Recorded Live Video: War Bracket Live Drawing
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Stripes ahead of Dr Strangelove, it better be pretty bloody good then if it's beating that classic atm.
If I had my way, both The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far would win the whole poll, but I’ll lobby that she should watch TLD before ABTF, just for the timeline.
ewwww andor. it was huge meh boring.
It was definitely an odd choice to make a series based around a R1 character that no one really cared about. 🤔
Round 2 Empire of the Sun losing by 22 (57-79) Flags of Our Fathers losing by 40 (47-87) Tears of the Sun losing by 24 (56-80) The English Patient losing by 60 (39-99)
I think fairly clear what the Final Four will be: -The Longest Day (1962) -A Bridge Too Far (1977) -Stripes (1981) -Dr. Strangelove (1964) Newer war movies (1982+) apparently don't stand a realistic chance with patrons who vote in a bracket poll at the new site. In contrast, Kingdom of Heaven (2005) dominated the win with patrons voting in the March war poll on Patreon. 1,121 patrons voted in that final poll.
Empire of the Sun doesn't have a chance anymore?
Today I mourn the demise of my preferred choice, Russians, Russians from this bracket. But even I recognize that the movie is a poor choice for a War Bracket or Poll. So isn't an irony that one side of the bracket IS going to be represented by a comedy - either Dr. Strangelove or Stripes?
Fingers crossed Empire of the Sun picks up some more votes. I've been clearing my Spielberg gaps this year and this would be a great excuse. I hear it's very underrated among his films.
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Another poll that the English Patient will sadly never win. The pick-a-flick drawing is the only chance, or maybe Cassie will have mercy on us and just watch it randomly given that it is a romantic drama. At least the other movies are quite good too, so there will be a good movie either way.
The four pairings for the 2nd round: -The Longest Day vs Empire of the Sun -Flags of Our Fathers* vs A Bridge Too Far -Stripes vs Tears of the Sun -Dr. Strangelove vs The English Patient *Letters from Iwo Jima comes with Flags of Our Fathers. 2 days (24 hours) for making your picks in the 2nd round.
Where is the actual bracket?
https://beta.popcorninbed.com/bracket/war-movie-bracket1
That room does look super comfy and themed. Minus all the recording equipment.
When are we getting Beverly Hills cop 2?
I enjoyed the behind the scenes tour of the popcorn set. Lots of cool pieces of memorabilia. Also interesting to see the technical aspects of the screen and video setup.
If Cassie ever decides to watch Star Trek Strange New Worlds, she should start by revisiting TOS episodes The Managerie
I love when you do the closeup lives. It feels more engaging. Doesn’t hurt that you’re so beautiful. Sorry if that comment is offensive
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She said Flags of Our Fathers is a "two-fer" with Letters from Iwo Jima. Thus, a positive of Flags of Our Fathers is we also get Letters from Iwo Jima. Flags of Our Fathers is currently tied with Doctor Zhivago in the 1st round. Close race. I was impressed with her familiarity of the various war movies. She knew that The Killing Fields takes place in Cambodia, and seemed to be bothered about the movie -- maybe not. Has John Malkovich. She said she was "scared" of The Deer Hunter -- but only about 40 minutes of the 183-minute run time is in Vietnam.
Dr Zhivago is a great movie.
Dr Zhivago currently beating Flags of Our Fathers by 1 vote in 1st round of war bracket poll (6 hours remaining). Edit: Dr Zhivago now tied with Flags of Our Fathers. https://beta.popcorninbed.com/bracket/war-movie-bracket1
My birthday is on Monday Cassie
Not trying to burst your bubble but with her amount of Patreon subscribers, every day is probably 10 peoples birthday😂
Andor - 2 episodes vs 3 episodes *An advantage of you watching only 2 episodes (instead of 3) of Andor per week is you have less Andor info to absorb/retain between your weekly Andor reactions. *On the other hand, I am excited you reacting to 3 episodes this week for two reasons: (A) you get satisfied watching the full arc; and (B) we get more Andor content (3 episodes instead of 2 episodes) in the week. *However, episode run time does generally increase through series.
Whatever watch schedule works best for Cassie. She can keep up, lol.
ZERO DARK THIRTY I always thought she had seen Zero Dark Thirty but then it shows up as an option at the new Requests, so I thought I was wrong about her seeing it. But she says in this video that she has seen Zero Dark Thirty, so don't waste your priority points on it.
It's not listed Letterboxd, and I made sure to check the Zs and the number titled movies at the beginning. So, there's either an omission in archives or in memory. 😀
The Russians are Coming is so funny, I think you'll enjoy it. The movie came out when the Cold War was still going on, so try to put yourself in that frame of mind in order to get the full benefit of the movie. Also I read that the Russians at that time who saw the movie really liked it, because it didn't portray their people as horrible persons. Alan Arkin is so good in portraying the leader of the Russians who came ashore.
Was Taps in this poll? I don't see the poll results…
Taps (1981) (I remember that movie) is ranked low. Only has 10 requests at the old PR and only has 2 points at the new Requests. Thus, wouldn't make the pool for random selection for a poll. However, you can go to the new Requests and assign some or all of your priority points to Taps (1981) to increase its ranking. See "Requests" at https://beta.popcorninbed.com
I'm over an hour late, as always. I haven't been on time for a chat in months.
This was a recording, so you are fine.
Thought this was lost forever, even though I know the bracket already glad it got posted
DIdn't realize you had seen 'Zero Dark Thirty' -- Jessica Chastain was so so good in that one!! And Coach Taylor did a phenomenal job as well haha
Andor is the best Star Wars hands down.
The movies that didn’t make the poll are better than the ones that did.
they should've been swapped in place of stripes, Rambo, etc..
Saw email that you were on.
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