Showing posts with label Best Year Tourney. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Best Year Tourney. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Episode 287: The Greatest Year of Movies Ever

It's taken a year or so, but The Deucecast Movie Show has finally narrowed down 40 years of film into two years for the finals.  What Year of Movies will take home the trophy as Greatest Year of Movies Ever?

To decide, hosts Mikey, Pinky, and Dave invite in podcasting royalty, with Dinner for Geeks, My Star Wars Story and radio host Scott Ryfun, as well as the Geek Out Loud podcasting empire grande poobah Steve Glosson!  (Glosson finally returns after years of Mikey asking!)

First up, Birthday Movies, where we find out exactly how old movies like K-19 The Widowmaker, Honey I Blew Up the Kid, The Lost Boys and even Bebe's Kids!

Then a round of Box Office Mojo, calling out the Top 10 in both 1984 and 2015 based on top domestic box office rankings -- Beverly Hills Cop! Inside Out! Indiana Jones!  But not... 9 to 5...

And then, the finale, the championship, the big match of all movie matches, and one that you likely could guess the winner of already.

But that's why the game is played!  Including a battle between a previous battle like 1989 vs 2015, with Glosson & Ryfun going head to head.  And Mikey stirring the pot.


Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Episode 278: The Film Four (Movie Year Tourney Part VIII)

It's getting down to the bare bones of the Greatest Movie Year Ever Tournament, as only FOUR years remain.  And it's time to find the finalists.

Helping Dave, Mikey, and Pinky are guests on the Binder & Binder hotline, first with our favorite Michigander podcaster Remodeling Clay Shaver, and then Wit Stillman fan, Brie Lover (Alison, Cheese and Larson), Terence Malick Apologist, Film Historian AND the worlds greatest octonologist, Dr Earl.

And to add even more to the show, the guys bring on the co-host of the TechnoRetro Dads podcast, the man known to the world as Shazbazzar, aka, Shaz.

First up, a new game to discuss Adam Sandler and Netflix, Jeff Goldblum's Jurassicness, and Will Smth as... The Genie?  It's a game called "Word Up!" which also introduces Remodeling Clay's new theme song!

Then, a visit to Episode 274, with the 1989 defeat over 1982, and Shaz's big issue with it. Shaz gives a genre by genre rundown of 89 vs 82 (even though, let's be honest, it doesn't matter)...  including the movie that will fit the bill in case you are looking for some Casual Racism.

The first battle becomes so difficult, the show called in ANOTHER special guest to help decide as Shaz takes on d$ for the win... with Shaz firing an "Ad Hominem Attack"

1986
Top Gun... Platoon... Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home... Aliens... Ferris Bueller's Day Off... Cobra... The Boy Who Could Fly

vs 

2015
Star Wars the Force Awakens... Mad Max Fury Road... Spotlight... The Big Short... Ant Man.. Creed... SPECTRE... Guardians of the Galaxy... Kingsman Secret Service...

And then... 

1984
Ghostbusters... Gremlins... Beverly Hills Cop... Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom... Karate Kid... Sixteen Candles... Splash... This is Spinal Tap... A Nightmare on Elm Street... The Muppets Take Manhattan... Revenge of the Nerds...

vs 

1989
Batman... The Abyss... Honey I Shrunk the Kids... The Little Mermaid... When Harry Met Sally... Field of Dreams... Major League... Glory... Parenthood... Road House... Say Anything... National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation...

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Episode 274: Nostalgia vs Recency Bias - Movie Year Tourney IX

The guys of the Deucecast Movie Show -- Mikey, Dave & Pinky -- join forces with friends of the show Remodeling Clay Podcast host Clay Shaver as well as Terence Malick Apologist, Wit Stillman Fan, Brie lover (both the cheese and the Larsen), Film Historian and -ologist of the world, Dr Earl.

In this ep, you'll hear the gang discuss Shelley Long films... Homeward Bound (ooooh)... Pare vs Dudikoff in the Battle of the Michaels and another Six Pack mention.

Tonight's battles:

1993
Jurassic Park... Schindler's List... The Fugitive... Tombstone... Dazed & Confused

vs

1986

Aliens... Top Gun... Stand By Me... Ferris Bueller's Day Off... The Money Pit

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2015

The Revenant... Mad Max Fury Road... The Intern... Spotlight... Jurassic World...

vs

1987

Raising Arizona... Spaceballs... Wall Street... Dirty Dancing... The Princess Bride

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1984

Ghostbusters... The Karate Kid... Terminator... This is Spinal Tap... Beverly Hills Cop

vs

2014

The LEGO Movie.. Guardians of the Galaxy... Gone Girl... Into the Woods... Big Hero 6

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1989

Field of Dreams... The Abyss... Major League... Batman... Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade

vs

1982

Tron... ET: The Extra Terrestrial... Blade Runner... Poltergeist... Six Pack

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Episode 271: Movie Tourney Year Part VII

Once again, Pinky, Mikey & Dave come together to decide the greatest year of movies, ever... this time, with four more matches to finally set up the Entertaining Eight

After a quick chat about RetroZap Podcasting Network, a quick preview of Star Wars Celebration, which Mikey & Dave will be attending (while Pinky goes to prom with his fake girlfriend)

Plus... a throwback to Kenny Rogers' and how he turned our Love Around... and the story of Kenny Rogers' Roasters... and a quick bio of Tony "Tiny" Lister... and the remarkable gap between the years advancing...

1982
ET: The Extra Terrestrial... Rocky III... Poltergeist... 48 Hours... Tron... BladeRunner

vs 

2012
Marvel's The Avengers... Skyfall... Argo... Looper... Django Unchained...

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1989
Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade... Batman... The Little Mermaid... Major League... UHF... When Harry Met Sally

vs

1999
The Matrix... Fight Club... The Sixth Sense... Star Wars The Phantom Menace... Toy Story 2... Office Space...

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1967
The Graduate... The Jungle Book... Guess Who's Coming to Dinner... Bonnie & Clyde... The Dirty Dozen... In the Heat of the Night... Cool Hand Luke...

vs 

1987
The Princess Bride... Lethal Weapon... The Untouchables... Wall Street... Full Metal Jacket

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1992
Boomerang... Aladdin... The Bodyguard... Unforgiven... Reservoir Dogs... Glengarry Glen Ross... Last of the Mohicans

vs

2015
Mad Max Fury Road... Inside Out... The Revenant.. Room... The Martian... Star Wars the Force Awakens... Jurassic World


Which movie year is your favorite??



Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Episode 266: Movie Tourney Year Part VI

Another round of movie year matchups... these are films in the Cinema Sixteen, all vying for a shot at The Entertaining Eight...

1993
Schindler's List... Sleepless in Seattle... Jurassic Park... Dazed & Confused... Tombstone

vs

1998
Saving Private Ryan... The Truman Show... The Big Lebowski... A Bug's Life... Rushmore...

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1986
Top Gun... Platoon... Aliens... Ferris Bueller's Day Off... The Color of Money

vs

1997
LA Confidential... Face/Off... Titanic... Men in Black... As Good as It Gets... Air Force One...

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1977
Star Wars... Smokey & the Bandit... Close Encounters of the Third Kind... Annie Hall... Slap Shot

vs

2014
The LEGO Movie... Guardians of the Galaxy... Whiplash... Captain America Winter Solder...

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1984
Ghostbusters... Gremlins... The Terminator... Beverly Hills Cops... The Muppets Take Manhattan

vs

1975
Jaws... One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest... Dog Day Afternoon... Monty Python & the Holy Grail... Nashville...

So what wins, what loses?  Listen, decide, let us know what YOU think!

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Episode 262: Greatest Movie Year Ever Part V

After a three month break in the action, Pinky, Mikey and d$ return to finish out the final 16 movie years... the Cinema 16, if you will...

The Battles in this episode:

1989 - Honey I Shrunk the Kids... The Little Mermaid... The 'Burbs... Major League... The Abyss...

vs

1991... Beauty & the Beast... Silence of the Lambs... Boyz in the Hood... Point Break (the original!!)... Terminator 2: Judgement Day

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2006 - Casino Royale... The Prestige... The Departed... Pan's Labyrinth... Inside Man...

vs 

1999 - Star Wars: The Phantom Menace... The Sixth Sense... Toy Story 2... The Matrix... Office Space

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2007 - No Country for Old Men...There Will Be Blood... Ratatouille... Enchanted... The King of Kong

vs 

1967 - The Graduate... Disney's The Jungle Book... Bonnie & Clyde... The Dirty Dozen... Dr. Doolittle...

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2002 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers... Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets... Spider Man... Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones... Catch Me if You Can...

vs 

2015 - The Big Short... Sicario.. Mad Max Fury Road... Steve Jobs... The H8ful Eight...

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1988 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit... Rain Man... Beetlejuice... Diehard... A Fish Called Wanda...

vs 

1982 - ET: The Extra Terrestrial... Rocky III... Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan... Poltergeist... Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Which movies win each battle and move on to the Cinema 16???


Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Episode 248: Greatest Movie Year Tourney Part IV

Another great round of year matches in this part of the tournament, as Dave, Mikey & Pinky are determined to find the Greatest Year of Movies Ever!  Here are the matches you'll see this go-round... 


1993 vs 1980 out of The TechnoRetro Dads Regional

1993 has Jurassic Park... The Fugitive... Sleepless in Seattle... Philadelphia... The Sandlot... Dazed & Confused... Schindler's List... Tombstone

1980 offers The Empire Strikes Back... Airplane!... The Blues Brothers... Smokey & the Bandit II... Raging Bull... Caddyshack... The Shining

The winner battles 1998 in the next round...

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2013 vs 1977 in The Remodeling Clay Regional

2013 brings us 12 Years a Slave... The Wolf of Wall Street... American Hustle... Frozen... Prisoners... Monsters University... 

1977 released Star Wars... Smokey & the Bandit... Close Encounters of the Third Kind... Saturday Night Fever... Annie Hall 

The winner battles of the winner of 1996 vs 2014

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1992 vs 1994 in The Skywalking Thru Neverland Regional

1992 shows Unforgiven... Reservoir Dogs... The Last of the Mohicans... A Few Good Men... Aladdin... Glengarry Glen Ross... 

1994 threw out The Lion King... Forrest Gump... Speed... Pulp Fiction... Maverick... Clerks... The Santa Clause... 

The winner battles the winner of 2002 vs 2015

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1983 vs 1987 in The Skywalking Thru Neverland Regional

1983 will find Return of the Jedi... Trading Places.. WarGames... Risky Business... The Big Chill... Superman III... Krull... National Lampoon's Vacation (the first one!!)... 

1987 conjures up Princess Bride.. Dirty Dancing... Lethal Weapon... The Untouchables... Good Morning Vietnam... Raising Arizona... Spaceballs... Wall Street... 
The winner battles the winner of 2007 vs 1967

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1996 vs 2014 from The Remodeling Clay Regional

1996 will have Independence Day... Mission Impossible... Twister... The Rock... Jerry Maguire... From Dusk til Dawn... Fargo... That Thing You Do!... High School High (with Method & Red)

2014 lets you see Guardians of the Galaxy... Captain America the Winter Soldier... X-Men Days of Future Past... The Imitation Game... The LEGO Movie... Gone Girl.. Whiplash... 

The winner takes on 1977 in the next round



Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Episode 245: The Greatest Movie Year Tourney Part III

Mikey, Dave and Pinky come together once again to talk about movie years.  Great movie years.  In fact, the greatest movie year ever, in the greatest movie year ever tournament.  But this much awesome cannot be held only by the three hosts, so joining the group is frequent contributor and friend of the show Remodeling Clay Shaver.

This time, we see movies like Weird Science, Top Gun, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Aliens go head to head when 1986 takes on 1985.

A controversial decision and disagreement comes in with 1975 runs up against 2005.

A first round blowout in the match of 1975 vs 2005

A close battle with 2010 and 2012.

Titanic from 1997 sails in to try and sink 2001.

And a pattern seems to emerge with the power of the 2000s, with 1984 going straight after the year 2000.




Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Episode 240: Best Movie Year Ever // Opening Round Pt 2

Its the rest of the opening round of The Best Movie Year Ever tournament.... we had three big matches last time (Episode 236) and Mikey, Dave and Pinky welcome in Terence Malick Apologist and Film Historian Dr Earl to discuss the rest of the opening rounds...

Keep reading for your chance to weigh in...

Today's matches includes:

2011 (Fast Five, Bridesmaids, Capt America The First Avenger, Moneyball, The Muppets)
vs
2000 (Gladiator, Cast Away, X-Men, High Fidelity, Almost Famous, The Descendants)

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2013 (Frozen, Fast Six, The Way Way Back, American Hustle, Star Trek Into Darkness)
vs 
2009 (Star Trek, Up, The Hangover, Up in the Air, Inglorious Basterds, The Princess & The Frog)

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1990 (Goodfellas, Total Recall, Home Alone)
vs
1991 (Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Beauty & The Beast, Silence of the Lambs)

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1995 (Toy Story, Se7en, Clueless, The Usual Suspects, Heat, Braveheart)
vs
1982 (E.T., Tootsie, 48 Hours, Poltergeist, Blade Runner, TRON, The Last Unicorn)

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1983 (Return of the Jedi, Trading Places, Risky Business, The Big Chill, A Christmas Story)
vs
2003 (Finding Nemo, LOTR: Return of the King, Mystic River)


One of these matches didn't have a clear winner... check us on Twitter @TheDeucecast and on Facebook (search "The Deucecast Movie Show") for your chance to help us decide!!

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Episode 236: The Best Movie Year Ever Tournament Opening Round

In the many years of The Deucecast Movie Show, there have been hundreds, maybe thousands of movies that have been reviewed, from early in the 1900s until very recently.

However, the guys of the show have wondered what is truly the best year of film ever... not the best movies of the year -- but the BEST YEAR of MOVIES EVER.

The years have been given numbers, and randomly numbers are called to fill out a bracket with 40 different years in it.

First up...
2004 (Hitch, The Incredibles, National Treasure & Mean Girls and, negatively, Catwoman)
vs
1986 (Platoon, Aliens, Ferris Bueller's Day Off & Stand By Me)

Then a battle with
1981 (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Superman II, Stripes & Evil Dead)
vs
1998 (Saving Private Ryan, The Big Lebowski, You've Got Mail &  A Bug's Life)

And the big battle between Saving Private Ryan and Raiders of the Lost Ark

And then you have:
1992 (Aladdin, Unforgiven, A Few Good Men & Reservoir Dogs)
vs
2008 (Iron Man, Wall*E, The Dark Knight & Tropic Thunder)

What do you pick?