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[mrbasehart]

Oh, and Batman & Robin had the most votes.   

[SmilinJackRoss]

mrbasehart, you are dedicated.  Well done.  Now, we have to whittle down this list drastically.  Like you said originally, only including movies made in the past 30 years that are readily available on DVD should chop this down some.  But that's still a big list....

[Pak-Man]

Mrbaseheart, I nominate you with all my official power (That would be none at all) for fan of the month for putting this list together. :^)

[mrbasehart]

mrbasehart, you are dedicated.  Well done.  Now, we have to whittle down this list drastically.  Like you said originally, only including movies made in the past 30 years that are readily available on DVD should chop this down some.  But that's still a big list....

Okay.  I've gone through the list, and removed films that have only been nominated once, that are inappropriate (in terms of age or subject matter) and that are not widely available on DVD.  We have 163 movies left.    

Shall I post the list?

[kodiakthejuggler]

Once the final list of films is available, we can then break it down by genre, mabye. Then, the films in each genre can compete for top spot, then each genre can compete. This is turning out to be a fun game.

Well done, mrbasehart!!!

 

[Rufus T]

I shall do all that I can to help. You have my sword. And my ax.

[mrbasehart]

I shall do all that I can to help. You have my sword. And my ax.

The Fellowship of the Roundtable? Or are we mixing myths...?

[Cap'n UKRiffer]

I shall do all that I can to help. You have my sword. And my ax.

i got a Happy Hippo and half a bag of Quavers... not as impressive as a sword or ax, i know

[mrbasehart]

OK.  Here's the amended list.  Please make your case for any ones that should be struck off before we seriously start debating them.

A.I.
Alien vs Predator
American Ninja
Amityville Horror (REMAKE)
Anaconda
Armageddon
Batman & Robin
Batman Forever
Battlefield Earth
Beastmaster
Big Trouble in Little China
Blair Witch Project, The
Bloodrayne
Bloodsport
Cabin Fever
Capote
Caravan of Courage
Career Opportunities
Commando
Conan The Barbarian
Contact
Core, The
Daredevil
Dark City
Day After Tomorrow, The
Deep Impact
Deep Blue Sea
Dick Tracy
Die Another Day
Dirty Dancing
Donnie Darko
Doom
Double Dragon
Dreamcatcher
Dreamscape
Driven
Dungeons & Dragons
Elektra
Equilibrium
E.T.
Event Horizon
Fast and the Furious
Few Good Men, A
Flight of the Navigator
Fog, The (NEW)
Footloose
Friday the 13th : Part VIII
Gigli
Gladiator
Godfather III
Godzilla (AMERICAN)
Hackers
Harley Davidson & the Marlborough Man
Highlander
Highlander II
Howard the Duck
Hulk, The
Independence Day
Into the Blue
Jaws: The Revenge
Jingle All The Way
Johnny Mnemonic
Judge Dredd
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park II
Jurassic Park III
Kindergarten Cop
Knock-Off
Kull the Conqueror
Krull
Last Action Hero
Last Dragon
Legend
Leprechaun
Logan's Run
Lord of the Rings: Animated
Lost Boys, The
Lost in Space
Mannequin
Masters of the Universe
Matrix Revolutions
Maximum Overdrive
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
Minority Report
Mission to Mars
Monkey Shines
Mummy, The (NEW)
Never Ending Story III
North
Omega Man
Pearl Harbour
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Phantom of the Opera (SCHUMACHER)
Planet of the Apes (HESTON)
Planet of the Apes (BURTON)
Poltergeist
Postman, The
Predator
Prince of Darkness
Purple Rain
Red Dawn
Red Eye
Ring, The
Robin Hood: PoT
Rocky 4
Rollerball (REMAKE)
Rosemary's Baby
Running Man
Saint, The
Seabiscuit
Shadow, The
Shanghai Surprise
Showgirls
Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow
Sound of Thunder, A
Speed
Speed 2
Stargate
Starship Troopers
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Streetfighter : The Movie
Super Fuzz
Superman III
Superman IV
Super Mario Bros
Tango & Cash
Terminator 2
Terminator 3
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: TNG
They Live!
Thing, The
THX-1138
Timecop
Time Machine (REMAKE)
Titanic
Total Recall
Toys
Trainspotting
Tremors
Troll 2
Tron
Troy
Ultraviolet
Van Helsing
Village, The
Volcano
View to a Kill, A
Wall Street
WarGames
War of the Worlds (REMAKE)
Warriors, The
Waterworld
Waxworks
When a Stranger Calls (REMAKE)
Wild Wild West
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Wizard, The
Wizard of Oz, The
Wizards
Xanadu
X-Files, The Movie
X-Men 3
Zardoz

[BBQ Platypus]

Well, here are the ones that I think, for whatever reason, shouldn't get riffed (i.e. too good, too bad, too obscure, not enough interest, etc.):

American Ninja
Beastmaster
Big Trouble in Little China
Bloodrayne
Bloodsport
Cabin Fever
Capote
Caravan of Courage
Career Opportunities
Dark City
Donnie Darko
Equilibrium
Gigli - (not even Mike, Kevin, & Bill all together could make this one watchable)
Hackers
Harley Davidson & the Marlborough Man
Knock-Off
Kull the Conqueror
Krull
Logan's Run
Lord of the Rings: Animated (too long)
Mannequin
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
Mission to Mars (boring)
Monkey Shines
North
Omega Man
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Robin Hood: PoT
Saint, The
Sound of Thunder, A
Super Fuzz
Super Mario Bros (Ugh......)
Tango & Cash
THX-1138
Tremors
Troll 2 (Sorry, guys - it's hilariously terrible, but it's just not right for Rifftrax)
Wall Street
Wizard, The
Wizard of Oz, The
Wizards
Zardoz

[Cap'n UKRiffer]

OK.  Here's the amended list.  Please make your case for any ones that should be struck off before we seriously start debating them.

Ok i just did a quick search using Play.Com so i'm not saying it;s right but as far as i can tell all these below titles aren't avaiable in Region 2. If someone knows otherwise please let me know and i'll amend the list but i recommened these be struck off due to us (Region 2 guys) not having access to them. It should be a fair and level playing field for all.

Beastmaster
Bloodrayne
Bloodsport
Career Opportunities
Dreamscape
Howard the Duck (think this is oop in Region 1 as well)
Kull the Conqueror
Logan's Run
Never Ending Story III
North
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Shanghai Surprise
Super Fuzz
Super Mario Bros
Wizard, The
Wizards

EDIT: Just went through each of the above titles in another region 2 website with no hits so looks like they are definatly not avaibale over here.

[mrbasehart]

OK.  Here's the amended list.  Please make your case for any ones that should be struck off before we seriously start debating them.

Ok i just did a quick search using Play.Com so i'm not saying it;s right but as far as i can tell all these below titles aren't avaiable in Region 2. If someone knows otherwise please let me know and i'll amend the list but i recommened these be struck off due to us (Region 2 guys) not having access to them. It should be a fair and level playing field for all.

EDIT: Just went through each of the above titles in another region 2 website with no hits so looks like they are definatly not avaibale over here.

That's a good start, I did see Shanghai Surprise recently on DVD (region 2) however.  But if they're not showing on some websites, perhaps we can disclude them from the list as being too obscure.

[Cap'n UKRiffer]

That's a good start, I did see Shanghai Surprise recently on DVD (region 2) however.  But if they're not showing on some websites, perhaps we can disclude them from the list as being too obscure.

It was on Play but not for sale which leads me to believe it might be out of print.

[Cap'n UKRiffer]

Anything else to whittle down the movies?

Remove the more obscure ones?

mrbasehart, how many you actually looking at getting it down to anyway?

[robertraur]

Anything else to whittle down the movies?

Remove the more obscure ones?

If I understand this right, you may want to consider a bracket system to eliminate movies by doing some head-to-head voting.  This will cut the choices down to either 32 or 64.  Here is what I believe should be on this list of 32 (feel free to add/subtract):

Armageddon
Batman & Robin
Battlefield Earth
Blair Witch Project, The   
Deep Blue Sea 
Dirty Dancing
Donnie Darko   
Dungeons & Dragons
Fast and the Furious
Footloose
Gigli
Gladiator
Godzilla (AMERICAN)
Hackers   
Independence Day
Jingle All The Way
Jurassic Park   
Legend
Leprechaun
Lost Boys, The 
Purple Rain
Red Dawn 
Showgirls 
Starship Troopers 
Super Mario Bros
Titanic
Total Recall
Troll 2
Village, The
Waterworld
Wild Wild West
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory