Emblazon

Y'all are like me - this particular theme/genre is not my cup of tea. 

Week 4 link is up! Along with the Week 3 answers. I'll have the standings updated some time later today.

Gentle reminder for @Mercury33 @Keyser_Soze @Captain Pickle @eggydoo @Fizzzzle

 

And if anyone misses a week, send me a message and I'll send you a link to submit for that week. 

1 hour ago, EternallDarkness said:

 

damn didn't even think of the theme...given the movies was the theme 

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the 90s? 

 

You'll find out on Sunday/Monday. 

9 hours ago, SoberChef said:

If I didn't get all 10 this week I'm retiring lmao

Oh so close... one of your answers went against the theme. 

8 minutes ago, EternallDarkness said:

How did I miss this thread up until now...week 3 answers submitted  

You know, we're all (mostly) adults here. I can provide the links to the previous weeks if you haven't looked at the answers in the spoilers. 

 

And if anyone has an issue with late entries, I can break the winners up between those who met the deadlines, and those who didn't. Each submission is dated. 

 

It's all meant to be fun, but also offer something (that I think is cool) as a prize at the end. 

 

Here's what the winner(s) can choose from (valued around $30-$35):

 

 

3 hours ago, silentbob said:

This was a tough one for me this week. I’ll be happy if I even get 6 this week. We should get bonus points for the first too guess the theme(s)  

 

mine is 

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Claustrophobic/Suspense and Real/Not Real Reality Mentality

 

 

You are waaaaaaaaay overthinking the themes. 

I'll get the standings out soon, I just wanted to get Week 3 live. 

Answers and results are up for Week 1. 

1 hour ago, silentbob said:

He said it would have 1 or 2 themes per week. I think we are

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Action/Animated

 

 

 

And I did accidentally leave out one clarifying bit about the themes - If there are two themes in one week, 5 will be one theme, the other 5 will be the other theme.

Sorry on the delay! Week 2 is up and ready to go!

Loved the season. Two things that seemed to be missing were:

 

What happened with the Romulan love interest? They have a shot at the end of Jack setting down a picture of what appeared to be Bev and Picard getting married (which is amazing), but some closure would have been nice after the last two seasons. 

 

And... where the fuck was Wesley Crusher????

Bumping this up in case anyone else wants to submit their answers before the Sunday deadline (when week 2 starts). 

1 hour ago, LazyPiranha said:

There's only one I'm iffy on because I'm not sure which one specifically it was.  I also didn't bother with full, specific titles because I'm sure I would mess them up.  

I'm fairly lenient. So long as you put the correct movie, it doesn't much matter to me if you put John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum, or just put John Wick 3. If you were to only put John Wick, and it's one of the sequels, you'd only get half a point. 

 

There's only one movie, in the final week, that requires a full title, but that's specifically there to help create separation if there are any ties. 

I'm just happy we finally got Osbert. He plays such an enormous role in the books, and is essentially a new Uhtred. Wish we would have been able to see him fight, but I am satisfied with what we got. 

 

For the ending...

 

16 minutes ago, Fizzzzle said:

I'm going to try this even though I'm generally awful at it. I think the most I ever got on the ones you used to do is like 3.

I, and I apologize, can't recall for the life of me who used to do these. Those were ridiculously difficult. While there will be upcoming ones that are definitely more difficult, there's nothing abstract - there will always be something identifying in the image that says what movie it is. 

 

And as I said before, each week will have one or two themes (if two, five will be one theme, and five will be the other theme) - once you figure out the theme, it should help. And all the themes are broad. 

 

So, for example, if you put one answer down, and that movie is absolutely nothing like the other movies that week, you know it's probably not correct. 

 

And as an example, for this first week, the theme is: Outer Space. 

Going back to week 1, I really used that week to better gauge my coworkers' movie knowledge, so this first week is definitely on the easier side.

I recently put this together for something fun for my work team, and have it fully set up for an 8 week contest. Figured I'd start it up here, too. Same as what we used to do here - one frame from a movie, guess the movie.

 

Only difference is, I'm setting it up as a contest. There will be a form to submit every Sunday for 8 weeks, with a leaderboard, and whoever has the most points at the end can choose from any of the coaster sets I print and sell ($30 value). It's not much, but something so there's skin in the game. 

 

I'll post the link for the first week after I wake up Sunday/today. But here are the rules:

 

• 10 movies per week

• Theatrically released films only

• One entry per person - please put your D1P username in the name field

• Each week will have one or two broad themes

• You won't know what the themes are in advance

• For week 1 only, the theme is: Outer Space

• Full titles get you 1 point, partial titles get you half a point

• The results for each week will be posted the following Sunday

• Please don't post any answers in this thread - doing so will disqualify you

• Because I created this for my coworkers originally, the level of difficulty varies, but the difficulty does ramp up

 

Also, while I do have a rather substantial digital movie library, DRM prevents me from taking screenshots. And the days of ripping DVD are long gone. While I've done my best to grab the highest quality possible, the quality does vary from image to image. 

 

Have fun!

 

Here are the final standings:

Brick: 73

EternalDarkness: 73

Kal-El84: 71

 

@LazyPiranha had a chance to win, but he, unfortunately, never submitted the final week. 

 

Name	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Total
SilentBob	8.5	9	6	7	9	9	10	4	62.5
Brick	10	8	10	7	9	10	10	9	73
Kal-El84	10	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	71
Keyser Soze	9.5	5	7	5.5	6	4.5	7	1	45.5
Mercury33	9	7	9	7	10	NA	7.5	NA	49.5
Fizzzzle	8.5	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	8.5
TwinIon	9.5	8	6	4	8	NA	NA	NA	35.5
Lazy Piranha	10	6.5	9	9	9	9.5	10	NA	63
CptPickle	9	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	9
SoberChef	8.5	7	9	NA	5	8.5	8	4	50
eggydoo	8.5	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	8.5
cusideabelincoln	NA	6	6	NA	NA	NA	5	NA	17
EternalDarkness	10	9	10	8	9	9	10	8	73

 

Week 1 answers & results:

 

Week 2 answers:

 

Week 3 answers:

 

Week 4 answers:

 

Week 5 answers:

 

Week 6 answers:

 

Week 7 answers:

 

Week 8 answers:

 

@stepee Exactly all that. Did you know we only got the "bedroom kill" because of the pandemic? They were in lockdown and basically said, "well, we've got all this time on our hands, let's put it to good use." 

 

And the score for both movies is absolutely fantastic. I highly recommend getting them on your preferred streaming service. 

 

For the third movie... Terrifier 2 spoilers:

 

The lesser of two weevils. 

 

And the DVD was the long running standard for showing off any home theater sound system. One of the best 5.1 mixes ever created, especially the opening scene where you feel like you're on the deck. 

10 hours ago, ort said:

If Apple did this it would be front page news on every news site and the scandal would stick to them for decades.

Not at all. If Apple did it they'd be praised as the second coming of photography and fawned over for taking all photography to the next level. 

 

Also, when do we get the camera AI that puts six fingers on every picture I take with my phone?

There were things I loved, and things that really should have been handled better. I need to see it again, but at this point, for me, it ranks as:

 

1

2

4

5/6

 

 

3

 

 

4/5/6 are all very close, but 4 gets the nod for no other reason than they REALLY went there for the killer. 

Finally!!!

 

 

Can't believe they went "there" with the stickers. 

 

Only downside is the BDs aren't 4k. Only 4k option is through Best Buy. Still have to get that one. 

On 2/17/2023 at 10:24 PM, Emblazon said:

You know, I haven't received it yet. I should check on that. 

I got an email yesterday that it just shipped. 

21 minutes ago, Derek said:

Is this a movie that you recently watched?

Came out in theaters limited a couple weeks ago, and came out on streaming today.