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post #91 of 208
6/13/03 at 7:02am
The Sum of All Fears (You put Clark in a movie = I like it. Simplest formula ever. They could probably have Corey Feldman play him and it would still work. OK, maybe not.)

The Stand (I've been stuck here in Boulder for years waiting for the damn plague to start. It's about my only reasonable method to find an affordable house.)

Brad
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post #92 of 208
6/13/03 at 8:24am
How the heck did I miss this tournament for this long?

Dante's Peak - It even features a Wilhelm. I can see the tourism brochure right now:

"Come visit Dante's Peak. The water is pH balanced to dissolve your grandma in seconds!"

The Stand - I love scenes with deserted metropolis streets (12 more hours till 28 Days Later!!). Also, The Day After is far too real to be much fun for me as a disaster film.
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post #93 of 208
6/13/03 at 9:45am
The Sum of All Fears
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post #94 of 208
6/13/03 at 12:39pm
DANTE'S PEAK

THE STAND- One of my all time favorites, and easily the second best King adaptation out there! I treasure this film, but I also really love THE DAY AFTER.
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post #95 of 208
6/13/03 at 3:21pm
The Sum of All Fears
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post #96 of 208
6/13/03 at 3:41pm
Dante's Peak
The Stand
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post #97 of 208
6/13/03 at 4:09pm
Dante's Peak
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post #98 of 208
6/13/03 at 7:44pm
Dante's Peak
The Stand (The Day After is excellent, too)
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post #99 of 208
6/14/03 at 1:14am
abstain (no Sum)

The Stand easily. Day After is like a b-movie.
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post #100 of 208
6/15/03 at 11:44am
The Stand although The Day After was a well done, very scary movie too.
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post #101 of 208
6/16/03 at 12:37am
Thread Starter 
Dante's Peak and The Stand move on.

Next matchups:

Deep Impact

vs.

The Quiet Earth

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Dr. Strangelove

vs.

The Poseidon Adventure

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My votes:

The Quiet Earth because it's a great movie and Deep Impact annoys me.

The Poseidon Adventure only because it's the sort of 'disaster movie' I was thinking of when I started this tourney. If you really think I believe TPA is a better film than is Strangelove, then I want what you're smoking.
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post #102 of 208
6/16/03 at 12:41am
abstain (no Quiet)

Dr. Strangelove Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
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post #103 of 208
6/16/03 at 1:04am
DEEP IMPACT- I love this film.

DR. STRANGELOVE
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post #104 of 208
6/16/03 at 3:28am
I'm with Scott here. Dr. Strangelove is a top 10 film, but it isn't a disaster movie in my mind.

The Poseidon Adventure
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post #105 of 208
6/16/03 at 5:34am
The Quiet Earth
The Poseidon Adventure
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post #106 of 208
6/16/03 at 6:14am
The Quiet Earth (This is more of an anti-vote for Deep Impact)
Dr. Strangelove:..." (I fully understand the reason behind selecting TPA, but I just really freakin' love this movie and have to cast at least one vote for it.)

Brad
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post #107 of 208
6/16/03 at 10:22am
Deep Impact
The Poseidon Adventure
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post #108 of 208
6/16/03 at 10:40am
Poseiden Adventure

haven't seen Quiet Earth
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post #109 of 208
6/16/03 at 10:58am
The Quiet Earth

abstain - For this tourney, no rationale exists which could force me to vote for The Poseiden Adventure over Dr. Strangelove

- Walter.
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post #110 of 208
6/19/03 at 3:49am
Thread Starter 
The Quiet Earth and The Poseidon Adventure move on.

Next matchups:

Earthquake

vs.

Piranha

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Godzilla, King of the Monsters

vs.

The Perfect Storm

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Two easy picks for me:

Piranha over the silly quake flick and the original Godzilla over the tiresome boat flick.
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post #111 of 208
6/19/03 at 6:33am
Piranha
Godzilla
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post #112 of 208
6/19/03 at 7:06am
Abstain (I haven't actually seen Earthquake, but I did go on the Universal Studio's tour!. It was kinda lame, but in a cheesy fun way.)

Godzilla

Brad
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post #113 of 208
6/19/03 at 8:46am
Piranha
Godzilla
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post #114 of 208
6/19/03 at 8:48am
Earthquake
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
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post #115 of 208
6/19/03 at 10:56pm
Piranha

Godzilla, King Of The Monsters
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post #116 of 208
6/20/03 at 3:48am
Abstain
Godzilla
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post #117 of 208
6/21/03 at 6:32am
Thread Starter 
Piranha and Godzilla, King of the Monsters move on.

Next matchups:

Independence Day

vs.

A Night to Remember

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Jaws

vs.

Night of the Comet

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My vote goes to Jaws. It's been way too long since I've seen portions of ANTR to vote properly.
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post #118 of 208
6/21/03 at 6:46am
I like Independence Day better than A Night to Remember, which is light years better than Titanic, but I can't really bring myself to think of it as a disaster movie.

A Night To Remember

Jaws
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post #119 of 208
6/21/03 at 7:11am
Quote:
...but I can't really bring myself to think of it as a disaster movie.

And Jaws is?

A Night to Remember - Actually a tough one.
Night of the Comet
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post #120 of 208
6/21/03 at 8:27am
A Night To Remember
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