Board 8 > Board 8 Ranks the ABCs of Death - Mini Movie Ranking Project!

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Suprak the Stud
05/29/22 7:57:25 PM
#51:


It might be partially nostalgia, but I feel like ABCs of Death have held up much better than VHS for me. There is a ton of absolute dreck here but there was a ton in VHS too and at least this has the decency of having a sense of humor about itself.

One minor criticism I didnt think of until I was working on my write ups - maybe you shouldnt have put the names in the opening post. I think some of the fun was not knowing what the letter would be until
it flipped the first time I watched this.

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Johnbobb
05/29/22 8:07:41 PM
#52:


Suprak the Stud posted...
One minor criticism I didnt think of until I was working on my write ups - maybe you shouldnt have put the names in the opening post. I think some of the fun was not knowing what the letter would be until
it flipped the first time I watched this.
Yeah that was something I realized too but only after it was too late to edit it out. Hopefully people didn't look too closely at the list before watching

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Inviso
05/29/22 8:57:13 PM
#53:


Holy crap the sequel is SO much better than the original overall.

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plasmabeam
05/29/22 10:24:04 PM
#54:


Suprak the Stud posted...
It might be partially nostalgia, but I feel like ABCs of Death have held up much better than VHS for me. There is a ton of absolute dreck here but there was a ton in VHS too and at least this has the decency of having a sense of humor about itself.

I would take ABCs #2 over V/H/S in a heartbeat. Honestly ABCs #2 probably would've cracked my Top 20 on the other list. I legit loved a bunch of the short films.

One minor criticism I didnt think of until I was working on my write ups - maybe you shouldnt have put the names in the opening post. I think some of the fun was not knowing what the letter would be until
it flipped the first time I watched this.

I'm glad I didn't look at these. Part of the fun is trying to guess the word associated with the letter, and the titles often spoil the theme or climax.

Inviso posted...
Holy crap the sequel is SO much better than the original overall.

I actually watched ABCs #2 first because I had issues getting #1 to work. So glad I started with #2.

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jcgamer107
05/29/22 10:42:47 PM
#55:


plasmabeam posted...
I feel like when the directors were contacted about ABCs #1, the message said something like: "Pick a letter and make a short film about death. It can be about anything you want!"

Then when the directors were contacted about ABCs #2, the message said: "Pick a letter and make a short film about death. It can be about anything other than toilets, farting, and turds!"
This is good news

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Inviso
05/29/22 10:49:15 PM
#56:


plasmabeam posted...
I would take ABCs #2 over V/H/S in a heartbeat. Honestly ABCs #2 probably would've cracked my Top 20 on the other list. I legit loved a bunch of the short films.

I'm glad I didn't look at these. Part of the fun is trying to guess the word associated with the letter, and the titles often spoil the theme or climax.

I actually watched ABCs #2 first because I had issues getting #1 to work. So glad I started with #2.

See, I feel like it's better to start with 1, because then you've gotten the worst part out of the way first, and have a solid finisher.

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Johnbobb
05/29/22 11:35:49 PM
#57:


I watched both of these years back, but rewatched 2 first because I remembered the first one more

turns out I forgot how bad most of 1 was

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Suprak the Stud
05/30/22 3:35:08 AM
#58:


Yeah the hardest part for me is that there are more than ten shorts I want to rank in the bottom ten.

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plasmabeam
05/30/22 9:24:27 AM
#59:


Inviso posted...
See, I feel like it's better to start with 1, because then you've gotten the worst part out of the way first, and have a solid finisher.

Starting with 1 might've broken my spirit though.

Suprak the Stud posted...
Yeah the hardest part for me is that there are more than ten shorts I want to rank in the bottom ten.

After watching one particular short last night, I thought, "Yep. This is gonna be dead last. No question." Then the next two films out-sucked it somehow. Just like that.

I have 13 shorts left to watch. So far I've graded 6 as an F. There are 10 that have an A- or better. The rest are in the middle.

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PrinceKaro
05/30/22 10:49:36 AM
#60:


I did not find the two movies to have any significant difference in overall quality.

They both had their memorable segments, and they both had their crimes against cinema.

If anything, the first was more diverse and daring.

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plasmabeam
05/30/22 11:04:50 AM
#61:


PrinceKaro posted...
I did not find the two movies to have any significant difference in overall quality.

They both had their memorable segments, and they both had their crimes against cinema.

LMAO!

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Johnbobb
05/30/22 3:11:33 PM
#62:


with my own, we're up to 4 rankings submitted so far!

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TomNook
05/30/22 3:19:50 PM
#63:


I don't know that I can get mine in, in the middle of a work week. If I'm not too tired, I'll probabaly just submit based on memory from 3 years ago with no write-ups.

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Suprak the Stud
05/30/22 3:50:54 PM
#64:


Im halfway done with write ups now and just need to finish for part 2. You might get it a couple hours after deadline if thats ok! Otherwise Im going to guess like 10 or so might not have write ups.

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plasmabeam
05/30/22 4:27:07 PM
#65:


40 write ups are done. Hopefully will have this done by tonight. Tomorrow at the latest.

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Johnbobb
05/30/22 4:34:10 PM
#66:


Suprak the Stud posted...
You might get it a couple hours after deadline if thats ok!
All good!

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plasmabeam
05/30/22 10:44:21 PM
#67:


I'll have my write ups done sometime tomorrow. Still need to do about 5 more, then I need to arrange my rankings.

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Raka_Putra
05/31/22 3:17:55 AM
#68:


I'm here to say that I expect to finish watching the two movies and uh
The production value is, for the most part, surprisingly lower than I expected

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plasmabeam
05/31/22 10:46:16 AM
#69:


PrinceKaro posted...
I did not find the two movies to have any significant difference in overall quality.

Raka_Putra posted...
I'm here to say that I expect to finish watching the two movies and uh
The production value is, for the most part, surprisingly lower than I expected

Having finished both, I can say that ABCs #2 is considerably better than #1 in terms of content and production values. I'm so lucky I started with #2... #1 would have soured me on this project, especially with the back half being such an abomination.

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plasmabeam
05/31/22 10:50:17 AM
#70:


@Johnbobb

Just emailed my rankings/write ups. Please confirm that you got them.

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Johnbobb
05/31/22 12:34:21 PM
#71:


plasmabeam posted...
@Johnbobb

Just emailed my rankings/write ups. Please confirm that you got them.
Got this and @TomNook

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Mythiot
05/31/22 2:44:52 PM
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plasmabeam
05/31/22 2:53:35 PM
#73:


Sweet, we're up to what, 7?

And with Suprak and Raka, that'll put us at 9.

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Johnbobb
05/31/22 7:42:30 PM
#74:


Mythiot posted...
Just sent my rankings. I'll post my thoughts on each short as they come up.
Got em!

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TomNook
05/31/22 9:56:22 PM
#75:


What is the pacing of ranking reveals going to be? Hope not too fast.

Pretty interested to see how it plays out though. It's going to be an unpredictable mess!

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PrinceKaro
05/31/22 9:58:42 PM
#76:


TomNook posted...
It's going to be an unpredictable mess!

Just like the movies!

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TomNook
05/31/22 9:59:35 PM
#77:


I feel good that my last place ranking might actually get last place this time!

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Raka_Putra
05/31/22 10:03:04 PM
#78:


PrinceKaro posted...
Just like the movies!
Hear, hear.

I still need to watch some more shorts but since I use a scoring system I can just sort them to get the final ranking.

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plasmabeam
05/31/22 10:09:07 PM
#79:


TomNook posted...
I feel good that my last place ranking might actually get last place this time!

I feel like there are 5 or 6 strong contenders for that last place spot

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Suprak the Stud
05/31/22 10:16:38 PM
#80:


TomNook posted...
I feel good that my last place ranking might actually get last place this time!

I feel like mine has to be bottom five. But...

plasmabeam posted...
I feel like there are 5 or 6 strong contenders for that last place spot

It's gonna be crowded at the bottom so who knows!

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Johnbobb
05/31/22 10:19:42 PM
#81:


So Raka and Suprak still planning on submitting soonish, anyone else planning to that hasn't yet?

TomNook posted...
What is the pacing of ranking reveals going to be? Hope not too fast.
Haven't decided yet! Faster than a normal movie ranking but I'm also not planning on posting like 10 a day

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jcgamer107
05/31/22 11:29:27 PM
#82:


I'm finishing the first one now and will do my damnedest to finish the 2nd one and send write-ups before I fall asleep

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Johnbobb
06/01/22 12:00:04 AM
#83:


jcgamer107 posted...
I'm finishing the first one now and will do my damnedest to finish the 2nd one and send write-ups before I fall asleep
Awesome! and if you can even get the rankings in tonight, you could always send the write-ups tomorrow if necessary; I likely won't be able to start posting until evening tomorrow anyway

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Raka_Putra
06/01/22 1:14:15 AM
#84:


Yeah I might need an extra one to two hours as well.

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Suprak the Stud
06/01/22 3:52:15 AM
#85:


I will get this to you by 11:30 AM tomorrow! I have three write ups left but I'm falling asleep so I'll do it in the morning. I have a meeting I can't miss at 11:30 so that is a hard deadline and I'll just submit whatever I have then, even if I'm missing write-ups as I can just post what I think in topic if that's ok.

Sorry to be the slacker!

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plasmabeam
06/01/22 8:45:27 AM
#86:


Johnbobb posted...
Awesome! and if you can even get the rankings in tonight, you could always send the write-ups tomorrow if necessary; I likely won't be able to start posting until evening tomorrow anyway

Oh wow. Didn't expect to see the results so soon. Buckle up, kids.

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Johnbobb
06/01/22 9:44:21 AM
#87:


Got Rakas!

Just Suprak left and I'm guessing @jcgamer107 fell asleep last night

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Suprak the Stud
06/01/22 12:52:54 PM
#88:


Sent! Thanks for waiting for me.

HYPE FOR RESULTS

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plasmabeam
06/01/22 1:14:03 PM
#89:


Assuming jcgamer submits, that'll put us at 10 people. Highest possible score a film can get is 520.

I'm eager to see if any film cracks 500. As Karo said, some of these were crimes against cinema, but people's tastes will vary.

Either way, I'm just as eager to see the Bottom 10 as I am to see the Top 10.

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Suprak the Stud
06/01/22 1:41:49 PM
#90:


Over 500 seems almost impossible! If six people rank one as the absolute bottom then four people could rank it at 46 and it would still avoid being scorer as over 500. It would need near universal agreement as the absolute worst and there are so many horrendous ones here that seems unlikely.

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plasmabeam
06/01/22 3:12:22 PM
#91:


Suprak the Stud posted...
Over 500 seems almost impossible! If six people rank one as the absolute bottom then four people could rank it at 46 and it would still avoid being scorer as over 500. It would need near universal agreement as the absolute worst and there are so many horrendous ones here that seems unlikely.

It'll be tough, but I feel like there's one short with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. If everyone has it in their bottom 5, we've got a chance.

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PrinceKaro
06/01/22 3:41:07 PM
#92:


plasmabeam posted...
I feel like there's one short with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

I feel the same way

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Mythiot
06/01/22 3:53:37 PM
#93:


PrinceKaro posted...
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Raka_Putra
06/01/22 4:13:28 PM
#94:


I think we're thinking of the same one, but with how bad many of the lowest-ranking ones are, I can't be too sure. OTOH, I can see some people finding some sense of amusement or just abject disgust from my least favorite one, and that'd be enough for them to rank it somewhat decently.

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plasmabeam
06/01/22 4:28:31 PM
#95:


So here's the thing... The one I'm thinking of (the one with no redeeming qualities) is actually my #51.

My #52 is one that someone else might consider amusing, but I found it flat-out obnoxious.

My #51, though, I just can't find anything worthwhile about it. Complete shitshow, and I kinda wish I did rank it last.

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Johnbobb
06/01/22 6:24:40 PM
#96:


Got all but 1 of the lists entered and holy shit are some of these results surprising. Without spoiling anything specific, the biggest wow factors to come out of what I've entered so far today:

As of right now, the last place entry overall has a top 5 ranking.
The entry that had easily held 1st overall is now barely in the top 10 after just the last two lists

and I still have another to enter before finalizing

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Suprak the Stud
06/01/22 6:32:33 PM
#97:


Now Im frantically searching my list to see what the hell I did and which of my low rankings was holding down the number one spot yesterday.

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plasmabeam
06/01/22 7:37:46 PM
#98:


Johnbobb posted...
Got all but 1 of the lists entered and holy shit are some of these results surprising. Without spoiling anything specific, the biggest wow factors to come out of what I've entered so far today:

As of right now, the last place entry overall has a top 5 ranking.
The entry that had easily held 1st overall is now barely in the top 10 after just the last two lists

and I still have another to enter before finalizing

Holy shit, this is gonna be fuuuunnnnn.

Suprak the Stud posted...
Now Im frantically searching my list to see what the hell I did and which of my low rankings was holding down the number one spot yesterday.

Suprak the Saboteur

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jcgamer107
06/01/22 8:30:24 PM
#99:


DONE finally. Woof, in many ways that was more challenging than watching the 8 movies I hadn't seen yet for the 2010s ranking lol.

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Johnbobb
06/01/22 11:18:41 PM
#100:


well it's super late but I'm working on putting the topic up now

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