Go Back  DVD Talk Forum > DVD Discussions > DVD Talk
Reload this Page >

DVDTalk Draft Game…Voting Round 2…Come one, come all!

Community
Search
DVD Talk Talk about DVDs and Movies on DVD including Covers and Cases

DVDTalk Draft Game…Voting Round 2…Come one, come all!

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 09-15-05, 12:56 PM
  #1  
Moderator
Thread Starter
 
Groucho's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Posts: 71,383
Received 122 Likes on 84 Posts
DVDTalk Draft Game…Voting Round 2…Come one, come all!

Voting is now CLOSED

Welcome to round two of the DVDTalk Draft Tournament! In this thread, the players drafted a roster of ten DVDs each. Now, it is up to you, the DVDTalk community, to vote on who has the best collection.

We are now in round 2 of this single-elimination tournament. In order to vote, you need to reply to this post telling me who you think has the best roster. Your vote will not count unless you vote on every pair!

Players in the game are also allowed to vote. Optionally, they are also allowed to post to this thread telling everybody why they think you should vote for their collection.

So, let the voting begin! The polls close exactly 24 hours after the timestamp of this post. Match-ups will be listed in the first reply to this post.

Good luck to all the participants!

Last edited by Groucho; 09-16-05 at 12:57 PM.
Old 09-15-05, 12:57 PM
  #2  
Moderator
Thread Starter
 
Groucho's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Posts: 71,383
Received 122 Likes on 84 Posts
This Round’s Match-Ups

1. Drexl vs. jfrost
Drexl’s Collection:
1. Fantasia Anthology (Box set)
2. The Decalogue (TV)
3. Moulin Rouge (2001)
4. Aladdin Platinum
5. Amelie
6. Sunset Boulevard
7. Forrest Gump
8. Superman: The Movie
9. The Stunt Man LE
10. Wings of Desire

jfrost’s Collection:
1. Fellowship of the Rings Extended Edition
2. Se7en Platinum
3. Gladiator (EE)
4. Memento LE
5. Die Hard Ultimate Collection
6. Panic Room 3 disc SE
7. Taken (TV)
8. Brotherhood of the Wolf (3-disc CE)
9. Royal Tenenbaums CC
10. Spirited Away
2. Franchot vs. exharrison
Franchot's Collection:
1. Honeymooners: Classic 39 Episodes (TV)
2. Casablanca (2 disc SE)
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest SE
4. Raging Bull SE
5. Treasure of the Sierra Madre SE
6. Schindler’s List
7. North By Northwest
8. It Happened One Night
9. Woody Allen Collection #3, 1982-1987 (Box)
10. The Sound Of Music--Five Star Collection

exharrison’s Collection:
1. The Professional: Deluxe Edition
2. Pulp Fiction CE
3. Undeclared (TV)
4. Princess Bride SE
5. American Beauty: Awards Edition
6. Grave of the Fireflies: Special Edition
7. The Abyss 2 Disc Special Edition
8. Army of Darkness: Boomstick Edition
9. Bruce Lee: Master Collection (Box)
10. Yi Yi
3. Mhepburn20 vs. ryuryu2949
Mhepburn20’s Collection:
1. The Adventures of Antoine Doinel (Box set)
2. Fanny and Alexander (CC)
3. Beauty and the Beast (CC)
4. Monty Python Megaset Flying Circus (TV)
5. Notorius (CC)
6. Ikuru (CC)
7. Amadeus (2 disc)
8. Looney Tunes Golden Collection
9. Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Vista Series
10. Lawrence of Arabia (LE)

ryuryu2949’s Collection:
1. Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers Extended Edition
2. Back to the Future Trilogy (Boxset)
3. Seinfeld Season 4 (TV)
4. Shawshank Redeption 3-disc Deluxe Edition
5. Unforgiven 2-disc SE
6. The Deer Hunter (Legacy Series)
7. The Usual Suspects SE
8. Rashomon (Criterion Collection)
9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2-Disc CE)
10. Old School (Unrated, WS)
4. Joe Molotov vs. RyoHazuki
Joe Molotov’s Collection:
1. Lawrence of Arabia: Superbit
2. Once Upon a Time in the West
3. Seven Samurai CC
4. The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 25th Ann
5. The Matrix
6. Twin Peaks: Season 1 (TV)
7. Gandhi
8. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick/Remastered)
9. Apocalypse Now (Theatrical Edition)
10. A Chistmas Story: 2-Disc SE

RyoHazuki’s Collection:
1. Band of Brothers (TV)
2. Rules of the Game (Criterion)
3. Good Bad Ugly SE
4. Eraserhead
5. True Romance SE
6. Yakuza Papers Boxset
7. Toy Story 10th Aniv. SE
8. To Kill a Mockingbird SE
9. Schindler’s List Giftset
10. Do the Right Thing (Criterion)
5. cleaver vs. Cameron
cleaver’s Collection:
1. Godfather Trilogy (Box)
2. Terminator 2 Ulimate Edition
3. Monster’s Inc
4. Rushmore Criterion
5. Saving Private Ryan WW2 Edition
6. Die Hard 5-Star Edition
7. The Sting (Legacy Series)
8. 12 Monkeys Special Edition
9. Animal House DSPE WS
10. Star Trek The Next Generation Season 4 (TV)

Cameron’s Collection:
1. Snow White Platinum
2. Edison: The Invention of the Movies
3. Jaws 30th Anniversary Edition
4. 8 1/2 Criterion
5. Metropolis Kino
6. The Adventures of Pete & Pete Season 1 (TV)
7. Bringing up Baby 2 Disc SE
8. The Who: The Kids are Alright 2 disc SE
9. Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2
10. Director series: Spike Jonze
6. raining_helper vs. dollfins1
raining_helper’s Collection:
1. Mickey Mouse in Living Color Vol 1
2. Arrested Development Season One
3. Dark City
4. Magnolia
5. Night of the Living Dead (Millenium Edition)
6. Suspiria 3 disc SE
7. Ingmar Bergman Collection
8. Throne of Blood (CC)
9. The Day The Earth Stood Still
10. Naked Lunch (CC)

dollfins1’s Collection:
1. Alien Quadrilogy
2. Star Trek TOS Season 1 (TV)
3. E.T. CE Giftset
4. Jurassic Park CE (DTS)
5. West Side Story Special Edition DVD Collector's Set
6. Wizard of Oz
7. Rebel Without a Cause (WB 2 disc SE)
8. The Great Escape (2-Disc Collector's Set)
9. Mary Poppins: 40th Anniversary Edition
10. Planet Of The Apes: 35th Anniversary CE
7. slop101 vs. darkhawk
slop101’s Collection:
1. Brazil (Criterion)
2. Citizen Kane
3. Led Zeppelin DVD
4. Goodfellas 2-disc SE
5. The Bridge on the River Kwai 2-disc LE
6. Life Aquatic (2-disc Criterion)
7. Deadwood Season 1 (TV)
8. Dr. Strangelove (2-disc, 40th anniversary SE)
9. Bambi (2-disc platinum ed.)
10. Short Cuts (Criterion)

darkhawk’s Collection:
1. Gone With the Wind SE
2. The Thorn Birds (TV)
3. Hard Day’s Night
4. Rebecca (Criterion) OOP
5. Spellbound (Criterion)
6. Big Trouble in Little China (2 disk SE)
7. The French Connection SE
8. Wuthering Heights (1939)
9. The Lion King Platinum
10. Frankenstein (Legacy Collection)
8. obscurelabel vs. William Fuld
obscurelabel’s Collection:
1. Salo (Criterion)
2. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Criterion)
3. This is Spinal Tap (Criterion)
4. Sid and Nancy (Criterion)
5. Silence of the Lambs (Criterion)
6. The Red Desert (Image)
7. Two Lane Blacktop (Anchor Bay) (Colletor's Tin version)
8. Othello (1952/Welles/Image)
9. Three Colors Trilogy (Box)
10. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season One (TV)

William Fuld’s Collection:
1. by Brakhage: An Anthology (Box)
2. In the Mood for Love
3. Singin’ in the Rain SE
4. Simpsons Season 4
5. Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
6. My Darling Clementine
7. 2001: A Space Odyssey
8. L'Âge d'Or
9. Mulholland Drive
10. Band of Outsiders
Old 09-15-05, 01:06 PM
  #3  
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: East of Ypsi
Posts: 8,905
Received 5 Likes on 5 Posts
My votes go to:

jfrost
exharrison
ryuryu2949
RyuHazuki (tough one!!!)
cleaver
raining_helper
slop101
obscurelabel
Old 09-15-05, 01:06 PM
  #4  
DVD Talk Legend
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Atascadero, CA
Posts: 10,276
Received 248 Likes on 185 Posts
jfrost’s Collection
exharrison’s Collection
ryuryu2949’s Collection
Joe Molotov’s Collection
cleaver’s Collection
dollfins1’s Collection
darkhawk’s Collection
William Fuld’s Collection
Old 09-15-05, 01:14 PM
  #5  
DVD Talk Limited Edition
 
jdpatri's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 6,745
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
1. jfrost
2. exharrison
3. mhepburn20
4. Joe Molotov
5. Cameron
6. raining_helper
7. slop101
8. obscurelabel
Old 09-15-05, 01:18 PM
  #6  
DVD Talk Special Edition
 
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,412
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
1. jfrost
2. exharrison
3. ryuryu2949
4. RyoHazuki
5. Cleaver
6. dollfins1
7. slop101
8. William Fuld
Old 09-15-05, 01:34 PM
  #7  
DVD Talk Special Edition
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Split time between DC and NYC
Posts: 1,188
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
My votes:

1. jfrost
2. exharrison
3. ryuryu2949
4. RyoHazuki
5. Cleaver (Cameron: Pete & Pete? What? But I like the DS: Spike Jones choice)
6. dollfins1
7. slop101
8. obscurelabel (Spinal Tap CC--what a great commentary)
Old 09-15-05, 01:36 PM
  #8  
DVD Talk Special Edition
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Portland OR
Posts: 1,747
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
1. Drexl - Got to go with Amélie and Moulin Rouge. Other wise Die Hard would have won me over.

2. Franchot's - I was happy to vote for exharrison's collection last time, but as a current Harrison, Franchot has the better selection with Casablanca, Cuckoo's Nest, Treasure, Schindler and North by Northwest.

3. Mhepburn20 - It's a little too Criterion heavy, but Doinel, Notorious, Amadeus and Lawrence are favorites. And I just can't vote for Old School.

4. Joe Molotov’s - The first really rough choice for me. RyoHazuki has Band of Brothers which is probably the prize of my collection. But Joe has Lawrence, Once Upon a Time, Seven Samurai, Matrix and Christmas Story. Even though I have to give up Band of Brothers, there's just more juicy goodness in Joe's.

5. cleaver - Another tough one that just came down to who has more good titles. And I'm out of clever things to say.

6. dollfins1 - Not a stinker in the lot.

7. slop101 - Brazil, Kane, Kwai, Deadwood, Bambi. I'd enjoy spending time with this group.

8. William Fuld - While I love the Three Colors trilogy from obscurelabel’s collection, it just feels a little too pretentious with half the collection being Criterion. Not enough diversity for my tastes. Plus Willy has Singin' in the Rain!
Old 09-15-05, 01:37 PM
  #9  
DVD Talk Special Edition
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,496
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
1.jfrost
2.exharrison
3.ryuryu2949
4.JoeMolotov
5.Cleaver (TOUGH call)
6.dollfins1
7.darkhawk
8.obscurelabel
Old 09-15-05, 01:42 PM
  #10  
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Jobland
Posts: 4,289
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Originally Posted by MEJHarrison
8. William Fuld - While I love the Three Colors trilogy from obscurelabel’s collection, it just feels a little too pretentious with half the collection being Criterion. Not enough diversity for my tastes. Plus Willy has Singin' in the Rain!
obscurelabel's first 5 picks were OOP Criterions, which I thought was a solid strategy. That being said I still can't make up my mind for pair 8, toughest this round IMO.
Old 09-15-05, 01:44 PM
  #11  
DVD Talk Special Edition
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,413
Received 38 Likes on 28 Posts
Originally Posted by MEJHarrison
I was happy to vote for exharrison's collection last time, but as a current Harrison, Franchot has the better selection with Casablanca, Cuckoo's Nest, Treasure, Schindler and North by Northwest.
It is quite the collection.
Old 09-15-05, 01:50 PM
  #12  
DVD Talk Special Edition
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Split time between DC and NYC
Posts: 1,188
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Originally Posted by MEJHarrison

3. Mhepburn20 - It's a little too Criterion heavy, but Doinel, Notorious, Amadeus and Lawrence are favorites. And I just can't vote for Old School.

8. William Fuld - While I love the Three Colors trilogy from obscurelabel’s collection, it just feels a little too pretentious with half the collection being Criterion. Not enough diversity for my tastes. Plus Willy has Singin' in the Rain!
Ummm, you voted for Mhepburn (and against me!) even though that collection was half Criterion!!! Not fair, lol!
Old 09-15-05, 01:56 PM
  #13  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Deerwood
Posts: 315
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
1. Drexl
2. Franchot
3. Mhepburn20
4. Joe Molotov
5. Cameron
6. raining_helper
7. darkhawk
8. William Fuld
Old 09-15-05, 02:00 PM
  #14  
DVD Talk Special Edition
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Split time between DC and NYC
Posts: 1,188
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Originally Posted by Autumn
1. Drexl
2. Franchot
3. Mhepburn20
4. Joe Molotov
5. Cameron
6. raining_helper
7. darkhawk
8. William Fuld
Wow Autumn, that has got to be a first: we disagree on each and every matchup!!! (see my post about 4 or 5 up).

Different strokes for different folks . . . different strokes to rule the world.
Old 09-15-05, 02:09 PM
  #15  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Beautiful Earth
Posts: 484
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
1) jfrost
2) exharrison - hardest one to decide right here.
3) ryuryu2949
4) Joe Molotov
5) cleaver
6) raining_helper
7) Slop101
8) obscurelabel
Old 09-15-05, 02:10 PM
  #16  
DVD Talk Special Edition
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Bay Area
Posts: 1,067
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
1. Jfrost
2. exharrison’s
3. ryuryu2949’s
4. Joe Molotov’s
5. cleaver’s
6. dollfins1’s
7. slop101’s
8. obscurelabel’s
Old 09-15-05, 02:13 PM
  #17  
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
 
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Signal Hill, CA
Posts: 3,519
Received 73 Likes on 50 Posts
1. jfrost--(Lord, save me from "Forest Dump.")
2. Franchot--(This guy has a wonderful and very timely collection. With the death today of Robert Wise (director of The Sound Of Music ), I think everyone should honor the memory of this great director by voting for Franchot's collection.)
3. Mhepburn20--(Lord, save me from "Old Skool.")
4. RyoHazuki--(Lord, save me from "The Schlocky Horror Picture Show.")
5. Cameron--(Lord, save me from "Gushmore.")
6. raining_helper--(Lord, save me from "JurASSic Park.")
7. darkhawk--(Lord, save me from that dude that made "Rushmore.")
8. William Fuld--(Lord, save me from "Salo.")

As an incentive, I have some left over butterscotch candy from my opponent Sweet Baby James to give to people who vote for me.

All the lists are very strong. I pretty much voted by finding the one film on each list that didn't just do it for me.
Old 09-15-05, 02:16 PM
  #18  
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Jobland
Posts: 4,289
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
1. jfrost - so strong 7-10
2. exharrison - we seemed to follow the same strategy
3. ryuryu2949 - that Rashomon pick came in handy here to match up with Ikiru; it says "Hey, my collection is diverse, too"
4. RyoHazuki - I love it. It comes down to one preference: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly vs. Once Upon a Time in the West
5. cleaver
6. dollfins1 - sci-fi heavy, but getting 2 Spielberg flicks is a coup
7. slop101 - Bridge on the River Kwai and Goodfellas decides this one for me, my 2nd favorite war movie and 2nd favorite gangster movie (hint: I took my favorites)
8. obscurelabel - I've only seen a combined 7 of these movies and the Simpsons, but Silence of the Lambs Criterion is just a cool DVD to have
Old 09-15-05, 02:16 PM
  #19  
DVD Talk Limited Edition
 
Shagrath's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 7,383
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
1. jfrost
2. exharrison
3. Mhepburn20
4. RyoHazuki
5. cleaver
6. raining_helper
7. slop101
8. obscurelabel
Old 09-15-05, 02:23 PM
  #20  
DVD Talk Special Edition
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,413
Received 38 Likes on 28 Posts
Originally Posted by Franchot
As an incentive, I have some left over butterscotch candy from my opponent Sweet Baby James to give to people who vote for me.
Which one was that from my list? Aside from the entire thing not being your list.
Originally Posted by cleaver
2. exharrison - we seemed to follow the same strategy
Really? Could you tell me what strategy that is? I seem to be a bit lost as to what mine really was.
Old 09-15-05, 02:28 PM
  #21  
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Jobland
Posts: 4,289
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Originally Posted by exharrison
Really? Could you tell me what strategy that is? I seem to be a bit lost as to what mine really was.
I'll tell you mine: take best DVD available 1st 2 picks regardless on genre, take great movies from other genres, and take 1 box you can't live without early and wait until the end for the other.
Old 09-15-05, 02:31 PM
  #22  
DVD Talk Legend
 
Sweet Baby James's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 11,587
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes on 3 Posts
Well I thought about seeking revenge against those who wasn't with me in Round 1, but I'll try to harbor no grudges and be a good sport.

1. jfrost-Spirited Away sealed it for jfrost and I must hold Forrest Gump against Drexl.
2. Franchot-I can't support The Abyss and Franchot has one of the strongest collections.
3. Mhepburn20-it is a little too much top heavy with Criterion, but it still wins out(a very tough call).
4. Joe Molotov-another close call. Picking the proper versions of LOA and Apocalypse Now and the inclusion of Twin Peaks won out.
5. cleaver-god damn, these are tough calls. I like your collection slightly better although Rushmore is a little shaky for my tastes.
6. raining_helper-I must support the risk you took in picking a few horror films.
7. darkhawk-anyone that can have a list filled with classics and still put Big Trouble in Little China on it garners my vote.
8. William Fuld-another toughie. 2001 and Clementine won me over.

For those contestants that I did not vote for, you have my sympathy. Almost all of my picks were 51-49. It really could have gone either way. Good luck to all.
Old 09-15-05, 02:32 PM
  #23  
DVD Talk Gold Edition
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Lower Appalachia
Posts: 2,909
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
My strategy, if I have one, is similar to IDrinkMolson's: choose mostly prominent OOP titles. The Criterions are some that are pretty well known, I think, and the ones up to 8. are all OOPs that I have seen with more or less premium asking prices. The quality of the DVD wasn't my main consideration, just its status as a collectable.

To match the rules for the kinds of choices allowed, for my last two choices I picked whatever I could think of at the time a great boxed set and a classic TV show.
Old 09-15-05, 02:52 PM
  #24  
Defunct Account
 
John Sinnott's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: State College, PA
Posts: 5,920
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
1 Drexl’s Collection
2 Franchot's Collection - hardest one for me this time...Franchot by a nose.
3 Mhepburn20’s Collection - a close one too...The Adventures of Antoine Doinel tipped it.
4 Joe Molotov’s Collection - Joe by a length...
5 cleaver’s Collection - it was hard voting against Metropolis and The Kids are Alright but T2, Godfather and The Sting won out.
6 dollfins1’s Collection
7 darkhawk’s Collection
8 William Fuld’s Collection - the easiest one for my this time....OOP doesn't mean good. Also, Fudd had Mulholland Drive.
Old 09-15-05, 02:53 PM
  #25  
DVD Talk Special Edition
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,413
Received 38 Likes on 28 Posts
Originally Posted by cleaver
I'll tell you mine: take best DVD available 1st 2 picks regardless on genre, take great movies from other genres, and take 1 box you can't live without early and wait until the end for the other.
Ah, I picked ones that I either just really liked or that I liked and thought were standouts.


Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.