The MoFo Top 100 Action Movie Countdown
 

*affects trailer voice*
Welcome, Adrenaline Junkies, one and all!

There's a distinct lack of ACTION in the Lists section. It must be remedied! I task each of you with a mission, if you choose to accept it, to bring forth the greatest collection of carnage ever put to film!

There is only one qualification: YOU WATCH IT FOR THE ACTION. It doesn't matter what else is in the movie so long as it's thrives on bloodpumping violence, audacious stunts, and one-liners so cool they BURN (but seriously, no one has to talk to make a fun action movie, just use your best judgment).


If you're in on this I want you to send me a private message containing your list of up to 25 of your favorite action movies (don't spoil your choices in the thread!), make sure to title it with "Action Countdown". These are ordered lists, so make sure to number them top to bottom. The countdown is ranked by total points across all lists. Your #1 movie is worth 25 points, #2 is worth 24, #3 is 23, and so on...

You MAY send in incomplete lists, however they will be weighted against the number you listed, so if you send in a list of 11 movies, your #1 movie is worth 11 points. If you wish to revise a list you've already submitted, you're welcome to send in a new list (this rule may change as circumstances dictate).

Ties will be resolved by number of votes, then by maximum point allotment, then by release date (in favor of older movies).

I'm going to impose the newbie rule too: I will only accept lists from members who've been here at least a month (subject to discretion).


Lists Received (chronologically):
Tugg (25), The Rodent (25), urkillinmesmalls (25), CiCi (25), Holden Pike (25), BraedenG33 (20), CosmicRunaway (25), Guaporense (25), jiraffejustin (25), Omnizoa (25), NedStark09 (25), Miss Vicky (25), Camo (25), Horroist (25), Larry (25), TylerDurden99 (25), TheUsualSuspect (25), Upton (25), Gideon58 (25), teeter_g (25), NextScorsese (10), False Writer (25), Topsy (24), gandalf26 (25), The Sci-Fi Slob (25), Ultraviolence (25), Steve Freeling (25), RealHero (25), 77topaz (25), Clazor (25), The Gunslinger45 (25), Raven73 (25), Vokzul (25), Optimus (25), mark f (25), edarsenal (25), linespalsy (25), Sexy Celebrity (25), Fabulous (25), Yoda (25), Friendly Mushroom! (25), Sedai (25), Captain Spaulding (25), TONGO (25), Daniel M (25), SkyDog (18), 7thson (25), gbgoodies (25), Iroquois (25), Hitchcockian97 (10), Cobpyth (25), Captain Steel (1), Sunomis (25), dadgumblah (25), MovieMeditation (25), honeykid (25), and rauldc14 (25).


186 of you were contacted, 57 of you answered the call.

489 movies were considered, 473 of them were nominated.

17367 points were distributed, 12065 of them are on this countdown.

You bastards can't agree on anything can you? nah I'm kidding What this was was a struggle for each of you to personally reconcile "good movies" with "action movies", and rationally this involved scrutiny of what it means to be "good" and what it means to be "action".

I think it's apparent that genres like "action" are a matter of gradation, movies can be more or less "drama" or "comedy" oriented and the same holds true of action. The question is how to rank generally excellent movies with relatively unremarkable action with movies that have excellent action sequences, but are otherwise kinda crappy, and with movies that don't have all that much action in them except for that one scene you can't forget.

Despite my misgivings about a couple nominations (or more accurately, lack there of...), and there are in fact several that appear on this countdown that I love, but personally disqualified, I have vetoed no movies for this countdown. And so it is that I present what can only be best described as an approximate democratized conception of what the standard of excellence is when it comes to ACTION MOVIES, as chosen by the contemporary Movie Forums community.

1. Die Hard (1988) 663 points
2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 604 points
3. Aliens (1986) 510 points
4. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) 480 points
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 474 points
6. The Matrix (1999) 355 points
7. Predator (1987) 312 points
8. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) 267 points
9. The Dark Knight (2008) 264 points
10. The Terminator (1984) 212 points
Honorable Mentions: 13 Assassins (2010), Apocalypto (2006), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Bullitt (1968), The Boondock Saints (1999), Ghost in the Shell (1995)
11. First Blood (1982) 194 points
12. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) 189 points
13. Seven Samurai (1954) 188 points
14. Gladiator (2000) 185 points
15. Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 183 points
16. Lethal Weapon (1987) 173 points
17. Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977) 165 points
18. Con Air (1997) 155 points
19. RoboCop (1987) 153 points
20. Leon: The Professional (1994) 152 points
Honorable Mentions: Scarface (1983), Captain America: Winter Soldier (2014), Hard Target (1993), Highlander (1986), Oldboy (2003), Road House (1989)
21. Hard Boiled (1992) 150 points
22. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 148 points
23. The Killer (1989) 144 points
24. Enter The Dragon (1973) 142 points
25. Total Recall (1990) 136 points
26. Commando (1985) 133 points
27. Point Break (1991) 131 points
28. The Avengers (2012) 123 points
29. True Lies (1994) 116 points
30. Speed (1994) 116 points
Honorable Mentions: Death Race 2000 (1975), Pacific Rim (2013), The Last of the Mohicans (1992), The Matrix: Reloaded (2003), The Departed (2006), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
31. The Crow (1994) 113 points
32. The Rock (1996) 112 points
33. The Raid: Redemption (2011) 110 points
34. Heat (1995) 110 points
35. Iron Man (2008) 109 points
36. Inception (2010) 107 points
37. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) 103 points
38. The Raid 2: Berandal (2014) 103 points
39. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 100 points
40. Face/Off (1997) 96 points
Honorable Mentions: Collateral (2004), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), From Russia With Love (1963), Ip Man (2008), The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
41. Dredd (2012) 95 points
42. Hot Fuzz (2007) 91 points
43. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 91 points
44. The Wild Bunch (1969) 91 points
45. The Warriors (1979) 89 points
46. 300 (2006) 87 points
47. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011) 87 points
48. John Wick (2014) 86 points
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) 85 points
50. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 85 points
Honorable Mentions: Tokyo Drifter (1966), Snatch (2000), Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (1983), A Better Tomorrow (1986), Fast Five (2011), Minority Report (2002)
51. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 85 points
52. Hero (2002) 84 points
53. Casino Royale (2006) 80 points
54. Big Trouble in Little China (1986) 80 points
55. The Bourne Supremacy (2004) 80 points
56. Battle Royale (2000) 76 points
57. Edge of Tomorrow (2014) 76 points
58. Braveheart (1995) 75 points
59. Stark Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) 70 points
60. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) 68 points
Honorable Mentions: Sicario (2015), The Italian Job (1969), Twister (1996), Coffy (1973), Pulp Fiction (1994), The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
61. The Bourne Identity (2002) 67 points
62. The Fugitive (1993) 67 points
63. Yojimbo (1961) 67 points
64. The Grandmaster (2013) 67 points
65. Escape From New York (1981) 66 points
66. The Incredibles (2004) 64 points
67. The Dark Knight Rises (2012) 61 points
68. Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) 60 points
69. Dirty Harry (1971) 60 points
70. Desperado (1995) 59 points
Honorable Mentions: Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Cliffhanger (1993), Ong Bak (2003), Police Story (1985), Spider-man (2002), The Expendables 3 (2014)
71. V for Vendetta (2005) 59 points
72. Independence Day (1996) 58 points
73. Goldfinger (1964) 58 points
74. Die Hard With A Vengeance (1995) 57 points
75. Starship Troopers (1997) 57 points
76. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 53 points
77. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) 53 points
78. Django Unchained (2012) 53 points
79. Jurassic Park (1993) 52 points
80. Demolition Man (1993) 52 points
Honorable Mentions: Alien (1979), End of Watch (2012), GoldenEye (1995), House of Flying Daggers (2004), La Femme Nikita (1990), The Thing (1982)
81. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 51 points
82. Spider-man 2 (2004) 51 points
83. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) 51 points
84. King Kong (2005) 51 points
85. Batman Begins (2005) 50 points
86. Under Siege (1992) 50 points
87. Princess Mononoke (1997) 49 points
88. Deadpool (2016) 48 points
89. North by Northwest (1959) 46 points
90. The Fifth Element (1997) 46 points
Honorable Mentions: Blade Runner (1982), Crank (2006), Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990), Drive (2011), The Legend of Drunken Master (1994), Mission: Impossible III (2006)
96. Akira (1988) 44 points
97. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) 44 points
98. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) 43 points
99. Mad Max (1979) 43 points
100. Smokey and the Bandit (1977) 43 points
Honorable Mentions: Once Upon A Time in China (1991), Man on Fire (2004), A Better Tomorrow 2 (1987), Ant-Man (2015), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Pitch Black (2000)

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So I guess it's a yes on Star Wars then :D

**** yeah.

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John Woo is the master of heroic bloodshed genre. I guess his films will be high.

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On the plus side, without thinking too hard I already have a lot of movies I want on my list. The downside is I have no idea how I'm going to rank them haha.

Bad Boys II, A Good Day to Die Hard, Armegeddon and the entire Transformers franchise in the top 10! Yaaaay :highfive:

Don't forget Battlefield Earth!

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On another note... June 29th????

I don't think we have ever done one of these HUGE Top 100 forum-wide countdowns in such short notice? I'd rather wait to be honest... The thing that makes these lists great are the period leading up to it. Watching recommendations and such. Am I the only one thinking this?

No, as I said it's negotiable. If things seem pretty set by then we'll go with it. I can bend a couple weeks too.

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I didn't see the timeline tbh, but yeah, June 29th, 6 days, is waaay to short a time.

What do you guys suggest?

No. These are usually things everyone on the site discusses for a while and we set a date and are given time to watch suggestions and such. We usually discuss what the next countdown will be as well. For some reason Omni has just decided what the next countdown will be and that it will be done before the 50's :rolleyes:

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When is the 50s countdown taking place?
I'd suggest having the actual countdown for this one 2 weeks after the 50s countdown.

I didn't even notice it was that short a time frame. I think my mind is a month behind the calendar because I didn't realize it was already the 23rd of June.

Also, in case the joke wasn't obvious: please, no one watch Battlefield Earth. Unless you hate yourself and want to be miserable, that is.

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Yeah, I'm not going to lie I'm a little upset, mainly because of all the work I have prepared for the 50s list for another list to just up and come about before that one.

Alright now, grumpypuss.

Okay, I'm going to push it back.

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To be honest this is usually a thing everyone discusses. If people can just take it upon themselves to decide what the next countdown will be i imagine we'll see Musical and Noir and Comedy ones popping up every week.

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Just checked, the 50s is going about 2/3 of the way through August... I'd suggest having this one end of Aug, beginning of September, which gives a small cooldown period between actual countdowns.
It'll give time for people to watch some movies and at the same time won't cross over the 50s list.

It's OPEN to discussion, Camo. Shoo.

Maybe I misread intentions, but I thought the point of this was just to have a quick, fun list while everyone's waiting for your proper long-term one to play out.

It could be either.

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I've already sent in :D
Never takes me long to get a list together.

What discussion? You started a thread and set a date. Usually at least during the 50's Countdown we'd discuss what the next countdown will be and come to a decision. Not someone who hasn't been here long and who has never taken part in any of the countdowns just deciding it for us. I'm fine doing an Action one if that's what is decided, but others have been waiting for different countdowns to be done for a while and i don't see how you can just tell us it is Action next or even before the 50's one.

Got it.

Already see some crossover.

I asked if that's what people were up for, consensus agreed and I set a transparently tentative date which I've established will change due to feedback.

You're the only one who said you weren't interested in this, Camo, so why are you coming in to start ****?

No Top 100 on the forum is just a quick fun list.

Those have to be well-planned and properly worked out. I'd suggest leaving things as they are, but set a list-date around the beginning of the 50s countdown. And then the actual countdown for the action list will start a little while after the 50s countdown has ended.

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I'm still trying to coordinate with Raul, but at the moment I've pushed back the date to September 15th. What say you, action fiends?

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I can wait until after the 50's list. Still interested.

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After the 50s list I'm on.

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Make it the beginning of October. Any complaints? Ladies? Gentlemen? Camo?

You presented Action as the only choice. Again why do you who has never taken part in a countdown just get to decide what we are doing next? These happen twice maybe three times a year at most, so usually the whole forum gets a say. But obviously no, you who again hasn't taken part in any of these just gets to decide they are running an Action one next.

That doesn't matter, if we were to decide to do a Musical one instead for instance which i would like to do less than an Action one i'd be fine with that since someone other than the almight Omnizoa had a say.

Since the list due date was in less than a week, I just figured it wasn't meant to be quite like the other ones, but that's a very fair point.

:up:

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Omni gets a countdown going and immediately gets grief.


Now I remember why I said I'd never do another one after I did the Comics.


Think I might pull the Performances one I was gauging interest for. I remember exactly how much hassle these things cause for the host.

There's other stuff on the site that goes by quick (honestly, song tournaments are way more dependent on regular interactivity), so...

Izzzokay. Granny's gotchy'all covered.

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I once wanted to host a Sequel Top 100 and I got the same treatment, only because I wasn't sure how stuff like that worked at the time. So yeah, I'll never host a big countdown either...

Your idea is different. Like SC's quick movie star countdown it could run concurrently with the major one. Omni has just decided what the next major countdown is. He asked a bunch of movie fans who love countdowns if they'd be interested in this, of course they said yes. While the others who were waiting to bring their ideas up when the discussion actually happens get pushed aside for Prince Omni.

Top Sequels sounds cool.

Or isn't. Who's to say it gets taken seriously? Why must it necessarily steal attention away from any other activity thread?

I was prepared for people to have a week to send in a list of movies they've ALREADY SEEN, but if they want to take more time to actually see some, that's their prerogative.

How insensitive I must be.

Why are you waiting to have a discussion? Why not just have a discussion? Maybe a Countdown gets thrown out, it dies in the water, and nothing significant comes of it, so what? You're gonna insult me for trying?

Pardon me if I don't act beholden to your schedule or are part of this "circle of privilege" you seem to have erected for deciding these things.

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Action movies are boooooooooring.

What happened to Swan, the pinky violence fan?

Fair enough.

I was kidding anyway. Have fun with whatever happens!

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Incidentally, I have 2 lists now and like any true action hero I intend to PERSEVERE.

It was actually Yoda who decided that these need to be done within an unofficial schedule so people would have sufficient time to watch movies for it, there wouldn't be too many running at once and most importantly so everyone would have a say. Obviously though you are special and can just decide and that is exactly what you've done what the next countdown will be and when it will happen. These only happen about twice a year and you have never taken part in any of these but that doesn't matter of course. Omni has decided. What will be after that?

Maybe there should be a thread about unofficial forum etiquette so people don't unintentionally offend regulars who expect things to be done a certain way. If only people who have been previously involved in other countdown threads know what the unspoken rules are, then misunderstandings are bound to to happen.

If there is a thread like this and I've missed it, do let me know.

Wrong. Yoda never made a ruling saying who could do what Countdowns and when. Yoda stated his own personal opinion on what countdown he thought should go next and he was clear in letting us know it was only his opinion and not a ruling.

A one-man army with a total lack of diplomacy and weaponry to spare? You're PERFECT for this thread!

If it was a stickied thread, it'd be official, otherwise I'd call BS.

"Unintentionally offending regulars" is the type of walking-on-eggshells gunshy newbies shouldn't have to deal with. A community should be open and reciprocative. I've been on those kinds of forums.

They SUCK.

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Just to clarify, there are no official rules about who can start countdowns or when, and while I won't rule out creating such a rule, I'm only going to do it if things get really crazy. I think the countdowns work because they're grassroots-based and user-organized, and I want to interfere with that as little as possible. You guys have been awesome about all getting in line and coming to your own consensus about who runs these, and I'm not going to mess with that unless I absolutely have to.

It's certainly my personal opinion, though, that they work much better when they don't overlap (or, at most, that a smaller/more casual one only overlaps a little with a larger/more serious one). I think it's better to have people wanting more and looking forward to these than risk saturating the idea, but again, that's just an opinion. And it's not just a preference thing: it's really hard getting a large number of lists even with one running exclusively, so I think it might be especially hard if there are two going.

But, provided someone doesn't mind the prospect of a lower "turnout" and just wants to do something quick and fun, it's certainly up to them. And if someone else thinks that's too many, I'd ask you to just make up your own mind about whether to participate, but let them do their thing.

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Too many lists kinda ruin the point of the lists. The previous ones have all been well thought out as far as topic, deadline, and host- by the whole community. While this was just scrapped together. And also Omni has only been here 6 months, if the deadline is pushed all the way to after the 50s list who knows if he'll even be here? I believe Guap tried to do something similar when he first joined and it failed. I really don't think we need another list. I'm with Camo and Raul on this

Betting against my activity?

I have a post average of around 16 posts per day and that includes over 80 long rambling reviews since I started. I've been on this website for the past 6 hours.

I fear that's a gamble you will lose.

I'm not rooting against you. But everyone on this forum longer than a year have seen people who post like addicts for a few months come and go

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I wouldn't even bet on myself doing one of these, since occasionally I'm gone for a few weeks. That's why the hosts of these have usually been thought out

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DonnieDarko, did you not read the last paragraph of Yoda's post?

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I'm not gonna tell anyone they can't argue about this, but I'd really like it to be in the constructive criticism vein. And heck, maybe even semi-privately. I'd like there to be a "live and let list" attitude here. It's certainly true that too many lists can dilute things...but only if you feel obligated to participate in all of them. If you basically ignore the ones you don't care about, a big part of the problem goes away.

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I think people should run as many countdowns as they like.

I just think that the big Top 100 forum-wide one-two-per-year kind of lists, shouldn't be rushed and shouldn't overlap too much with other thread, definitely not another big countdown like the 50s list.

But hey, it looks like everything is sorted out now. We had a rough start but it looks like we agree on waiting a bit and in that time frame people will have plenty of time to watch both 50s movies and action flicks. :)

Source, source, and source. On all occasions he gave up, and if it's not already apparent; giving up seems to be a pretty Guap thing to do.

I have no other preoccupations save a swift and sudden seizing illness.

*laughs* THANKS.

And maybe both at the SAME TIME.

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Oh, and one last thing.

I kind of went along here and just agreed on a lot of things without thinking of the most important thing: many people want to do a list. I'm not sure if the action countdown would be the next of interest... but one day, whenever it might be and whenever it might fit... I'm totally in!

I'm sure Raul would love that

Raul doesn't like 50s action movies?

I'm just trying to discuss how to make a potential action list better

PLEASE, suggest away.

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I would reommend not even taking lists until the 50s countdown is over- as has previously been done. But hey that's just my opinion

Okeedoke.

Well, my opinion is that there's no harm in taking lists so long as the actual Countdown itself does not steal attention away from another.

*EDIT: Which even then, wouldn't be unreasonable given a wealth of countdowns which certain people have attested to. Besides, I'm not controlling what people are watching for these things. No one has to watch anything, let alone join the countdown, but regardless they will make their own decisions.

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I'm down for this; will be sending a list in sometime soon.

I don't think there's any reason to be overly hostile towards Omni, especially since he (or she, still don't know what gender you are exactly :p) was willing to move the due date so to not interfere with the 50s countdown.

Two countdowns at once? Why? I thought there was a specific order for the next countdowns?

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There was

Good to have you in on it. :up:

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My suggestion would be that you guys turn this thread into the discussion for it upcoming at an as-of-yet unspecified date at least sometime after the 50's countdown. But also Omnizoa, I should mention that the community usually discusses collectively which top 100 countdowns they're going to do in advance. So you should propose that they do an action countdown next, check for interest, and make arrangements with the rest of the community. Otherwise it will probably be a messy conflict of interest.

Well that's nothing new. You can't please everyone.

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I'll be frank, the prospect of keeping my hands in my lap, waiting for several months for a collective "no, we've already decided on something else" is not exactly enticing.

That was over a YEAR AGO. That ****in' sucks!

"Maybe try again next year" is not a game I'm willing to play on a forum. It's just a short list of movies and it doesn't necessarily have to involve more then that.

So PARDON ME, but I'm not bending to that crap.

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Ok ok, Prince Omni. I thought you were so committed to this forum I shouldn't even question your activity? What's a year too young?

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And Raul waited quite awhile to host a countdown, I bet over a year. But prince Omni can't, :shrug:

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I think I'm a pretty patient person when it comes to time. But I'm also pretty intolerant of wasting it.

If this is the whole reason there aren't more genre countdowns after so many years, of course I'm going to interject.

Do you have something meaningful to contribute or are you just dribbling at the mouth? I wasn't insulting you or Camo, but you guys can't seem to help yourselves.

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Well, you're encroaching on a tradition many years old without endorsement. It seems a bit disrespectful to me. I certainly won't be supporting it. Wait your turn like everybody else, or do it on some other site and call it something else. Remember, you're still a relative newcomer here. You say you're pretty patient, but your actions are saying something else.

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Omni, I think it is pretty rude to intrude on a schedule and plan that people made. I know Raul was waiting patiently to start the 50s HoF for a long time. He had to wait until the Documentary HoF was over, and you just started yours without letting anyone know. I think your an ok member Omni, but I think it was pretty obnoxious to start the countdown without really consulting anyone.

To those of you who are complaining that Omni just jumped in and started this countdown without asking about it or consulting anyone, did any of you read Omni's previous thread?

Interest Check: MoFo Top 100 Action Movies

Numerous people posted in there showing interest in the countdown and saying that they're "in", but nobody bothered to explain to Omni how these countdowns work. There were at least 10 people, many who have been on this forum for years, who said they were interested, but nobody explained that there's an order to these countdowns, and there might be other people who have been waiting to do other countdowns.

Instead, you guys just all jumped on the bandwagon and let Omni start the thread, and then complained that the countdown was started too soon.

Maybe instead of attacking Omni for wanting to get involved and host a fun forum activity, you should have taken the time to politely explain to a new member how things work around here with these countdowns.

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I just saw this thread tonight, didn't see his interest check thread. Yeah, I'm surprised by the people who said they were in even though this wasn't properly organised and nothing was explained to Omni. Very strange...

I don't hold tradition in very high esteem. Virtue by "that's the way things have always been" doesn't fly very far with me.

Omni leaned back in his chair, contemplative. She idled back and forth between pronouns mulling over the situation in his head. How best to appropriate empathy for her perspective?

That's when it hit him: Go meta.

She leaned into his keyboard and began typing a response.

"I find this whole situation particularly trivial," she said in mild irration, adapting to the format with increasing fervor, "considering that I come from RP community forums where the primary activity threads each have their own seperate individual handbook-style FAQ threads and users are essentially expected to commit to writing what amounts to a short novel one page per day, spelling and grammar standards included.

There was less bitching over THAT.

That asking if anyone would like to volunteer a short list of movies they like is some great imposition is laughable by comparison."

Omni returned back to her comfortable recline and pondered the ramifications of such a post. <It'll likely brushed off.>, he concluded, resigned to the inevitability of rocking the proverbial boat. <It's no skin of my back.>, Omnizoa thought, not a split second before the sniper bullet peeled through the nearby window and struck her in the base of the skull, painting the wall in a rainbow of viscera.

Some people really like action movies, and didn't realize the whole thing would elicit such ire.

If the title was changed to something else so that it wasn't exactly part of the "MoFo Top 100" series of countdowns (that is if Omni was willing to move on the subject), would that be better? For example, if it was like Sexy Celebrity's lists, but instead of just posting individual ones as they come in, Omni collected them all first and sorted them by popularity.

We could change the total number of movies in the list (either higher or lower), but if people still think it's stepping on the toes of the other Countdown or on forum tradition, then I guess no changes will make everyone happy.

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Here's the reality of the situation:

I didn't start a competing Movie of the Month thread.

I didn't even start a Hall of Fame which specifically requires participants to sink hours into actually watching movies.

I simply said I'm taking lists.


If that OFFENDS you or strikes you as selfish, insensitive, or the moral outrage seizes you to the point of gibbering derision, then please, feel free to continue insulting me, because it keeps the thread active and ultimately nothing will change.

If you don't want to participate out of principal or general dislike of action movies, that's A-Okay with me. I'm not asking you to watch anything.

To everyone else, I'm not going anywhere so LET'S DO THIS! *cocks shotgun*


PS: I certainly don't want the 50s Countdown to go anywhere, I'm making a list for that too.

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Classic

What is "Classic Omnizoa" to you, Zotis?

I don't imagine anything positive. Or even fair despite my efforts to have rational discussions.

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Prince Omni went from I'm very open to suggestions, to I'm not going anywhere. Very authoritarian style of government. Soon he'll start editing out movies from lists. I'd be careful with this one

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Oooh, yes. Beware, I might actually start thinking for myself.

Sounds like a dick move to me.

Has that stopped you before?

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Such an honest question! But I believe you said yourself I was new at this so WHO KNOWS???

Or are you just asking if I'd put it past me in general?

Hmmm... I think the best way for you to find out is by submitting a list. And see where your flaming gets you.

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Wow,Prince Omni you sound great for a position as Moderator. Have you considered asking Yoda to become one? Or you could just proclaim yourself one, if you so wish.

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I'm an Administrator on certain websites, actually.

AS an Administrator, I'm inclined to question the motives of someone who requests mod powers.

Odds are pretty good they're not in it for the responsibility.

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Maybe you should start a Top 100 list on "Prince Omni's accomplishments" instead? Since the thread is all about you, anyways

That's some damn good writing...

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Well, my middle name is "ACTION", so no arguments there.

I do wonder what I'd fill the list with...

I once did 2 pull-ups in a row. That was pretty cool.

It is LITTERED WITH GRAMMATICAL ERRORS, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?

True. You forgot the s in "she" multiple times.

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A little trivia:

We now have 3 lists comprising a pool of 66 movies. Only 2 movies appear across all 3 lists.

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Question: Why does every countdown need to be official? It's not hurting anyone if somebody wants to do their own thing without the bureaucratic bullsh!t

I think it's since I did a genre thing. Although, considering that people are suggesting redoing the Horror list, it doesn't seem outside the realm of reason to simply redo Action if people don't like what they get.

This will be my last post in this thread, i won't mention Omni after the next paragraph so there is no need for me to respond after this.

The Countdowns have been done as a collective thing before i even joined the site, everyone usually has their place in the decision. As much as Omni mocks it, it was always a site thing i know no one here had more say than whoever else on what the next one would be.

My post in his interest thread here - http://www.movieforums.com/community...34#post1535934 .
I thought this was just running an idea by everyone like Rodent did here for instance with the Top 100 Redo which i supported - http://www.movieforums.com/community...ad.php?t=43834

In the end most didn't want it so that was fine. We decided to do it after we had went through the decades, it became an unofficial thing that we include a genre (whatever if Guap is still watching over us) in between the Decades so Action would be fine if it was a decision overall. Instead we got a suggestion before the 50's Countdown started becoming the next thing. if before the Action one even starts someone suggests or even just starts up a thread for a whatever countdown then that's it.

I know this sounds like i take these countdowns too seriously, maybe i do. But i always felt these were the only constant on this forum the one thing that all of our varied members had a say in, so it feels a bit annoying that we don't even get to discuss what the next one is.

Also Brexit/Bremain :sick:

Fair post.

I haven't had a chance to read all the posts, but when I said it was a great idea, it didn't occur to me that it'd be right away. The fairest way for everyone is to wait until after the 50's and Rodent's countdown. I wouldn't participate until then because it wouldn't be right. It's still very nice of you to take care of all the work that being a host entails, Omni.

Does Rodent's Countdown even have a date set? It seems like a lot of people are still confused over the details.

We now have 4 Lists spanning 86 Movies, 12 of which are appear twice.