- First of all, I wanted to offer a couple of reminders. My Movies to See Before You Die columns at Flickchart: The Blog are still rolling out on occasion, and last week I presented a sci-fi classic that could have graced the pages of FMWL - Forbidden Planet. If you haven't been over there to check out these posts, and all the other good stuff there, you should.
- Also, don't forget to vote for the Rondo Awards! Yes, FMWL is nominated for Best Blog, but the point is that you should vote for WHATVER YOU LIKE! If you like classic horror, and you should, this is where you vote! Click the link on the side, click this link right here, click something. Just vote. (And don't feel bad, I didn't vote for me either.)
- Speaking of great blogs, I'm honored to have had a chance to participate in the Hitch on the Hump series over at The Lightning Bug's Lair. If the cards had shook differently, y'all might not have ever gotten a FMWL, because I may have started an all Hitchcock blog. So, go over there to see what I have to say about my favorite director, as I discuss the legacy of Hitch's early masterpiece The 39 Steps. And make sure to check out the rest of Mr. Bugg's stuff, because he should be talking Rondo Awards right now in my place.
So, I present FMWL's MARCH MIDNIGHT MADNESS tournament. Here's what's up:
- All 64 Midnight Movies of the Week, from #1 The Devil Rides Out to #64 Evil Dead II have been broken up into four brackets of 16 films.
- To create an impartial set of seedings, the IMDB rating of each film was used to determine its seed in the tournament. Thus, the four highest rated films earned the #1 seeds, the next four earned the #2 seeds, and so on. (Ties were broken by the number of voters giving the film its rating, with a higher vote total equaling a higher seed.)
- Once the bracket was set, I had to figure out how to get results. Though it would be fun for me to go ahead and pick my favorites, I wanted to do something else. So, I went out and found myself a selection committee. About 20 of FMWL's favorite bloggers and genre fans have kindly volunteered to offer opinions on the brackets, which will allow me to simply count the votes (and use my tiebreaking hammer, as is needed) while they decide which films will move on while providing their own unique insights.
So, keep your eyes open for the MARCH MIDNIGHT MADNESS tournament, which will begin Thursday night with the first bracket and an introduction to the kind folks who'll be turning in their votes regarding the winners.
Until then, enjoy this video. And be well.
4 comments:
+JMJ+
OMG . . . You're doing a bracket!!! =D
I looooooove you!!!
Can't wait to see this Madness unroll. And big lock at the ROndos! I'm sending in my vote tonight. Lastly, fuck yeah Commando.
Ha, thanks E! I only borrow the ideas of the best. I've literally been sitting on this for 8 months since I realized that I'd get to 64 in March. Will hopefully be lots of fun.
Emily, many thanks. Glad to spread the Commando whenever I can. (That just sounded wrong. My bad.)
Did you heard what Rob Matts said about that?
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