Wed, March 15, 2006
Those fuckers!—9:35 AM
I woke up today to find that our local paper, "The Florida Times-Union" has stolen my idea! They're hosting an online March Madness-style tournament of movies. (Granted, I originally stole this idea from The Morning News, but... still.)
Anyway, they took the easy way out and drew their 64 picks from all the movies ever made, rather than just last year's disappointing crop. And – what do you know? – their tournament made splashy headlines across the front page of the Lifestyle section. The bastards.
I say we all go to their tournament and vote for all the wrong movies. That'll show 'em!
Joe Mulder — Wed, 3/15/06 12:57pm
Done and done. I just went and voted for the lower-seeded movie in each pairing (except for once; I'd go straight to hell if I voted for "Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip" over "Groundhog Day," even if I was doing it to save my family's life).
That said, in most cases I actually ended up voting for the better movie. I mean, for Christ's sake. They obviously just had monkeys fling poop at the wall of a Blockbuster store (no danger of the poop actually hitting a customer these days – HA! Burn) to determinse which movies went where. I mean, "The Godfather" is a 5 seed, "Citizen Kane" is a 10 (!). "Caddyshack" didn't even make the list in the comedy section. What in the hell? My only solace is that they can't possibly be serious.
Brandon — Wed, 3/15/06 2:15pm
I woke up today to find that our local paper, "The Florida Times-Union" has stolen my idea! They're hosting an online March Madness-style tournament of movies. (Granted, I originally stole this idea from The Morning News, but... still.)
"If this is anyone other than Steve Allen, you're stealing my bit!" - Krusty the Klown, from "Krusty Gets Kancelled"
"KOTC" — Wed, 3/15/06 11:13pm
Also, Done.