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Post by oldmanmerton on Mar 14, 2013 22:50:35 GMT -5
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Post by Mike Flugennock on Mar 16, 2013 11:17:06 GMT -5
I didn't commit all my votes to memory, but a few standouts among the brackets: Puma Man vs Teenagers From Outer Space: A tough matchup, for sure. Both are awesome performers, but I had to go with Teenagers From Outer Space. Puma Man is an excellent episode, a nice ripe chunk of late '70s cheese, but there's one thing that Teenagers has that Puma Man doesn't, and that's TAWRT'CHA!
Deathstalker & the Warriors From Hell vs Beast Of Yucca Flats: Another tough seed. Mind you, I loves me some Tor Johnson, and Beast has the "Flag On The Moon", and "Pictures Of The Moon -- Nude", but Deathstalker has that loathsome, smarmy "hero", a simpering teenage princess and a villain who's about as scary-looking as my cat -- not to mention loads and loads of big, fluffy '80s hair. I'm picking Deathstalker here.
Manos, The Hands Of Fate vs The Indestructible Man: The Indestructible Man has one of my favorite riffs of all time, Tom Servo's immortal "I gotta take a big indestructible whiz!", not to mention all those cop/doughnut and sewer jokes, like Crow's "Close Encounters Of The Turd Kind". Still, it's going up against Manos, The Hands Of Fate here, and my vote is no contest -- it's Manos, hands down, because... well... c'mon, man, Manos!
Space Mutiny vs The Corpse Vanishes: I'm amazed these two were seeded against each other. A mismatch for the ages. Corpse is a sentimental favorite of mine because I've always been a huge Bela Lugosi fan, but it's not one of his best; Space Mutiny, on the other hand, is a prime-cut slab of '80s cheese. Space Mutiny's got it all -- all the glitzy outfits, big fluffy hair and ripped-off Battlestar Galactica effex footage you can handle, not to mention Sting, Debbie Reynolds, God, and Biff Beefpile. Gotta go with Space Mutiny in a runaway, here.
Now, I know I'm going to catch some heat for this, but... here's my predictions for Final Four: In the Semis: Manos in a walk vs. Brain That Wouldn't Die, and Monster A Go-Go in a squeaker vs. Space Mutiny. In the Finals: Manos in a barn-burner vs. Monster A Go-Go, with a buzzer-beater in double overtime.
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Post by Torgo on Mar 16, 2013 12:51:33 GMT -5
I like sports, but I vaguely pay attention to actual seasons so that's why I don't discuss more often.
But that was fun. Toughest for me was Eegah vs. Fugitive Alien, because I love both for entirely different reasons. Went with Eegah though, because I already picked Star Force for another matchup.
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Post by dph on Mar 17, 2013 6:36:20 GMT -5
Gamera against Prince of Space was a tough call for me. Being a kaiju man, I always go with the giant monsters, but Prince of Space is a ripe load of Japanese cheese. I still had to give it to Gamera though.
Another tough call was Hobgoblins vs. The Lost Continent. These are two that are both hard to watch for me. Two mind-numbingly bad movies, but ultimately I had to give it to Hobgoblins.
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Post by oldmanmerton on Mar 18, 2013 2:39:42 GMT -5
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Post by dph on Mar 18, 2013 4:16:40 GMT -5
Wow, this one was a lot tougher. Pitting Time Chasers and Space Mutiny together was one of the toughest, but ultimately I had to give it to Space Mutiny because it had railing kills. Another tough match up was Prince of Space vs. I Accuse my Parents. Jimmy WAS stupid, but as for Prince of Space, "I LIKE IT VERY MUCH."
Some other tough ones are Girl in Gold Boots vs. Manos and Jack Frost vs. Pumaman. I gave it to GIGB and Jack Frost. GIGB is one that can make me guffaw every time and while both Jack and Puma are extremely odd, Jack is just a little more odd and funny about it.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Mar 18, 2013 10:49:20 GMT -5
Puma Man vs. Jack Frost?
2 top-tier episodes meeting so early? Bah! I call shenanigans. Those shouldn't meet until the Final Four.
Seriously, though, I love the bracket idea. Nice work.
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Post by Torgo on Mar 18, 2013 12:26:09 GMT -5
One vote for Pod People is one vote too many. Poor Amazing Colossal Man, we hardly knew ye.
Godzilla vs. Megalon eliminated so early was a starling upset. But I Accuse My Parents is one tough cookie, so it'll be interesting to see how far it runs with it.
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Post by dph on Mar 18, 2013 16:44:27 GMT -5
One vote for Pod People is one vote too many. Poor Amazing Colossal Man, we hardly knew ye. Godzilla vs. Megalon eliminated so early was a starling upset. But I Accuse My Parents is one tough cookie, so it'll be interesting to see how far it runs with it. I hear you on that one. I was hoping at least one kaiju film would make it to the second round. Actually I thought for sure that Gamera vs. Gurion would have made it since it seems to be a favorite of the Gamera series.
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Post by oldmanmerton on Mar 18, 2013 17:12:27 GMT -5
I was a little surprised Earth vs. Spider beat it too. I mean..it was one of the closer matchups but dang. No way it stands up to Gamera.
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Post by TJ Truffleberrys on Mar 18, 2013 20:15:15 GMT -5
Final Sacrifice a #1 seed? Definitely the Gonzaga of the tournament.
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Post by oldmanmerton on Mar 18, 2013 21:13:45 GMT -5
As the one and only member of the selection committee, I accept no personal responsibility for that. I only assigned it a B+ on my site. But every damn body looooooves that episode wherever I go.
But....I like 'Zags...
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Post by TJ Truffleberrys on Mar 18, 2013 22:34:05 GMT -5
The Zags were great this year, some would say other teams were more deserving of the last #1 seed but whatever. This team is just as good as the Adam Morrison era.
Back to MST, I see Manos as Louisville (top seed overall) Mitchell is Indiana, Space Mutiny is Kansas. I predict Manos vs Space Mutiny in the championship. Don't be surprised if Jack Frost makes it to the final four, the George Mason/VCU of the tourney. Cinderella Baby!
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Post by Mr. Atari on Mar 19, 2013 14:00:52 GMT -5
Girls Town as a 12-seed rankled this fan. I guess I'm just a Mamie homer. Oh well. She would have swept the NIT.
And I'm a bit surprised that the season 8 Japanese episodes are doing so well, while the season 3 Japanese episodes are doing so poorly. The Gamera films are like the Big East of MST. Prince of Space and Neptune Men are so weak in comparison, they should have had a play-in game.
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Post by oldmanmerton on Mar 19, 2013 14:20:58 GMT -5
Girls Town as a 12-seed rankled this fan. I guess I'm just a Mamie homer. Oh well. She would have swept the NIT. And I'm a bit surprised that the season 8 Japanese episodes are doing so well, while the season 3 Japanese episodes are doing so poorly. The Gamera films are like the Big East of MST. Prince of Space and Neptune Men are so weak in comparison, they should have had a play-in game. Unfortunately (well..that's kind of snobby to say...let's just say, unlike myself), most of the sources I went to for ratings/faves/etc were heavily skewed towards Sci-Fi episode love. I dunno if that's because more of them caught on to the show towards the end of its run or what. If I hadn't made it have to be 32 Joel eps and 32 Mike eps, it would have been like 19 Joel eps and 45 Mike eps based on the raw data compiled from fansite ratings!
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