Haha, I was thinking of that idea too. I've done those before and with your rule of 1 post per person per day, it seems like a fair way to go, instead of 1 person boosting up their favorite every 2nd post. Actually, another good way is to start out with like 15 or so, and then when 1 band gets down to 0, the person who officially eliminates them can add a band of their own (starting off with 15 points). There'd have to be some sort of limit on how many bands can be added this way though, as this could go on forever
TDOS Tropical Island Drafts
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What about a movie thread with a twist?
You're stuck on the island and for some reason there's an abandoned Drive-In Movie facility. You can have 12 movies to watch for all eternity - with one proviso. The only movies you can pick are of the "B" variety, the kind made famous by the likes of Roger Corbin.
I'll firm up what defines B movie and come up with the rest of the rules when it's time for signups.
You're stuck on the island and for some reason there's an abandoned Drive-In Movie facility. You can have 12 movies to watch for all eternity - with one proviso. The only movies you can pick are of the "B" variety, the kind made famous by the likes of Roger Corbin.
I'll firm up what defines B movie and come up with the rest of the rules when it's time for signups.
Here's what Wikipedia has to say about B movies...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_movies
B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture conceived neither as an arthouse film nor as pornography. In its original usage, during the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature. Although the U.S. production of movies intended as second features largely ceased by the end of the 1950s, the term B movie continued to be used in the broader sense it maintains today. In its post–Golden Age usage, there is ambiguity on both sides of the definition: on the one hand, many B movies display a high degree of craft and aesthetic ingenuity; on the other, the primary interest of many inexpensive exploitation films is prurient. In some cases, both are true.
In either usage, most B movies represent a particular genre—the Western was a Golden Age B movie staple, while low-budget science-fiction and horror films became more popular in the 1950s. Early B movies were often part of series in which the star repeatedly played the same character. Almost always shorter than the top-billed films they were paired with, many had running times of 70 minutes or less. The term connoted a general perception that B movies were inferior to the more handsomely budgeted headliners; individual B films were often ignored by critics. Latter-day B movies still sometimes inspire multiple sequels, but series are less common. As the average running time of top-of-the-line films increased, so did that of B pictures. In its current usage, the term has two primary and somewhat contradictory connotations: it may signal an opinion that a certain movie is (a) a genre film with minimal artistic ambitions or (b) a lively, energetic film uninhibited by the constraints imposed on more expensive projects and unburdened by the conventions of putatively "serious" independent film. The term is also now used loosely to refer to some higher budgeted, mainstream films with exploitation-style content, usually in genres traditionally associated with the B movie.
From their beginnings to the present day, B movies have provided opportunities both for those coming up in the profession and others whose careers are waning. Celebrated filmmakers such as Anthony Mann and Jonathan Demme learned their craft in B movies. B movies are where actors such as John Wayne and Jack Nicholson became established, and the Bs have also provided work for former A movie actors, such as Vincent Price and Karen Black. Some actors, such as Béla Lugosi and Pam Grier, worked in B movies for most of their careers. The term B actor is sometimes used to refer to a performer who finds work primarily or exclusively in B pictures.
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I'm thnking that's a good point to start. If it made mega-milliions in ticket sales, for example, it's clearly not a B movie. I guess we'll just have to flesh out all the details when the thread is activated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_movies
B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture conceived neither as an arthouse film nor as pornography. In its original usage, during the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature. Although the U.S. production of movies intended as second features largely ceased by the end of the 1950s, the term B movie continued to be used in the broader sense it maintains today. In its post–Golden Age usage, there is ambiguity on both sides of the definition: on the one hand, many B movies display a high degree of craft and aesthetic ingenuity; on the other, the primary interest of many inexpensive exploitation films is prurient. In some cases, both are true.
In either usage, most B movies represent a particular genre—the Western was a Golden Age B movie staple, while low-budget science-fiction and horror films became more popular in the 1950s. Early B movies were often part of series in which the star repeatedly played the same character. Almost always shorter than the top-billed films they were paired with, many had running times of 70 minutes or less. The term connoted a general perception that B movies were inferior to the more handsomely budgeted headliners; individual B films were often ignored by critics. Latter-day B movies still sometimes inspire multiple sequels, but series are less common. As the average running time of top-of-the-line films increased, so did that of B pictures. In its current usage, the term has two primary and somewhat contradictory connotations: it may signal an opinion that a certain movie is (a) a genre film with minimal artistic ambitions or (b) a lively, energetic film uninhibited by the constraints imposed on more expensive projects and unburdened by the conventions of putatively "serious" independent film. The term is also now used loosely to refer to some higher budgeted, mainstream films with exploitation-style content, usually in genres traditionally associated with the B movie.
From their beginnings to the present day, B movies have provided opportunities both for those coming up in the profession and others whose careers are waning. Celebrated filmmakers such as Anthony Mann and Jonathan Demme learned their craft in B movies. B movies are where actors such as John Wayne and Jack Nicholson became established, and the Bs have also provided work for former A movie actors, such as Vincent Price and Karen Black. Some actors, such as Béla Lugosi and Pam Grier, worked in B movies for most of their careers. The term B actor is sometimes used to refer to a performer who finds work primarily or exclusively in B pictures.
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I'm thnking that's a good point to start. If it made mega-milliions in ticket sales, for example, it's clearly not a B movie. I guess we'll just have to flesh out all the details when the thread is activated.
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You could make that a mini-draft, 6 to 8 people. I think there's enough FF fans on here to take part in that. (I'm not one )
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We'll see if there's any interest. I'm sure SLAB will be down with it. Havin second thoughts on the Multiplayer draft though, seems a bit redundant to me
I did choose it.
I started playing FFX and got somewhat into it but then my house got broken into and my PS2 got taken with game/memory card inside.
I was pissed about losing all my progress I just haven't gone back yet.
Everytime I think about it I say I need to re-buy it, but whenever Im at Gamestop I levitate to the DS/PS3 sections.
I started playing FFX and got somewhat into it but then my house got broken into and my PS2 got taken with game/memory card inside.
I was pissed about losing all my progress I just haven't gone back yet.
Everytime I think about it I say I need to re-buy it, but whenever Im at Gamestop I levitate to the DS/PS3 sections.
Okay, here's my take...for whatever it's worth.
Some of these draft thread ideas are getting way too specfic, IMHO. The whole idea of them was to provide as many people as possible with something to do to wile away the TDOS. When you start getting too far into specifics, you eliminate the vast majority of people on the board from participating.
Just my two cents, but I'm thinking the more general the category - like what we had most often last season - the more members who will find a reason to participate.
Some of these draft thread ideas are getting way too specfic, IMHO. The whole idea of them was to provide as many people as possible with something to do to wile away the TDOS. When you start getting too far into specifics, you eliminate the vast majority of people on the board from participating.
Just my two cents, but I'm thinking the more general the category - like what we had most often last season - the more members who will find a reason to participate.