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View Poll Results: Select Your Favorite Comedy or Horror from each of the Matchups
Matchup #1/ Movie 1 --#64 MASH
43.04%
Matchup #1/Movie 2 --#65 The Great Outdoors
35.44%
Matchup #2/Movie 1 --#64 Hellbound: Hellraiser II
49.37%
Matchup #2/Movie 2 --#65 The Burning
13.92%
Matchup #3/Movie 1 --#32 Coming to America
55.70%
Matchup #3/Movie 2 --#97 Clue
34.18%
Matchup #4/Movie 1 --#32 Child's Play
56.96%
Matchup #4/Movie 2 --#97 Ringu
22.78%
Matchup #5/Movie 1 --#33 Used Cars
25.32%
Matchup #5/Movie 2 --#96 A Christmas Story
63.29%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 79. You may not vote on this poll

Comedy/Horror Tournament Round #1/Group #1

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Old 04-23-09 | 03:27 PM
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Re: Comedy/Horror Tournament Round #1/Group #1

Originally Posted by thematahara
Question to all the Clue lovers - Do you actually find the movie funny, like make you laugh out loud?
Yes. There isn't a single moment in Clue that isn't funny to me. I also love Coming to America, but there are too many downer moments for me to vote for it here.
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Originally Posted by Trevor
I like how you've done it. As long as people realize that it is two separate tournies and comedy and horror will never meet, I think they'll be fine with it.

What's your plan on how often to start a round?
Four options on that:
1. One poll at a time every two days like normal(1 Active/48 Hours)
2. Leaving the polls only open for 24 hours in Round #1, and starting one each day(1 Active/24 Hours)
3. Seperating Comedy and Horror and run one each day(2 Active Polls/48 Hours)
4. Leaving them combined and run one each day(2 Active Polls/48 hours)

What would people prefer?
Old 04-23-09 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by woody5254
Four options on that:
1. One poll at a time every two days like normal(1 Active/48 Hours)
2. Leaving the polls only open for 24 hours in Round #1, and starting one each day(1 Active/24 Hours)
3. Seperating Comedy and Horror and run one each day(2 Active Polls/48 Hours)
4. Leaving them combined and run one each day(2 Active Polls/48 hours)

What would people prefer?
1-2. i think 2-3 days would be good to keep open. why not get as many votes as possible? not everyone can or do log in each day (only 24 hours would yield some weak #'s and might not reflect the most accurate results). there are some varying # of votes in the previous tourney. though i see them quickly, but i would think the more, the better.

3. i would like them separate (but equal), but i don't think it is a big deal.

4. i don't think having two active (1 comedy, 1 horror) for 3 days or so is such a big deal. but overlapping would get confusing imo. i like to know when they end and then a new one will start up just right after.

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Old 04-23-09 | 03:45 PM
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Re: Comedy/Horror Tournament Round #1/Group #1

I kind of like option #4. Starting a new one each day would get thru it a bit quicker. But then, I'm very impatient.

Agree with Scott that 24 hours would be a mistake. I feel like I live on this site, but still miss a day fairly often. How about 72 hours being open? With a new one starting each day?
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Okay, how about this? Polls stay open for 48 hours. I start a new one each day. I seperate the tournies because it will get confusing for people which polls they voted in. If I go 72 hours and start one each day, that will be 3 active and that is too much.

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Old 04-23-09 | 04:42 PM
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The Great Outdoors? Really? I have to think any votes are from misplaced nostalgia for continuous pre-teen HBO airings. The first of many major disappointments from Aykroyd, Candy, & Hughes.
Old 04-23-09 | 04:49 PM
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Ringu is the only film on that list I'd ever see again.
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Re: Comedy/Horror Tournament Round #1/Group #1

Match 1: Always enjoyed the M*A*S*H movie perhaps even more than the TV series. Not sure why.

Match 2: Abstain--not interested in either.

Match 3: Clue. The board game is one of just two that I actually enjoy playing (the other being Risk) and so I was eager to see the movie. There's plenty of room for a remake/update/reboot, but I enjoy what's there.

Match 4: See Match 2.

Match 5: Minor confession: I voted not forUsed Cars, which I've never seen, but rather against A Christmas Story. I hate that movie more than any other, including American Beauty. I know, voting out of spite isn't particularly fair or honest of me (or anyone else), but I just couldn't help myself.
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Don't forget to fill out your prediction brackets. Just click the link in my sig, look for the predict it link, create an account, and fill out your bracket. The site itself will keep a leaderboard and update itself after I enter the winners each time.
Old 04-24-09 | 08:46 AM
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Keep the votes coming in this. We have some close races going. Don't forget to fill out your brackets
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Re: Comedy/Horror Tournament Round #1/Group #1

The Great Outdoors (It's been one of my favorites since i was a kid)
The Burning (I'm a whore for 80's slasher flicks)
Coming to America (Funniest. Comedy. Ever.)
Child's Play
A Christmas Story
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Matchup #1: M*A*S*H
Matchup #2: The Burning
Matchup #3: Coming to America
Matchup #4: Child's Play
Matchup #5: A Christmas Story
Old 04-24-09 | 10:35 AM
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Re: Comedy/Horror Tournament Round #1/Group #1

The Great Outdoors
The Burning
Coming to America
Child's Play
A Christmas Story
Old 04-24-09 | 10:39 AM
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Re: Comedy/Horror Tournament Round #1/Group #1

Great Outdoors - I grew up watching the television version of M*A*S*H so by the time I saw the movie, it was kind of a letdown. I did have it's moments though. The Great Outdoors was watched many, many times growing up.

Clue - zany, zany movie. CtA is surely a classic, but Clue is just so out there, it gets the nod.

A Christmas Story - I haven't seen Used Cars, but come on, it's A Christmas Story!

I haven't seen most of the horror flicks, so I'm sitting out on those this round.
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Re: Comedy/Horror Tournament Round #1/Group #1

Hellraiser 2
Coming To America
Ringu
Old 04-24-09 | 01:04 PM
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Matchup #1 - MASH
Matchup #2 - Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Matchup #3 - Coming to America - UGH, tough one.
Matchup #4 - Child's Play
Matchup #5 - A Christmas Story
Old 04-24-09 | 01:37 PM
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Re: Comedy/Horror Tournament Round #1/Group #1

Originally Posted by thematahara
Question to all the Clue lovers - Do you actually find the movie funny, like make you laugh out loud?
Yes.
Old 04-24-09 | 04:04 PM
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18 hours left in this one and there is still one very close race.
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Originally Posted by KillerCannibal
The Burning (I'm a whore for 80's slasher flicks)
The raft sequence is gloriously gory, but for me the rest of the film was a chore to sit through, though the novelty of George Castanza with hair was a minor pleasure.
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My choices are..

The Great Outdoors
The Burning
Clue
Child's Play
A Christmas Story

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