Who knew again?

[GARUD]

Pokemon >_>

[Kerensky287]

Star Trek, the original series.

This coming from someone who never watched the original airing and only saw it after the recent movie. Seriously, what the hell, how is it STILL this good.


EDIT: OH SHIT! I forgot about Dr Horrible! I mean, the title refers to it as a "Sing-along blog," how the hell could it possibly be good but IT IS!

Vote changed to Dr Horrible. Star Trek original series is back up for grabs.

[42PETUNIAS]

The Star Trek Movie.

[Fifthfiend]

I wasn't going to even guess, but you put Snatch and made me go "Of course, overrated movies!" and then I looked at the choices and realized that Boondock Saints hadn't even been put forth yet and I went for the insta-win.

Hmm...none of you watch Arrested Development or HIMYM, nor read Scott Pilgrim or John Hodgman, so I can't ask for "Best [x] from those" so...

Let's go with "Most Surprisingly Good Piece of Entertainment"

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

[russianreversal]

In Bruges? (Odds of Lum having actually seen it: 3%)

[Moogle0119]

Up (the movie)

[Fenris]

NPF.

[Overcast]

When faced with the fact that everyone seems to be going with the stereotype always whip out something that you remember forever.

Words of wisdom though, try not to attribute that film too closely to good Brooks, without Wilder we would have never had such a wonderful thing. A truly unappreciated man in film.

The Riches

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Transformers (the original series)

[Ape Boy]

I own all three seasons of Arrested Development on DVD. Love that show.

I'm going to say Deadwood.

And Rej-Ag, you need to go watch Goodfellas NOW, or I'm totally going to handicap you in the D&D game!

[krogothwolf]

Reaper

[Mesden]

Better Off Ted.

[POS Industries]

Pitch Black.

[The Wandering God]

Lifted (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cv5-SgANG8) the short that preceded Ratatouille.

The Wandering God
Ratatouille, actually.

Wall-E was preceded by "Presto."
Oops. Thanks POS.

[Death by Stabbing]

Hmm...none of you watch Arrested Development

Uh excuse me? have you taken a look at my avatar recently? I mean I've been a fan for a while...I only just found the picture but I'm offended here!

I'm going to go with one of my favorite shows ever made...Dead Like Me

[POS Industries]

Lifted (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cv5-SgANG8) the short that preceded Wall-E.
Ratatouille, actually.

Wall-E was preceded by "Presto."

[bluestarultor]

Zero Punctuation (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation).

[Lumenskir]

Uh excuse me? have you taken a look at my avatar recently? I mean I've been a fan for a while...I only just found the picture but I'm offended here!
So I guess I have to apologize, seeing as (including me) a full 3/27,300ths of NPF has seen Arrested Development...wait a second, that number is so close to zero even Kamina wouldn't be pleased with those odds. My original assertion still stands.

But honestly, you have to think of the game when making topics. If I had done a "Best Arrested Development Moment", it would have been you posting a Franklin clip ("Why do they have to make puppets like Frank?" perhaps), Ape Boy offering his favorite moment (I dunno, the "You don't have enough RAM to cry!" line?), possibly one other person trawling Youtube and finding the mass chicken impersonations clip, and then what? It would be everyone els sitting out until eventually Zilla would barge in, declare the chicken clip the winner, and everyone moves on. Not fun.

Anyways, on to the topic!!

These things I never partook in:
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay/Assault on Dark Athena.
The Riches (Sort of feel bad about this one)
Original Transformers
Deadwood (Actually feel bad about this one)

Up, Lifted - Oh man, something Pixar made is good? My mind, it is blown. (Might have been better to go with Cars, since that one wasn't a critical darling but was still very enjoyable)
NPF - Mo' like "Most Expectedly Shitty," amirite. (ohgodFenristhatwasmeantasajokepleasedon'tbandmefo rbeinguppityorsnobbyIapologizeIapoligizeIapoligize )
Zero Punctuation - Meh.
Pokemon - I think if I first came to Pokemonnow and found a surprisingly deep RPG this would be higher, but I was ten-ish when it first came out so any element of possible surprise was blown out of the water by the deserved hype and spectacle.
Pitch Black - Another one that I enjoyed when it first came out, and as a twelve year old who had been completely enamored with Starship Troopers the promise of another movie about bugs who kill people couldn't have seemed more awesome. (I've also taken precautions to not watch it again with more mature eyes.)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Whos line is it Anyway, Reaper, Dead Like Me - I'm including these together because they are all sort of in the same mold of shows that I came to nuetrally before liking, whereas the true winners of the category would be things that I ended up liking in spite of my mindset when I first started.
Dr. Horrible - For example, going in to this my mindset was "A musical on the web by Joss Whedon?" but it turned out not too bad. It would be higher, but only if before Dr. Horrible NPH hadn't proven how great he was on HIMYM.
Star Trek Movie - And this one, understandably, was "Star Trek? So?" as my only experience with Trekdom was Futurama homages and the attendant nerdery. Even my trust in J.J. Abrams was a little flustered, but then I remembered that he made MI:3 work and went in just a teensy bit apprehensive.
Better Off Ted - Oh man, isn't that title just horrendous, and the commercials seemed to be made by some Bizzaro Mad Men who set out to make it as unappealing as possible. The fact that it was somewhat decent, and at times quite funny, is almost miracle-esque.
In Bruges - But truly, out of all the choices given, this is the clear winner. I mean, who goes into a movie painted as a screwball comedy starring Colin Farrel expecting anything but dreck? To walk out pleased and unashamed is nearly masterwork. So RR, it's yours.

The two ultimate insta-wins would have been Kung Fu Panda (A Dreamworks kung-fu Jack Black vehicle isn't some crass pop-culture reference parade but is actually an amazingly good looking actual kung fu movie?) or How I Met Your Mother (A three camera CBS sitcom is actually one of the best sitcoms of the decade? Come on.)

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Also I though Arrested Development was quite a big show. I mean it had a pretty substantial following even in the backwater hicktown where I was living when it was on.

[Lumenskir]

Also I though Arrested Development was quite a big show. I mean it had a pretty substantial following even in the backwater hicktown where I was living when it was on.
Well, yeah, when it's the only show your Shire can pick up I'm sure it's going to be huge, but when it actually ran on Fox it was sort of jerked around the schedule, then had episode orders cut, then just got unceremoniously cancelled where it waited around for people to find the DVDs and spread the word. At this point the fans of the show have to make up in volume what they lack in numbers.

[Mr.Bookworm]

You should play the Chronicles of Riddick. It took a pretty damn mediocre movie (Pitch Black was alright, though) and turned it into a awesome stealth/action game.

[russianreversal]

Man, I watched a couple episodes of arrested development and then promptly forgot everything I saw, except that it was GOOD. As for In Bruges, always a wild card as there's no way to know if the person's seen it, but I figured if anyone besides me and Jedi had, it was Lumenskir.

Anyway, moving on. Most stylin' hat I would wear (and since I don't know every hat in the world, links to pics would not be out of the question) ;)

[Moogle0119]

A fedora, like this guy...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_td4gOPRGXcI/R03eUvcro7I/AAAAAAAAAOs/ZR_AlKNBC_M/s320/Indiana%2BJones%2Band%2Bthe%2BRaiders%2Bof%2Bthe%2 BLost%2BArk.jpeg

[Mr.Bookworm]

http://www.frontofrussia.com/head/52c_2.jpg

Nothing screams pimp quite like a Soviet commissar hat.

[greed]

Gilgamesh's Hat
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081110

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Deerstalker hat.

http://www.millerhats.com/productimages/786.jpg

[Overcast]

I did enjoy the Riches, I would suggest a watch when you have the time. I'm sure Hulu is streaming it by now.

Also the answer is obviously a red and white stovetop hat.
http://www.partymart.com/products/010PY341.jpg

[krogothwolf]

The Davy Crockett Hat! Horrah!

http://www.arrowgiftshop.com/media/4efb4470.jpg

[Frostatine]

A l33t F3D0R4

[russianreversal]

Unless that's some sort of hologram headwear, I'm gonna say Moogs beat ya to it.

[Rejected Again]

a Derby.
http://www.lynchs.com/images/839.jpg

Maybe this (http://stylewithanna.com/images/kentucky_derby_hats3.jpg) style suits you better. Still a derby, only more....pimpish.

[Death by Stabbing]

Arrrrebah

Oh and by the way...my favorite part about Arrested Development? Gene Parmesan.

This is also why I chose sombrero if you get my drift as in remember what episode he was in

[Fenris]

A lampshade.

http://www.usalampshade.com/images/lampshade12.jpg

[Si Civa]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b241/Civakka/hatras.jpg

Even though the clear winner is already the Soviet commissar hat.

[CelesJessa]

A pirate hat! Arr! (http://www.wrybaby.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/hat-stand-deluxe-04.jpg)

[Ape Boy]

http://www.schallstailgate.com/BeerHatGuy2.jpg

Also, go get Deadwood on DVD. After the intro episode, almost the entire rest of the series in fucking tits.

[Lumenskir]

You should play the Chronicles of Riddick. It took a pretty damn mediocre movie (Pitch Black was alright, though) and turned it into a awesome stealth/action game.
I haven't really been avoiding it as much as never having more than one current-gen system that the Riddick games were never on.
Also, go get Deadwood on DVD. After the intro episode, almost the entire rest of the series in fucking tits.
Like I said, Deadwood is one of those shows that I really should catch up on, I just need to get around to it. I love me some motherfucking swearing, a wild west setting and Ian McShane would just be frosting.

Oh, right, the actual game...
http://ferdyonfilms.com/GONY%201.jpg
How has the tophat not been mentioned? You already missed it, neener neener!

[Ape Boy]

Ian McShane as Swearengen is one my favorite characters in the history of TV, so yeah, he's fucking great.

[Kerensky287]

Pac Hat? (http://www.nopuedocreer.com/quelohayaninventado/wp-content/images/2007/07/pacman_hat.jpg)

[The Wizard Who Did It]

http://www.geocities.com/doble_d86/blog/sakkat.JPG

Because holy crap I have no ideas anymore.

[GARUD]

http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:C-nf2Ihe2NuFtM:http://www.projectrethink.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/677331_santas_hat.jpg

[Zilla]

A l33t F3D0R4

Nice KoL reference.

Edit: I move that the supply of awesome hats has been nearly depleted.

In which case, I submit a pancake. (http://www.darren-s.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bunny_pancake.jpg)

[Archbio]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/Ff8-edea.jpg

[Rejected Again]

anyone else not able to access Zilla's pic?

[russianreversal]

I'm not, but I have a pretty good idea of what it is anyway. So:

Flat Hats:
Red and White Striped Top Hat - Ugh, get it away! I'd much rather see somebody else wearing that hat.
Pac Hat - Say what you want, all I can think of is those cat ears right now.
Santa Hat - Having been forced to wear this every christmas somewhat takes the charm out of it.
Beer Hat - I might like this a lot more when I start drinking. And going to ballparks.
Coolie - Well, in the race of lookalikes, I'd rather be wearing a lampshade than this, but only a little bit.
Lampshade - See above. Also there aren't any good lampshades in my area.
Pancake - A rabbit did it. A cat did it. Why can't I do it? Well, mainly because after a couple days I'm not letting that thing get anywhere near my head!
Jamaican Tam Cap - I didn't wear these in high school because at my school only stoners and jerks wore them. They might have a future if I ever manage to get one over my hair.

Phat Hats:
Whatever the hell Archbio's thing is - That's pretty badass, but I'm sure the effect is diminished somewhat on a dude.
Coonskin Cap - Warm? Yes. Stylin? Yes. Year round? Nope. EDIT: Oh yeah, didn't that jerk in a Christmas Story wear one of those, too?
Derby - I always assume people wearing these are bald because they're just too round.
Top Hat - Fashionable, but it doesn't quite make the statement I'm going for (let me get back to you on what exactly that statement is).
Sombrero - Would get more points if I could get through narrow doorways with it. :D
Gilgamesh - As I've said before, flames and spikes make ANYTHING better. This hat is no exception.
Pirate - I love this, but I rather not have the navy on my tail, savvy?
Fedora - Ah, the classic gentlemen's hat. Usable by almost anyone, extremely versatile and light, this hat makes it to the final round, but there are even better ones here.
Soviet Commissar Hat - I was seriously considering giving this first place out and out, but military hats just aren't quite as fashionable as

That Hat:
The Deerstalker - One man made it internationally famous, and that's all it took. When you're wearing one of these, people know you know what the hell you're doing. You are not a guy to mess with. Also, the flaps come down, which is great when it's really cold out.

Congrats Smarty, you take home the gold.
Other top contenders (but by no means insta-wins) would have been the Trilby, the Ushanka, and whatever hat Bartholomew Cubbins was wearing in that one Dr. Seuss book.

Oh, and a consolatory prize for Bookie:

[Fenris]

This round is a perfect example of what this game should be.

[russianreversal]

I'm just glad it got so many different suggestions. I might consider buying a couple of these now.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

That was totally what I was thinking when I went for that suggestion. We are totally 'N sync!


Round:
Best title sequence (opening credits with musicy stuff) from a TV show.
Both song and visuals are important, quality of show is completely irrelevant.

If you are a cool cat, give me a youtube link.

[Si Civa]

All the good hats were taken away, and I didn't guess right about the army cap either.

The opening of Buffy the vampire slayer, fitted perfectly for that show. May, or may not get video about that one later, even though people who have seen it know what it's like anyway.

Och nu vi har en film (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XL2vS6Hk6I&feature=PlayList&p=0D6D8BE57C6F3ECA&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=45).

[Rejected Again]

CSI-Las Vegas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NzgPNpQkno)

[Archbio]

Carnivàle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMqLks7qnew), of course!

There seems to be two oddly different (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CYMXoX-b0o) versions on youtube.

[Fenris]

60 Minutes

[Overcast]

Let's see.

Hmm three title sequences in my head. The Wire at season 4 was a personal favorite, but I don't know how you react to soul or the street imagery. I also have a deep love of Six Feet Under opening, but the musical quality of it seems a bit acquired and the death imagery may not be your thing.

I'll hit with Deadwood (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuvIU0-84kU), it is hard to go wrong with the feeling it invokes, truly gets you in the mood for what you may be about to enter.

[Ape Boy]

I was going to go with the funny and say "Police Squad", but I'm going to go with the classy idea and say:

House MD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtKOwtOP054)

[Moogle0119]

Three's Company intro

I'll try to add in a suitable link later.

[42PETUNIAS]

Bill Nye (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49nesMuk6pE)

[krogothwolf]

Star TRek: Enterprise

[Mr.Bookworm]

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgo57OBKFOA]Dexter.[/quote]

I know BHS's preferences are the complete opposite of everyone else's, but I don't tend to watch terrible TV.

[The Wandering God]

Cheers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD8ljNobUys)

I personally love the sense of camaraderie it invokes.

The Wandering God

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

The opening of Buffy the vampire slayer, fitted perfectly for that show. May, or may not get video about that one later, even though people who have seen it know what it's like anyway.

God damn you Si!

Hmm, how about Farscape (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDEC5UE34_4)?

[Kerensky287]

Magic School Bus. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKJCutTZNqo)

OCTOPUS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD?!

[Seil]

Saved By The Bell.

[Fifthfiend]

None of them because all TV is bourgeoise trash.

[Zilla]

The Sopranos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUT07eZoXPw)

[bluestarultor]

Spiderman! (http://www.veoh.com/search/videos/q/denjiman+op#watch%3Dyapi-amYpL9tnCGg)

[Fifthfiend]

It is takin' a while here.

I will say that if Pantsfellow does not post by 11:54 AM Pacific Coast time today (2:54 for you East Coasters!) the next question is up for grabz.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Yeah sorry, was going to do it yesterday but I fell asleep really early.

Couldn’t Answer
Moogs- Three’s Company- Couldn’t find on Youtube and doing this fast. Never seen it either.
Fifthfiend- Nothing- While a good answer it wouldn’t be fair to rank it.

Everyone else:
Krogothwolf-Enterprise- What a terrible song on top of it. Doesn’t get you at all reading for watching super space action. Other star trek themes would have done well.

Overcast- Deadwood- Don’t know what to say, I got bored watching it once.

42Pet- Bill Nye- Ahh! Too much going on!

Si Civa- Buffy- Odd opening, all the shots in it are framed pretty much the same way meaning a whole lot of action shots end up quite dull.

Fenris- 60 minutes- I assume you mean just the big ticking clock (that is opening we get to 60 minutes, may be different else). Not as pretentious as most openings and you know what you going to get and doesn’t take up valuable show time. So it’s good but not great.

ApeBoy- House MD- Simple but very effective. The only shot of the cast coming at the end works nicely and is built up to by the music. Only problem is that images themselves, while they work together, have not a lot of meaning and thus it feels a bit lost.

Hawk- Farscape- Start and end are quite good and I like the use of chanting at the end but too many cast shots of people just standing around. Doesn’t fit with all the spaceships and things.

ArchiBio-Carnivale- Nice transitions through the images and good mix of imagery, but it is a bit too long especially for a piece of music that is a bit repetitive.

Blues- Spiderman- WTF was that?

RA- CSI Las Vegas- Good song, matches the intro quite well, pumps you up.

Seil- Saved by the Bell- Really epitomises the early 90s, and an appropriate song which is completely non-pretentious and totally cheesy. Did what it set out to achieve. Not higher because it didn’t set out to achieve much.

Keresnky- Magic School Bus- Was pretty cool. Don’t have any real complaints, just wasn’t as good as next ones.

Zilla- The Sopranos- Nothing beats the old driving scene. Music needs to be slowed down a little but aside from that it’s great.

Bookie-Dexter- Delightfully playful and well matched song and visuals. Only problem is that it is slightly too long.

TWG-Cheers- I have never watched an episode in my life and I know that song off by heart. Song inspires in you exactly the image that they were going for and makes you feel welcome and invited. Fits in well with the images as well and never really gets old. Intros are designed to welcome you to a show and this intro has really perfected making you feel welcome.


Take it away TWG

[Overcast]

Bah a bad guess from me. Rare, but sometimes the tastes don't work right, I might have gone with Dexter on another period, but more likely I would have done my initial gut and picked Six Feet Under. Neither would have won to Cheers though, for if you like it then you will never put it below anything else.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Yeah I don't know why I don't like that intro, there is no reason behind it. It just doesn't click for me.

[Overcast]

Ahh it's alright, I was back and forth on it. I was really into the Six Feet Under one though, I just put Deadwood because I thought you might appreciate the music a bit more. And thus I learned a bit more today about what direction I should go in. Rather happy Buffy got low on the list though, risking my well being I never did like Buffy that much.

[The Wandering God]

TWG-Cheers- I have never watched an episode in my life and I know that song off by heart. Song inspires in you exactly the image that they were going for and makes you feel welcome and invited. Fits in well with the images as well and never really gets old. Intros are designed to welcome you to a show and this intro has really perfected making you feel welcome.

Take it away TWG
I really like it too. Also, I've seen you mention your appreciation of good liquor from time to time, so I figured the pictures of old time bars would be liked.

What is my favorite musical? (Hint: It's most likely a movie, but there are a select few stage ones that could win.)

The Wandering God

[russianreversal]

Erm... Pippin.

[Overcast]

Ha a topic I like, I was raised on musical film, and if I had to choose any it comes down to one,

The Blues Brothers

[Mr.Bookworm]

Dr. Horrible?

[greed]

The Producers. Movie if you need a specific version.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

A little left field but I'm going for: We Will Rock You, the musical.
Don't know if you're seen it but I reckon if you have it'll rank high.

[Moogle0119]

Grease

[krogothwolf]

Spamalot

[Rejected Again]

Across the Universe.

[Osterbaum]

Hair.

[42PETUNIAS]

Wicked.

[Seil]

Evil Dead.

[Kerensky287]

Avenue Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtYzsRMaQpo)?

[bluestarultor]

I love how highly Barrel ranked my joke answer. XD


For this round: The Sound of Music.

[Archbio]

Into the Woods.

[The Wizard Who Did It]

I love how highly Barrel ranked my joke answer. XD
It was a pretty good joke answer (spiderman riding a mecha wtf!?).

Guess: The Lion King

[Ape Boy]

Mama Mia

... Mainly because I fucking hate musicals and this was the first movie one I thought of.

[Death by Stabbing]

Sweeny Todd

[The Wandering God]

I hope the mods are okay if I extend the deadline for a bit because the forums were down.

I'll rate the answers aprox 12 hours from this post.

The Wandering God

[Masked Jedi]

Rocky Horror

[The Wandering God]

And now, tasting and judgement.

Musicals I have not seen:
R|Я-Pippin
greed-The Producers (Although I have heard the premise, and Hitler: The Musical sounds very funny indeed.)
Smarty McBarrelpants-We Will Rock You
krogothwolf-Spamalot (I heard a sampling of the songs, but it just didn't do it for me. I do love Monty Python though.)
Rejected Again-Across the Universe.
Seil-Evil Dead.
42PETUNIAS-Wicked.
Osterbaum-Hair.
Archbio-Into the Woods.
Ape Boy-Mama Mia

And now for the ones I have seen:
The Wizard Who Did It-The Lion King There are better Disney musicals.

bluestarultor-The Sound of Music. I like it well enough, but the competition was just too fierce.

Moogle0119-Grease Again, a good musical, but I really like the other choices presented.

Death by Stabbing-Sweeny Todd I really liked it, especially My Friends (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh-qbXqGm5M&feature=related) wherein he sings a song about his blades. (I also love that Death by Stabbing chose Sweeny Todd. Well done, sir. Well done, indeed.)

Overcast-The Blues Brothers A lead in to one of the best car chases in cinema. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHa_jqxnn4o) Also, has some great Motown music. (Even if the movie is called Blues Brothers, it certainly felt more like Motown to me.)

Mr.Bookworm-Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog Perfectly captures wanting to tell another person how you feel. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfaXt1rC2G0) Love this one.

Masked Jedi-Rocky Horror I've seen both the movie and a stage production. Many great memories to be had here. Who can deny the power of the one-two punch of The Time Warp and Sweet Transvestite? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWXoFAaZ11M) (I heard them playing The Time Warp in Disneyworld for crying out loud.) Truth be told, I prefer the music in Shock Treatment though.

Who takes it? Whose cuisine reigns supreme?

Avenue Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtYzsRMaQpo)?
Using the Phoenix Wright characters really put this one ahead of the pack. A musical about real life and the real situations we find ourselves in, all with hilarious jokes and insights along the way.

No Gigi (http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?cid=97887), Moulin Rouge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaqYgWc8-vs), Chicago (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYt2hTGAGAk), South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB-oiuPDnco), Yellow Submarine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCsYDZ2M04M), or The Wall (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_bvT-DGcWw)? For shame!

The Wandering God

[Rejected Again]

Hey, Across the universe was done with only the beatles music you should watch it now!

[Professor Smarmiarty]

I thought about South Park but wasn't sure what people actually think about it. Also thought about Yellow Submarine but while the music is excellent the rest of it is pretty ridiculous.

[Overcast]

Never saw Avenue Q to my dismay, but I heard the puppetry is a wonder. I will concede my unfortunate loss to Rocky and Horrible though, they are definitely ties for my favs, but since I saw The Blues Brothers first they got priority. Also because there are many folks from that movie that aren't alive anymore I need to honor with distant suggestion.

[Zilla]

Augh, I was totally going to put Chicago, but I didn't log in yesterday due to forums being down.

[russianreversal]

And now, tasting and judgement.
Musicals I have not seen:
R|Я-Pippin

The Wandering God WELL YOU NEED TO SEE IT, PREFERABLY RIGHT NOW. greed-The Producers (Although I have heard the premise, and Hitler: The Musical sounds very funny indeed.) Also something you need to see. There is no debate on this.

[bluestarultor]

Screw that stuff! Wicked would probably be an insta-win if he'd seen it.

GO SEE IT WICKED IS AMAZING RAAR! :yarr:

[Zilla]

I forgot about the animated Hobbit films, since they had terrific songs. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLVgGADHg60)

I think my favorite is Where there's a whip, there's a way. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXQJS3Yv0Y)

[Kerensky287]

AHAHAHA! Victory!

I guess I was just lucky. I've been hearing a lot of Avenue Q songs lately so it was the first thing I thought of.

New question:

My biggest pet peeve.

Go!

[Zilla]

People who stand uncomfortably close to you when they talk.

[Overcast]

When a plot that was wonderful for most of the story seems rushed at the end of it.

[deanh22a]

When someone else gains the very superhuman power you were wishing for, even though you wanted it first and they did absolutely nothing to deserve it - and now you have to look for another power to waste your hours daydreaming about while they bask in the glory of how "neat" their undeserved abilities are. What a dildo.

[Ape Boy]

"News" programs that waste airtime on the brainless, useless, worthless Hollywood starlets like Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, and/or cite the opinions of actors, sports stars, and celebrities in general as if they were at all credible.

[Osterbaum]

The average Nuklear Power Forumite.

[Si Civa]

Fox News Channel, but I don't really even aim to win with this answer.

[Lumenskir]

Fox News Channel, but I don't really even aim to win with this answer.
LOLOLOLO Ape Boy beat you to it OLOLOLOLOL

My answer is the fact that people still use lol.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Prentitious people.

[krogothwolf]

People who argue about idiotic and pointless things

[GARUD]

Internet assholes who very obviously have no life.

[42PETUNIAS]

Internet assholes who have more of a life than you.

[Si Civa]

LOLOLOLO Ape Boy beat you to it OLOLOLOLOL

And there I thought that Ape Boy was talking about television overall. Dammit. :|

My answer is the fact that people still use lol.

I can understand why people lol in internet but I've no idea why some people use it when they're talking with their mouth instead of their fingers. It's like hihi, haha, hoho hehe and other good 'ld laughs have stupid rival.

[CelesJessa]

Getting through a particularly frustrating and impossible part of a game (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=897049&postcount=372) only to lose your data/save over it/etc rendering all of your hard work worthless and quite possibly having to do it alllll ooovveeer aagaaain. (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=898700&postcount=388)

:D?

[Rejected Again]

People who expect you to give them stuff and think they never have to repay the favor. EVER.

[Fifthfiend]

Walking in a hallway and someone's coming the other direction and you stop in front of eachother and each of you goes to move out of the way in the same direction so you end up in front of each other again and you both do this like four times before one of you figures out to stand still and let the other person by (bonus points if you both stand still at the same time then groan in frustration and then go to move at the same time yet again).

[Ape Boy]

RE: Fifth

It's even worse when they throw in a stupid comment like "What, are you dancing with me?"

[bluestarultor]

Going through half or more of the game before realizing you've been doing the bad guys' dirty work the entire time. Bonus points if your actions end up causing some sort of disaster or you have a "what the fuck, hero!?" moment.

[deanh22a]

Walking in a hallway and someone's coming the other direction and you stop in front of eachother and each of you goes to move out of the way in the same direction so you end up in front of each other again and you both do this like four times before one of you figures out to stand still and let the other person by (bonus points if you both stand still at the same time then groan in frustration and then go to move at the same time yet again).


From my experience, the best way to avoid this is to quickly dodge around them at the last second and hope they step into you and get knocked on their ass. Then say "sorry" over your shoulder as you continue on hastily.

[Archbio]

Going through half or more of the game before realizing you've been doing the bad guys' dirty work the entire time.

Going through half or more of the game knowing that you're doing the bad guys' dirty work (because it's so blatant) but not being able to do anything about it because, hey, it's a linear game and the protagonist(s) are being written like idiots.

[The Wizard Who Did It]

My biggest pet peeve.
People who talk about and quote things with a presentation that clearly shows they have no actual knowledge of what they're talking about.

[Nikose Tyris]

people who think owning a monkey would be fun.

[IT IS NEVER FUN.]

[Kerensky287]

Aaaand it's over! Nobody got the auto-win, for shame. Now for the order:

Not particularly annoying/"Meh, it happens":
Overcast - Last minute plot failure - There are plenty of times that this happens and it sucks, but hey, sequels.
Ape Boy - Every media ever - It's a fact of life that celebrities will be objectified and some people have no excitement in their lives but what they experience through others.
Osterbaum - Average NPFer - Most of you guys kinda run together in my head. It's less of an annoyance and more of a mental-disability-pity.
Lumenskir - LOL - ololol u thot i h8 intern3t lingo ur wrong olol. But seriously, it's much faster to type than "hahahahaha", and it's an easy response.
CelesJessa - Game failure - I actually like when this happens sometimes. It gives me an excuse to go back and play it again later, resulting in me getting more than my money's worth.
Bluestarultor - Being the bad guy's pawn - Not a pet peeve, more of a plot device that is used often enough that I'm numb to it.

Gets on my nerves:
Zilla - Close-talkers - Yeah, what the hell? Personal space! Bonus points if they smell bad, have a skin condition/illness, or talk louder than what is considered normal.
Honorable Mention Si Civa - LOL in real life - Yeah, this wasn't an official answer, but it goes here anyway. It's an awkward sound to make, and laughing happens normally. Why replace it?
Barrelface McSmartypants - Pretentious people - If done intentionally/for laughs, a good time can be had by all. If done without trying, causes murderous desires.
krogothwolf - Stupid argument people - Sometimes it's annoying, like if the person just argues with everything you say, but occasionally helps pass the time as you argue for/against the merits of, say, the government of the Imperium of Man.
GARUD - Internet assholes with no life - This plus Greater Internet Dickwad theory results in the ruination of some perfectly good internets. Bonus points because most of these people do it on purpose, or could stop if they thought about it for a second.
42 - Internet assholes with more life than you - Yeah, come on, guys! Stop rubbing it in our faces. Go out and have an orgy with your 16 girlfriends. You don't need to spend time around here and you know it.
Wizard Who Did It - Bullshit presentations - Come on, presenter! You get paid for this! Have some fucking pride, maybe! At least learn how to spell WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!
Nikose Tyris - Monkey people - Monkeys aren't usual domestic pets, and it's for good reason! Geez, imagine the smell.

What REALLY grinds my gears:
deanh22a - Braggart Superheroes - "We get it! You can levitate, get over yourself!" Lucky bastards can punt a car across a continent, but they can't learn a little humility...
Rejected again - Freeloaders - Ugh, YES! Fuck those people! Generosity is not a one-way street! And then they act all hurt when you refuse to help them despite them doing the same to you ALWAYS!
Fifthfiend - Immovable human walls - Why does this always happen when you're both in a rush?! The only solution I've found is an Assassin's Creed-style gentle push to one side. Or an Assassin's Creed-style assassination.

And the ultimate, all-time winner, which as made me want to eat my own head on more than one occasion (read: Crisis Core, every Phoenix Wright game, a ton more)...

Archbio - Linear plots that you can totally see the end result of and you don't want it to happen but you can't fucking control it because it's a linear game and THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENS AUUUUGH.

Goddammit! I KNOW Zack has to die at the end of Crisis Core! But fuck you, I've got 99999 health, I kill 10 soldiers per attack, I can dodge anything you throw at me, and I have about 50 Phoenix Downs to boot! I can kill the entire population of the CITY, but instead you just pit me against unlimited soldiers! And speaking of Phoenixes, DAMMIT why do Cross-Examinations in the Ace Attorney games always have to go a certain way? I KNOW she couldn't see past the rock outcropping, but the plot demands that I ask a different question first, get shot down, and THEN show the real contradiction or else the judge yells at me! FUUUUCK.

Archbio gets it next. You deserved it. Now I have to go punch something.

Auto wins, in ascending order, would have been oblivious elderly people, people who unconsciously make annoying noises.... and being interrupted. Goddammit, I HATE being interrupted. Is it so hard to wait 5 seconds for me to finish?

Wow, I got to bitch and complain for like 3 paragraphs. This game is awesome.

[Archbio]

Now I have to go punch something.

All in a day's work!

The category is (may have been done?):

Favourite Fictional Villain

[Professor Smarmiarty]

I'm totally curious as to what answers would have been without fictional in there.

That said: The Joker

[Seil]

Ernst Stavros Bloefeld.

[GARUD]

Sylar

Hey, if you can look past all the plot twists to present the backstory and motivations, he's probably one of the most potent villains in all fictional works. Of course, Smarty says Joker, so I'm sure he's going to win.

[Overcast]

Bad Horse

[Ape Boy]

I wasn't talking about the media in general, I was talking about people who claim themselves to be "news".

Entertainment Tonight, sure, that's what you expect. Fucking CNN, though...

Anyways, since one rather common auto-win is taken, I'll use Kefka.

[Fenris]

Sauron, from the books, not the movies.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Albert Wesker.

[krogothwolf]

Megatron

[Moogle0119]

Dr. Doom

[Nikose Tyris]

Scrappy Doo.

Best Movie Ending Ever.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Scrappy Doo.

Best Movie Ending Ever.

Wah?

[Zilla]

The Scooby Doo live action movie had the villian as Scrappy Doo.

GLaDOS.

[Rejected Again]

Jan Valentine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_yny7_wbwY)

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

The Scooby Doo live action movie had the villian as Scrappy Doo.

I'm... I'm not sure if that's utterly awesome or utterly terrible. Seriously, my brain is frazzled at this revelation.

[krogothwolf]

I'm... I'm not sure if that's utterly awesome or utterly terrible. Seriously, my brain is frazzled at this revelation.

It was the greatest twist in motion picture history ever!

[Si Civa]

Can Vader still be thought as villain, even though he is nowadays a tragic hero. :|

Scrappy Doo.

Best Movie Ending Ever.

I'm going to giggle like a little girl if this is the winner.
It was the best answer anyway.

[Kerensky287]

Kristoph Gavin. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3NmjEu0qdY)

[Fifthfiend]

Gul Dukat or however DS9's big evil jerkface's name is spelled.

[Mr.Bookworm]

Jon Irenicus.

I'm still obsessed with this game.

[bluestarultor]

The T-1000.

[Zilla]

Might change my answer to Fifthfiend.

Nah, still GLaDOS.

[Masked Jedi]

Count Rugen (the six fingered man in The Princess Bride)

[Ape Boy]

Vizzini was better

[Archbio]

The results are in!

Unrated:

Bad Horse - I have no idea who that is.
Jan Valentine - I have no idea who that is. Plus: no!
Kristoph Gavin - I have no idea who that it. Plus: huh?
Jon Irenicus - I do know who that is, but I didn't make it through the game so I'm not familiar enough.

Cut:

Albert Wesker - Your basic traitor.
Count Rugen - Great comeuppance, but I've forgotten the actual villainy.
Scrappy Doo - The avatar may have fooled you!
Kefka - He's good at being a villain, that's for sure.

Top 10:

10th - Sylar - Brains! Foreshadowing! Good thing I only saw season one.
9th - The Joker - Some fantastic portrayals, but that's only because so much work went into what's seen as an iconic character. Many awful, awful portrayals.
8th - Ernst Stavros Blofeld - Makes the cat thing work.
7th - Vader - Tragic hero? Chokes people with a thought!
6th - Gul Dukat - Weyoun expressing doubts about Dukat's sanity: "I had no idea."

5th - Megatron - Yesss.
4th - The T-1000 - It's a terminator, but it goes so deep into cybernetic organism territory it might also be enjoying its work.
3rd - Dr. Doom - Pure noble villain archetype. That other one was a doombot.
2nd - GLaDOS - I'm surprised no other villainous AIs were suggested, but this one is just unique.
1st - Sauron - The Enemy

FenrisWolf kind of struck an autowin with that one! So, take it away!

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Sauron wasn't really a villain, just trying to get his stuff back. Like some guys come in, steal all his jewels that he made and then he just wants them back. Doesn't seem to be any type of police force around so he has to get them back himself.

[Overcast]

Heh aww you've never seen Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog? It is free online and quite amusing, though I will admit my answer was a bit of a joke. Sure in that world even mentioning the Thoroughbred of Sin who rules the Evil League of Evil with an iron hoof would warrant victory. Here though it is just a moderately funny pop culture reference.

[Fenris]

Awesome.

Favorite Jazz Musician.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Different instrument than you but let's go with Thelonious Monk.

[bluestarultor]

Sauron wasn't really a villain, just trying to get his stuff back. Like some guys come in, steal all his jewels that he made and then he just wants them back. Doesn't seem to be any type of police force around so he has to get them back himself.

Umm, the guy was at least a douche. He gave 9 of his rings to humans and turned them into wraiths. Also, the One Ring is supposed to control all the others, right? So give all the others to powerful people and rule the world.

It even says somewhere in there that the elves were just plain too smart to ever use the ones he gave them, which sort of says something.


For this round, I'm just gonna take a shot in the dark and say Satchmo (aka Louis Armstrong).

[Fenris]

This is completely off topic.

[Nikose Tyris]

Steely Dan.

[Archbio]

Herbie Mann.

Oh, and Sauron just got mugged once, eeesh!

[Ape Boy]

Eh, let's go with Coltrane

[42PETUNIAS]

B. B. King.

[krogothwolf]

Count Basie

[The Wandering God]

Charlie Parker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parker)

Because I can imagine FenrisWolf loving the bebop.

The Wandering God

[Zilla]

Scatman

[Mr.Bookworm]

Miles Davis.

[Seil]

I'll go with some dude named FenrisWolf.

[deanh22a]

Mashed potato johnson

[Rejected Again]

Duke Ellington

[POS Industries]

Mashed potato johnson
That's blues, not jazz.

I'm gonna throw Yoko Kanno into the mix.

[Zilla]

Mashed potato johnson

He was a bluesman though!

Edit: wow, I should read to the end of the topic before responding.

[Fifthfiend]

HATE

[Fenris]

Not Jazz
Mashed Potato Johnson (deanh22a) - Not real, not jazz, not good.
Steely Dan (Nikose Tyris) - Also, not a person. Although, I do like their music.
B.B. King (42PETUNIAS) - He was a legendary blues guitarist who was very good. At blues.
Scatman John (Zilla) - I'm not sure what genre this guy falls into but it's certainly not jazz.

Jazz

11) Brian Martin (Seil) - I'm not good enough. Give me a few years.
10) Herbie Mann (Archbio) - I hadn't heard of him, so I looked him up on Wikipedia and Youtube, and was thoroughly unimpressed
9) Kenneth Gorelick (Fifthfiend) - I actually like him, but he hasn't done anything revolutionary.
8) Thelonius Monk (Smarty McBarrelpants) - I haven't heard much of his playing, but I do like some of his compositions.
7) Louis Armstrong (bluestarultor) - Dude needs to shut up and play.
6) Miles Davis (Mr.Bookworm) - One of the greatest trumpet fakers of all time, and a solid composer, but I'm a bigger fan of big band stuff.
5) Charlie "Bird" Parker (The Wandering God) - A fantastic saxophonist who redefined jazz. I don't have much of his stuff, though.
4) Duke Ellington (Rejected Again) - Introduced Latin Jazz. Gets major props for that.
3) John Coltrane (Ape Boy) - My personal favorite saxophonist. Incredible. His 13-minute version of "My Favorite Things" is one of my favorite things songs.
2) Yoko Kanno (POS Industries) - Her compositions are some of my favorites ever.
1) Count Basie (krogothwolf) - After thinking about it, he's definitely one of my favorites. The fact that he managed to get a big band full of incredible musicians together, his distinct big band sound, and the way he played jazz piano gets him the top spot out of these contenders.

My two auto-wins would have been JJ Johnson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxUj2fKFX7A) and Wycliffe Gordon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqpjf65FpV0&feature=related), who are the two black men in these two videos. Out of those two, JJ would have won, though.

Anyway, take it away krogothwolf.

[krogothwolf]

Alright! I actually have only heard Count Basie Music as my friend listened to it a lot so it was my only guess. Not much of a Jazz fan but his music was amazing.

Anyways

Favourite currently active National Hockey League player

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Picking semi-randomly from Wikipedia: Cameron Ward.
Stupid Americans and your inventing own sports.

[Ape Boy]

Well, I broke normal operating procedures and looked you up on NPF. With that in mind, I'll say... Jarome Iginla.

I'm a pretty new fan of hockey, hope it can build to be as popular as it is in other countries.

[Archbio]

Adrian Aucoin, by virtue of him playing for the Calgary Flames.

[Mr.Bookworm]

Dion Phaneuf?

I dunno, I'm not good with hockey.

[Rejected Again]

Sidney Crosby? I don't watch hockey so this is one hell of a wild guess.

[Kerensky287]

Daniel Alfredsson!

Hurray for the Ottawa Senators.

(I'm not a huge hockey fan so I picked one of like, 3 players I know. WILD guess.)

[42PETUNIAS]

Olli Jokinen

[krogothwolf]

7) Adrian Aucoin - Archbio: Overpaid poor preforming defenceman. Thank god he's gone next year
6) Sidney Crosby - RA: Great Player and extremely gifted with on Ice vision but whines and dives way to much for my taste
5) Dion Phanuef - Mr. Bookworm: Good Offensive Defenceman but makes to many idiotic plays in own End
4) Daniel Alfredsson - Kerensky287: Great player and doesn't get the credit he is due in Ottawa
3) Olli Jokinen - 42Petunias: Good Centerman but tends to disappear during big games
2) Jerome Iginla - Ape Boy: Great Player, Great Leader but he's not my overall favourite
1) Cameron Ward - SMB: Very Good Goaltender and first Rookie Goalie to lead time to stanly cup since Roy did it in '86 and first rookie goalie to win Conn since Hextall in '87. Main reason he is my fav on this list of players, I grew up playing against him

The only 2 who could have beaten out Ward were Alexander Ovechkin, the most prolific scorer in the NHL right now and Ryan Getzlaf since I watched him play in Juniors.

Take it away SMB. Oh and it was the Canadians that invented this sport :p Not the americans!

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Fuck yeah Wikipedia!
Let's go with: Favourite comedian/humourist. Any field is ok not just actors/standup.

[krogothwolf]

Russell Peters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn5jlrxcpkI)

[Ravashak]

John Cleese

[Ape Boy]

Lewis Black seems to fit your style rather well, so I'll go with him. Helps that he's my personal #1.

... AND KROGOTH, you live in Calgary! You're a Flames traitor!!

[krogothwolf]

Hey, I'm a huge flame fan, but Getzlaf played for the Calgary Hitmen in juniors and I watched him play there and I love how he plays the game. Ovechkin is a marvel to be hold! My favourite flame is actually David Moss to be honest, the guy is a sparkeplug and trooper, the dudes sweet. But since I grew up playing against Ward I have him on my top 3 list. The guy was amazing back then! I aint no damn traitor!

[Overcast]

I found it amusing that he said no actors/standup. And the first answer back was Russell Peters, who is a standup comedian and comedic actor. Way to go for the gold krogoth.

Lessy, something witty and amusing who's very facial expressions can make me giggle. Groucho Marx.

[krogothwolf]

he said not just actors/standups so I took it as its a broad range of things

[Si Civa]

I'm going with Terry Pratchett. Let's see what will happen.

[Ape Boy]

I found it amusing that he said no actors/standup. And the first answer back was Russell Peters, who is a standup comedian and comedic actor. Way to go for the gold krogoth.

He said "not just", not "just not". SMB was saying it can be any kind of humorist, it doesn't have to be an actor or stand-up, not that it couldn't be.

That's the way I took it, at least.

[Overcast]

Ahh slight misread then. Though still amusing for fitting the "try to avoid" category.

[The Wandering God]

I actually like Eric Idle more than John Cleese. Does that make me a bad person or something?

Anyway, yeah, my answer is Eric (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk) Idle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo).

The Wandering God

[Archbio]

Richard Pryor.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Just to clarify actors/standup are ok as is everything else. And I mean everything else. If you can convince me that Rosseau was a comedian then your answer will be accepted and you will probably win.

[Fifthfiend]

George W. Bush.

Basically the greatest practical joker in all of human history.

[Si Civa]

George W. Bush.

Basically the greatest practical joker in all of human history.

While Bush is one of the best humourist of our age, he wasnt that good with political satire.

[Rejected Again]

Robin Williams

[Krylo]

Jonathon Swift

[The SSB Intern]

Demetri Martin

[Mr.Bookworm]

John Hodgman

If you haven't, you really need to read his two almanacs, with a third coming out sometime (An Almanac of Complete World Knowledge Compiled With Instructive Annotation and Arranged in Useful Order By Me, John Hodgman a Professional Writer, in The Areas of My Expertise WHICH INCLUDE: Matters Historical, Matters Literary, Matters Cryptozoological, Hobo Matters, Food, Drink & Cheese (a Kind of Food), Squirrels & Lobsters & Eels, Haircuts, Utopia, What Will Happen in the Future, and Most Other Subjects is the first one.).

[GARUD]

Wayne Brady

He's one of the best improv comedians of our time, and if you had ever seen his show live, you would understand how funny he truly is. I mean he is made of 11/6 parts Awesome and 45/2 parts EPIC WIN.

[Zilla]

Yahtzee.

He's certainly cynical enough for you :P.

Actually though, Brian Klevinger. (probably misspelled it :0)

[The Wandering God]

Actually though, Brian Klevinger. (probably misspelled it :0)
Is that Brian Clevinger's evil communist double?

ENTIRE FORUM IS BABIEZ!

The Wandering God

[42PETUNIAS]

Douglas Ad-OH WAIT ITS BHS

Dane Cook.

[Moogle0119]

Mitch Hedberg

[greed]

Charlie Chaplin

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Be online sporadically next few days so I call it
Pretty much all guesses were excellent, this was very hard.
Andy Kauffman would have won (narrowly), Camus would have also done well as I’m convinced his whole life was an elaborate and hilarious joke. Seinfeld always a good guess.


People I don’t know enough about:
KrogothWolf- Russel Peters- Only thing I’ve seen was your youtube link but didn’t seem particularly original and didn’t make me laugh.
Archbio- Richard Pryor- I’ve only really seen him in Superman 3.


42- Dane Cook- Ugh.

Garud- Wayne Brady- My main exposure to him is through Whose Line. I’m not a big fan of the improv comedy circuit and especially not on tv where you have no chance to get involved.

Lewis Black- ApeBoy- Mostly I know him from the Daily show. He’s pretty funny but I’m putting him lower than others simply because I don’t know of his broader works where he’s outpaced.

SSB- Demetri Martin- I know him from Daily Show and Flight of the Concords- Reasonably funny but nothing spectacular.

Bookie- Hodgeman- Funny. That’s about all I have to say. Haven’t read his almanacs unfortunately, if I had he would probably be higher as I like literary comedy a lot.

TWG- Eric Idle- I prefer Eric Idle as a Python to Cleese as he did lots of jokes about communication and language which is an interest of mine. Lower than Cleese because of Faulty Towers mostly.

Zilla- Klevies- Jokes on the audience always hilarious! Would probably be higher if I had read say Nuklear Age or Atomic Robo. Yahtzee would be a bit lower mostly because his review quality has dropped markedly lately and his jokes seem to have gotten worse for no apparent reason.

Moogs- Mitch Hedberg- I adore his style. It totally genius. Just loses out to the all-around power of the laters.

Ravashak- John Cleese- Wrote some of my favourite Python sketches and Fawlty Towers is awesome. His non-python/towers work is generally pretty terrible and I don’t find him convincing in work penned by others.

Overcast- Groucho Marx- Not my favourite Marx brother (that would be Zeppo who played a masterful straight man as well as being able to fill in for all the normal roles of the other brothers) but they did great work with what they had at the time. Duck Soup is an absolute classic. Loses points for their act remaining pretty much the same throughout the years.



Rejected Again- Robin Willaims- A great improviser. Apparentely the scripts for Aladdin had bits that said “Robin does something funny here”. Lose points for a mild case of Steve Martin disease- ie a hilarious comedian who stares in terrible movies.

Greed- Charlie Chaplin- I remember being very reluctant to watch a Chaplin movie before I had seen one because I’m not a fan of slapstick comedy at all. But Chaplin had me rolling in the aisles. Takes a style I absolutely hate and makes it fully hilarious. A great showman.

Fifth- George W Bush- A hilarious stage persona who never breaks character in the vein of Kauffman. Would win if he was a bit more subtle. Too over the top for me.


Si Civa- Terry Pratchett- Bit of fanboyism here. Terry Pratchett is totally hilarious and I love his works, particularly the way he is able to weave compelling stories into hilarious jokes.

Krylo- Johnathan Swift- Pretty much my perfect comedian. While he remains funny, his work also raises important points that get you thinking and he writes a good story in the mean-time. His masterstroke comes in the prefaces to Gulliver’s travels where he remains totally in character complaining about the publisher messing up the tales of his journeys.

Take it away, Krylo.

[Kerensky287]

Douglas Ad-OH WAIT ITS BHS

Dane Cook.

ICE BURN.

How about Andy Samberg? His standup routine sucks but he's hilarious elsewhere.

EDIT FOR BELOW: Oh, FUCK THAT. I checked this page and was sure that.... you know what, whatever, you all suck.

[Nikose Tyris]

...the game's over, Kerensky.

[Zilla]

I figured Pratchett and Swift were chart toppers. :P

[Fifthfiend]

While Bush is one of the best humourist of our age, he wasnt that good with political satire.

I submit that he was political satire incarnate.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

I submit that he was political satire incarnate.

Some of the best we've ever seen. You really has to admire his commitment to a joke.

I figured Pratchett and Swift were chart toppers. :P
OH NOES! You have cracked my secret codes!

[krogothwolf]

Andy Kaufman is probably my favourite comedic person. The guy was fucking hilarious. People believe he is still alive today and his final joke was to pull one over on everyone.

I just had to put up a random canadian lol.

[Overcast]

Geh knew I should have picked Zeppo, I was on a cool Jack Benny cruise too at the time. Always a little bit odd.

[Si Civa]

I pretty much guessed that Pratchett would be safe bet and was shocked that nobody else had suggested him before me.

I submit that he was political satire incarnate.

In my taste he went little bit too over the top some times (but only some times), but point taken.

[Fifthfiend]

I pretty much guessed that Pratchett would be safe bet and was shocked that nobody else had suggested him before me.

It's Barrelpants, you never know when he's going to hate something that everybody else in the entire universe loves.

[Fenris]

Okay seriously guys, can we stop threadjacking this after every single round?

[Krylo]

Aw, but if they hadn't thread jacked it I'd have forgotten to check and see if I won.

Lessee... favorite game of all time. All genres, all systems, even non-systems. I mean, tag won't win, but it's an option.

[Fifthfiend]

DMC3

[Overcast]

Fallout 3

[The Wandering God]

Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEIURTJKek0)

The Wandering God

[Mr.Bookworm]

Chrono Trigger.

Always a safe bet.

[Kerensky287]

Strip Poker.

It's fun unless you lose and it's a cold day.

...Cold days simply raise the stakes, you see.

[Ape Boy]

Super Metroid, cause it's awesome

[krogothwolf]

Mega Man 2!

[Rejected Again]

IS NPF Jackassery a game? No? Then lets go with Candy land.

[Archbio]

Chess.

[Seil]

The NPF Ban Screen.

[bluestarultor]

Fallout 3.

[Overcast]

Fallout 3.

Taken Blue.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Final Fantasy 6. I vaguely remember you mentioning something about the game but can't remember if it was ballsout hatred or screaming love.

[Si Civa]

Let's roll with Baldur's gate 2.

[Zilla]

Mel Gibson's Safari 3.

No, really: Zelda: LTTP

[42PETUNIAS]

LAZER tag

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

IS NPF Jackassery a game?

No, it's a lifestyle.

My answer; MGS3.

[Moogle0119]

Legend of Zelda: OoT

[Krylo]

Never Played:
Hawk-MGS3-Nor any other MGS game. Not sure why.

42-Laser Tag-Never really had an opportunity. I'm sure it'd score pretty high if I had opportunity to play laser tag ever, though.

Kerensky-Strip Poker-I consider this a spectator sport. I also find that most people who do play strip poker shouldn't be naked.

krogothwolf-Mega Man 2-I've played 1 and 3. Neither would have won, though, so don't feel bad. Also don't know why people think they were so mind fuckingly hard, but then I beat Battle Toads.

Si Civa-Baldur's gate 2-Sounds good, though.



10-Seil-The NPF Ban Screen-I'm not angry enough to really enjoy this these days. Also, it's more a job than a game.

9-Rejected Again-Candy land-Maybe if I were still seven.

8-Ape Boy-Super Metroid-It's a pretty good game, but I haven't picked it up since it was new, soooooo...

7-Archbio-Chess-I like chess, but I don't like it enough to learn the metagame, which makes it hard to enjoy.

6-Overcast-Fallout 3-I really love Fallout 3, but I also really love all the other games beyond this point. Hard choice to be sure.

5-Zilla & Moogle-My two favorite Zeldas-I'm not even going to bother trying to decipher which of these is better as that neither wins, anyway. However, Zelda is always a solid guess. It's the only reason I keep buying Nintendo consoles. Majora's Mask is tied with these two as well. TP just below them, then the original two games, and WW would rate lower than the ban screen due to lacking difficulty and sailing.

4-Fifthfiend-DMC3-This is one of my all time favorites, but I can't conscieably rate it higher than CT, FF6, or Lunar:SSS

3-Mr.Bookworm-Chrono Trigger-Honestly, at this point it's really really hard to rate these, but looking back at Alex and Terra instills more fond memories than Crono.

2-The Wandering God-Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete-One of the best RPGs ever created with one of the best soundtracks and some of the best voice acting. I almost feel bad putting FF6 over it.

1-Smarty McBarrelpants-Final Fantasy 6-I don't know that there has been an RPG which contained half the quality of FF6 made since. Xenogears came close until the last disk, and FF12 was rolling good until the story started falling apart near the end. Those are the only two that I think of. Well other than the Lunar games. Obviously.

That said, Risk probably would have edged out a win over FF6. Maybe second place. Axis and allies would have also scored well, though I've only had opportunity to play a handful of times, as would Civ:IV--though I haven't played the earlier Civ games.

Anyway, it's your game Barrelhater.

[Kerensky287]

Admittedly, strip poker was a joke submission, but I never would've guessed FF6. It's not exactly in my top 10 favourite FF games.

...Though maybe I should've taken the hint from when you seemed to know a LITTLE too much about every character's stats way back when...

[Professor Smarmiarty]

It's all about the Opera scene.

Lets make this a hard category:
Favourite book/movie/videogame sequel not written/directed by the original person or created by a different company in case of a videogame. Sequel means anything in the same world or same characters.

[Overcast]

Young Frankenstein

[bluestarultor]

That one Dracula comedy with Leslie Neilson. Dracula Dead And Loving It or something? :sweatdrop

[Seil]

The Princess Bride.

[Archbio]

Aliens.

Plural.

Aliensss.

[Fifthfiend]

Wind Done Gone.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Aliens.

Plural.

Aliensss.

Shit! Damn you!!!

I'll go with Predator 2 then, because I honestly can't think of any others.

EDIT; Scratch that, different director, same writers, so not sure if that counts.

I'll try Fallout 3 then, seeing as it's the only other thing I can think of that fits.

[Si Civa]

I'm going to suggest Empire strikes back. While written George Lucas, there was other writers, but was directed by Irvin Kershner, so yeah, Empire Strikes Back.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Shit! Damn you!!!

I'll go with Predator 2 then, because I honestly can't think of any others.

EDIT; Scratch that, different director, same writers, so not sure if that counts.

I'll try Fallout 3 then, seeing as it's the only other thing I can think of that fits.

Different director, same writers count as do same director, different writers as both have a pretty big influence on the final product.
Fuck producers.

As long as somebody important is different it's sweet.
Only asked because was having a big discussion about it in my office when it was my turn to question.

[The Wandering God]

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684/)

Different director.

The Wandering God

Edit: Damn. Um, well after wracking my brain. I can't think of anything, so I'm withdrawing.

[krogothwolf]

Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan


KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

Does it count cause it had different writter, director and producer.

Oh and Wandering God Si Civa already used Empire Strikes back

[Rejected Again]

X-men 3

[Masked Jedi]

Should Princess Bride count? It had the same writer as the book.

Superman Returns

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Princess Bride is more of an adaption than a sequel.

[Ape Boy]

Super Mario RPG

[Fifthfiend]

Princess Bride is more of an adaption than a sequel.

I never really thought it held up as well as S. Morganstern's original.

[Seil]

D'aaaawww.