made about it or not. What would be missed is the way Alfred created his own atmosphere, and use of camera angles and shots. But that’s not to say we wouldn’t have seen that same in another movie. Cant understate how important the human element is for a movie like Psycho. Without psycho there still would be serial killer movies just because there would still real life serial killers. Movies that involve the human element can be recreated but it’s the director that can make that same movie a classic. Now think of NOTLD never being thought of, or the notion of dead people being reanimated back to life or a monster in the moonlight relentlessly chasing after you. Now you just eliminated a huge percentage of horror period! Psychos will and have always existed but the same can’t be said about reanimated and/or put back together corpses. The human aspect of psycho is its biggest contributor but also the reason horror could exist without it ever being created. The same cant exactly be said about the others.
As for the others, I choose Night Of The Living Dead to be the most deserving of its classic status. This is in no way any disrespect to Frankenstein but think of the horror genre as a whole, now think of it without the undead. Without the living dead there is a huge hole in horror itself. Without Frankenstien there is still Dracula, Wolfman and other creatures or monsters in which early cinema could still create and harness the horror element all while still scaring audiences. Out of sheer numbers alone you would have to say NOTLD is a more important movie which would in return be more deserving of “classic” status. Frankenstien is one of the best stories ever told but there are times in which you are sympathizing with the villain. By the end of the story you’re not sure whether its him or us that the villain is, which should be taken as a compliment to the story itself. How can you see frank as a villain when as tosses the girl over the bridge thinking she would float just like the flowers. Now think of Zombies attacking the poor girl and pouring over the bridge with her trying to devour as much flesh as possible. Monsters and zombies are known as a few sub genres of horror, not Frankensteins’ and zombies. The percentage and effect that NOTLD had on the genre is the reasoning behind me stating that it is more deserving of the Classic status.