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Post by merh on Aug 25, 2018 19:15:03 GMT
IMDb's list is a popularity poll. what are you saying Merh - that TDK does not belong in professional critics' Top 10 lists? Well, duh, I agree. I would not personally rank TDK in my 100 best films. I am just saying that TDK's standing in the biggest popular vote list (which is most often referenced) is rank 4 thus the most popular ever - so is the TDK-trilogy, mostly after Godfather, LotR or Star Wars. My understanding of that was nolan fans created loads of socks & voted down stuff to get TDK into the top.
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Post by merh on Aug 25, 2018 19:18:34 GMT
Keep telling yourself that. TDK has too many problems for my money. Burton's Batman is far superior. I would also watch The Crow anyday over TDK. I did. But each to their own eh...personally I think The Crow is one of the most overrated CBMs of all time. Damn. I didn't think The Crow was all that highly rated anywhere
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Post by DC-Fan on Aug 25, 2018 19:21:19 GMT
Final: The Dark Knight
Third Place: Spider-man 2
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Post by scabab on Aug 25, 2018 19:38:09 GMT
The Dark Knight: 11 Avengers Infinity War: 6
The Avengers: 10 Spider-man 2: 4
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Aug 25, 2018 20:34:21 GMT
what are you saying Merh - that TDK does not belong in professional critics' Top 10 lists? Well, duh, I agree. I would not personally rank TDK in my 100 best films. I am just saying that TDK's standing in the biggest popular vote list (which is most often referenced) is rank 4 thus the most popular ever - so is the TDK-trilogy, mostly after Godfather, LotR or Star Wars. My understanding of that was nolan fans created loads of socks & voted down stuff to get TDK into the top. your understanding is wrong, Merh. The algorithm and balance mechanism of IMDb prevents just that. In fact you need an account for a certain time and must have rendered votes for certain periods before your vote is even considered. Zero counts respectively 1-2 votes or very high votes have less weights than 4-8 star votes. It's similar on RT.
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Post by Archelaus on Aug 25, 2018 20:58:20 GMT
The Dark Knight Spider-Man 2
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Post by kratos on Aug 25, 2018 22:14:07 GMT
The Dark Knight Avengers
Infinity War is great right now but the The Dark Knight has been great for a decade. Will people still care as much for Infinity War in a decades time?
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Post by merh on Aug 25, 2018 23:59:22 GMT
My understanding of that was nolan fans created loads of socks & voted down stuff to get TDK into the top. your understanding is wrong, Merh. The algorithm and balance mechanism of IMDb prevents just that. In fact you need an account for a certain time and must have rendered votes for certain periods before your vote is even considered. Zero counts respectively 1-2 votes or very high votes have less weights than 4-8 star votes. It's similar on RT. And that is why the posters on TDKR board were always finding old socks & posting. Because I spent a decent amount of time there.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2018 0:54:48 GMT
Final: The Dark Knight obviously
Third Place: Spider Man 2 obviously
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2018 1:19:46 GMT
The Dark Knight
The Avengers
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Post by No Morpho, Only Bánh mì on Aug 26, 2018 1:35:00 GMT
I’m in some mood tonight. 😡 That said, I love both options for very different reasons.
I want to watch the world burn, and I want to snap half of life out of existence.
My ranking at this moment, though:
TDK A:IW A:A S-M2
Because my vendetta is personal and small scale. Joker wins.
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Post by Skaathar on Aug 26, 2018 3:32:50 GMT
Infinity War Avengers
What Infinity War (and even Avengers) accomplished is way more epic, complex and difficult than TDK.
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Post by scabab on Aug 26, 2018 10:14:10 GMT
The Dark Knight: 16 Avengers Infinity War: 7
The Avengers: 14 Spider-man 2: 6
Thats it then it's game over. The Dark Knight wins the game. You've always gotta think it's gonna come on top before any other movie so it's not surprising that it won but Infinity War was winning it's matches so easily and being the MCU board I thought it just might edge it but no The Dark Knight won this one quite easily too.
The Avengers gets the bronze, not surprised that it beat Spider-man 2.
So yeah this was fun to put together.
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Post by hobowar on Aug 26, 2018 10:20:28 GMT
So a poor man's extended episode of the Wire wins again?
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Post by Vassaggo on Aug 26, 2018 10:20:36 GMT
wonder if you did the exact opposite tournament if Fan4stic would "win"
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Post by merh on Aug 26, 2018 15:41:27 GMT
The Dark Knight: 16 Avengers Infinity War: 7 The Avengers: 14 Spider-man 2: 6 Thats it then it's game over. The Dark Knight wins the game. You've always gotta think it's gonna come on top before any other movie so it's not surprising that it won but Infinity War was winning it's matches so easily and being the MCU board I thought it just might edge it but no The Dark Knight won this one quite easily too. The Avengers gets the bronze, not surprised that it beat Spider-man 2. So yeah this was fun to put together. So who got Silver? Its Gold, Silver, Bronze. Bronze is 3rd place.
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Post by merh on Aug 26, 2018 15:43:17 GMT
So a poor man's extended episode of the Wire wins again? Give it time. It is tarnishing. Something else will come along to usurp it.
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Post by Vassaggo on Aug 26, 2018 16:16:22 GMT
The Dark Knight: 16 Avengers Infinity War: 7 The Avengers: 14 Spider-man 2: 6 Thats it then it's game over. The Dark Knight wins the game. You've always gotta think it's gonna come on top before any other movie so it's not surprising that it won but Infinity War was winning it's matches so easily and being the MCU board I thought it just might edge it but no The Dark Knight won this one quite easily too. The Avengers gets the bronze, not surprised that it beat Spider-man 2. So yeah this was fun to put together. So who got Silver? Its Gold, Silver, Bronze. Bronze is 3rd place. Um... Avengers Infinity war comes in second.... the Avengers vs Spiderman 2 was competing for 3rd place...
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Post by Skaathar on Aug 26, 2018 16:36:25 GMT
So a poor man's extended episode of the Wire wins again? Give it time. It is tarnishing. Something else will come along to usurp it. I feel like it had already been toppled, people just have too much nostalgia to see it yet.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Aug 26, 2018 17:59:55 GMT
what are you saying Merh - that TDK does not belong in professional critics' Top 10 lists? Well, duh, I agree. I would not personally rank TDK in my 100 best films. I am just saying that TDK's standing in the biggest popular vote list (which is most often referenced) is rank 4 thus the most popular ever - so is the TDK-trilogy, mostly after Godfather, LotR or Star Wars. My understanding of that was nolan fans created loads of socks & voted down stuff to get TDK into the top. I don't know how many sock accounts were created but they absolutely downvoted everything else in the top ten to get TDK to the #1 spot. I was there, I saw the threads encouraging people to do it. I was a regular on the TDK board from 2007 to the day IMDb message boards went dark. Eventually TDK dropped from #1 to wherever it is now, but I always thought that fan war was ridiculous.
It's a great film, one of my all time favorites, but not in my personal top ten. People always mention that list both positively and negatively, and I've never understood why. It's a fan vote open to any monkey with access to the internet, and the list isn't supposed to reflect cinematic quality. It just tallies the votes on the site. It has as much cultural relevance as this thread.
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