Official Great Works Draft (3 Viewers)

[krista4]

Very interesting selection MisfitBlondes. Wrestlemania is truly a big part of the lives of many children growing up. I would however, have gone with Wrestlemania III if I were you. The reply value is phenominal and it really thrust this brand of entertainment into the spotlight. Hulk vs Andre. Savage vs Steamboat. Iron Sheik/Nikolia Volkoff vs The Killer Bees. All true masterpeices with excellent plot lines and politcal undertones. Well done sir.

Here they come again.

 

[El Floppo]

22.10? Song, Sympathy for the Devil- Rolling Stones

I can close up shop and retire happy... I've got my favorite rock/pop song- and I think it might just be a "great work" beyond my own subjective take. IMO. Humbly offered. I rule.

eta: link

 

[mad sweeney]

And here comes the part where ailiases and :e:friends start coming in to tell Tim how he's not making fun or fair for MB.

Over/under on the # of posts MB defends his pick by slamming Tim before he accepts that like his other "out of the box" stuff is BS?

 

[timschochet]

Didn't get a chance to comment on several of the plays chosen today. Cyrano and Medea are great; so is the O'Neil. The Orestia and Angels In America I'm afraid I've neither seen nor read, so I'm going to have to do some research. There will be some difficult choices to make, and there are still dozens of masterpieces available.

 

[ScottNorwood]

I still can't get over misfitblondes being a dude. that avatar is highly misleading.

pre-OP

Tim, I believe that MisfitBlondes is a pre-OP transexual. As commish can you please make a ruling on the matter?

 

[timschochet]

I still can't get over misfitblondes being a dude. that avatar is highly misleading.

pre-OP

Tim, I believe that MisfitBlondes is a pre-OP transexual. As commish can you please make a ruling on the matter?

I'd prefer not to comment, thank you.

 

[ScottNorwood]

I still can't get over misfitblondes being a dude. that avatar is highly misleading.

pre-OP

Tim, I believe that MisfitBlondes is a pre-OP transexual. As commish can you please make a ruling on the matter?

I'd prefer not to comment, thank you.

c'mon, I know you want to

 

[Mister CIA]

22.09 - Take Five by Dave Brubeck, Song

a magical sound here.

 

[timschochet]

22.09 - Take Five by Dave Brubeck, Song

a magical sound here.

This is a steal, Mister CIA, and I'm betting WP will feel the same way. One of the most influential songs ever. Well done!

 

[El Floppo]

And here comes the part where ailiases and :e:friends start coming in to tell Tim how he's not making fun or fair for MB.

Over/under on the # of posts MB defends his pick by slamming Tim before he accepts that like his other "out of the box" stuff is BS?

Only thing I can figure is that he just really hates cans plays. Can't understand so intentionally undermining the category/draft the way he's doing here other than that... or am I missing something MB? Or it's some of kind of cliquish schtick for the :e: crowd to get their giggles on?And fwiw- if not for the previous pick, I would've thought the Wrestlemania pick was clever and bad, but acceptable... still think it's acceptable and bad- but given the previous sophomoric play on the word play, not as clever.

 

[Bonzai]

22.09 - Take Five by Dave Brubeck, Song

a magical sound here.

Top ten material here.

 

[krista4]

22.09 - Take Five by Dave Brubeck, Song

a magical sound here.

Absolutely spectacular pick. I actually considered this for the Composition category.

 

[krista4]

I'll uphold MB's pick, assuming he chooses one WrestleMania. Doug B can be the deciding vote.

 

[Mister CIA]

22.09 - Take Five by Dave Brubeck, Song

a magical sound here.

Absolutely spectacular pick. I actually considered this for the Composition category.

This pick is tailor-made for the Song category. Not to take anything away from the rest of his body of work, but this just towers above.

 

[ScottNorwood]

I'll uphold MB's pick, assuming he chooses one WrestleMania. Doug B can be the deciding vote.

 

[TidesofWar]

I will be back with 22.13 after walking The Boxer - in order to keep the flow established, please proceed with haste through your picks beginning with 22.14.

I need to drink and think while communing with sky and field, before selecting.........................

 

[rodg12]

22.07 - Misfit Blondes - Wrestlemania I - Possible re-pick needed pending Doug B's decision

Skipped

22.13 - Tides of War - Requested skip

22.14 - BobbyLayne/Flysack - UP

22.15 - Abrantes - On Deck

22.16 - Doug B - In the Hole

22.17 - Timschochet

22.18 - Postradamus

22.19 - Rodg12

22.20 - Krista4

23.01 - Fennis

23.02 - Rodg12

23.03 - Postradamus

23.04 - Timschochet

23.05 - Doug B

23.06 - Abrantes

23.07 - BobbyLayne/Flysack

 

[Postradamus]

picks picks picks

 

[Doug B]

22.09 - Take Five by Dave Brubeck, Song

a magical sound here.

Absolutely spectacular pick. I actually considered this for the Composition category.

Me, too, because there are no lyrics. No one ever said our "Songs" had to be sung, though.

 

[rodg12]

22.09 - Take Five by Dave Brubeck, Song

a magical sound here.

Absolutely spectacular pick. I actually considered this for the Composition category.

Me, too, because there are no lyrics. No one ever said our "Songs" had to be sung, though.

Ruling on WrestleMania I being taken as a Play by MfB???

 

[krista4]

22.07 - Misfit Blondes - Wrestlemania I - Possible re-pick needed pending Doug B's decisionSkipped22.13 - Tides of War - Requested skip22.14 - BobbyLayne/Flysack - UP22.15 - Abrantes - On Deck22.16 - Doug B - In the Hole22.17 - Timschochet22.18 - Postradamus22.19 - Rodg1222.20 - Krista423.01 - Fennis23.02 - Rodg1223.03 - Postradamus23.04 - Timschochet23.05 - Doug B23.06 - Abrantes23.07 - BobbyLayne/Flysack

Just saw flysack over at the Cage. Someone page him to this board?

 

[Doug B]

22.07 - Misfit Blondes - Wrestlemania I - Possible re-pick needed pending Doug B's decision

It's up to me? The guy that hates painting corners? My take on this should be no mystery.Pick the center of the category, please ... quit fooling around with the fringes. Wrestlemania is a light year away from a Play. The great bulk of it is improv, anyway (IOW, the results are fixed, the "wrestling" is improv). It's not like you see re-enactments of WrestleMania IV at the "McMahon In the Park" festival every spring.

 

[Doug B]

It's not that I hate plays, I just don't want to take things I've never seen before.

Why not? Pick something on rep ... or maybe something you've seen as a film adaptation. There are tons.

 

[Doug B]

Skip my 22.16 pick tonight -- I'll make it up in the a.m.

 

[DCThunder]

DC Thunder, I note that you selected the painting, "Girl With A Pink Earring". I note that you already have 3 paintings:

Painting (1) Bayeux Tapestry

Painting (2) The Garden of Earthly Delights

Painting (3) The Raft of The Medusa

Is this correct? Do you want the 4th painting as a WC? Please let me know if I have this right.

D'oh... :slapsforehead:OK, move Bayeux Tapestry to WC, which is ironic since I had to argue to get it included in Paintings in the first place.

 

[El Floppo]

And here comes the part where ailiases and :e:friends start coming in to tell Tim how he's not making fun or fair for MB.

Over/under on the # of posts MB defends his pick by slamming Tim before he accepts that like his other "out of the box" stuff is BS?

Only thing I can figure is that he just really hates cans plays. Can't understand so intentionally undermining the category/draft the way he's doing here other than that... or am I missing something MB? Or it's some of kind of cliquish schtick for the :e: crowd to get their giggles on?And fwiw- if not for the previous pick, I would've thought the Wrestlemania pick was clever and bad, but acceptable... still think it's acceptable and bad- but given the previous sophomoric play on the word play, not as clever.

It's not that I hate plays, I just don't want to take things I've never seen before. As I've stated before, I have no influence with the :e: crowd so their involvement has nothing to do with me. Maybe they actually like the way I view things.

I missed the comment about the :e: ... just seems like when you did your play on words earlier, they showed up like a flock of seagulls PDQ. I'm with you about not taking things I haven't seen or read... but damn, man- there are a LOT of plays out there worth taking beyond what's already taken. So maybe you just haven't seen/read many? There's a lot of art and building/structures picks made so far that I'm willing to bet haven't been seen or studied first hand by those picking them....

dunno.

Again- I thought the WrestleMania pick was clever- and back to being clever if you're trying to stick to your guns about only picking what you've seen or read AND you haven't actually seen or read anything else.

 

[PatsWillWin]

And here comes the part where ailiases and :e:friends start coming in to tell Tim how he's not making fun or fair for MB.

Over/under on the # of posts MB defends his pick by slamming Tim before he accepts that like his other "out of the box" stuff is BS?

Only thing I can figure is that he just really hates cans plays. Can't understand so intentionally undermining the category/draft the way he's doing here other than that... or am I missing something MB? Or it's some of kind of cliquish schtick for the :e: crowd to get their giggles on?And fwiw- if not for the previous pick, I would've thought the Wrestlemania pick was clever and bad, but acceptable... still think it's acceptable and bad- but given the previous sophomoric play on the word play, not as clever.

It's not that I hate plays, I just don't want to take things I've never seen before. As I've stated before, I have no influence with the :e: crowd so their involvement has nothing to do with me. Maybe they actually like the way I view things.

I think Wrestlemania is a very clever pick. Might be a little early as far as the normal ADP, but I'm not very current on these things. I'm not sure what Tim's problem with it is - maybe he thinks wrestling is real? They're just actors acting out a story.

 

[El Floppo]

22.10? Song, Sympathy for the Devil- Rolling Stones

I can close up shop and retire happy... I've got my favorite rock/pop song- and I think it might just be a "great work" beyond my own subjective take. IMO. Humbly offered. I rule.

eta: link

oooooh... look at me... I took a boring jazz "song"... .... ..... :hugs: .... :kisses: ..... :backpatting: .....

 

[rodg12]

22.07 - Misfit Blondes - Wrestlemania I - Possible re-pick needed pending Doug B's decision

It's up to me? The guy that hates painting corners? My take on this should be no mystery.Pick the center of the category, please ... quit fooling around with the fringes. Wrestlemania is a light year away from a Play. The great bulk of it is improv, anyway (IOW, the results are fixed, the "wrestling" is improv). It's not like you see re-enactments of WrestleMania IV at the "McMahon In the Park" festival every spring.

The Wrestlemania Pick has been over-ruled by a 2/3 vote among the triumvirate. Misfit Blondes, a re-pick will be needed.UPDATED......Skipped22.07 - Misfit Blondes - Re-pick needed22.13 - Tides of War - Requested skip22.14 - BobbyLayne/Flysack - UP22.15 - Abrantes - On Deck22.16 - Doug B - Autoskip22.17 - Timschochet - In the Hole22.18 - Postradamus22.19 - Rodg1222.20 - Krista423.01 - Fennis23.02 - Rodg1223.03 - Postradamus23.04 - Timschochet23.05 - Doug B23.06 - Abrantes23.07 - BobbyLayne/Flysack

 

[ScottNorwood]

22.07 - Misfit Blondes - Wrestlemania I - Possible re-pick needed pending Doug B's decision

It's up to me? The guy that hates painting corners? My take on this should be no mystery.Pick the center of the category, please ... quit fooling around with the fringes. Wrestlemania is a light year away from a Play. The great bulk of it is improv, anyway (IOW, the results are fixed, the "wrestling" is improv). It's not like you see re-enactments of WrestleMania IV at the "McMahon In the Park" festival every spring.

Mr B, you are my favorite Doug in the draft

 

[mad sweeney]

Pick the center of the category, please ... quit fooling around with the fringes.

If that is your attitude then you have no business deciding what stands and what doesn't. People view things differently and have opinions, that is what makes this draft interesting. To state you want people to follow in line takes the learning and entertainment purpose away.

Here comes more blather before the big FAIL. Bruce Lee as #1 athlete? A bunch of blather and then a FAIL. Immaculate Reception more blather and then a FAIL. WrestleMania as a play, some inane blather and then a FAIL. Keep that out of the box thinking churning away MB.

 

[DCThunder]

It's not that I hate plays, I just don't want to take things I've never seen before.

Why not? Pick something on rep ... or maybe something you've seen as a film adaptation. There are tons.

Seriously, pick something on rep? What is the point of Googling something that we can all Google when I can select something that no one else would think of?

Not that anyone is asking me, but I'd let the Wrestlemania pick stand. Let the judge decide if McMahon's morality plays can stand mano a mano with Hamlet or Oedipus in the Squared Circle. That's a whole lot closer to Wikid's original concept than what this has become.

 

[Mr. Littlejeans]

22.07 - Misfit Blondes - Wrestlemania I - Possible re-pick needed pending Doug B's decision

It's up to me? The guy that hates painting corners? My take on this should be no mystery.Pick the center of the category, please ... quit fooling around with the fringes. Wrestlemania is a light year away from a Play. The great bulk of it is improv, anyway (IOW, the results are fixed, the "wrestling" is improv). It's not like you see re-enactments of WrestleMania IV at the "McMahon In the Park" festival every spring.

Aren't most of the moves choreographed in advance?I don't really know anything about pro wrestling other than what I saw in "The Wrestler", so I'm not exactly an authority.

 

[mad sweeney]

Pick the center of the category, please ... quit fooling around with the fringes.

If that is your attitude then you have no business deciding what stands and what doesn't. People view things differently and have opinions, that is what makes this draft interesting. To state you want people to follow in line takes the learning and entertainment purpose away.

Here comes more blather before the big FAIL. Bruce Lee as #1 athlete? A bunch of blather and then a FAIL. Immaculate Reception more blather and then a FAIL. WrestleMania as a play, some inane blather and then a FAIL. Keep that out of the box thinking churning away MB.

I knew this stemmed from the other draft. You really need to let things go, guy.

Yes, your failure to disrupt the other draft completely HAS carried over into this one. You talk a lot from a high horse about how only you can think out of the box and then you wither and repeal anyways because your out of the box is out of the category. yet you feel free to sling barbs at people because they do not recognize your ineligibilities as acceptable. You're deliberately turning parts of the draft into a joke.You of all people commenting on another poster's ability to be a judge is completely laughable considering the farce you put on in WGD.

 

[Doug B]

22.07 - Misfit Blondes - Wrestlemania I - Possible re-pick needed pending Doug B's decision

It's up to me? The guy that hates painting corners? My take on this should be no mystery.Pick the center of the category, please ... quit fooling around with the fringes. Wrestlemania is a light year away from a Play. The great bulk of it is improv, anyway (IOW, the results are fixed, the "wrestling" is improv). It's not like you see re-enactments of WrestleMania IV at the "McMahon In the Park" festival every spring.

Aren't most of the moves choreographed in advance?

Doesn't matter ... that's not the lynchpin of my argument.WM scripts are not literature -- where can I go pick up a copy of "WrestleMania IV" so that my drama club can put on a performance this summer?

 

[ScottNorwood]

btw, MB kept telling me over PM that he was going to snipe UrkelBot from me. But I knew it was a bluff.

 

[mad sweeney]

If that is your attitude then you have no business deciding what stands and what doesn't. People view things differently and have opinions, that is what makes this draft interesting. To state you want people to follow in line takes the learning and entertainment purpose away.

Here comes more blather before the big FAIL. Bruce Lee as #1 athlete? A bunch of blather and then a FAIL. Immaculate Reception more blather and then a FAIL. WrestleMania as a play, some inane blather and then a FAIL. Keep that out of the box thinking churning away MB.

I knew this stemmed from the other draft. You really need to let things go, guy.

Yes, your failure to disrupt the other draft completely HAS carried over into this one. You talk a lot from a high horse about how only you can think out of the box and then you wither and repeal anyways because your out of the box is out of the category. yet you feel free to sling barbs at people because they do not recognize your ineligibilities as acceptable. You're deliberately turning parts of the draft into a joke.You of all people commenting on another poster's ability to be a judge is completely laughable considering the farce you put on in WGD.

You forgot to name a Hollywood celebrity that you discussed this with over martinis on the set. :(

Don't you need to re-pick?

 

[PatsWillWin]

Pick the center of the category, please ... quit fooling around with the fringes.

If that is your attitude then you have no business deciding what stands and what doesn't. People view things differently and have opinions, that is what makes this draft interesting. To state you want people to follow in line takes the learning and entertainment purpose away.

Here comes more blather before the big FAIL. Bruce Lee as #1 athlete? A bunch of blather and then a FAIL. Immaculate Reception more blather and then a FAIL. WrestleMania as a play, some inane blather and then a FAIL. Keep that out of the box thinking churning away MB.

I knew this stemmed from the other draft. You really need to let things go, guy.

Yes, your failure to disrupt the other draft completely HAS carried over into this one. You talk a lot from a high horse about how only you can think out of the box and then you wither and repeal anyways because your out of the box is out of the category. yet you feel free to sling barbs at people because they do not recognize your ineligibilities as acceptable. You're deliberately turning parts of the draft into a joke.You of all people commenting on another poster's ability to be a judge is completely laughable considering the farce you put on in WGD.

If the above is true...frankly I don't think you're taking this seriously enough.

 

[Mr. Littlejeans]

22.07 - Misfit Blondes - Wrestlemania I - Possible re-pick needed pending Doug B's decision

It's up to me? The guy that hates painting corners? My take on this should be no mystery.Pick the center of the category, please ... quit fooling around with the fringes. Wrestlemania is a light year away from a Play. The great bulk of it is improv, anyway (IOW, the results are fixed, the "wrestling" is improv). It's not like you see re-enactments of WrestleMania IV at the "McMahon In the Park" festival every spring.

Aren't most of the moves choreographed in advance?

Doesn't matter ... that's not the lynchpin of my argument.WM scripts are not literature -- where can I go pick up a copy of "WrestleMania IV" so that my drama club can put on a performance this summer?

http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/wwe/1228.htmlAlso:

 

[ScottNorwood]

Wrestlemania - A great work? I think you could argue for it

A play? It's a combination of script/improv. I could see it go either way. Would a modernized improvisational version of romeo and juliet count as a play?

 

[Postradamus]

clock? picks?

my turn yet?

 

[Abrantes]

As I said before, if you wanna pick WrestleMania I and the committee allows it, be my guest. Much like the SB/Miracle on Ice/TV Documentary Mini-series picks, it's no skin off my back, and just another pick that didn't snipe me. I just don't feel it's a particularly good pick compared to everything else in the category and what's yet to be picked.

 

[El Floppo]

22.10? Song, Sympathy for the Devil- Rolling Stones

I can close up shop and retire happy... I've got my favorite rock/pop song- and I think it might just be a "great work" beyond my own subjective take. IMO. Humbly offered. I rule.

eta: link

oooooh... look at me... I took a boring jazz "song"... ..... :hugs: .... :kisses: ..... :backpatting: ..... :cartwheels:

 

[Abrantes]

22.10? Song, Sympathy for the Devil- Rolling Stones

I can close up shop and retire happy... I've got my favorite rock/pop song- and I think it might just be a "great work" beyond my own subjective take. IMO. Humbly offered. I rule.

eta: link

oooooh... look at me... I took a boring jazz "song"... .... ..... :hugs: .... :kisses: ..... :backpatting: .....

For what it's worth, I'm a big fan of the pick. My favorite Stones song.

 

[El Floppo]

22.09 - Take Five by Dave Brubeck, Song

a magical sound here.

Absolutely spectacular pick. I actually considered this for the Composition category.

Me, too, because there are no lyrics. No one ever said our "Songs" had to be sung, though.

Pretty sure this goes against the definition of "song." Composition, yes...song, no.

I still have no idea what the difference between the categories is.And even less idea why I got no love for my Stone's pick compared to the group orgy that erupted after Brubeck.

 

[krista4]

22.09 - Take Five by Dave Brubeck, Song

a magical sound here.

Absolutely spectacular pick. I actually considered this for the Composition category.

Me, too, because there are no lyrics. No one ever said our "Songs" had to be sung, though.

Pretty sure this goes against the definition of "song." Composition, yes...song, no.

I still have no idea what the difference between the categories is.And even less idea why I got no love for my Stone's pick compared to the group orgy that erupted after Brubeck.

As for me, I'm just not much of a Stones fan.As to the Brubeck, it changed the way music is played.

And yeah, I don't entirely understand song vs composition either.

 

[TidesofWar]

22.13 - "Singing' In The Rain" - Movie - MGM, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds

nufced

from wikki............................

Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 comedy musical film starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and directed by Kelly and Stanley Donen, with Kelly also providing the choreography. It offers a comic depiction of Hollywood's transition from silent films to "talkies."

The movie is frequently described as one of the best musicals ever made, and ranking fifth in the AFI updated list of the greatest American films in 2007.

In the famous dance routine in which Gene Kelly sings the title song while twirling an umbrella, splashing through puddles and getting soaked to the skin, he was actually dancing in water with a little bit of milk added, so that the water puddles and raindrops would show up better on film. Kelly was sick with a 103-degree fever at the time.[7] In addition, Kelly managed to perform the entire song in one take, thanks to cameras placed at predetermined locations.

Debbie Reynolds was not a dancer at the time she made Singin' in the Rain — her background was as a gymnast.[6] Kelly apparently insulted her for her lack of dance experience, upsetting her. Fred Astaire was hanging around the studio and found Reynolds crying under a piano. Hearing what had happened, Astaire volunteered to help her with her dancing. Kelly later admitted that he had not been kind to Reynolds and was surprised that she was still willing to talk to him afterwards. After shooting the "Good Morning" routine, Reynolds' feet were bleeding.[6] Years later, she was quoted as saying that making this film and surviving childbirth were the two most difficult experiences of her life.

 

[El Floppo]

As for me, I'm just not much of a Stones fan.

As to the Brubeck, it changed the way music is played.

And yeah, I don't entirely understand song vs composition either.

expand please, oh sniper of books and childrens' movies.

 

[krista4]

As for me, I'm just not much of a Stones fan.

As to the Brubeck, it changed the way music is played.

And yeah, I don't entirely understand song vs composition either.

expand please, oh sniper of books and childrens' movies.

Well, it's not that there had never been a composition in 5/4 time before, but this is the first mainstream jazz record composed in that time signature, which was groundbreaking.

 

[Bonzai]

22.09 - Take Five by Dave Brubeck, Song

a magical sound here.

Absolutely spectacular pick. I actually considered this for the Composition category.

Me, too, because there are no lyrics. No one ever said our "Songs" had to be sung, though.

Pretty sure this goes against the definition of "song." Composition, yes...song, no.

I still have no idea what the difference between the categories is.And even less idea why I got no love for my Stone's pick compared to the group orgy that erupted after Brubeck.

I burned a copy of Beggar's Banquet for the car the other day and left it off.