Last chance to move your Favorite Movies to the new system

[Yoda]

As a lot of you already know, when we relaunched the site we changed the format of the Favorite Movies feature. The new format allows us to display posters on user profiles and do a whole bunch of cool things that I'm working on behind the scenes right now.

To this point, I've been counting on users to go to the Edit Favorite Movies (http://www.movieforums.com/community/favorites.php) page to convert to the new system. Look how pretty! It makes suggestions as you type, you can drag them around to change the order, and you can remove them easily (and there's even an Undo button in case you remove one by accident).

http://i.imgur.com/cGKcp1S.png

The first time you do this the new system tries to find a match for your titles and does its best to guess which film you meant--and it's usually right. But not always, so you may have to remove and re-add one if it guesses wrong, especially if one of your favorites has the same title as a remake (or is a remake). Having you guys specifically do this is best, because only you knew exactly which ones you want.

Now, two months have passed since the relaunch, and obviously some people have yet to switch over. Since a lot of the new stuff I'm working on ties into this system, I'm giving everyone a heads-up that I'm going to convert all of the old favorites over automatically within a week.

Everyone has had plenty of time to confirm their favorites, and if it guesses wrong for anyone else and they care at all, it'll be quite easy for them to fix it. But all the same, I'd like to minimize the number of times this happens, so I wanted to give everyone a heads-up. Especially the more indecisive MoFos who like to cram multiple favorites (or whole sentences) into single slots. ;)

If you haven't yet, please go to the Edit Favorite Movies (http://www.movieforums.com/community/favorites.php) page, review the guesses, tailor them as necessary, and then hit Save Favorites--and then you're done. :)

I'll be sure to post in here again the day-of to give everyone one last chance. Thank you! :)

[Swan]

I've noticed the posters sometimes change. Is that done manually or is it in the program?

[Deadite]

Fixed.

[Yoda]

Fixed.
Thank you. :)

I've noticed the posters sometimes change. Is that done manually or is it in the program?
Neither--the data source we use lets people vote on their favorite posters and whichever has the best rating at the time you add it is the one that shows up. Most don't change much (or often), but it does happen. However, this should only happen if you go in and remove/re-add a film. Otherwise, it should stay the same.

[Swan]

Cool.

[Yoda]

Word.

[Yoda]

I got a question from BlueLion that I thought I should answer publicly, since others might be wondering the same thing:

I only have one movie listed as favorite, does this mean that 9 other films (from my previous favorite lists) will be added if I don't pick 9 others myself?
Nope! Obviously, I'd love it if everyone would pick 10, because the more favorites we have the more fun stuff we can do with all the data. But it's definitely not required. This is just going to move old Favorites into the new format, regardless of how many there are.

[MovieMan8877445]

We'll still be able to add films to our Favorite Movies list though, right? I've been re-watching a lot of favorites and re-working my list and it still isn't done yet.

[Cobpyth]

I can't wait until my top 101 list is completed. I don't want to rush it, but It'll be a good day when I'll finally be able to add my top 10 favorites to my profile! :D

[Yoda]

We'll still be able to add films to our Favorite Movies list though, right? I've been re-watching a lot of favorites and re-working my list and it still isn't done yet.
Absolutely. :)

I can't wait until my top 101 list is completed. I don't want to rush it, but It'll be a good day when I'll finally be able to add my top 10 favorites to my profile! :D
Might be best to clear out the ones you have now that just say "LIST," then.

[Cobpyth]

Might be best to clear out the ones you have now that just say "LIST," then.

Yeah, I noticed they would all be automatically transformed to Schindler's List, so I'll do that.

[Yoda]

Bump! :) I'm gonna bump this every couple of days, as it'll probably be happening no later than this coming weekend.

[Yoda]

Just a couple more days, everyone. :)

[Yoda]

OKAY FOR REAL GUYS! LAST CHANCE!

This is happening either today or tomorrow. After that, some of you poor, inattentive souls are probably going to end up with crappy modern remakes listed instead of whatever classic you had in mind when you entered the text. Fair warning! :)

[Yoda]

Okay, it's pretty much done. :)

There's still a bit to do, but over 90% of the favorites in the database have been moved over to the new system. A lot of the remaining ones are due to egregious spelling errors, or things like putting the year alongside the title, so there'll be some stragglers hanging around for the next day or two.

If you didn't see this or just didn't get around to updating your favorites, you can easily go into your Edit Favorite Movies (http://www.movieforums.com/community/favorites.php) page and change anything you'd like. Very easy to do. I'd specifically encourage you to do so if you have/had any favorites with modern remakes, because those are the ones that system is most likely to guess wrong. :)

[Yoda]

Okay, I just have to share some of the favorites that the system was unable to recognize. They're pretty incredible:


Night at the Musem
LOTR twin towers
sexth sence
Star word
51st dates
scareface
no land for old man
dairy of a mad black woman
Greem milles
apoctalycho
=)
Cliffanger
Brevhert
;
ratoville
mira sorvino

[rauldc14]

I like Star Word and 51st Dates the best. And Dairy of a Mad Black Woman.

[Swan]

Cliffanger sounds badass.

[Skepsis93]

Well I'm not surprised that the system (and everyone else here) hasn't heard of the obscure art-house masterpiece, ;, and its sequel, =).

[Swan]

sexth sence

Sounds sexy.

scareface

Sounds terrifying.

Brevhert

Sounds brief.

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

LOTR twin towers


is this another one of those 9/11 conspiracy documentaries?

[Skepsis93]

And apparently (it's news to me, at least), Diary of a Mad Black Woman does actually exist. But yes, it is incredible that anyone would list a Tyler Perry movie among their favourites.

[The Rodent]

Updated my Top 10 ages ago for the new layout but took this opportunity to redo my Top 10 altogether.

[Swan]

You replaced Lord of the Rings with Kick-Ass?

:tsk:

[seanc]

My ex-wife was a frustrated white women and loved that movie. So apparently it has layers.

[Yoda]

chuck norris
beauty in the beast
oscar best pictures
womb ghost
the last air blender
Caption America
Columbo DVD Boxed Set
Flying over the cuckoo's nest
Based upon true story movies
dogma<i think thats how you speel it
Old Movies (50's,60's)

[Yoda]

is this another one of those 9/11 conspiracy documentaries?
JET FUEL CAN'T MELT MITHRIL.

[The Rodent]

Nearly, Pitch Black took Fellowship's place :D


TDKR and Kick-Ass took the places from LOTR TT and LOTR ROTK :p

[Swan]

My dad watched Loose Change and thought it seemed "possible". I was so disappointed.

[Swan]

the last air blender

This is my favorite.

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

i was going to make a joke about one of those, but they're all so amazing that it wouldn't be fair to pick just one.

[The Rodent]

I saw one of those MockBusters for Gravity.


Imaginatovely titled "Astronaut"

[Yoda]

I'm thinking "no land for old man" is my favorite. I just love the attitude that must have produced it, like all they need to do is get the basic concepts in there and we'll know what they mean.

[Harry Lime]

No Land for Old Man has more zing to it, Coens should have gone with that for the title instead.

[Yoda]

Harry, as always, with impeccable taste and timing.

[seanc]

the last air blender



I know Rodent is dying to do some fan art for this one.

[Swan]

No Land for Old Man sounds like a Native American movie.

[The Rodent]

Knife... starring Wesley Snorpes

[Yoda]

You wouldn't think there's that many ways to misspell Transformers, but you'd be so very, very wrong.

[The Rodent]

Transmorfers?

[Swan]

Tronsfermors.

[Yoda]

Transifomers. Actual example.

[Harry Lime]

Well, my second favourite is Womb Ghost. Really gets you thinking.

[The Rodent]

Black To The Future


Marvin Fly ends up in the 1950s... all sorts of fun ensues.

[Yoda]

Well, my second favourite is Womb Ghost. Really gets you thinking.About whether or not your organs can become ghosts while you remain alive? Yeah, totally.

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

i think i like "Columbo DVD Box Set" the best. not only did they feel the need to put their favorite tv show in a section marked "Favorite Movies" but they also had to specifically mention their ideal packaging for that show.

[Harry Lime]

I mean is the womb the ghost, or is the ghost in the womb? And why?

[Yoda]

Just found this one:

third world cup

I like to imagine this is actually a ridiculously bad attempt at Thor: The Dark World, but it's probably ridiculous for a different reason.

And you wouldn't believe how many people put "LOL" after the movie titles.

[rauldc14]

Shayshunk readempshun

[Harry Lime]

And you wouldn't believe how many people put "LOL" after the movie titles.
Like say "Schindler's List lol"?

[The Rodent]

Shaving Private Ryan

[The Rodent]

The Incredible Spider-Man

[rauldc14]

The Dark Night Raises

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

You wouldn't think there's that many ways to misspell Transformers, but you'd be so very, very wrong.

i think the more disturbing thing is that multiple people put transformers on their list.

[The Rodent]

The Dark Knight's Raisins

[The Rodent]

Kick-Arse

[rauldc14]

Double in Debs Mittys

[Yoda]

I think it says a lot that most of the real ones are actually way more ridiculous than the ones you guys are making up. There's no way to parody this stuff.

Almost Fanous

Almost spelled correctly.

[Yoda]

So, I see this:

alfa dog

Then I see this:

alpha dawg

IF ONLY THESE THREE COULD COMBINE FORCES. Then they could spell both words wrong.

[rauldc14]

Has anyone seen Caption America or Beauty in the Beast?

[The Rodent]

Independence Gay.

[The Rodent]

Leathol Weppon

[Skepsis93]

http://i.imgur.com/xBTNfF5.png

[Yoda]

That. Is. Fantastic.

[Skepsis93]

Heh, thanks. I have too much time on my hands. :p

[seanc]

Love that Skepsis

[seanc]

Beauty in the Beast

This sounds like a porn title

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

just keep all of the titles as they are and have skepsis make a poster for each one to add to the database.

[Skepsis93]

just keep all of the titles as they are and have skepsis make a poster for each one to add to the database.

"Beauty in the Beast" would have to be too explicit

[The Rodent]

I think it says a lot that most of the real ones are actually way more ridiculous than the ones you guys are making up. There's no way to parody this stuff.

Almost Fanous
Almost Famous

Almost spelled correctly.



Ok, I have to have a go...


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Almost_famous_poster1_zps3b0ee21c.jpg

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

"from the writer/director of Jerry Naguire"

[The Rodent]

Yeah...


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/no-country-for-old-men_zps17238c72.jpg

[rauldc14]

I love the comedy of this thread.

[The Rodent]

This one is better.

New tagline.


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/no-country-for-old-men_zps205262c4.jpg

[Yoda]

Above and beyond, MoFos. Above and beyond. Love it.

[The Rodent]

Right, what's next? :D

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

http://www.boxsetsales.com/images/COLUMBO%20THE%20COMPLETE%20SERIES%20DVD%20Box%20Set-2.jpg

[Yoda]

How that box set didn't make it onto AFI's Top 100, I'll never know.

[The Rodent]

Here, this should sort out that other problem...


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/one_flew_over_the_cuckoos_nest_ver1_xlg_zpsaf0a9c64.jpg

[The Gunslinger45]

womb ghost

Sounds like the anti Juno.


I hope that was not too dark...

[Swan]

Womb Ghost would actually be a cool movie title.

[Daniel M]

Okay, I just have to share some of the favorites that the system was unable to recognize. They're pretty incredible:


Night at the Musem
LOTR twin towers
sexth sence
Star word
51st dates
scareface
no land for old man
dairy of a mad black woman
Greem milles
apoctalycho
=)
Cliffanger
Brevhert
;
ratoville
mira sorvino


I have not laughed this much in a while. Brilliant, I think 51st dates might be my favourite.

[Swan]

That's certainly the cleverest.

[rauldc14]

I'm laughing about Greem Milles now. Don't know why I missed that the first time.

[Yoda]

Okay, all done.

After matching all the most popular titles, giving people a couple of months to update them, making several passes with "cleanup" scripts, and even updating a bunch by hand, I ended up discarding under 2% of all those listed. Every remaining favorite is all linked to the new system.

As I mentioned before, if any of you had any classic films with modern remakes in your favorites, and also never got around to updating them since the new design went up, you'll definitely wanna check your favorites (http://www.movieforums.com/community/favorites.php) to make sure you didn't get saddled with the newer version, because that's far and away the most common error the system would make in the transition. Even so, should only take a moment to fix.

Thanks everyone.

[the samoan lawyer]

Scareface sounds bloody brilliant!!

[The Rodent]

Yoda scared me then... if the system changes my #1 to that pile of poo that came out in February there'll be hell to pay :D

[The Rodent]

You guys won't believe this... but this one (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Womb_Ghosts) really is a really real film. Really.

[Swan]

Badass.

[Deadite]

Okay, I just have to share some of the favorites that the system was unable to recognize. They're pretty incredible:


Night at the Musem
LOTR twin towers
sexth sence
Star word
51st dates
scareface
no land for old man
dairy of a mad black woman
Greem milles
apoctalycho
=)
Cliffanger
Brevhert
;
ratoville
mira sorvino


This hilarous.

[Deadite]

Tronsfermors.

Tronsfermors iz gut feem.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/The_Swedish_Chef.jpg

[The Rodent]

Bork bork bork...

[Deadite]

Here, this should sort out that other problem...


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/one_flew_over_the_cuckoos_nest_ver1_xlg_zpsaf0a9c64.jpg

Brillent fim.

[Tacitus]

Well, I'd watch Mira Sorvino...

[Cobpyth]

Shaving Private Ryan

More like: Shaving Ryan's Privates

[Sexy Celebrity]

Okay, I just have to share some of the favorites that the system was unable to recognize. They're pretty incredible:


=)



That's probably this:

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=14759&stc=1&d=1400276429

[Swan]

Jim was in a stoner comedy?

[The Rodent]

Based upon true story movies







Found it!!




http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/TrueStory_zps68ef1d39.png (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/The-Rodent/media/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/TrueStory_zps68ef1d39.png.html)

[Sexy Celebrity]

Jim was in a stoner comedy?

Yep. Very good movie. Gregg Araki (The Doom Generation, Mysterious Skin) directed it.

He wasn't a stoner, though. Anna Faris is the stoner.

[Rhys]

I know that I am late getting in on this.

http://i58.tinypic.com/nywjfn.png

[Rhys]

http://i57.tinypic.com/1zd6nwk.png

[The Rodent]

Has this one shown up yet?


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/FCJG300-0088smallcopycopy_zpsa32c4cba.jpg

[Yoda]

Bump, since something Holden said reminded me of this and maybe some newer members never saw it.

The hilarity starts here (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=1087645#post1087645).

[Gatsby]

is this another one of those 9/11 conspiracy documentaries?
After this, I no longer have space to rent out in my signature area.

[Rhys]

Ahhh, I forgot about this!

[Yoda]

https://twitter.com/i_zzzzzz/status/1278872211475095555

[Yoda]

Bumping one of the funniest threads in the site's history.

If you're new, read the first post (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1083125#post1083125) and then jump to this one (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=1087645#post1087645).

Trust me.

[MovieGal]

Bumping one of the funniest threads in the site's history.

If you're new, read the first post (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1083125#post1083125) and then jump to this one (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=1087645#post1087645).

Trust me.

I got through 3 postings and laughed the whole time :lol:

Who came up with the movie titles?

[Yoda]

They're things people put down as their Favorite Movies back when the system was just text and didn't autocomplete or match to a database of films or anything.

[Miss Vicky]

Holy crap it's been ten years since the redesign?

[Yoda]

I know.

Makes me think I should update a few things. Probably (definitely) not as dramatic a chance as last time, but maybe a few things could be updated or streamlined, since there've been a number of changes since then.

That said, I'm really pleased that even a decade later this doesn't feel dated, at least to me.

[MovieGal]

They're things people put down as their Favorite Movies back when the system was just text and didn't autocomplete or match to a database of films or anything.

Yeah I guess its best to copy and paste on film names.

[MovieGal]

I go to IMBD or Wikipedia to get foreign film names. They are extremely tricky.

[Yoda]

The new system does a good job of matching with or without accents and umlauts and all that. It'll even match if you start typing the title in its native language. But the old system was before TMDB's API was a thing, so it was just a text field where people could write anything. I did at one point build out a thing to look for common titles and common typos to make suggestions (even built a neat little function that flipped every two characters to check for basic transposition errors), but that was just a Band-Aid until the more robust solutions came along.

[AgrippinaX]

I got through 3 postings and laughed the whole time :lol:

Who came up with the movie titles?

Me too! :lol: