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11-06-2016 , 10:06 PM
My first pick is a movie that I have only seen once from start to finish in one sitting, but have seen in bits and pieces plenty of times. This is one of the best movies ever made and is the basis for another of my favorite movies of all time: [Redacted]. It also satisfies the conditions for #s 7,11,14,22,23,26,and 27. I'm drafting from my phone so I can't post a fancy picture so I'll just spoil the title and then link the IMDB page. My selection is:

Spoiler:
Seven Samurai


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047478/...&ref_=m_ft_dsk

I know it might be a bit early but I'm not real familiar with anyone's movie preference so I wanted to make sure I got this since it hit so many criteria. My goal is to satisfy them all as quick as possible and then use the remaining selections to build a kick ass roster of movies.
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11-06-2016 , 10:11 PM
Was kinda hoping that would fall to #9. Dammit.
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11-06-2016 , 10:13 PM
Can't argue with either of those. Like Chachi's pick just for category filling.
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11-06-2016 , 10:14 PM
Wizard of Oz is an elite pick. Timeless, beautiful movie, with epic Dark Side and Wicked takes that only beatify it further.
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11-06-2016 , 10:15 PM
Oh ****, 7 cat's! WP chachi!
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11-06-2016 , 10:18 PM
It's a great pick even without the "ticking 7 boxes" qualifier.
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11-06-2016 , 10:24 PM
Just one quick item. I wrote a sentence in my pick post that ended with the word [redacted]. The reason I did that was two fold. First it was a nod to my Wrestling subforum brethren in this thread, and two I don't think we should mention movies that haven't been selected yet. Would everyone agree with that?
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11-06-2016 , 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ChachiArcola
Just one quick item. I wrote a sentence in my pick post that ended with the word [redacted]. The reason I did that was two fold. First it was a nod to my Wrestling subforum brethren in this thread, and two I don't think we should mention movies that haven't been selected yet. Would everyone agree with that?
Yep, this is standard draft practice.
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11-06-2016 , 11:03 PM
Yeah, definitely best to not mention undrafteds.
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11-07-2016 , 02:25 AM
I kinda knew TGTBATU would be gone by the time it came to me, but ah well.

For very similar reasons to D1iab I'm selecting

Spoiler:

Singin' in the Rain


It satisfies categories #7, #10, #15 & #19 and I think I'd struggle to pick musicals if this was gone since I discovered that IMDb doesn't consider [REDACTED] a musical.
GOAT musical imo.
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11-07-2016 , 03:08 AM
Added a 2nd page to DWetzel's spreadsheet so that people can easily see what categories people have left https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...k-s/edit#gid=0
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11-07-2016 , 12:14 PM
I don't really understand some of the categories to be honest

What really makes something an action movie or a thriller?
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11-07-2016 , 02:29 PM
Go to the IMDB page for the movie, the categories are listed right under the movie title.
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11-07-2016 , 02:31 PM
Look at what is circled in red here:



The bit that says "comedy"

They don't always just say one thing, they sometimes say multiple things

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047478/...&ref_=m_ft_dsk - Seven Samurai is an example of "Action, Adventure, Drama"
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11-07-2016 , 02:40 PM
Singing in the Rain is a really good movie

I like that all the light-hearted classics back then had undercurrents of darkness (like [UNDRAFTED] and [UNDRAFTED] and definitely [UNDRAFTED])
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11-07-2016 , 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by DWetzel
Go to the IMDB page for the movie, the categories are listed right under the movie title.
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Originally Posted by xander biscuits
... The bit that says "comedy"...
Thanks, but that wasn't my question.

I still don't understand what makes something an action movie or a thriller, unless the answer is "it is that if IMDB tags it as so".
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11-07-2016 , 02:50 PM
That is, for purpose of this draft, the answer.
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11-07-2016 , 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by tchaz
Thanks, but that wasn't my question.

I still don't understand what makes something an action movie or a thriller, unless the answer is "it is that if IMDB tags it as so".
It's a sliding scale just like with music genres

If something has humorous elements then is it a comedy? It's up to you to decide
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11-07-2016 , 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by D1iabol1cal
Filling in 5 categories -.... and 27, my #1 draft pick is:
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
If we are talking IMDB tags .. I assume this means D1iabol1cal is taking the version of the film with the leading 3 actors' voices dubbed into Italian.
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11-07-2016 , 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by xander biscuits
It's a sliding scale just like with music genres

If something has humorous elements then is it a comedy? It's up to you to decide
hmmm - ok. ty - I'm reading wikipedia for clues as well
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11-07-2016 , 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by tchaz
If we are talking IMDB tags .. I assume this means D1iabol1cal is taking the version of the film with the leading 3 actors' voices dubbed into Italian.
You would think that (and I was having trouble figuring that out), but apparently any spoken lines in the film of the different language count! (And also their definition of "language" is a little expansive, so I got that going for me, which is nice.)
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11-07-2016 , 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by DWetzel
You would think that (and I was having trouble figuring that out), but apparently any spoken lines in the film of the different language count! (And also their definition of "language" is a little expansive, so I got that going for me, which is nice.)


Well, looking at this page: http://www.imdb.com/help/search?doma...&ref_=hlp_sr_4 it seems as if the tag should say "Language: English, Spanish" if that was the case (and not Italian - I don't recall people actually speaking Italian in the "English"-language version of the film - if there were Italian would have been added to the list). (There are a few lines in Spanish, right? Or am I imagining that?)

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Overview

  • The IMDb languages section records the languages spoken in titles in the database.
  • We will list any language spoken. If necessary, please use a qualifying attribute such as (a few words), (a few lines), (song), etc.
B. Key Submission Rules

  • If more than one language was spoken please enter them in order of frequency such that the main language is entered first.
  • Silent Movies should be listed with a language of None and an order number of 1 ('silent' should also be added to the sound mix section). If onscreen text appears in the original version of the title, add the language that the onscreen text appears in with an order number of 2 including an attribute explaining in what form the text takes - (intertitles), for example.
  • Please note that this refers to the original release; we do not record dubbing languages for foreign releases in this list, or DVD subtitle options.
(my emphasis in the last list item)

The actual IMDB page for TGTBATU has
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Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (original title)
as its subtitle (my emphasis)

So it seems pretty clear from that that what has been drafted is the "original" Italian language version of TGTBATU.
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11-07-2016 , 06:34 PM
The fact that TGTBATU is considered "Italian" is an oddity that we just accept. There are other oddities out there such as [UDRAFTED] which is clearly everyone is speaking in English but it gets dubbed over in German and this is the official language of the movie.

There are so many grey areas/exceptions/oddities that we just have to take IMDb to be the gospel for the purposes of this draft.

on a different note, where is Nich and how long do we give him?
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11-07-2016 , 07:48 PM
I'm shocked, SHOCKED that Nich would be late to a draft

My personal choice would be 6 hours from 6 AM, so his time would have been up at noon today and we've been waiting a while for nothing, but I don't know that a definitive decision was made; regardless this is why 12 hours is too long.

You're the commish, make a ruling.
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