Culture Cup 2.0 Round 4

by Mind the windows Tino. Thu 28 May 2015, 4:07 pm

Round 3 of the Culture Cup 2.0 draws to an end, and what an exciting round it wasn’t. One can always tell when a thread is going badly when it resorts to puns to keep it going. The big winner of round 3 was our resident champion and obvious culture vulture, Hero, who bagged another full house of points with The Colour Of Magic. I’ve not read it so can’t comment on whether it’s any good, but the general consensus of the thread is that it’s not even Pratchett’s best work so perhaps a lucky win for Hero. Paul scooped up another solid haul of 8 points with the BFG. I have read that. I liked it. Preferred The Witches though. Perhaps the biggest surprise was Sean picking up 8 points for Lord Of The Flies. This is the guy who rates Independence Day in his top 3 films. I don’t think he has read the book, but has almost certainly sh*gged numerous members of William Golding’s extended family. Male and female. Solid round for C&R, GrumpyG*lfer and, significantly, Jeff who has streaked away from his arch rival ~~Gordon Strachan~~ superfly with his Adrian Mole nomination. There is a lesson here, Jeff. Stop lying about how cultured you are with your usual pompous picks and chose stuff you actually have read/heard/watched. Look how well your belated honesty has served you in this round. A few non-scorers again with weeman, Ray Mears and Union Cane all failing to register a vote. Jules had his 2.0 hymen smashed in by Voltaire and finally troubles the scorers. Galted failed to muster a single vote (well, apart from the 2 cruel bastards who voted then snatched them away again) and remains on nil points. The only upside for him is that he is underneath a massive pile of men. Again. Happy days, Galted, happy days.

The updated league looks like this:

1: Hero 26 pts
2: Paul 20 pts
3: Harrier 16 pts
4: Trebs 14 pts
5: Ziggler 13 pts
6: Adam 12 pts
7: C&R 12 pts
8: SerialDAVE 9 pts
9: The Boss 9 pts
10: Azzy 8 pts
11: Nakatomi 8 pts
12: Jeff 8 pts
13: GrumpyG*lfer 8 pts
14: Michaels 8 pts
16: Shah 7 pts
17: Beadle 6 pts
18: Weeman 5 pts
19: superfly 4 pts
20: Union Cane 3 pts
21: Dagless 3 pts
22: Julius 2 pts
23: Stella 2 pts
24: Galted 0 pts

Round 4 brings us back to films so please see the poll and cast your votes.

THE POLL IS OPEN FOR ALL OF 606v2 TO VOTE.

Thanks.

by Rowley Thu 28 May 2015, 4:10 pm

In your face superfly.

by Adam D Thu 28 May 2015, 4:11 pm

As I got my 6th choice, I am going to vote for something other than my own choice, although it is a great film.

by **ShahenshahG** Thu 28 May 2015, 4:13 pm

I got 10th choice or something like that. Penalised for equating Tino's Winkle with a worm

by Rowley Thu 28 May 2015, 4:14 pm

As I will abide by my belief you should not pick your own I have voted for the film which was my second choice. Our usual mix of the quite good with the truly terrible. Scent of a frigging woman, I despair at times.

by **ShahenshahG** Thu 28 May 2015, 4:16 pm

That was my tenth choice because I ran out of random ones a just picked the first odd one I found, though I do wonder which Winkle voted for it

by Rowley Thu 28 May 2015, 4:17 pm

ShahenshahG wrote:That was my tenth choice because I ran out of random ones a just picked the first odd one I found, though I do wonder which Winkle voted for it

Whilst it is no Moulin Rouge Adam has voted, looks to have his particularly camp fingerprints all over it.

by **JuliusHMarx** Thu 28 May 2015, 4:18 pm

I must have got my first choice but it was so long ago I can't remember what it was.

by Mind the windows Tino. Thu 28 May 2015, 4:19 pm

ShahenshahG wrote:I got 10th choice or something like that. Penalised for equating Tino's Winkle with a worm

Damn right. That'll learn you.

This is a tough round. Two of my top 5 films are there. Silence of the Lambs and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Might have to think carefully about this.

by **ShahenshahG** Thu 28 May 2015, 4:21 pm

Rowley wrote:
ShahenshahG wrote:That was my tenth choice because I ran out of random ones a just picked the first odd one I found, though I do wonder which Winkle voted for it

Whilst it is no Moulin Rouge Adam has voted, looks to have his particularly camp fingerprints all over it.

He's unvoted it now haha

by Rowley Thu 28 May 2015, 4:23 pm

ShahenshahG wrote:
Rowley wrote:
ShahenshahG wrote:That was my tenth choice because I ran out of random ones a just picked the first odd one I found, though I do wonder which Winkle voted for it

Whilst it is no Moulin Rouge Adam has voted, looks to have his particularly camp fingerprints all over it.

He's unvoted it now haha

If he changes it to the Iron Lady we will hunt him down, should not condone anything that humanises that dreadful woman.

by Adam D Thu 28 May 2015, 4:23 pm

Hoo-Ha!

I didnt nominate or vote for it, although I did see it at the cinema when it was released. It was cr@p back then too.

by Mind the windows Tino. Thu 28 May 2015, 4:23 pm

Rowley wrote:
ShahenshahG wrote:
Rowley wrote:
ShahenshahG wrote:That was my tenth choice because I ran out of random ones a just picked the first odd one I found, though I do wonder which Winkle voted for it

Whilst it is no Moulin Rouge Adam has voted, looks to have his particularly camp fingerprints all over it.

He's unvoted it now haha

If he changes it to the Iron Lady we will hunt him down, should not condone anything that humanises that dreadful woman.

You're going to wet yourself when you find out who picked it.

by Rowley Thu 28 May 2015, 4:29 pm

I fear my guess would not be far off. Fargo has picked up a vote, could we be finally going to see Galted break his duck?

by **superflyweight** Thu 28 May 2015, 4:30 pm

I'm not sure that all of the films above comply with the rules.

Oh and f*ck you Jeff.

by Mind the windows Tino. Thu 28 May 2015, 4:31 pm

Rowley wrote:I fear my guess would not be far off. Fargo has picked up a vote, could we be finally going to see Galted break his duck?

Couldn't possibly say. But unlikely.

Can you guess Seans?

by Rowley Thu 28 May 2015, 4:32 pm

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:
Rowley wrote:I fear my guess would not be far off. Fargo has picked up a vote, could we be finally going to see Galted break his duck?

Couldn't possibly say. But unlikely.

Can you guess Seans?

If I had to hazard a guess would almost certainly go with Gladiator.

by Mind the windows Tino. Thu 28 May 2015, 4:34 pm

Rowley wrote:
Mind the windows Tino. wrote:
Rowley wrote:I fear my guess would not be far off. Fargo has picked up a vote, could we be finally going to see Galted break his duck?

Couldn't possibly say. But unlikely.

Can you guess Seans?

If I had to hazard a guess would almost certainly go with Gladiator.

Surprisingly not. It's not a terrible film that he has chosen but one he has rattled on about before.

Never mind. All will be revealed in about 6 months when the round finishes.

by **Hero** Thu 28 May 2015, 4:35 pm

I ended up with my 3rd choice this week, time for others to catch up.

by Guest Thu 28 May 2015, 4:37 pm

Of the six choices I submitted all six are there but I have no idea which one is going to go down as mine

by **JuliusHMarx** Thu 28 May 2015, 4:38 pm

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:
Rowley wrote:
Mind the windows Tino. wrote:
Rowley wrote:I fear my guess would not be far off. Fargo has picked up a vote, could we be finally going to see Galted break his duck?

Couldn't possibly say. But unlikely.

Can you guess Seans?

If I had to hazard a guess would almost certainly go with Gladiator.

Surprisingly not. It's not a terrible film that he has chosen but one he has rattled on about before.

Never mind. All will be revealed in about 6 months when the round finishes.

Glad to hear things will speed up from now on.

by Rowley Thu 28 May 2015, 4:40 pm

superflyweight wrote:

Oh and f*ck you Jeff.

Can you repeat that Super, is hard to hear you from so far down the table.

by Mind the windows Tino. Thu 28 May 2015, 4:42 pm

DAVE667 wrote:Of the six choices I submitted all six are there but I have no idea which one is going to go down as mine

For the sake of f*ck, SerialDAVE. You got your first choice. I didn't PM you to tell you otherwise so that's what you got.

by **JuliusHMarx** Thu 28 May 2015, 4:42 pm

Rowley wrote:
superflyweight wrote:

Oh and f*ck you Jeff.

Can you repeat that Super, is hard to hear you from so far down the table.

F*ck you Jeff

by Guest Thu 28 May 2015, 4:45 pm

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:
DAVE667 wrote:Of the six choices I submitted all six are there but I have no idea which one is going to go down as mine

For the sake of f*ck, SerialDAVE. You got your first choice. I didn't PM you to tell you otherwise so that's what you got.

I just bunged six f*cking films down as I thought of them, I didn't specify which was which therefore as a result I can't f*cking remember which was the first one

OK???????????????????

by Mind the windows Tino. Thu 28 May 2015, 4:48 pm

DAVE667 wrote:
Mind the windows Tino. wrote:
DAVE667 wrote:Of the six choices I submitted all six are there but I have no idea which one is going to go down as mine

For the sake of f*ck, SerialDAVE. You got your first choice. I didn't PM you to tell you otherwise so that's what you got.

I just bunged six f*cking films down as I thought of them, I didn't specify which was which therefore as a result I can't f*cking remember which was the first one

OK???????????????????

Yes, SerialDAVE. That's absolutely fine.

by compelling and rich Thu 28 May 2015, 4:49 pm

did i get my first choice tino?

all four of my choices are on there, so well done everybody for having decent taste

by Mind the windows Tino. Thu 28 May 2015, 4:50 pm

compelling and rich wrote:did i get my first choice tino?

Don't start with me, C&R.

by Rowley Thu 28 May 2015, 4:51 pm

compelling and rich wrote:did i get my first choice tino?

No CnR, because as you well know Steel Magnolias did not win Oscars

by Adam D Thu 28 May 2015, 4:51 pm

You could look at your sent items?

monkey

by compelling and rich Thu 28 May 2015, 4:53 pm

Adam D wrote:You could look at your sent items?

i didnt get a message back so im guessing i got 1st pick

i was only checking censored

by jbeadlesbigrighthand Thu 28 May 2015, 4:58 pm

No-one went for Streetcar Named Desire? I thought for sure Stella would have gone for that.

Oh, and Peter O'Toole never won an Oscar for Lawrence of Arabia - He got nominated but was beaten by Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird.

by **JuliusHMarx** Thu 28 May 2015, 5:00 pm

jbeadlesbigrighthand wrote:No-one went for Streetcar Named Desire? I thought for sure Stella would have gone for that.

Very good

jbeadlesbigrighthand wrote:Oh, and Peter O'Toole never won an Oscar for Lawrence of Arabia - He got nominated but was beaten by Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird.

Even better

by **Galted** Thu 28 May 2015, 5:10 pm

Rowley wrote:I fear my guess would not be far off. Fargo has picked up a vote, could we be finally going to see Galted break his duck?

No such luck Jeff, it was my third choice. I did want One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest which I think is the best film of all time but some discerning movie watcher or michaels/adam got in there ahead of me. You might be surprised to know that my second choice, which I've ended up with, is the only one of my 3 picks to garner 0 votes so far.

by Mind the windows Tino. Thu 28 May 2015, 5:11 pm

jbeadlesbigrighthand wrote:

Oh, and Peter O'Toole never won an Oscar for Lawrence of Arabia - He got nominated but was beaten by Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird.

Yep, someone just pointed that out via PM.

I've reached my limit now. If people can't be bothered to research their picks then I am not going to do it for them. I am not counting any votes for Lawrence of Arabia. The person that nominated it can take it up with Superfly. He is my lawyer.

Gregory Peck was brilliant in To Kill A Mockingbird. I'm probably going to vote for that.

by Guest Thu 28 May 2015, 5:17 pm

Adam D wrote:You could look at your sent items?

PM box was full so deleted a load of stuff including all the stuff I sent Tina

by Rowley Thu 28 May 2015, 5:17 pm

Galted wrote:
Rowley wrote:I fear my guess would not be far off. Fargo has picked up a vote, could we be finally going to see Galted break his duck?

No such luck Jeff, it was my third choice. I did want One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest which I think is the best film of all time but some discerning movie watcher or michaels/adam got in there ahead of me. You might be surprised to know that my second choice, which I've ended up with, is the only one of my 3 picks to garner 0 votes so far.

Likewise Galted, of my three my actual choice is remarkably vote free.

by Hammersmith harrier Thu 28 May 2015, 5:22 pm

My second choice has votes but the rest of them are pointless, Forrest Gump having more votes than On The Waterfront is truly horrific.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Thu 28 May 2015, 5:40 pm

Well, another disaster. A true compère of this competition would have noticed Hero edging people towards Pratchett by saying you should consider Colour of Magic to be representing every Pratchett book. Mahjong and Pratchett, how the hell Hero has a wife I don't know.

by Guest Thu 28 May 2015, 5:53 pm

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Well, another disaster. A true compère of this competition would have noticed Hero edging people towards Pratchett by saying you should consider Colour of Magic to be representing every Pratchett book. Mahjong and Pratchett, how the hell Hero has a wife I don't know.

He clearly told her that marrying him would essentially mean she's marrying ALL men therefore bound to get the man of her dreams...or some sh!t like that

by Adam D Thu 28 May 2015, 6:00 pm

I suspect a combination of blackmail, rehypnol and voodoo

by **Hero** Thu 28 May 2015, 6:12 pm

I punched well above my weight with the Mrs as well so I must have cast some form of hex?

by 1GrumpyGolfer Thu 28 May 2015, 6:29 pm

Guessing that I would be near the bottom of the list, again, I made a huge list and seven of them are on the final selection including my top five. I have no fcking idea if I got my first, second, fifth, whatever choice. No PM from Tina; should I read anything in to that?

by Guest Thu 28 May 2015, 6:50 pm

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Guessing that I would be near the bottom of the list, again, I made a huge list and seven of them are on the final selection including my top five. I have no fcking idea if I got my first, second, fifth, whatever choice. No PM from Tina; should I read anything in to that?

Like me, it appears that you get the first one you put on your list irrespective of whether or not it would have been your actual first choice of the six or seven shortlisted. I only have myself to blame for not specifying but take comfort in the fact that I was so far down the f*cking list I'd probably end up with the same film anyway

by 1GrumpyGolfer Thu 28 May 2015, 7:21 pm

If that's the case SerialDave I am really shocked that I got the first one on my list having been so far down the picking pecking order.

by Stella Thu 28 May 2015, 7:34 pm

Voted for Forrest Gump, just ahead of one flew over the cuckoo's nest, on the basis Gump makes me feel good.
No votes for mine yet Sad

by Mad for Chelsea Thu 28 May 2015, 8:23 pm

out of interest, who picked His Dark Materials in the previous round? Cracking books those, travesty it didn't win any other votes besides mine. People on here have no taste...

Went with Silence of the Lambs in this one, great film, and I couldn't bring myself to vote for the Godfather again.

by Hammersmith harrier Thu 28 May 2015, 8:35 pm

Guilty as charged on that one MfC.

by Mind the windows Tino. Thu 28 May 2015, 9:02 pm

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Guessing that I would be near the bottom of the list, again, I made a huge list and seven of them are on the final selection including my top five. I have no fcking idea if I got my first, second, fifth, whatever choice. No PM from Tina; should I read anything in to that?

Genuine oversight on my part, G*lfer. I do apologise. You got the 4th film on your list.

If it's any consolation, I am almost certainly going to vote for it as I f*cking love that film.

by 1GrumpyGolfer Thu 28 May 2015, 9:27 pm

That's much appreciated Tina

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