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stefestella in bracketology

Movie Madness! Select our next divisions

May 04, 2006 19:27

The voters spoke, and the subject of our next big game at bracketology is... MOVIES!
To keep things simple, these movies will be feature films of at least 1 hour in length.

Poll Select our next divisions for Movie Madness!
>>> ALSO: Action Division - post reply here if you want to make that one of your votes! (4 so far)

UPDATE: Run-off voting has started here - pick 4 out of the 6 finalists.In case you ( Read more... )

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Comments 17

andburn1 May 4 2006, 23:48:08 UTC

Where's the action division?

stefestella May 4 2006, 23:51:02 UTC

Hrmm... I guess I was kinda thinking it would fall into Drama or Thriller, but you're right... *ponders* I'll add something up here to get people to vote in the comments for it.

andburn1 May 4 2006, 23:52:42 UTC

Its not too late to just start over, there havent been that many votes. And if you do, you could add a /fantasy to the end of sci-fi. You know, to clairify.

stefestella May 4 2006, 23:57:40 UTC

I think I'll leave it like it is, but thanks!

I didn't put fantasy since that could go with sci-fi or could have a cross-genre appeal toward drama or comedy. If we get too broad we could eliminate some good competitions, and if we get too narrow in focus, we could eliminate an entire wing of options. Either way, I think it should be a good competition.

Thread 5

just because... traingeek May 5 2006, 00:07:49 UTC

1 vote for action

Re: just because... stefestella May 5 2006, 15:31:16 UTC

Check! Two votes for action so far...

nautnee May 5 2006, 02:23:45 UTC

It'd be nice to see an eclectic mix for the film categories. I feel it'd be pretty bland if we had just the generic groups. I'd love to see Cult Classics go up against a Comedy division or something along those lines.

stefestella May 5 2006, 15:31:53 UTC

Could you imagine? Monty Python and the Holy Grail up against Meet the Parents... I couldn't decide!!!

priscellie May 5 2006, 11:00:51 UTC

The "Before My Time" category sounds a bit sketchy, as voters' birthyears propably span entire generations. Some of the other categories look pretty interesting, though!

stefestella May 5 2006, 11:32:47 UTC

Yeah the idea behind the category is to shape the nominations by offering a category in which users have to choose something older than themselves, even if that means movies that were made 30, 40, or even 50 years ago. (Very few users will be over 50, but it is possible.) After the nominations are shaped, then the voting will just be open to the favorites from among them and not restricted.

I don't like the category as much as the others, but I liked the concept enough to put it to vote and see what others thought.

obliquity May 5 2006, 16:07:04 UTC

Vote for action!

stefestella May 5 2006, 17:27:31 UTC

Got it! That makes 3 total for action.