Elimination game.

[George Lazenby]

My prediction is that it'll all come down to FRWL and Goldfinger.

And if I have anything to say in the matter OHMSS will come in a solid 3rd. I wonder if more people will start participating at this point.

 

[Catman]

And if I have anything to say in the matter OHMSS will come in a solid 3rd.

The Connery films are doing really well.

 

[George Lazenby]

The Connery films are doing really well.

The 60s as a whole is doing really well-- not a single film from that decade has been eliminated, or even currently has less than the original 3 points.

 

[Catman]

1.Dr.No [3]
2.From Russia With Love [9]
3.Goldfinger [12]
4.Thunderball [5]
5.You Only Live Twice [3]
6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [8]
7.Diamonds are Forever [3] +1
8.The Spy Who Loved Me [4]
9.Licence to Kill [3] -1
10.Goldeneye [4]
11.Tomorrow Never Dies [3]
12.Casino Royale [4]

 

[Road Warrior]

1.Dr.No [3]
2.From Russia With Love [9]
3.Goldfinger [13] +1
4.Thunderball [5]
5.You Only Live Twice [3]
6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [8]
7.Diamonds are Forever [3]
8.The Spy Who Loved Me [4]
9.Licence to Kill [2] -1
10.Goldeneye [4]
11.Tomorrow Never Dies [3]
12.Casino Royale [4]

 

[George Lazenby]

1.Dr.No [3]
2.From Russia With Love [9]
3.Goldfinger [13]
4.Thunderball [5]
5.You Only Live Twice [3]
6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [9] +1
7.Diamonds are Forever [3]
8.The Spy Who Loved Me [4]
9.Licence to Kill [1] -1
10.Goldeneye [4]
11.Tomorrow Never Dies [3]
12.Casino Royale [4]

 

[Catman]

9.Licence to Kill [1] -1

AWESOME!

Jimmy will be upset though, but he can't save the movie now! By Tuesday it will have been eliminated!

 

[ThrawnZA]

1.Dr.No [3]
2.From Russia With Love [10] +1
3.Goldfinger [13]
4.Thunderball [5]
5.You Only Live Twice [3]
6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [9]
7.Diamonds are Forever [3]
8.The Spy Who Loved Me [4]
9.Licence to Kill [0] -1
10.Goldeneye [4]
11.Tomorrow Never Dies [3]
12.Casino Royale [4]

License to Kill eliminated.

 

[Fried Gold]

1.Dr.No [3]
2.From Russia With Love [10]
3.Goldfinger [13]
4.Thunderball [5]
5.You Only Live Twice [3]
6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [8] -1
7.Diamonds are Forever [3]
8.The Spy Who Loved Me [5] +1
9.Goldeneye [4]
10.Tomorrow Never Dies [3]
11.Casino Royale [4]

 

[ThrawnZA]

Eliminated

12) License to Kill
13) For Your Eyes Only
14) The World is Not Enough
15) The Man with the Golden Gun
16) Live and Let Die
17) Octopussy
18) The Living Daylights
19) Die Another Day
20) Moonraker
21) A View to a Kill

 

[jimmy]

Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Catman]

Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ThrawnZA had the license to eliminate!

 

[jimmy]

Although, seeing Dalton's film last longer all but one Roger Moore film says something about him as an actor.

 

[George Lazenby]

1.Dr.No [3]
2.From Russia With Love [10]
3.Goldfinger [13]
4.Thunderball [5]
5.You Only Live Twice [3]
6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [9] +1
7.Diamonds are Forever [3]
8.The Spy Who Loved Me [5]
9.Goldeneye [3] -1
10.Tomorrow Never Dies [3]
11.Casino Royale [4]

 

[Fried Gold]

1.Dr.No [3]
2.From Russia With Love [10]
3.Goldfinger [13]
4.Thunderball [5]
5.You Only Live Twice [3]
6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [8] -1
7.Diamonds are Forever [3]
8.The Spy Who Loved Me [6] +1
9.Goldeneye [3]
10.Tomorrow Never Dies [3]
11.Casino Royale [4]

 

[Catman]

1.Dr.No [3]
2.From Russia With Love [10]
3.Goldfinger [14] +1
4.Thunderball [5]
5.You Only Live Twice [3]
6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [8]
7.Diamonds are Forever [3]
8.The Spy Who Loved Me [6]
9.Goldeneye [2] -1
10.Tomorrow Never Dies [3]
11.Casino Royale [4]

 

[ThrawnZA]

To be fair, I've always preferred The Living Daylights to License to Kill, if only because the bit with Bond countersniping to provide cover for a defector comes from Fleming. The story sort of went off on a tangent from that. LTK, while a better film, isn't a Bond film as much as an 80's action film.

That said, I think Timothy Dalton has been getting some unfair stick over the years. There's nothing wrong with his performance per se.


Anyways...

1.Dr.No [3]
2.From Russia With Love [11] +1
3.Goldfinger [14]
4.Thunderball [5]
5.You Only Live Twice [3]
6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [8]
7.Diamonds are Forever [3]
8.The Spy Who Loved Me [5] -1
9.Goldeneye [2]
10.Tomorrow Never Dies [3]
11.Casino Royale [4]

 

[ThrawnZA]

I have a suggestion:

I've taken part in some elimination games like this before, and IMHO they always start to drag at the end. If I may, I'd like to propose that as soon as we hit the top 10 (ie. after the next film is eliminated) everyone gets two votes per day (positive and negative.) The catch being, you can't use both votes for the same film. Thus. for

A
B +2
C -1
D -1

adding 2 points to B is not allowed, whereas

A +1
B -1
C +1
D -1

is fine (in effect voting for four films a day as opposed to two.)

As I say, I suggest this in the interest of keeping the game alive and not having it becomed bogged down in people playing +1,-1 for several days (which tends to happen in these games, at least from my experience.)

 

[Catman]

So, voting for 4 films instead of two?

 

[ThrawnZA]

Well, we should probably get some more input from our fellow participants. Plus, we need to eliminate one more film before it kicks in (if we do it at all.)

 

[George Lazenby]

I'm fine with it. Now we just have to get Goldeneye out of there...

Well, we should probably get some more input from our fellow participants. Plus, we need to eliminate one more film before it kicks in (if we do it at all.)

 

[Catman]

So, let me get this straight. We vote for two films we like and two we dislike?

 

[ThrawnZA]

That's the idea, yeah, but only as soon as the next film is eliminated - ie. only once we have ten films lift. To make it absolutely clear, here's an example of what is not allowed:

1.Dr.No [3]
2.From Russia With Love [13] +2
3.Goldfinger [13] -1
4.Thunderball [4] -1

I can't give FRWL both my positive points. This works inversely as well - you can't give, say, Thunderball, two negative points.

In effect, you have to grade two films negatively, and two films positively.

 

[jimmy]

1.Dr.No [3]
2.From Russia With Love [11]
3.Goldfinger [14]
4.Thunderball [5]
5.You Only Live Twice [3]
6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [8]
7.Diamonds are Forever [2]-1
8.The Spy Who Loved Me [5]
9.Goldeneye [3]+1
10.Tomorrow Never Dies [3]
11.Casino Royale [4]

 

[jimmy]

I'm all for the double voting.