Directors combined top film lists (1 Viewer)

[george kaplan]

Well you guys actually did quite good.

There were 10 guesses. 3 had neither right, 6 had one of the persons correct, and 1 had the right answer.

It was Nick/Simon, which Cary correctly surmised.

OK, we have some more lists, so this will probably get harder, but then I hope I've selected an easier one today.

Lists:

George Kaplan
Erik G
Angelo M
Nick Sievers
Lew Crippen
Alex Spindler
Brook K
Simon Lepine
Steve Gon
John C. Wilson
Dome
Cary T
Arman

Combined Top 10 List #2:

1. The Apartment
2. Rear Window
3. Planes, Trains & Automobiles
4. Chinatown
5. Vertigo
6. Young Frankenstein
7. North by Northwest
8. The Godfather
9. Some Like It Hot
10. The Gold Rush

Combined Top 10 List #2A:

1. The Apartment
2. Rear Window
3. Planes, Trains & Automobiles
4. Chinatown
5. Vertigo
6. Young Frankenstein
7. North by Northwest
8. Zelig
9. The Godfather
10. Bringing Up Baby


Just because I used Simon & Nick already doesn't mean I won't use them again. Although, if this is still viewed as too hard, the best way for me to make it easier, is to have a reduced guessing pool each time (e.g., which of the following 5 people make up this combined list?). So, let me know what you think about that.

 

[Simon_Lepine]

Well it's pretty obvious George is there

as for the other I'm not sure ... George / Alex ?

 

[Lew Crippen]

I agree with Simon--in fact I'll be surprised if anyone does not have George as a candidate. I’ll make it:

Arman/George

 

[SteveGon]

I'm saying George/John

 

[Angelo.M]

george/lew

 

[MartinTeller]

It looks to me like George & George!

Umm, I'll guess george/Cary.

 

[Brook K]

George/Cary

 

[Walter Kittel]

George, I've PM'd my list.

My guess is George and John.

- Walter.

 

[Arman]

Combined Top 10 List #2: george/John

 

[Cary T]

I agree with Martin, it's George/George

Combined Top 10 List #2: George Kaplan/John C. Wilson

 

[Nick Sievers]

Ha! That was my first thought as well.

George and Lew

 

[Alex Spindler]

George and Lew is my best guess.

 

[Dome Vongvises]

George/Eric

 

[ErikG]

George/Simon

 

[george kaplan]

13 guesses, 9 with 1 right guess, 4 with both, including Cary who's 2 for 2.

I was experimenting with combining two very similar lists. John and I only have 1 top 10 film in common, but overall we have a lot of the same films on our lists.

Today I'm experimenting in the opposite direction. Two lists without a single film in common! Which means that there's no spoiler list, since both algorithms give the same solution.

Combined Top 10 List #3:

1. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
2. Taxi Driver
3. Ikiru
4. Valley Girl
5. 2001
6. The Last American Virgin
7. The Empire Strikes Back
8. It's a Wonderful Life
9. Raiders of the Lost Ark
10. Tokyo Story

I'm going to ask people to put their answers in spoiler tags, at least for this round, so as not to give away the answer to others before they have a chance to play (they can always look at the spoilers if they want to). Thanks.

Oh, and by the way, our list of candidates has expanded again:

George Kaplan
Erik G
Angelo M
Nick Sievers
Lew Crippen
Alex Spindler
Brook K
Simon Lepine
Steve Gon
John C. Wilson
Dome
Cary T
Arman
Walter Kittel

 

[Simon_Lepine]

hmm ...

Lew and Dome

 

[Angelo.M]

dome and lew


a suggestion:

after you've run through your combo lists, can we have a guess at the individual top-10 lists, or do you think it will be completely apparent at that point?

 

[Lew Crippen]

Alex/Cary

 

[SteveGon]

Brook/Alex

Very tough...

 

[MartinTeller]

Brook/Erik