Fist of Doom

Score: Vangelis

Fist of Doom

Hit Song: Deep Purple

Fist of Doom

Cameo: Geraldo Rivera

The Bus

Alright, looks like we have all the pieces. The schedule will be posted sometime today and we will start a thread for the first round of matches.

Please send me a short 1-to-3 sentence summary of the movie (something you'd see in a TV Guide, for example). We will use the thread so you can start making fun of the other movie.

wishbone

orangecrush

PM sent. I was working on one of my posters last night and my wife asked me what I was doing. Upon hearing my respose she said: "I never knew you were such a nerd before we got married." This is comming from a woman whose favorite show is Deep Space Nine and loves Anne McCaffrey.

Mano

Supporting actress: Felicity Huffman

Mano

Trying to do this from your phone sucks. Supporting actress: Elle Fanning

Mano

Cameo appearance: John Dimaggio

The Bus

Attention!

We've received summaries of most of the players. While a few of you are still AWOL, some of the theater distributors (via studio execs) have contacted us and complained that having all the films in one summer weekend would be disastrous for the box office.

They've asked each one of us to select our preference for which release window you want to open up in. The available windows are:

Memorial Day
Independence Day
August

Please send ME a PM anytime after 11:00AM Eastern tomorrow (9/2) with your preference order, such as:

1) August
2) Memorial Day
3) Independence Day

You'll be fit in depending on the timeliness of your PM and your preference.

There are only 4 slots in each release window, so keep this in mind as you'll be battling each other for the elusive DVD Talk audience's attention!

The Bus

Take into consideration that each weekend (thread) will be spaced out so if you need more time to market, etc. you want to pick a later weekend. The Memorial Weekend thread is likely to appear within the next week.

Also, if you have any last minute changes, your time to do so has expired. Execs have asked primary photography to begin ASAP and they won't tolerate any cast or crew changes.

sauce07

Will we have a chance to write a paragraph or 2 to flesh out our story or is the summary it?

Groucho

Paragraph or two? I'm posting my full screenplay.

sauce07

I would write a screenplay for this but 3 of my actors are dead and the other 3 are old.

The Bus

Anything past a summary is up to you to do in the thread(s) with your movie.

Michael Corvin

I'm still AWOL. I'm swamped at work, I'll get something in later today.

The Bus

CLASH OF TITANS

JasonF

I'm in with my summary and timing picks. Whew -- I think I'm all caught up with my DVDTalk games.

The Bus

Everyone who has messaged me for slot order has gotten their first pick. There are four slots left.

Groucho

I really don't care, slot me with whatever's left.

The Bus

OK, here's the file with everyone's summaries (that I got up to a certain point).

Release schedule is:

Memorial Day
orangecrush: Godfather vs Grand Theft Auto IV
woody5254: 007 vs. Bourne
JasonF: King Arthur vs. Aliens
Groucho: The Little Tramp vs. Evil Dead

Independence Day
wishbone: Masters of the Universe vs Last Starfighter
devilshalo: Terminator vs Back to the Future
sauce07: Spinal Tap vs Animal House
Mano: Calvin & Hobbes vs. Lord of the Rings

August
The Bus: Indiana Jones vs. Pirates of the Caribbean
Michael Corvin: The Expendables vs. Leon
Fist of Doom: Death Wish vs. Beverly Hills Cop
Suprmallet: The Muppets vs. Sherlock Holmes

woody5254, with the assistance of Super Mullet, will start the threads (one "weekend" at a time) regarding the films.

The next one will start soon, with voting going through next week. Then the "July 4" thread will start, and finally (in late September) the August one. Everyone can participate in every thread but keep in mind the focus of the thread should be on the four movies in that part of the season.

woody will explain the voting process, but you're basically looking for as many votes as possible.

The Bus

Here is the Excel file with all the info:

Excel file

Supermallet

Sorry I didn't get my synopsis in. I've been a bit busy lately and this thread slipped through the cracks.

Michael Corvin

Pre-order your tickets now, the trailer for the Expendables: Origins will be attached to 007 vs. Bourne.

orangecrush

I noticed that yours is the only summary which has the reason for the rating