tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post2981110660484957989..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Oscar Pool Rules Will Ruin My YearSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-84884954839870584762016-03-04T11:39:30.191-04:002016-03-04T11:39:30.191-04:00I love it. Especially because it also rewards runn...I love it. Especially because it also rewards runners-up, which ours doesn't. Gonna see if my group would be interested in this (though I'm sure we'll keep the chocolate, too). Thanks!Michael Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-88118506463952563902016-03-03T15:08:16.607-04:002016-03-03T15:08:16.607-04:00Some clear house and drop 10-20 DVDs on my doorste...Some clear house and drop 10-20 DVDs on my doorstep. Some do so and don't even come to the party! Some don't bring anything at all, but it doesn't disqualify them. Most will put in one, which they might even have picked up on the way over. And some movies make the rounds getting dropped in the pile every year by whoever won it last time (Disaster! has been in the pile three years running now).<br /><br />I'd say the party runs anywhere from 10 to 20 people. I've seen as many as 50 movies in the pile (including 4 copies of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), and that time I think even 5th runner up got something. We used to allow people to play from a distance, but voted on never doing so again last year when 2 of the top 3 weren't present, which just isn't fun.<br /><br />Tie breaker is number of minutes show goes over 3 hours.<br /><br />But chocolate sounds good too.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-13201569536515224172016-03-03T14:41:31.891-04:002016-03-03T14:41:31.891-04:00Very curious to hear your thoughts on Maximum Over...Very curious to hear your thoughts on <i>Maximum Overdrive</i> and <i>Mortdecai</i>, both of which I like more than they probably deserve.<br /><br />I'm curious to know how many DVDs each person brings to the party. Do you just have that many people or is everyone bringing multiple DVDs? We just do a chocolate Oscar statue as the prize, but I'm interested in the way you do it.Michael Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-19540542837353411482016-03-03T13:43:19.256-04:002016-03-03T13:43:19.256-04:00The only ones I've seen from your last two lis...The only ones I've seen from your last two lists are Epic Movie (pretty awful) and Dragon Ball Evolution (kind of a guilty pleasure).<br /><br />A Knight's Tale was good, Taken 2 was okay and The Sandlot was kinda disappointing considering I found it on the IMDb Top 1000.Toby'chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298458468488781568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-90207654866671593212016-03-03T11:46:39.011-04:002016-03-03T11:46:39.011-04:00For your english subscribers, I would discribe Ma ...For your english subscribers, I would discribe Ma tante Aline (the one I put in the pile) as if Betty White decide to act in a movie, in witch she will be an old french cancan dancer, who decide to stay young, go to Cuba with someone younger who doesen't like her in her family (let's say Drew Barrymore in her bad years), and do some '' stunts'', like dancing some hip-hip and do some '80 not-so-funny stuff... A '' classic '' who gets reviews between 0,5 and 1,5... <br /><br />I can't wait for your review of it...<br />Was it the only french movie in the lot this year?<br /><br />Justin Guitardnoreply@blogger.com