01-11-19, 05:29 PM
"Official" DVDTalk Challenges Compendium
09-09-20, 10:15 AM
#1026
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Re: "Official" DVDTalk Challenges Compendium
I floated an idea in the Criterion discussion thread, and wanted to cross-post it here. I've been wondering of late whether maybe it would be worth considering revamping that challenge as a wider Boutique Distributor Challenge. Because we accept content that has been selected to stream on the Criterion Channel, that's more or less what it has become by default now anyway. A lot of the Channel content has been licensed from distributors such as Arrow Video; Cohen Film Collection; Kino Lorber; Milestone/Oscilloscope; Scream/Shout Factory; and the defunct Twilight Time, as well as the Sony Selects and Warner Archive Collection MOD programs. (If we voted now, I'd be against including Sony and Warner carte blanche because those are large enough to exceed the intended smaller scope of the challenge.)
I bring this up because as much as I love the Criterion Challenge, participation is easily the lowest of all the challenges. Always has been, and is damn near barely alive by now. Some of that has to do with the community itself disintegrating, but the Horror Challenge is alive and well so our fellow forum members do still remember their login credentials. I feel like there are a lot of forum participants who collect and watch all kinds of content that's eligible for the challenge as it already stands, but abstain because their perception is that if it isn't Bergman, Fellini, or Kurosawa that they're shut out. I hate that, because you could also be watching and talking about Anna Biller, Jackie Chan, MGM Musicals, or movies with scores by Quincy Jones. None of those themes come across from the words "Criterion Challenge".
I bring this up because as much as I love the Criterion Challenge, participation is easily the lowest of all the challenges. Always has been, and is damn near barely alive by now. Some of that has to do with the community itself disintegrating, but the Horror Challenge is alive and well so our fellow forum members do still remember their login credentials. I feel like there are a lot of forum participants who collect and watch all kinds of content that's eligible for the challenge as it already stands, but abstain because their perception is that if it isn't Bergman, Fellini, or Kurosawa that they're shut out. I hate that, because you could also be watching and talking about Anna Biller, Jackie Chan, MGM Musicals, or movies with scores by Quincy Jones. None of those themes come across from the words "Criterion Challenge".
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Trevor (09-09-20)
09-09-20, 01:12 PM
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Re: "Official" DVDTalk Challenges Compendium
We could stop allowing content that has previously streamed on the Channel and only accept content actively there. That would be tidier, but I would argue it would also be antithetical to the spirit of the challenge.
09-09-20, 02:50 PM
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Re: "Official" DVDTalk Challenges Compendium
If the goal is to increase participation, I don’t think adding one boutique label is going to move the needle much.
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09-09-20, 04:36 PM
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Re: "Official" DVDTalk Challenges Compendium
The problem is that Criterion has effectively already done this via the Channel. Suppose we voted to induct Arrow Video in 2021. Well, a ton of Oscilloscope content is still going to be eligible anyway as it's already been on the Channel. What would we accomplish by withholding formal recognition of Oscilloscope? Also, if these distributors have been deemed worthy of inclusion on the Channel, oughtn't that be good enough to determine worthiness for our challenge?
We could stop allowing content that has previously streamed on the Channel and only accept content actively there. That would be tidier, but I would argue it would also be antithetical to the spirit of the challenge.
We could stop allowing content that has previously streamed on the Channel and only accept content actively there. That would be tidier, but I would argue it would also be antithetical to the spirit of the challenge.
09-10-20, 08:47 PM
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Here are the distributors whose content I know has appeared on the Criterion Channel and is already eligible for the challenge:
Arrow
Cohen Film Collection
Kino Lorber
Olive Films
Oscilloscope/Milestone
Shout! Factory/Scream Factory
Twilight Time
They've also hosted stuff from Lionsgate, Sony Selects, and the Warner Archive Collection. My feeling is that those might be large enough to go outside the scope of what the challenge is about, but I can be persuaded otherwise.
Arrow
Cohen Film Collection
Kino Lorber
Olive Films
Oscilloscope/Milestone
Shout! Factory/Scream Factory
Twilight Time
They've also hosted stuff from Lionsgate, Sony Selects, and the Warner Archive Collection. My feeling is that those might be large enough to go outside the scope of what the challenge is about, but I can be persuaded otherwise.
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12-10-20, 12:14 PM
#1032
Re: "Official" DVDTalk Challenges Compendium
We are coming up on the new year and I am interested in what challenges will be run for January thru April. Can someone let me know what they are?
12-10-20, 12:27 PM
#1033
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Re: "Official" DVDTalk Challenges Compendium
Barring any more changes, the Oscar Challenge will run March 15 - April 25
12-10-20, 06:22 PM
#1034
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January: TV on DVD* [begins New Year's Eve]
February: Romance, Music & Musicals
March: Action/Adventure/Crime/Mystery
April: Drive-In/B-Movie/Exploitation
May: Make Your Own
June: Historical Appreciation
July: Science-Fiction & Fantasy
August: Animation
September: Criterion [proposed expansion to Boutique Label for 2021]
October: Horror [with an unofficial warmup phase starting in September]
November: Comedy
December: Holiday [begins week of Thanksgiving]
And as Lisa noted, the Oscar challenge is on its own schedule.
12-10-20, 06:40 PM
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Re: "Official" DVDTalk Challenges Compendium
Romance Music Musicals was an experiment for last year, but when the Oscars were moved, it seemed to make sense to run it again in 2021. I’m fine with that plan unless others disagree (but anyone can always skip a challenge that they don’t care for).
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12-11-20, 02:26 AM
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Re: "Official" DVDTalk Challenges Compendium
Sports movies are really all that seem left. I wrote those into Historical Appreciation and so far as I know, they haven't been removed from that. (I reasoned that sports movies tapped into the same machismo as war and westerns, and it was also inspired by the fact that almost every history teacher I had in middle & high schools were employed in that capacity to justify having them there to coach one team or another.) But even if sports are tossed out of HA, the individual films should still have a home somewhere. Just to take Kevin Costner's baseball movies, Bull Durham is a comedy that's also had a Criterion release and Field of Dreams is fantasy. That leaves For Love of the Game which is also...a romance, now covered!
12-13-20, 04:37 AM
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I just wanted to let people know that I’m planning to post the discussion and list threads for the TV on DVD challenge this week sometime. Last week I got a new laptop, but it was shipped with a faulty power cord, so I had to order a new one.
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12-13-20, 02:35 PM
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Re: "Official" DVDTalk Challenges Compendium
I was gonna see about returning as host this year, but I think you enjoy doing it more than me. If you want to take the year off, though, lemme know. In any event, I've got two Batman box sets that I'm eager to get into next month ('66 and TAS). I'll try not to make y'all completely sick of Batman. At least there'll be the Discovery season finale on the 7th, for those who don't mind talking through spoiler boxes.
12-13-20, 08:04 PM
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Re: "Official" DVDTalk Challenges Compendium
I was gonna see about returning as host this year, but I think you enjoy doing it more than me. If you want to take the year off, though, lemme know. In any event, I've got two Batman box sets that I'm eager to get into next month ('66 and TAS). I'll try not to make y'all completely sick of Batman. At least there'll be the Discovery season finale on the 7th, for those who don't mind talking through spoiler boxes.
01-02-21, 01:10 PM
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Re: "Official" DVDTalk Challenges Compendium
I've been wondering of late whether maybe it would be worth considering revamping that challenge as a wider Boutique Distributor Challenge.....
I bring this up because as much as I love the Criterion Challenge, participation is easily the lowest of all the challenges. Always has been, and is damn near barely alive by now. Some of that has to do with the community itself disintegrating, but the Horror Challenge is alive and well....
I bring this up because as much as I love the Criterion Challenge, participation is easily the lowest of all the challenges. Always has been, and is damn near barely alive by now. Some of that has to do with the community itself disintegrating, but the Horror Challenge is alive and well....
01-02-21, 04:33 PM
#1043
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Re: "Official" DVDTalk Challenges Compendium
I'd love to see the Criterion Challenge expand into a Criterion/Arthouse/Foreign Challenge. This would open up the theme to so many different options. And for Horror Challenge fans, they could get an early start in September by watching arthouse/foreign horror flicks.
01-18-21, 02:31 AM
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Re: "Official" DVDTalk Challenges Compendium
Have you decided about hosting RMM again this year, David?
01-18-21, 02:52 PM
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Thanks for the nudge! I had set a calendar reminder to create the discussion thread on January 9, then when it went off, decided that it was too early but neglected to change my reminder. Discussion thread is now live!
02-09-21, 02:02 PM
#1046
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Re: "Official" DVDTalk Challenges Compendium
Don't know if someone is running the oscars challenge here this year, but tcm dropped their schedule.. https://assets.tcm.com/projects/31da...1-Schedule.pdf
02-09-21, 03:32 PM
#1047
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Re: "Official" DVDTalk Challenges Compendium
Cool, thanks.
Oscar nominations will be announced on March 15 so I'll start the threads around March 5 unless someone else is itching to host the Oscar Challenge.
Oscar nominations will be announced on March 15 so I'll start the threads around March 5 unless someone else is itching to host the Oscar Challenge.
03-15-21, 08:59 PM
#1048
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Re: "Official" DVDTalk Challenges Compendium
Just announcing the return of the Drive-in/Exploitation challenge. It will be overlapping the Oscar Challenge. Feel free to participate in one, the other, or both.
04-24-21, 07:07 PM
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EDIT: It was BobO'Link. Maybe he wants to do it again.