CLOSED: TDMMC Comic Book Movie Madness, Round of 32: MEGA-CITY ONE Group

[Spider-Dan]

#1 The Dark Knight (2008)



When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.

Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart

#8 Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010)



Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in order to win her heart.

Director: Edgar Wright
Writers: Michael Bacall, Edgar Wright
Stars: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin

#12 Dredd (2012)



In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.

Director: Pete Travis
Writers: John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra
Stars: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey

#13 Watchmen (2009)



In 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it.

Director: Zack Snyder
Writers: David Hayter, Alex Tse
Stars: Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino

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Pick two to advance!

[Spider-Dan]

I'm sticking with Dark Knight and Scott Pilgrim, though I'm far from confident they will advance.

Watchmen was certainly an achievement, but I saw it once in the theater and I've never felt any desire to watch it again.  Haven't seen Dredd, but the source material is not my cup of tea, and it would be an extremely steep hill for it to pass the two movies I voted for.

[Tenshot13]

Dark Knight and Watchmen were easy choices for me.

[Sunstroke]

Scott Pilgrim and Watchmen...

[Dave Gray]

This is a very hard bracket.

I love Dredd, but I have to exclude it.  It's great for what it is, because it's so limited of a scope and a small budget.  But these are the big leages, so it has to go.

The Dark Knight is a definite, so that goes in easily.

Between Scott Pilgrim and Watchmen, two movies I really, really like, I had to choose Scott Pilgrim.  I'm nit-picking here, but Watchmen lost a lot of its subtext in a direct translation.  Also, after the Watchmen TV show, it really shined a light on how the squid subplot could've been done. ...makes me wish they just went for it instead of changing the ending.

[Spider-Dan]

Ladies and gentlemen, our first overtime tiebreaker!

First off, Watchmen advances and Dredd is eliminated.  The final group score was:
Watchmen- 5
Dark Knight- 4
Scott Pilgrim- 4
Dredd- 1

I have reset the poll to Dark Knight and Scott Pilgrim only.  Cast your vote.  In overtime, you cannot change your vote after casting it, and you cannot see the total until you vote, so choose wisely!

You have until 11:59 PM EDT on 4/14 to vote as you see fit.  If they are tied again at that time, the tiebreaker system is as follows:

1) Greater total average percentage of group votes (edit: slightly clarified, but it does not affect this particular matchup)
2) Greater total number of votes
3) Earlier release date (because we here at TDMMC appreciate the classics)

[Spider-Dan]

I voted for Scott Pilgrim in overtime.  This is the second straight round that the #1 overall seed has struggled to advance, when it should be flying through the bracket.  Dark Knight is on borrowed time with TDMMC voters; best to end this now.

[Tenshot13]

The Dark Knight, come on guys.  Scott Pilgram is a nice movie, I really like it too, but Heath Ledger got an Oscar for his role in The Dark Knight.  It's for sure the superior movie.

[Dave Gray]

The Dark Knight should win this whole thing.  Going out in round two would be a farce.

I'm one of the biggest defenders of Watchmen, but having it win this grouping is lunacy.

[Brian Fein]

The Dark Knight should win this whole thing.  Going out in round two would be a farce.

Pump the brakes, bud.  The whole thing?  eh, no.

[Spider-Dan]

Dave, not sure if you've looked at the bracket, but outside of the MCU (which is a giant chalk mine), this contest has already been a slaughterhouse for favorites.  One #2 seed has already finished last in its group in the second round (!), another will tonight, and the most popular movies in this contest (outside of the MCU) are a #6, 9, 11, and 15 seed.

[Spider-Dan]

Tied again!  And since these two movies were in the same group in the previous round, and they also had the same number of votes there, they are exactly tied on the first two tiebreakers, which means it goes to the final tiebreaker: movie that was released first.  

The #1 overall movie in this contest just survived... solely because it was released earlier than an 8 seed.  The Dark Knight (along with Watchmen) advances to the the next round.

[Sunstroke]

Tied again!  And since these two movies were in the same group in the previous round, and they also had the same number of votes there, they are exactly tied on the first two tiebreakers, which means it goes to the final tiebreaker: movie that was released first. 

Scott Pilgrim got jobbed...

[Dave Gray]

I think my buddy voted for the dark knight and didn’t submit in the poll anyway.

[Brian Fein]

Scott Pilgrim got jobbed...

Agreed.