Boardsies Great Movie Star of the 80s - Live Thread

Kolido · 01-08-2020 07:21AM

Final

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Route to Final

R1 6-0 Dianne Wiest
R2 6-4 Rob Lowe
R3 6-4 Robert De Niro
R4 6-2 Eddie Murphy
QF 7-4 Emilio Estevez
SF 7-1 Bill Murray

Dan Aykroyd

Route to Final

R1 6-1 Mickey Rourke
R2 6-1 Diane Lane
R3 6-2 Dustin Hoffman
R4 6-3 Mel Gibson
QF 7-3 Michael J. Fox
SF 7-5 Michael Keaton

01-08-2020 08:14AM

Have sent my vote via PM but it’s Arnie (jingle) all the way for me. He’s an icon. He’s impersonated across so many platforms, you wouldn’t even have to know his films to know who he is. I think he’d be a worthy winner.

Necro · 01-08-2020 08:18AM

Omackeral wrote:

Have sent my vote via PM but itâ€™s Arnie (jingle) all the way for me. Heâ€™s an icon. Heâ€™s impersonated across so many platforms, you wouldnâ€™t even have to know his films to know who he is. I think heâ€™d be a worthy winner.

Ditto. Huge franchises launched from his 80s films in two cases (for better or worse). Same can't really be said of the other guy (apparently the second Blues Bros film doesn't exist :pac: )

quickbeam · 01-08-2020 08:27AM

Necro wrote: »

Ditto. Huge franchises launched from his 80s films in two cases (for better or worse). Same can't really be said of the other guy (apparently the second Blues Bros film doesn't exist :pac: )

Well, in this MCU and DC, high budget, lowest common denominator world we live in these days then I guess having a franchise under your belt is a positive. The Blues Brothers didn’t need to start a franchise because it was of superior quality all its own.

While I certainly agree that the first two Terminators were great, the later entries in that particular franchise were as poor as any Blues Brothers sequel, existing or otherwise, were. But only one of those films in the franchise was released in the 80s and that’s what we’re talking about here.

Finally, whatever about the subjective opinion on any of their movies, you’d be hard pressed to defend a position that Aykrod wasn’t the better actor of the two.

01-08-2020 08:37AM

I’m judging on acting ability as this is the greatest actor not movie tourney.

Dan Aykroyd is a far superior ACTOR. PM incoming.

Necro · 01-08-2020 08:54AM

quickbeam wrote:

Finally, whatever about the subjective opinion on any of their movies, youâ€™d be hard pressed to defend a position that Aykrod wasnâ€™t the better actor of the two.

Different strokes for different folks I guess. I'd sooner watch an 80s movie with Arnie than one with Aykrod so voted accordingly

JP Liz V1 · 01-08-2020 12:44PM

I'll be back

Later for the result

Kolido · 01-08-2020 07:51PM

The votes have been counted.
We didn't get a high volume, nevertheless, we have a result.

Before I reveal, let me say thanks to everyone who played along, hope everyone had fun, I certainly did.

As you might have guessed, I will be along in a few days with a new thread for the 90s contest so please stay tuned.

Kolido · 01-08-2020 07:51PM

Boardsies Greatest Movie Star of the 80s is...Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger 5

Necro
Mack
LeVar
Liz
Hallaz

Dan Aykroyd 3

QB
Strawbs
Zaph

In the immortal words of our winner.....I'LL BE BACK

quickbeam · 01-08-2020 07:53PM

Thanks Kol. Not who I voted for, but I'm not too disappointed, as he was also fairly deserving. This was my vote, fwiw:

quickbeam wrote:

Should be Steve Martin but failing that, the stats don’t lie and Aykrod has just been in more films I preferred and is undeniably a better actor of the two. I don’t hold out much hope of winning it though and Arnie winning would certainly hurt a lot less than many others in this competition.

In short, I vote Aykrod.

Necro · 01-08-2020 07:53PM

Thanks for running Kol. Right guy won imo, utterly iconic 80s star.

Necro · 01-08-2020 07:55PM

Thanks for running Kol!!

Irish Aris · 01-08-2020 08:03PM

Thank you Kolido, another great competition!!!

Sawduck · 01-08-2020 08:30PM

Forgot to vote in the final but it wouldn't of changed the outcome, great tournament Kolido, good work

JP Liz V1 · 01-08-2020 09:04PM

Arnie having a good birthday week

thanks Kolido

This thread made me sad as I never achieved my goal of becoming Mrs. Ralph Macchio

Zaph · 01-08-2020 10:29PM

I reckoned from the start that Arnie had a good chance of winning, so even though I voted for Dan Aykroyd I wasn't surprised or disappointed by the result. Thanks for another great competition Kolido, it was great fun.

quickbeam · 02-08-2020 06:20AM

I nominated:

Michael Biehn
Robert De Niro
Cary Elwes
Rick Moranis
Keanu Reeves
Fred Savage
Dianne Wiest
Nicolas Cage
Michael McKean
John Rhys-Davies

All based around their average score for films in the 80s.

the purple tin · 02-08-2020 06:43AM

Great contest Kol. I am raging I forgot to nominate Rodney Dangerfield.
Is there a list of all the nominations?

the purple tin · 02-08-2020 06:45AM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Arnie having a good birthday week thanks Kolido

This thread made me sad as I never achieved my goal of becoming Mrs. Ralph Macchio

Nevermind Liz, I hear Mr Myagi is still on the market :pac:

quickbeam · 02-08-2020 06:50AM

My 90s nominations have gone in

02-08-2020 07:00AM

Morning all. Thanks Kolido for another great tourney.

Eddie Murphy
Anthony Michael Hall
Julia Roberts - I have no idea why I picked her.
Mary Stewart Masterson
Molly Ringwold
Andrew McCarthy
Rob Lowe
Patrick Swayze
Emilio Estevez
Matt Dillon

So far this week I have watched 2 Richard Pryor movies (toy man and see no evil) and a Molly Ringwold movie (for keeps). I think I’ll watch Roadhouse next.

the purple tin · 02-08-2020 07:13AM

Silver Streak was one of Pryor's best roles. Moving is good too despite Bill Cosby is in it.
I must watch They Live again on the old 80s vibe. Class film.

02-08-2020 07:18AM

Netflix didn’t have those I don’t think

the purple tin · 02-08-2020 07:29AM

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Netflix didn’t have those I don’t think

Moving
pt 1 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3izijs
pt 2 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3j5844

Silver Streak and They Live used to be on Youtube but they took them down or charge for them now :mad:
Ordering dvds from the library is a good way to see films you can't get online or on Netflix.

Hallaz · 02-08-2020 07:32AM

I'll be introducing the son to a viewing of Arnie's Commando today to celebrate. Made quite the impression on me as a 9 year old. Lets see how it holds up to today's youth!

the purple tin · 02-08-2020 07:40AM

Hallaz wrote: »

I'll be introducing the son to a viewing of Arnie's Commando today to celebrate. Made quite the impression on me as a 9 year old. Lets see how it holds up to today's youth!

Still puntastic as ever.
'Don't bother my friend, he's dead tired', 'let off some steam' etc

Kolido · 02-08-2020 08:18AM

Zaph · 02-08-2020 11:12AM

My nominations. I can't believe only one other person nominated Arnie. I was nearly tempted to leave him out in place of someone else as I thought he'd get loads of nominations.

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Bill Murray
Dan Aykroyd
Bruce Willis
Harrison Ford
Sigourney Weaver
Kathleen Turner
Steve Martin
Emilio Estevez
John Cusack

the purple tin · 02-08-2020 11:21AM

Zaph wrote: »

My nominations. I can't believe only one other person nominated Arnie. I was nearly tempted to leave him out in place of someone else as I thought he'd get loads of nominations.

That's the gas-leak-effect.

In the Greatest drama character contest Tony Soprano who won it wasn't nominated by anyone! The organiser had to put him in themselves.

Reberetta · 02-08-2020 01:40PM

I didn't vote in the final because I was a tad underwhelmed by Arnie v Ackroyd.:pac:

Grazie Kolido.

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