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[CBMT] Comic Book Movie Tournament : pre-amble and opinions wanted


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The rest of DC - Jonah, Constantine, Green Lantern, Supergirl, Steel, 2 Alan Moore movies, Catwoman. Good lord, they were conservative with character choices until 2000. Had they put more effort into Steel, it might have kicked off the resurgence a little earlier.

I don't think LoEG counts as DC because it started at Image. We'll have to do this quick before Big Hero 6 comes out

 

Big Hero 6 isn't eligible because Mark hates Mask of the Phantasm

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The rest of DC - Jonah, Constantine, Green Lantern, Supergirl, Steel, 2 Alan Moore movies, Catwoman. Good lord, they were conservative with character choices until 2000. Had they put more effort into Steel, it might have kicked off the resurgence a little earlier.

I don't think LoEG counts as DC because it started at Image. We'll have to do this quick before Big Hero 6 comes out

Big Hero 6 isn't eligible because Mark hates Mask of the Phantasm

Never let the facts get in the way of your argument. :)

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Was there a "ruling" on including/excluding non-Western film? OLDBOY and LONE WOLF could be contenders--though given my perusal of the Marvel thread, this might not be the best venue for them.

Since most say include, i will include some of them, and/or put some in play-in matches

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I was shocked to find myself actually enjoying the new Turtles movie. It knew exactly what it was and did what it had to do. Yeah, the story was weak; but if you're complaining about plot holes in something entitled TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, then you're a vegetarian at a steakhouse. Easily one of the higher-quality installments in the whole franchise. No, it ain't no Turtles Forever, but what is?

Personally, i would rather drop the third or fourth movie in a series in favor of a one-off film, ghost rider 2 or blade 3 vs elektra, for example.

Please don't do that. Quality varies wildly from movie to movie within the same franchise. Which is something that way too many people sadly overlook; such as all the fools who assumed Ghost Rider 2 sucked (which it surprisingly didn't!) just because the first one sucked (which it totally fucking did).
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Well, there has to be some whittling to get to the right number in almost all the brackets.

I will start with play-ins during week, so that we can start for real after the holiday.

If people have strong feelings about things that should go in a play-in or should be spared one, feel free to express them.

Like the NCAAs, the play-ins will probably be for the lower-ranked spots, but not the bottom ones. I think the notorious films deserve a place, for entertainment value.

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It wasn't. Mach GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO or whatever was a manga first. There's just some need to limit the Japanese stuff because there could be a million billion obscure things then. I'd just be amused by Brian's reaction, mainly.

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Yeah, but the Wachowski movie was 100% an adaptation of the cartoon.

 

I tried to argue for decade based brackets, but was shot down.  Limiting the number of non-US movies speaks more to availability issues than anything else

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I think many of the foreign films will be in play-in games, so they get a mention but only for a few spots.

Same goes for some of the classic comic strips like Blondie, Annie, etc.

Work has been hellacious this week, so im a little behind on the research i wanted to do.

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Baba Yaga and Cemetery Man should also be looked at for the European brackets.

 

I almost support doing a poll type thing for this than a tournament as there's so many films.

 

Lone Wolf and Cub and Lady Snowblood are not hard to find.  There's a lot of Japanese films that are readily available.

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Fyi: no DC play-in game as it was not necesary.

Final play-in should be tonight and first match-ups should be posted Monday.

(Posting times may not be consistent every day, as i start new schedule at work after the holiday.)

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