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Old 08-07-12, 01:43 AM
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

My last few challenges have been so poor that I haven't even included the checklist. I didn't finish my Potter marathon, I didn't see TDKR, and I didn't resume Buffy. But I did crack open my TNG BD sampler, and I did get in some good first-time views: Resident Evil Afterlife, John Carter (intentionally held off on it till the challenge), Alien 3 (didn't finish #4), Prometheus (conveniently didn't get around to it till the challenge), and Moon.
Old 08-11-12, 10:12 AM
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My list is finalized. I completed the checklist with no duplications. The average time of the movies I watched was 1 hour, 40 minutes. All of my watches but 3 were first-time. I broke them down by where I got the movie from, the breakdown is as follows:

TCM HD 31:50:13 23
Borrowed DVD 7:13:38 19 (Anime Episodes)
Netflix DVD 12:31:46 8
Library DVD 10:10:15 6
Netflix Blu-Ray 10:40:43 6
Netflix Streaming 7:18:51 5
Blockbuster DVD 7:12:01 4
Theater 8:30:00 4
Family Video Blu-Ray 5:50:36 3
Personal DVD 5:14:13 3
Encore Action 2:59:07 2
Family Video DVD 3:10:34 2
Blockbuster Blu-Ray 1:58:15 1
Epix HD 1:40:39 1
Epix 3 HD 1:52:41 1
Epix on Demand 1:28:00 1
HBO HD 1:35:30 1
HBO Family HD 1:35:20 1
HDNet Movies 1:35:40 1
Movieplex 1:31:41 1
Showtime Beyond HD 1:37:45 1
Showtime Showcase HD 1:33:47 1

Since I'm trying to watch as many new watches as possible it seems that I'm starting to run out of TCM movies to watch. I will have enough for maybe one more year of the Sci-Fi challenge and maybe 2-3 more Horror challenges so I may have to resort to other means to get my movies. I envy you all that have so many movies in your personal collections.
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

Results coming soon...
Old 08-11-12, 05:02 PM
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

Looking forward to them. What type of things are in the results section? Just curious having never done one of these before. Thanks!
Old 08-11-12, 06:54 PM
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

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Looking forward to them. What type of things are in the results section? Just curious having never done one of these before. Thanks!
The results of the drawings for prize winners and an overall ranking based on the amount watched. I'm not fancy like the other guys, so I don't use a lot of tables and graphics.

And speaking of prizes, you should be excited...
Old 08-11-12, 07:15 PM
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

Originally Posted by Mister Peepers
The results of the drawings for prize winners and an overall ranking based on the amount watched. I'm not fancy like the other guys, so I don't use a lot of tables and graphics.

And speaking of prizes, you should be excited...
Whoo hoo! I am excited!
Old 08-11-12, 07:32 PM
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

150+ Club
shellebelle 184 - Was second place to tarfrimmer last year
tarfrimmer 164 - Watched more than last year but it wasn't enough to come in first
NoirFan 156 - More than doubled what he did last year


100-149 Club
BobO'Link 147 - Same total as last year
mrcellophane 101 - Another large increase


75-99 Club
lisadoris 88 - Watched 2/3, compared to last year
Gobear 87 - Another similar drop
Cronenbergfan71 86.5 - More than doubled from last year
SterlingBen 80 - Nearly doubled
coyoteblue 79 - Another doubler
orlmac 78.25 - A small drop
LJG765 70 - Good first challenge with 70


50-74 Club
MrTerrific 70 - Small drop but enough to put him in the next lower club
Mister Peepers 68.13 - More like Mister Awesome, am i rite? Don't know what I was doing last year. Only got 29.
Ash Ketchum 59 - Moving up in the world and into one higher club
omike 58 - Slight increase
pagefrance 57 - Small dip compared to last year
InnocentBlood 56 - I believe another new player
Giles 56 - Decent increase into a higher club
popcorn 54 - Another first timer


25-49 Club
KaBluie 45 - Slight dip from last year
jmsmath 44 - Another dipper
zaphod2467 41.5 - Third dipper
Indy24LA 40 - Fourth dipper, doing 2/3 compared to last year
Chad 36 - Used to be a centurion
cardsfan111 36 - 6th dipper in a row. Can we make it 7?
ororama 34.5 - Nope. A good increase.
shadokitty 32 - Cut the amount by over half this year
Qrusher14242 32 - Yet another first timer
Darkgod 31 - 1 less than last year
terrycloth 30 - Another noticeable dip from last year
HyperWeather 28.5 - With an increase of 1
hbsvb 27 - More new players
Jeffy Pop 26 - A small increase but enough to step up to the next club


1-24 Club
Dimension X 22 - About half from last year and enough to move into Club Ghetto
Undeadcow 20 - Another new dipper into the club
GoldenWheels 16 - More new players and one of our sponsors
Screwadu 15 - Another new player
acubfaninmd 15 - Slightly lower than last year
davidh777 14.5 - Same with him
Trevor 12 - As the Challenge Compendium Composer, he should be better about numbering his list
indiephantom 11.5 - Another cherry popper
Bladz 10 - Popping more cherries
Darth Maher 9 - Someone else that wasn't here last year
gp1086 8 - More fresh meat
spartickes 7 - Another fresh fish
MScottM 5 - Yet another new player
LickTheABCs 5 - More freshness
WallyOPD 4 - And another new customer


Prize Winners
Frankenhooker
shadokitty

Real Steel
Gobear

Inception
tarfrimmer

Alien From The Deep
orlmac

Battle Beyond the Sun
acubfaninmd

Destination Space
LJG765


Prize winners should PM me with a mailing address.
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

PM sent with address MP. Looking forward to seeing Frankenhooker.
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

Felt bad that I didn't watch near as much as I did last year, but life just got in the way this year.
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

Congrats to the winners, and thanks to Mister Peepers for running it!
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

Congratulations to all the winners with a special congrats to LJG765 for winning on the first time to participate!

I must take exception with the results indicating I watched the same as last year. I had in increase of *3* titles over last year!

Thanks for running the challenge Mister Peepers!

Special Thanks to the sponsors!
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Thanks to everyone who helped this first timer out with suggestions and answers! I had fun participating and was very surprised to win first time out! I liked this one so much I decided to do the animation challenge as well, though don't know if I'll do more after that. These challenges are definitely making me go through my unwatched piles! I don't feel as guilty for not watching movies as they come in as much now! I was merely waiting for the right challenge!
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

Originally Posted by LJG765
Thanks to everyone who helped this first timer out with suggestions and answers! I had fun participating and was very surprised to win first time out! I liked this one so much I decided to do the animation challenge as well, though don't know if I'll do more after that. These challenges are definitely making me go through my unwatched piles! I don't feel as guilty for not watching movies as they come in as much now! I was merely waiting for the right challenge!
Glad you had fun LJG, and as stated before, a special congrats for winning on your very first challenge.
Old 08-11-12, 11:06 PM
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Thanks for running a great challenge Mr. Peepers. As always you do a great job and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. I have sent a pm with my address for Alien From the Deep.
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grats to all the winners and a thank you to MP for running the challenge

i didnt watch as much as i wanted to but enjoyed what i seen and have added a bunch to my to watch list looking thru the lists of others.,
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Wow look at all the first timers, awesome! I didn't have the total I had last year but I had a specific mission this time around and I nailed it. Thanks Mister Pipers for another wonderful challenge.
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PM sent with address. Thank you so much! I had a great time watching some terrific films with you folks.
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

Great job MP, thanks for all the work on your Challenges!

Sorry about the numbering, I kept meaning to finish my list, but hoped you'd be less prompt!
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

Congrats to the winners. Thanks to the sponsors. And thanks to Mister Peepers for running this one.

Originally Posted by Mister Peepers

1-24 Club
Dimension X 22 - About half from last year and enough to move into Club Ghetto
I was hoping to hit 42 again this year, but I just haven't been in much of a movie & TV watching mood these past couple of months.
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

Most of what I'm watching for the Animation Challenge is still sci-fi.
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

All Hamilton's prizes going out priority mail today guy, congrats and enjoy!

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