Boardsies Great Movie Star of the 80s - Live Thread

Kolido · 31-07-2020 9:00pm

Semi Final 2

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quickbeam · 31-07-2020 9:10pm

I'm taking this scientifically, based on the average score for films from the 80s:

Arnie: 5.83 (over 6 films) - range 5 to 8
Murray: 5.4 (over 5 films) - range 4 to 6
Keaton: 5.5 (over 2 films) - range 5 to 6
Aykroyd: 6.0 (over 5 films) - range 4 to 10

Pretty conclusivley the stats say that I vote Arnie and Akyroyd.

[I'm quite a harsh scorer, a decent, if unspectacular film will score 6. Average rating for all films I've seen in the 80s is 5.7 (range 2 to 10). Average ratign for all films ever is 5.98 (range 1 to 10) - Yeah, I'm a stats nerd!]

Irish Aris · 31-07-2020 9:10pm

Arnie on the first semi, Twins is a good shout out, very very funny.

and Michael Keaton on the second, Burton's Batman is my favourite of all.

JP Liz V1 · 31-07-2020 9:20pm

Michael Keaton - for Batman and Beetlejuice

quickbeam · 31-07-2020 9:21pm

Oh dear, I'm not liking the direction this is going. I might have to put The Blues Brothers on tonight to soothe my anguish.

Necro · 31-07-2020 9:22pm

Arnie and Keaton.

Would be a fitting 80s final imo.

Mr. Freeze, Terminator and not to mention Dutch Schaefer up against Batman and Beetlejuice.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 31-07-2020 9:25pm

Arnie & Keaton for me too - will lead to a fun and interesting final.

Zaph · 31-07-2020 9:26pm

Arnold Schwarzenegger - two of my nominations, but have to go for Arnie because he was so massive in the 80s.

Dan Aykroyd - another of my nominations, and as much as I like Michael Keaton's Batman, he's no competition for Jake Blues.

saabsaab · 31-07-2020 9:32pm

Bill Murray

Dan Aykroyd

Sawduck · 31-07-2020 9:33pm

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Keaton both had very memorable roles in the 80s and would have an interesting final

the purple tin · 31-07-2020 9:50pm

Arnie and Ackroyd please.
Calling Arnie a great actor is a stretch but he owned the 80s action-wise.
Dan was great in the 80s it was his peak, unfortunately he hasn't done much of note since. (Blues Brothers fans should avoid the sequel like the plague).

quickbeam · 31-07-2020 9:53pm

the purple tin wrote: »

Arnie and Ackroyd please.
Calling Arnie a great actor is a stretch but he owned the 80s action-wise.
Dan was great in the 80s it was his peak, unfortunately he hasn't done much of note since. (Blues Brothers fans should avoid the sequel like the plague).

What Blues Brother sequel? There was no Blues Brothers sequel. Nope!

the purple tin · 31-07-2020 9:55pm

quickbeam wrote: »

What Blues Brother sequel? There was no Blues Brothers sequel. Nope!

quickbeam · 31-07-2020 9:57pm

I just love this. Watch Dan's expressions throughout:

JP Liz V1 · 31-07-2020 9:58pm

Bill Murray better catalogue of films in the 80s

Zaph · 31-07-2020 9:58pm

quickbeam wrote: »

What Blues Brother sequel? There was no Blues Brothers sequel. Nope!

Is the correct answer

quickbeam · 31-07-2020 10:01pm

Okay, just one more:

31-07-2020 10:08pm

Arnie and Dan please. I’m away tomorrow afternoon so if these two get to final.

Dan please for having a better catalogue of 80s movies

the purple tin · 31-07-2020 10:09pm

quickbeam wrote: »

I just love this. Watch Dan's expressions throughout:

Duck Dunn smoking the pipe while playing bass guitar. Fecking class :cool:

quickbeam · 31-07-2020 10:11pm

And he was great in Ghostbusters too:

the purple tin · 31-07-2020 10:25pm

^^^
It reaffirms what a pile of dog **** that Ghostbusters remake was.
People didn't hate it because they flipped the genders, they hated it because it sucked ass.

quickbeam · 31-07-2020 10:27pm

What Ghostbusters remake? There was no Ghostbusters remake. Nope!

:pac:

the purple tin · 31-07-2020 10:34pm

quickbeam wrote: »

What Ghostbusters remake? There was no Ghostbusters remake. Nope!

:pac:

I've come down with a bad case of foot-in-mouth syndrome tonight

quickbeam · 31-07-2020 10:35pm

I tease, I tease!

Ficheall · 31-07-2020 10:35pm

How the f is it semifinal already?

Bill Murray
Dan Akroyd

quickbeam · 31-07-2020 10:38pm

@Kolido, did you draw the picture in the OP?

Kolido · 31-07-2020 10:57pm

quickbeam wrote: »

@Kolido, did you draw the picture in the OP?

Nope, some random google image.

Kolido · 01-08-2020 4:39am

Arnold Schwarzenegger 7 1 Bill Murray
Michael Keaton 5 6 Dan Aykroyd

Omackeral · 01-08-2020 7:52am

Dan Akroyd to take the victory. He just screams 80s

Kolido · 01-08-2020 8:19am

Arnold Schwarzenegger 7 1 Bill Murray
Michael Keaton 5 7 Dan Aykroyd

So it will be a Terminator vs Blues Brother final.

To best of my knowledge, they have never appeared on screen together, though a Terminator vs Blues Brother movie could be interesting.

Voting for your winner will be via PM, votes on thread will not count. Voting will close at 8pm tonight.

Best of luck to both guys

Kolido · 01-08-2020 8:21am

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

Omackeral · 01-08-2020 9:14am

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 9:18am

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 9:27am

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 9:37am

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 9:54am

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 1:44pm

I'll be back

Later for the result

Kolido · 01-08-2020 8:51pm

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 8:51pm

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 8:53pm

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 8:53pm

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

Necro · 01-08-2020 8:55pm

Thanks for running Kol!!

Irish Aris · 01-08-2020 9:03pm

Thank you Kolido, another great competition!!!

Sawduck · 01-08-2020 9:30pm

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 10:04pm

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 11:29pm

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 7:20am

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 7:43am

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 7:45am

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 7:50am

My 90s nominations have gone in

Boardsies Great Movie Star of the 80s - Live Thread

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