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Tropical Island Movie Draft Thread - ROUND 20 FINISHED!!!
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Jerryaki
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^^it was a pretty good performance by vlade. but i thought the movie was just so-so.
on to my pick:
rudy (1993)
so this isn't the greatest movie ever, and the main actor ended up being a hobbit. and i don't understand much about football. or the irish. or any of the other things that other people who like this movie appreciate it for.
but man. the ultimate slow-clap scene.
RU-DY! RU-DY!
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Rudy is a 1993 film directed by David Anspaugh. It is an account of the life of Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger who harbored dreams of playing football at the University of Notre Dame despite significant obstacles. It was the first movie the Notre Dame administration allowed to be shot on campus since Knute Rockne, All American in 1940. In 2005 "Rudy" was named one of the best 25 sports movies of the previous 25 years in two polls by ESPN (#24 by a panel of sports experts, and #4 by espn.com users) [1]
on to my pick:
rudy (1993)
so this isn't the greatest movie ever, and the main actor ended up being a hobbit. and i don't understand much about football. or the irish. or any of the other things that other people who like this movie appreciate it for.
but man. the ultimate slow-clap scene.
RU-DY! RU-DY!
from wiki:
Rudy is a 1993 film directed by David Anspaugh. It is an account of the life of Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger who harbored dreams of playing football at the University of Notre Dame despite significant obstacles. It was the first movie the Notre Dame administration allowed to be shot on campus since Knute Rockne, All American in 1940. In 2005 "Rudy" was named one of the best 25 sports movies of the previous 25 years in two polls by ESPN (#24 by a panel of sports experts, and #4 by espn.com users) [1]
LoungeLizard
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^^it was a pretty good performance by vlade. but i thought the movie was just so-so.
on to my pick:
rudy (1993)
so this isn't the greatest movie ever, and the main actor ended up being a hobbit. and i don't understand much about football. or the irish. or any of the other things that other people who like this movie appreciate it for.
but man. the ultimate slow-clap scene.
RU-DY! RU-DY!
from wiki:
Rudy is a 1993 film directed by David Anspaugh. It is an account of the life of Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger who harbored dreams of playing football at the University of Notre Dame despite significant obstacles. It was the first movie the Notre Dame administration allowed to be shot on campus since Knute Rockne, All American in 1940. In 2005 "Rudy" was named one of the best 25 sports movies of the previous 25 years in two polls by ESPN (#24 by a panel of sports experts, and #4 by espn.com users) [1]
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NoBonus
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Because I have an affinity for movies with "Harold" in the title, I select, the funniest movie I have seen in a really long time: Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004)
I watched this movie when it first came out because, honestly, I really enjoy eating White Castle burgers (Sliders). They are only available fresh in the midwest (you can get them frozen at some grocery stores here on the west coast). The adventure Harold and Kumar have getting to the White Castle to quench their cravings is one of the funniest adventure comedies the world has ever known. Honestly, just thinking about Neil Patrick Harris in this film makes me laugh. Or that scene where they ride that cheetah... hilarious. Roll on the floor funny. I mean Bobby Lee from MAD TV is in this movie... it could not possibly be funnier without use of some sort of hypnosis or mind control. This film also opened my eyes to modern racism and stereotypes that seemed harmless from my perspective before, but I can fully appreciate their illogic now.
I watched this movie when it first came out because, honestly, I really enjoy eating White Castle burgers (Sliders). They are only available fresh in the midwest (you can get them frozen at some grocery stores here on the west coast). The adventure Harold and Kumar have getting to the White Castle to quench their cravings is one of the funniest adventure comedies the world has ever known. Honestly, just thinking about Neil Patrick Harris in this film makes me laugh. Or that scene where they ride that cheetah... hilarious. Roll on the floor funny. I mean Bobby Lee from MAD TV is in this movie... it could not possibly be funnier without use of some sort of hypnosis or mind control. This film also opened my eyes to modern racism and stereotypes that seemed harmless from my perspective before, but I can fully appreciate their illogic now.
D-Mass
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Man On The Moon (1999)
My last Jim Carrey flick, unless I decide to pick the one I think GGG was referring to awhile back...we'll see. Another best actor Golden Globe for Jim Carrey and another Oscar snub. I actually think his performance in this was better than in The Truman Show...capturing Andy Kaufman as a character must be pretty difficult. I like this film because of Andy Kaufman's style of comedy. He realized that comedy isn't all about telling jokes or falling through a table...sometimes making the crowd uncomfortable is what produces brilliant comedy. Wrestling women, his lounge-singer character Tony Clifton, coming onstage and reading entire novels in a British accent...all designed to create tension in the audience. People may have been angry at the time, but in retrospect, many now realize Kaufman's genius. Anyway, good film...and good performances by Danny DeVito, Paul Giamatti, Courtney Love, and several of the actors Andy Kaufman worked with in the past.
My last Jim Carrey flick, unless I decide to pick the one I think GGG was referring to awhile back...we'll see. Another best actor Golden Globe for Jim Carrey and another Oscar snub. I actually think his performance in this was better than in The Truman Show...capturing Andy Kaufman as a character must be pretty difficult. I like this film because of Andy Kaufman's style of comedy. He realized that comedy isn't all about telling jokes or falling through a table...sometimes making the crowd uncomfortable is what produces brilliant comedy. Wrestling women, his lounge-singer character Tony Clifton, coming onstage and reading entire novels in a British accent...all designed to create tension in the audience. People may have been angry at the time, but in retrospect, many now realize Kaufman's genius. Anyway, good film...and good performances by Danny DeVito, Paul Giamatti, Courtney Love, and several of the actors Andy Kaufman worked with in the past.
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NoBonus
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Try PM'ing the mods that run this draft... hate to wait another 24 hours to pick...
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
He just checked in this morning in the Babes thread, and he's still in the states. Said he would not be making picks over there until he got back and he have to forfeit picks. So I would assume that is true here too and skip over him. But not my call.
tradepeja
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So, with dime MIA and his picks being the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th round, I will take this opportunity to throw in a little twist to this draft.
I'm doing this to prevent the waning interest that I saw in the music draft and make this part of the draft nearly as important as the first two rounds.
First of all, I will be promoting draft trades, under the following circumstances:
1. If you make a trade with a fellow drafter, both parties will be awarded one additional draft pick.
2. You are allowed to trade two of your own picks for one pick of another drafter. Both parties will still receive their additional pick. However, trades of three-for-one or higher will not be allowed.
3. You can either make a maximum of two trades or be in position to end up with a maximum of 22 movies on your list. Whichever comes first.
4. Once awarded the additional draft pick(s), you will be allowed to use it/them at the designated time for your next pick. Basically, you'll do two (or three) picks in a row at your next opportunity.
5. All trades may first be proposed through PM between the desired parties. Once an agreement has been reached, both parties must send a PM with the same exact terms of the trade to me (try to use a subject line similar to the form of "tradepeja/D-Mass trade"). I will either allow it or deny it. If allowed, the trade will be posted in this thread for every drafter to make note of.
6. As an additional incentive, if you fail to make a single trade with any drafter, you will lose 15 points (in other words, a first place vote) in the post-draft coach's poll. This could affect your seeding greatly!
For those of you that might be getting several proposals for a certain movie (I think we all can think of one person...) make sure you weigh your options carefully if you decide to relinquish your movie. But, don't forget that you get an additional pick along with whatever you receive in trade which might get you more votes later than the single movie alone.
Also, we are skipping Dimedropper for the moment, but I'll make an exception on all 3 of his picks (the two right now, and the final pick of the draft). They all won't expire until the 24 hour window elapses on his final pick. I also realize him being MIA messes up any that would have otherwise wanted to trade for one of his movies. I fully expect him to be back before the draft is over and may extend his final pick's deadline a day or so to allow for trades if he still is not back by then. I hope, and think, he will be though.
Anyway, that means D-Mass is up, I'll send a PM out to him. Happy trading!
I'm doing this to prevent the waning interest that I saw in the music draft and make this part of the draft nearly as important as the first two rounds.
First of all, I will be promoting draft trades, under the following circumstances:
1. If you make a trade with a fellow drafter, both parties will be awarded one additional draft pick.
2. You are allowed to trade two of your own picks for one pick of another drafter. Both parties will still receive their additional pick. However, trades of three-for-one or higher will not be allowed.
3. You can either make a maximum of two trades or be in position to end up with a maximum of 22 movies on your list. Whichever comes first.
4. Once awarded the additional draft pick(s), you will be allowed to use it/them at the designated time for your next pick. Basically, you'll do two (or three) picks in a row at your next opportunity.
5. All trades may first be proposed through PM between the desired parties. Once an agreement has been reached, both parties must send a PM with the same exact terms of the trade to me (try to use a subject line similar to the form of "tradepeja/D-Mass trade"). I will either allow it or deny it. If allowed, the trade will be posted in this thread for every drafter to make note of.
6. As an additional incentive, if you fail to make a single trade with any drafter, you will lose 15 points (in other words, a first place vote) in the post-draft coach's poll. This could affect your seeding greatly!
For those of you that might be getting several proposals for a certain movie (I think we all can think of one person...) make sure you weigh your options carefully if you decide to relinquish your movie. But, don't forget that you get an additional pick along with whatever you receive in trade which might get you more votes later than the single movie alone.
Also, we are skipping Dimedropper for the moment, but I'll make an exception on all 3 of his picks (the two right now, and the final pick of the draft). They all won't expire until the 24 hour window elapses on his final pick. I also realize him being MIA messes up any that would have otherwise wanted to trade for one of his movies. I fully expect him to be back before the draft is over and may extend his final pick's deadline a day or so to allow for trades if he still is not back by then. I hope, and think, he will be though.
Anyway, that means D-Mass is up, I'll send a PM out to him. Happy trading!
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tradepeja
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Major changes in the Movie Draft Thread!
To spice things up a bit, I've made some pretty big (and hopefully fun) changes to the Movie Draft. The exact post detailing the new rules can be found here.
This thread can also serve as a discussion thread for the new rules. If you have any problems with them or any questions, ask them here. Try to leave them out of the main draft thread.
Thanks.
To spice things up a bit, I've made some pretty big (and hopefully fun) changes to the Movie Draft. The exact post detailing the new rules can be found here.
This thread can also serve as a discussion thread for the new rules. If you have any problems with them or any questions, ask them here. Try to leave them out of the main draft thread.
Thanks.
atxrocker
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uh... yeah, so people are penalized if they are unwilling to trade or find a trade partner? i think if people would want to trade and find someone willing to do so, then fine. but to take away points if they don't, even though that was never in the initial rules for the draft is kinda wrong, no?
tradepeja
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Yes, that problem crossed my mind. And then the next thought that crossed my mind was "This is a trivial movie draft, who cares?"
I just want people to get out there and try to trade. Try to get things moving. If this really fails, of course I'll take away the penalty. But it stays for now.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Whoa there young grasshopper.
Interesting as all that may have been if introduced before the draft even began, opening up the door for the taking of strategic picks and whatnot, you can't just unilaterally and without warning change the rules of the game with 1 round remaining with a great many people having substantially drafted something approximating the island they wanted all along, rather than taking picks with trades in mind. This becomes particularly probelmatic when you yourself have been vocal about several favored movies you lost to others, as it suggests a scheme to "correct" that risk that everybody has taken.
Interesting as all that may have been if introduced before the draft even began, opening up the door for the taking of strategic picks and whatnot, you can't just unilaterally and without warning change the rules of the game with 1 round remaining with a great many people having substantially drafted something approximating the island they wanted all along, rather than taking picks with trades in mind. This becomes particularly probelmatic when you yourself have been vocal about several favored movies you lost to others, as it suggests a scheme to "correct" that risk that everybody has taken.
tradepeja
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Okay, I'm going to remove the Top 5 part as the trade rules are creating enough confusion as it is already.
As far as the trade rules are concerned, I fail to see the monumental problem here. I had been planning throwing a twist into the end of the draft for weeks now and it was confirmed for me when I saw the decrease in interest in the music draft as it wound down. Not to sound like a pretentious movie-quoting douche, but, "Why so serious?"
This is just something for fun, I don't have any ulterior motives. Several people have expressed regret when someone has taken a movie they coveted, not just me. Plus both trading parties have the ability to strengthen their draft if the trade is right.
As far as the trade rules are concerned, I fail to see the monumental problem here. I had been planning throwing a twist into the end of the draft for weeks now and it was confirmed for me when I saw the decrease in interest in the music draft as it wound down. Not to sound like a pretentious movie-quoting douche, but, "Why so serious?"
This is just something for fun, I don't have any ulterior motives. Several people have expressed regret when someone has taken a movie they coveted, not just me. Plus both trading parties have the ability to strengthen their draft if the trade is right.
6th
Homer Fan Since 1985
Okay, I'm going to remove the Top 5 part as the trade rules are creating enough confusion as it is already.
As far as the trade rules are concerned, I fail to see the monumental problem here. I had been planning throwing a twist into the end of the draft for weeks now and it was confirmed for me when I saw the decrease in interest in the music draft as it wound down. Not to sound like a pretentious movie-quoting douche, but, "Why so serious?"
This is just something for fun, I don't have any ulterior motives. Several people have expressed regret when someone has taken a movie they coveted, not just me. Plus both trading parties have the ability to strengthen their draft if the trade is right.
Why so serious? It does not matter what you planned or for how long you planned it. If a game is to be played here then rules are set, people sign up, and the game is played according to those rules.
Sorry, but what you are planning sounds rather juvenile to me.
As a neutral observer, I really think if you want to allow trades that's one thing, but giving people an extra pick because they traded? That's punishing people who were able to draft what they wanted. I don't think that's particularly fair at this stage of the game.
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The rules as established when the thread was created are still in force.
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Once a draft thread is underway, the rules are LOCKED. Allowing changes to the rules is simply not in the best interests of anyone participating, nor is it fair. Since this has really been an active thread, I don't think there's any reason to fix something that isn't broken.
The rules as established when the thread was created are still in force.
Thank you on behalf of the Kingsfans.com moderation staff
tradepeja
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For some reason, I seemed to think I was the commissioner of this draft. I'm pretty sure I am and for all intents and purposes, I can do whatever I want with it. Hell, I could end it right now if I felt like it. Or maybe change everyone's picks to "Battlefield: Earth"...that'd be a good one.
I'm sorry but you can't make blanket rules for these silly draft threads. Especially a rule about changing the rules (am I the only one seeing the irony here?). Almost every draft's rules have evolved slightly as they've gone along, fixing problems here and there. I earlier changed the rule on when people's draft picks get voided, if I'm to reading your new dictation correctly, then you better go change that back to how it was.
Seeing, again, that this is my thread, please reinstate my initial post (I'll even take out the no-trade penalty). Only 3 of the participating members of this draft even commented on the changes. I think it requires a bit more input than that.
And no, this thread was not going along just fine. For a while there, every pick was taking longer than the 24 hours, and interest was way down. It will only drop further as it ends.
This was just to pique interest! I would have loved to see a twist at the end of the music draft. For me, it would have been fun to try to haggle an Eminem, Pearl Jam, or Outkast album out of someone.
I wasn't even looking at this as a rule "change" and really should not have posted it that way in the additional thread. It was more an addition of rules. Nowhere in the original rules did it say you couldn't trade and I've seen trades, jokingly or otherwise, proposed in other drafts.
Lighten up people, this is a fantasy movie draft! Why can't we have a little fun?
You're more like Mark Cuban or one of the other franchise owners. We, the moderating staff, are David Stern.
Sorry, dude. You're not going to change the rules. If you wanted a twist at the end, you should have said so at the beginning.
We're being consistent with all the draft threads. That way, everyone knows where they stand.
If it's not proceeding at your pace, maybe you're just impatient? There are only two rounds left.
Sorry, dude. You're not going to change the rules. If you wanted a twist at the end, you should have said so at the beginning.
We're being consistent with all the draft threads. That way, everyone knows where they stand.
If it's not proceeding at your pace, maybe you're just impatient? There are only two rounds left.
tradepeja
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If you keep deleting my posts for no reason after replying to them, people are going to start to think you're talking to yourself.
Why do "we" need to be consistent in all draft threads? Why can't some of them be different? Who needs to know where they "stand"? Why the hell is this all so serious? I really don't get why we need intervention from the so called David Stern of Kingsfans.com to make sure these threads conform to one another.
I'll say this again, but these are fantasy draft threads.
Fantasy. Draft. Threads.
Where we pick movies or girls or music to take to an imaginary island. For fun. Why does everything need to be so perfect? I really see no good reason why I can't make my dumb little change and see how it goes at least.
This isn't rocket science. Or even science. This isn't anything. Its a time waster. At the very least, lets implement trading in the final part here in order to just see if it would work for the full-time of a draft. It could be our little experiment. No one would have to know.
Why? Because you've already tried to initiate trades? 
What you're trying to do is change the game to suit yourself. That ain't cool. And it's not the way to get people more interested when you - the commissioner - try to change the rules 18 rounds into the thread.
You can say whatever you want as many times as you like but it's not going to change the facts. And trying to be sarcastic only makes you look silly.
Of course you don't see a good reason why you can't change the rules to suit yourself. Bonaparte thought the same...
What you're trying to do is change the game to suit yourself. That ain't cool. And it's not the way to get people more interested when you - the commissioner - try to change the rules 18 rounds into the thread.
You can say whatever you want as many times as you like but it's not going to change the facts. And trying to be sarcastic only makes you look silly.
Of course you don't see a good reason why you can't change the rules to suit yourself. Bonaparte thought the same...
tradepeja
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Why? Because you've already tried to initiate trades?
What you're trying to do is change the game to suit yourself. That ain't cool. And it's not the way to get people more interested when you - the commissioner - try to change the rules 18 rounds into the thread.
You can say whatever you want as many times as you like but it's not going to change the facts. And trying to be sarcastic only makes you look silly.
Of course you don't see a good reason why you can't change the rules to suit yourself. Bonaparte thought the same...
This has absolutely nothing to do with changing the rules to suit myself. I have no idea where you came up with that. I am not the only person in the draft to lose picks to people. In fact, I'd assume everyone has, so this accusation is absolutely ridiculous and just probably stems from the same misconceptions you always have about me.
Maybe its because I sent a trade proposal to Warhawk already? See, for some reason I thought these changes wouldn't be a huge deal. I thought people would just see the fun in the possibility of trading, and obviously didn't think I'd have a mod coming in to delete every bit of evidence that I even tried to change the draft up.
For once, try not to assume I have some vile intent here. I wanted to just make the draft more interesting. Instead, I'm here arguing with you trying to defend my attempts to change up this trivial thread.
If you want to put to a vote whether the participants wanted to add a formal trade option, that is one thing. We can take a vote after all 20 rounds are complete. "Decreeing" that everyone had to make a trade 18 rounds into a draft or you lose points in the ranking system is, well, lunacy.
By the way, as slow as this draft is going (according to you), I believe you are holding up one of the other drafts right now.
By the way, as slow as this draft is going (according to you), I believe you are holding up one of the other drafts right now.
tradepeja
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How can anything to do with these drafts be lunacy? I wanted to just promote trading. If you lose 15 pts in your coach's poll is it going to make the news? Are you going to tell anyone outside of this board? Will you not be able to sleep at night? Will you tell your wife? Will you even think of it if you aren't sitting in front of your computer?
Oh yeah, and I am deciding my single pick right now.....it'll be a good one.
Oh yeah, and I am deciding my single pick right now.....it'll be a good one.
May I make a suggestion?
tradepeja, allow the draft to finish with the rules as defined.
Once the draft has finished, before voting begins PM the participants in the draft to see how they feel about a one week trade window.
If 12 (75%) or more of the participants find a trade round acceptable, then allow the one week trade window before the first round of voting.
If not, LET... IT... GO. This may be a "trivial" thread, but 16 people have invested 2 months of their time into it with clearly defined rules. At least give them a say before you go unilaterally invoking new rules.
tradepeja, allow the draft to finish with the rules as defined.
Once the draft has finished, before voting begins PM the participants in the draft to see how they feel about a one week trade window.
If 12 (75%) or more of the participants find a trade round acceptable, then allow the one week trade window before the first round of voting.
If not, LET... IT... GO. This may be a "trivial" thread, but 16 people have invested 2 months of their time into it with clearly defined rules. At least give them a say before you go unilaterally invoking new rules.
We have 16 players scattered across the US (and maybe some internationally, I haven't loked closely) and all of a sudden you think it would be fun and not a big deal to force everyone to make a trade or lose ranking points. Yeah, sounds great. What if I like my picks? You want to penalize me for making good picks to begin with?
And no, I am not trading Raiders of the Lost Ark. That one is all mine.
Like I said, if you want to take a vote on the topic of trades after the 20 rounds are up, fine. We can debate the finer points of the trade system to implement at that time, if it gets approved. Let's just finish the picks first, OK?
Edit - I like pdx's idea. Again, we can look into it after the draft is over.
What if I like my picks? You want to penalize me for making good picks to begin with?And no, I am not trading Raiders of the Lost Ark. That one is all mine.
Like I said, if you want to take a vote on the topic of trades after the 20 rounds are up, fine. We can debate the finer points of the trade system to implement at that time, if it gets approved. Let's just finish the picks first, OK?
Edit - I like pdx's idea. Again, we can look into it after the draft is over.
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