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Spectre versus the field: Skyfall

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  • vzokvzok
    Posts: 4,024
    Can we have Dr No take on all comers next time please?
  • Jazz007Jazz007 Minnesota
    Posts: 257
    vzok wrote: »
    Can we have Dr No take on all comers next time please?

    Seconded.
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    Jazz007 wrote: »
    vzok wrote: »
    Can we have Dr No take on all comers next time please?

    Seconded.

    Interesting idea...agreed chaps.

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Except Spectre, we already did that.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    Posts: 9,020
    PTS: Spectre clearly the best PTS since TND
    Title Track: Spectre
    Title Credits: Spectre only beaten by CR in the Craig era
    Main Villain: Spectre a no-brainer if there ever was one, Silva is simply ridiculously bad
    Main Bond Girl: Spectre Skyfall has no main Bond girl
    Henchman: Spectre
    Overall Plot: Spectre Skyfall had a plot?
    Dialogue: Spectre wins easily over "mommy was....verybad"
    Score: tie both simply unworthy of Bond
    Settings: Spectre the various sets are the best since at least YOLT
    Action: Spectre fantastic from start to finish
    Humor: Spectre Skyfall has no humour at all, if not counting clown Silva
    Cinematography: Skyfall only category where SF beats all of the Bond films
    Benign Bizarre: Spectre
    Suspense: Spectre SF is sleep-inducing on most parts
    Minor Characters: Spectre
    Glamour: Spectre the train sequence alone makes this win big time
    BOND PERFORMANCE: Spectre CRAIG IS CONNERY THUNDERBALL AWESOME

    Skyfall: 1
    Spectre: 16
    tie: 1
  • SoundofthesinnersSoundofthesinners
    Posts: 3,236
    Well folks, we have come to the end of our game. In the final round, by a margin of 330-163-12, the victory went to Skyfall! The total games went to Skyfall by 20-6-2, and so the final round ends as most of the previous ones have. But Spectre fought valiantly, and scored a few wins of its own.

    I will be back in a few days with some more information about each of the games, and then we'll move on to a new game, as the first Bond movie, Dr. No, squares off against all that have come after it.

    Thanks for playing!
  • vzokvzok
    Posts: 4,024
    Soundofthesinners wrote: »

    Thanks for playing!

    Thanks for the game
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Instead of PTS, perhaps you can add a "favourite movie overall" category for that round?
  • JWPepperJWPepper You sit on it, but you can't take it with you.
    edited April 2017 Posts: 512
    PTS: SPECTRE
    Title Track: Skyfall
    Title Credits: SPECTRE
    Main Villain: Skyfall
    Main Bond Girl: SPECTRE
    Henchman: SPECTRE
    Overall Plot: Skyfall
    Dialogue: SPECTRE
    Score: Skyfall
    Settings: SPECTRE
    Action: Skyfall
    Humour: SPECTRE
    Cinematography: Skyfall
    Benign Bizarre: SPECTRE
    Suspense: SPECTRE
    Minor Characters: SPECTRE
    Glamour: SPECTRE
    Bond Performance: SPECTRE

    SPECTRE: 12
    Skyfall: 5

    I like SPECTRE a lot! It's one of my favourites.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    Posts: 5,080
    Birdleson wrote: »
    @MayDayDiVicenzo , I don't seem to see you on here much anymore. Are we just going to different threads, or have you been keeping a low profile?

    Apologies for the (very) belated reply, I only just saw this. I've been extremely preoccupied with university recently and so I've been finding it hard to contribute anything worthwhile to the forum, although I do post now and then if something grabs my attention. Coupled with the fact that I've taken a hiatus from watching any Bond films, having not watched one at all this year (!), I think Bond has taken on a quiet role at the moment. I should be getting back into things as soon as this short university term is over, and I'll be doing my annual summer Bondathon to kickstart my Bond mania once again. Anyhow, I hope to be posting again regularly soon, I really can't wait to delve back into things!
  • QuantumOrganizationQuantumOrganization We have people everywhere
    Posts: 1,187
    How about NSNA?
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 3,985
    QuantumOrganization wrote: »
    How about NSNA?

    I'm game...

    PTS: SP (But I am fond of NSNA's war game)
    Title Track: NSNA
    Title Credits: SP
    Main Villain: NSNA (Brandauer's Largo is chilling!)
    Main Bond Girl: NSNA (Kim Basinger in a leotard..? Come on!)
    Henchman: NSNA (Nothing comes close to Fatima Blush!)
    Overall Plot: SP
    Dialogue: NSNA
    Score: SP
    Settings: SP
    Action: SP
    Humour : NSNA
    Cinematography: SP
    Benign Bizarre: SP
    Suspense: SP
    Minor Characters: SP
    Glamour: SP
    Bond Performance: TIE

    SP - 11
    NSNA - 6
    TIE - 1
  • QuantumOrganizationQuantumOrganization We have people everywhere
    Posts: 1,187


    I'm game...

    PTS: SP
    Title Track: SP
    Title Credits: SP
    Main Villain: NSNA
    Main Bond Girl: SP
    Henchman: NSNA (Nothing comes close to Fatima Blush!)
    Overall Plot: SP
    Dialogue: NSNA
    Score: SP
    Settings: SP
    Action: NSNA
    Humour : NSNA
    Cinematography: SP
    Benign Bizarre: SP
    Suspense: NSNA
    Minor Characters: NSNA
    Glamour: SP
    Bond Performance: SP

    SP - 11
    NSNA - 7

  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,422
    Agreed. It's @Soundofthesinners's game after all. Thank you for hosting it, btw!
  • SoundofthesinnersSoundofthesinners
    edited May 2017 Posts: 3,236
    I took a hiatus, friends and neighbors, but I've returned with a tally of the results.

    SP 117 (3)
    DN 171 (14)

    SP 35 (0)
    FRWL 217 (14)

    SP 89 (2)
    GF 235 (16)

    SP 86 (0)
    TB 220 (15)
    Tie (2)

    SP 155 (8)
    YOLT 169 (5)
    Tie (5)

    SP 67 (0)
    OHMSS 344 (23)

    SP 273 (16)
    DAF 239 (10)

    SP 153 (5)
    LALD 271 (18)
    Tie (1)

    SP 205 (12)
    TMWTGG 214 (11)
    Tie 12 (1)

    SP: 96 (4)
    TSWLM: 324 (20)
    Tie: 11

    SP: 206 (11)
    MR: 278 (15)
    Tie: 19 (1)

    SP: 177 (7)
    FYEO: 261 (16)
    Tie: 21 (2)

    SP: 131 (3)
    OP: 262 (18)
    Tie: 20 (2)

    SP: 240 (14)
    AVTAK: 194 (11)
    Tie: 18 (1)

    SP: 191 (4)
    TLD: 361 (23)
    Tie: 4 (2)

    SP: 219 (10)
    LTK: 265 (14)
    Tie: 2 (3)

    SP: 146 (3)
    GE: 440 (26)
    Tie: 7 (2)

    SP: 232 (12)
    TND: 235 (11)
    Tie: 12 (4)

    SP: 379 (24)
    TWINE: 223 (9)
    Tie: 8 (2)

    SP: 355 (24)
    DAD: 156 (3)
    Tie: 13 (1)


    SP: 67 (0)
    CR: 503 (29)
    Tie: 5 (1)

    SP: 222 (9)
    QoS: 341 (22)
    Tie: 14 (1)

    SP: 163 (6)
    SF: 330 (20)
    Tie: 12 (2)

    In these games, Spectre only won four times, against Diamonds Are Forever, A View To A Kill, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day. It also finished in a tie three times, against You Only Live Twice, The Man With The Golden Gun, and Tomorrow Never Dies. That puts it in a four-way tie for seventeeth. That sounds about right to me, although of course we'd all quibble with the various scores.

    SP's worst drubbings came at the hands of From Russia With Love, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and Casino Royale, all of which shut it out. It suffered other lopsided losses against the top tier Bond movies, and had some more competitive losses against the less beloved Bonds.

    The results were pretty straightforward, but one interesting result was that in all the ties, SP won the number of games while losing the overall score. I'm not sure what that means, if anything, but it seemed worth noting.

    Thank you all!
  • SoundofthesinnersSoundofthesinners
    Posts: 3,236
    This game will resume when we go from last to first, following your suggestions, and Dr. No takes on the field.
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
    Posts: 3,336
    Soundofthesinners wrote: »
    This game will resume when we go from last to first, following your suggestions, and Dr. No takes on the field.

    Great! This thread is so much fun.
  • MilovyMilovy
    Posts: 676
    Soundofthesinners wrote: »
    In these games, Spectre only won four times, against Diamonds Are Forever, A View To A Kill, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day. It also finished in a tie three times, against You Only Live Twice, The Man With The Golden Gun, and Tomorrow Never Dies. That puts it in a four-way tie for seventeeth. That sounds about right to me, although of course we'd all quibble with the various scores.

    SP's worst drubbings came at the hands of From Russia With Love, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and Casino Royale, all of which shut it out. It suffered other lopsided losses against the top tier Bond movies, and had some more competitive losses against the less beloved Bonds.

    The results were pretty straightforward, but one interesting result was that in all the ties, SP won the number of games while losing the overall score. I'm not sure what that means, if anything, but it seemed worth noting.

    Thank you all!
    Thanks for running the game and sharing these results. Very interesting stuff!
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
    Posts: 3,347
    Love it! Thanks for the great game @Soundofthesinners
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
    Posts: 2,721
    Soundofthesinners wrote: »

    In these games, Spectre only won four times, against Diamonds Are Forever, A View To A Kill, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day. It also finished in a tie three times, against You Only Live Twice, The Man With The Golden Gun, and Tomorrow Never Dies. That puts it in a four-way tie for seventeeth. That sounds about right to me, although of course we'd all quibble with the various scores.

    SP's worst drubbings came at the hands of From Russia With Love, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and Casino Royale, all of which shut it out. It suffered other lopsided losses against the top tier Bond movies, and had some more competitive losses against the less beloved Bonds.

    The results were pretty straightforward, but one interesting result was that in all the ties, SP won the number of games while losing the overall score. I'm not sure what that means, if anything, but it seemed worth noting.

    Thank you all!

    Interesting - it took a hammering against my Top 3 - FRWL, CR and OHMSS and yet it beat AVTAK, DAD, DAF and TWINE which along with MWTGG I would all place below SP. Seems like my tastes are in line with popular opinion after all.

    Especially those top 3. They seem like eternal elite Bond material whereas other favourites like GF, TB, TSWLM and GE all have enough detractors that they will never make that hallowed top 3 universally.
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