Choosing the Video Topics & Revealing the Bracket (TTToTTT)
Added 2023-01-18 16:55:23 +0000 UTCWell, submissions are closed (sorry to people who kept sending in topics after the deadline but those weren't counted), and there were so many that we needed an extra day to sort through them all.
There ended up being over 200 video topics submitted, which I finally managed to narrow down to 16.
In this video, community manager Emma Logsdon joins me to talk about how we made our selections, and announce the final bracket.
Or...if you want to just skip the video and get straight to the bracket, here it is:
(and yes, we rearranged it slightly after making the video)
The topics are:
A Deep Dive Into the Godzilla Franchise (submitted by Will Hensley)
Best Animals Playing Sports Movies (submitted by Danny)
Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours Trilogy - The Original Cinematic Universe (submitted by Raman Sehgal)
What Makes a Surprise Cameo Actually Good? (submitted by Eric Johnson)
The Rise and Fall of 90s Legal Dramas (submitted by Iain McOmish)
Sight and Sound 2022: Why 'Jeanne Dielman' Took First Place (submitted by Robert Sullivan)
The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Muppet Cinema (submitted by Kameron Gillum)
Patrick Pitches His DCEU & Batman Beyond Movie (submitted by Sean Gillum and Michelangelo Landgrave)
Playing "Cinematic" Video Games As Someone Who Cares About Cinema (submitted by Jacob Geller)
The Recent Renaissance of Big Budget Musicals (submitted by Tim Bates)
The Anatomy of a Legacy Sequel (submitted by Harrison Webb)
Hacking in Movies: A Retrospective (submitted by Ross Conklin)
Movies About Making Movies (submitted by Everett Parrott)
The Ernest P. Worrell Movie Universe (submitted by Brian)
Gore Verbinski (submitted by Mario Freitas and Lauren Damon)
What is the Most "New York" Movie Ever? (submitted by StrugglingPunk)
I altered the titles for a few of these (mostly to make them fit in the bracket easier), and I combined the DCEU and Batman Beyond submissions from two different people since they felt connected, but that's the only modification I made.
Voting starts tomorrow! Keep an eye on your inbox for the first polls!
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Comments
A little disappointed my idea didn't get mentioned, but I wrote a muddled post with a half-thought idea, so I'm not surprised. I definitely rushed it through rather than thought it out in a way that'd work. A lot of interesting ideas in this bracket, I'd be excited to see several of them.
2023-01-20 16:12:33 +0000 UTCNow that I’ve seen the Patrick Replies —Ambulance, I just want to say the Reiner’s Run video would clear all of these, no effort.
Andrew J. Eisenman
2023-01-19 14:00:27 +0000 UTCGood topics all around. I don't feel so bad coming in 17th (as far as you all know).
Nick Smith
2023-01-19 12:26:09 +0000 UTCLegitimately, while SO many of those are fantastic topics I'd love to watch & listen to you speak so eloquently on, if we don't get an Ernest P. Worrell Universe video at some point by you, I'll be very sad Patrick ... VERY SAD!
Chris Coose
2023-01-19 09:25:59 +0000 UTCI'm voting Grisham all the way. The video title I was most excited by when they were talking about each match up in the bracket.
Benjamin Tirone Nunes
2023-01-19 01:31:19 +0000 UTCSo excited mine made the cut! I thought I had tough competition against the Muppets, but even if I made the next round I gotta go up against Tom Cruise doing gymnastics and Nicholson impressions and I don't think I'd stand a chance
Sean Gillum
2023-01-18 23:53:49 +0000 UTCSo excited my suggestion made the bracket, but I would watch almost all of these if they popped up on YouTube. This is gonna be fun
Eric Johnson
2023-01-18 23:19:06 +0000 UTCThank you for including my submission in the bracket! So many great ideas here
2023-01-18 19:35:42 +0000 UTCI made the bracket! In the words of Ralph Wiggum: "I won! I won!"
2023-01-18 18:43:32 +0000 UTCMuppet Batman could be a compromise video.
Michelangelo Landgrave
2023-01-18 18:29:25 +0000 UTCStupidly excited about making it into the bracket, my greatest achievement by far! But I preferred the original draw. Don't like Grisham's chances in a QF against Muppets or Batman.
Iain McOmish
2023-01-18 18:19:02 +0000 UTCWoohoo! I'm in the bracket
-Brian-
2023-01-18 18:14:10 +0000 UTCGodzilla!!
David Dunlap
2023-01-18 18:02:07 +0000 UTCWoo my submission made it!! Lotta great stuff can’t wait to see who comes out in top!
Harrison Webb
2023-01-18 17:54:43 +0000 UTC
