Came up with this today thanks to some talking with family members.
The theme of this bracket is.....Best Late Gen-Xer, Millennial Full Length Feature Animated Film. So, animated movies from 1980-2000 (All seeds mine, based on my own preferences, and yes, I've seen almost all of these)
Voting will be (ish):
Round of 64: 3/23 6pm Eastern to 3/25 6pm Eastern
Round of 32: 3/26 6pm Eastern to 3/28 6pm Eastern
Sweet 16: 3/29 6pm Eastern to 3/31 6pm Eastern
Elite 8 4/1 6pm Eastern to 4/3 6pm Eastern
Final 4: 4/4 7pm Eastern to 4/5 7pm Eastern
Championship: 4/5 7pm Eastern to 4/7 6pm Eastern
Champions Announced 4/7 6pm Eastern
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Where will voting occur at? Here, Twitter?
Click the link labelled "Round of 64"
Your seeding is dogshit. Space Jam is a 1 seed.
Emperor's New Groove a 2 seed. Look for Mulan to upset
Hot take: Emperor's New Groove is out round 1!
Rah VA Mil!
All Disney in one bracket?? You could have 4 number one seeds from Disney alone.
I thought it would make it a little more interesting to have the Disney films duke it out against each other.
That being said, I also prefer Amblin/Bluth films over Disney as a whole, although it is the more top heavy. I'd probably rate the Disney 1-4 seeds all in my top 8.
You could have an entire field of 64 that was mostly Disney movies. I'd be interested in a discussion about how many non-Disney movies would even make such a bracket.
Rescuers down under goes hosed by the committee. That seed is criminal
Ditto on Oliver and Company, Billy Joel is a lottery pick for the draft
Also Rocka-Doodle-Doo was my jam back in the day
Great movie, and is definitely better than the first one,.
I also propose THE CAGE FIGHT: picking which movies are: not the best, not the worst, but "the most Nicolas Cage"
Watching Ghost Rider right now
Con Air is the most Nic Cage movie ever. Ridiculous plot, bad writing, great actors. Nic Cage is both terrible and amazing in that movie.
But, I thought Con Air was one of his best movies, and that's not saying much. He was all right in Snake Eyes...Ghost Rider, I thought, wasn't too terrible, but the sequel, yikes! Lot of his movies lately, like Steven Seagal's, are downright stupid, it wastes my precious brain cells watching them.
Brendan Fraser also comes to mind after reading these comments.
Matchstick Men and Wicker Man meeting in the second round is a travesty.
Also The Weather Man is a legit good movie.
I'm calling Lion King vs Aladdin in the final.
You're missing some potential Final Four participants. Nightmare Before Christmas and Akira being two that come to mind immediately.
Is this only movies for kids? If not, South Park might be the most glaring omission of culturally relevant movies from the 90s.
would you mind doing the brackets in graphical form?
excel template:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16dGjoIP7Odz4HrK3PpUKfobMQ3JlTj5k/view?u...
you can make it a google sheet and embed it in your original post, too
https://support.google.com/docs/answer/183965?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDeskto...
Six seed, Who Framed Roger Rabbit takes it all.
if for no other reason, it gave the world jessica rabbit cosplay
Disney's secret weapon outside their bracket!
It was primarily produced by Amblin, yes Disney owned the rights, but they didn't create it. They only distributed it through Touchstone.
That's why it's a secret weapon! If they'd made it, it wouldn't be a secret.
You are a great man for doing this. Seeding is always subjective in roundball so why not hear as well? Bracket submitted
Finally a bracket I can get behind... Gotta be honest I've only heard of two in the last grouping. The 2nd and 3rd had a few more I was familiar with. Team Disney or bust!
Heavy Metal is the correct endgame here.
You got the touch, you got the power! Transformers has it all to take this tourney!
I think you are going to have to provide some login/passwords for streaming services to make this a fair match.......
.......waiting..........?
Amazing reply.
Whole lotta movies I've never heard of, lol
Well, depending on how "essential" you are, you got time to watch a few.
Appreciate the work done on this, 07Hokie. Really needed a distraction from telework/2 yr old. Aladdin FTW!
The Land Before Time vs Titan A.E. hurt me.
I wanted the 5/12s to be challenging.
Atlantis and El Dorado got snubbed. Committee is biased.
Didn't really see the need in starting a new thread for this, but day 1 of cfb Risk is in the books. Virginia Tech is still alive (with 4 territories).
https://collegefootballrisk.com/
https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeFootballRisk/
If this was something that you were into back in 2018, I suppose they timed it perfectly for the quarantine this go around.
It no longer has any official ties to r/cfb; the moderators there cut ties due to drama. A Michigan fan rewrote the code from scratch and redid the map; supposedly made improvements (there was an inherent weakness in the RNG that made defending a territory much harder than in actual Risk- they've added a 1.5x bonus for players defending a territory). They still pull some data from r/cfb to help determine your General Star rank (how many awards you've won).
But it's a thing to do and we've got a quarantine on our hands. Thought I'd bring it up here in case some of ya'll were looking for a good fake internet war to get into.
I call foul on having Two American Tail movies in the same bracket. That's like having Duke and UNC in the same bracket.
Also, the Miyakazi bracket was a tough one as some movies were unfamiliar to me outside of G.I. Joe, The King and I, and The Brave Little Toaster (criminally underrated movie, IMHO). Oh, I see that Transformers: The Movie was there.
Little Nemo was a downright weird movie, even as an animated movie, for me.
Aladdin gets the nod over The Rescuers Down Under mainly because of Robin Williams as the lovable Genie.
Loved The Great Mouse Detective and never was a fan of The Emperor's New Groove.
How did I overlook The Black Cauldron? That movie was creepy and weird...tried too hard to be Lord of the Ring.
I read the prydain series before I read Lord of the Rings so it will always be separate and special for me.
Fievel Goes West was not directed by Bluth, but still maintained a good quality production.
The possibilities for types of brackets are nearly endless...
The First Round is in the books with few upsets, but they were there.
The biggest upset was 11-seed GI Joe knocking off 6-seed Kiki's Delivery Service out of the Miyazaki/Etc Bracket 1, which also saw 10-seeded The King and I upend 7-seed Castle in the Sky. GI Joe will try to knock out another Miyazaki in the next round as 3-seeded Princess Mononoke needed a tie-breaker to beat 14-seed Babar: The Movie.
In the Amblin/Bluth/+2 Bracket, the lone upset was 10th seeded The Road to El Dorado squeaking out a 29-27 victory over 7th seeded Balto.
Etc Bracket 2 saw 6-seeded The Magic Voyage needing a tie-breaker to get past 11-seed Once Upon a Forest, but was otherwise chalk.
The Disney Bracket only saw the 8-9 as really an "upset", with 9th seeded The Fox and The Hound taking out 8th seeded Fantasia 2000.
Voting will resume tomorrow at 6pm and will go for two days.
If there is a matchup or two you don't know, give them a watch, and come on back.
edit: There is a mistake in the bracket saying Rock-a-Doodle advanced. It did not. It should be Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
So y'all pick my neighbor totoro but you let kiki's delivery service get upset....
The Miyazaki Bracket just got a lot interesting. You have The King and I squaring off against The Brave Little Toaster. That one could go either way and assuming GI Joe survive, it still has to knock off either The King and I or The Brave Little Toaster. Then, there's Transformers facing off against a Cinderella in ... My Neighbor Totoro...dafuq?
*engages DuckDuckGo and read plot summary*
Yeah, calling it now, Totoro is the Cinderella of Miyazaki bracket. The question is...can it continue the magic or will the clock strike midnight?
Looking over the juggernaut region of Disney's, you got some serious heavyweights slugging it out and it just got heated up!
The Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and Mulan advances but the biggest question mark is...can Hercules knock off Belle and the Beast, or will the Beast roar sending Hercules whimpering to his daddy? Can Mulan save China again by tripping the Emperor and his tap happy feet? Can the magic of Aladdin hold off the siren song of Ariel and her...*clear throat* bosom? Can the Lion King hold off the classic, The Fox and the Hound? STAY TUNES, FOLKS!
In the Etc Bracket, we have some interesting mix. Let's see...Nemo survives Nightmare King only to face the Biblical tale of Moses. Can Nemo ride out again or will he drown in the Red Sea? WE HAVE THE BATTLE OF METALS between Heavy Metal and the Iron Giant! Can Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny defeat...The Magic Voyage? If not, Michael Jordan better learn German and fast. The adorable Chipmunk faces off against the Caped Crusader. Who will win - the ankle biters or the Caped Crusader who doesn't mind bending the rule?
Over yonder in Amblin bracket, you have Duke and UNC advancing (An American Tail and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West) but the biggest story is...can The Land Before Times continue to win the hearts of fans with its assortment of adorable dinosaurs or is it the end of dinosaurs? Roger Rabbit continues to work his magic but he is faced against the giant (not really) fairy in Fern Gully. Dark horse The Road to El Dorado upsetted seventh seeded Balto and can it continues the magical run?
Be sure to tune in the next days as we watch mayhem!
Chaos is fun. It's why people tune into March Madness.
I want it to happen and be hilarious to see reactions to it.
Heavy Metal and Princess Mononoke make it to Elite Eight (even better if Final Four), it will be tough but would be great.
Also why you do this to me having Heavy Metal vs. Iron Giant, I hate myself picking one over the other.
Round 1 is finished, and half of the contenders have been eliminated.
I'mma speak that dam troof. I don't care how many downvotes I get:
It's a crying shame that Great Mouse Detective fell to a shit moving like emperor's new groove. Stupid Disney slapstick against a movie that introduced kids everywhere to Sherlock Holmes? I mean, the zepplin vs. balloon chase was epic. The battle scene amongst the clockwork of Big Ben was awesome. The rube goldberg death machine? If you are an engineer and didn't vote for Basil of Baker St, then you should hang your head in shame. SHAME I TELL YOU!!
If this was an NCAA Bracket I would have already blown my bracket. I was on the wrong side of over half. I suspect it is ageism related.
Editing to clarify and give the thread a bump. I think people tend to vote for the ones that were released when either they or their kids were the targeted age for the movie when released.
I am right with you. How the Great Mouse Detective lost to a shitty movie is mind blowing. To those who voted for the fake news Emperor...
Second Round is open for voting
Got about a day left, get your votes in for Round 2
Voting for Round 2 is over, and doing this during the last episode of Tiger King, here's the results.
In the Disney Bracket, The Lion is still King, taking out The Fox and The Hound. Aladdin took a magic carpet ride over The Little Mermaid. Beauty and the Beast played Hades to Hercules. After knocking off the princess, Mulan regicided the Emperor.
In the Etc Bracket 2, top seeded Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland fell to 8th seeded The Prince of Egypt. The Iron Giant was pushed aside Heavy Metal. Space Jam continued to fly over The Magic Voyage. Rounding out the carnage, on the last vote of the round, The Chipmunk Movie hit the buzzer beater to knock out #2 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.
Top seed carnage continues as The Secret of NIMH lost on a buzzer beater to An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, 4th seed All Dogs Go to Heaven was stomped by The Land Before Time, 3rd seed FernGully: The Last Rainforest was murdered by Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The lone top seed victory was #2 An American Tail ending The Road to El Dorado.
Another buzzer-beating upset of a top seed occurred today with Pippi Longstocking stunned The Last Unicorn. The Transformers: The Movie had the touch to knock off My Neighbor Totoro. GI Joe continued their domination of Japan, beating My Neighbor Totoro, and eliminating the last Miyazaki movie in the bracket. Finally, The Brave Little Toaster wrapped up the round, beating The King and I.
Voting for the next round will begin tomorrow around 6pm.
When we get done with this bracket, I've got one for movies from '95-'05.
Why not. This offseason is the offseason for the age.
Sweet Sixteen is active
I sent the link to a girl at work who likes movies. Her all time favorite movie is The Little Mermaid. While she was mad that it lost to Alladin. She said I could of understood that because probably mostly boys voting, but how then did Batman lost to the Chipmunks! LOL
I'm with you on that last point. I chalked it up to people either not having seen the movie or just not having an appreciation for how good mask of the Phantasm actually is. I have so many grievances with the results we've seen. Ive been taking the results of this poll WAY too personally 😅
Pippi fucking longstocking?! I call shenanigans!
Emperor's new groove is a 2 SEED in the disney bracket. And BatB at 3? Aladdin is the undisputable 2 seed.
Cinderella, Snow While don't make the cut?
And Oliver, Fantasia 2000, and Black Cauldron make the cut over: Aristocats, Lady and the Tramp, Robin Hood, and the Jungle Book?
This region is sketchy
This was exclusively 1980-2000 productions. Aristocats was 1970, LatT was 1955, Robin Hood was 1973, Jungle Book was 1967.
Seeding was based on personal preferences, hence why I am not voting in any round until the Final 4.
I stand corrected
Robin Hood would have dominated if it qualified!
What I think of when I saw G.I. Joe win, I wonder how none of them were court martialed for letting a terrorist free so many times. But Team America are the true G.I. Joe's. This is me being salty with Princess Mononoke losing.
I was torn between Iron Giant and Heavy Metal, but went Heavy Metal because Metal.
Every Miyazaki movie losing before the sweet 16 is criminal but I guess not shocking given the disdain many have for subtitles (and name recognition of franchises like Transformers and GI Joe). Pippi Longstocking is a head scratcher though.
If this was to 2001 and Spirited Away was in the bracket it probably still would have lost, sadly.
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland is the University of Virginia of 1 seeds. That one was bound to go down in flames/glory.
And My Little Pony: The Movie was criminally underrated.
Found the brony
The Sweet Sixteen has ended.
The Lion King was too much for Prince Ali-fabulous-he-Ali-Ababwa 25-15. Mulan remains the Cinderella of the Disney Bracket, taking out a princess, an emperor, and a Beauty and The Beast (20-19)
In the Etc Bracket 2, both high seeds win, with Iron Giant fending off The Prince of Egypt 21-18, while Space Jam continues it's UCLA-like bracket of not playing anybody who can keep up, crushing The Chipmunks 35-4.
Over in the Amblin/Bluth/+2 bracket, it was a bad day to be a Mouskewitz as both An American Tail and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West fall to The Land Before Time (30-9) and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (26-13), respectively.
Down in the former Miyazaki/Etc 1 bracket The Transformers continues their run, knocking off upstart Pippi Longstocking (28-10), while top remaining seed The Brave Little Toaster ended the run of the lowest remaining seed, GI Joe: The Movie (24-15).
Voting for the Elite 8 will be tomorrow at 6 pm.
Elite 8 is live
Got about 30 minutes left for anyone who still wants to vote in the Elite 8
We are on to the Final Four!
Winning the Disney bracket was top seeded Lion King, who ended Mulan's Cinderella run 23-4. The Lion King will be facing off against the winner of the Etc Bracket 2: Space Jam, who continues to not face any serious opposition, stomping the Iron Giant 24-3. Throughout the tournament, Space Jam has only given up 9 votes through the first four rounds.
On the other side of the bracket, from the Amblin/Bluth/+2 region comes #6 Who Framed Roger Rabbit who dispatched the Land Before Time 16-11. Who will they face from the former Miyazaki/Etc 1 region? Why it's #2 The Brave Little Toaster who proved The Transformers just didn't have the touch to keep their run going, winning by the closest margin this round, 15-12.
See you tomorrow at 6pm for the FINAL FOUR
Pretty sure we'll see Lion King over Brave Little Toaster to finish this out.
Sorry I'm late. Final Four voting is up and will be up until 7pm tomorrow.
2 and a half hours remaining for the Final Four.
The Pride of the Pride Lands continues it's dominance, beating out #3 Space Jam in a hard fought 19-12 victory. The top overall seed heads to the Championship Round, where they will face the true Cinderella of the Tournament, #6 Who Framed Roger Rabbit? who overcame a slow start to boat-race #2 The Brave Little Toaster 22-9.
I went ahead and opened voting early and will give 48 hours to name the Greatest Animated Film from 1980-2000.
I don't expect my prediction to come true. I'm just happy to see it in the finals.
You got it right
One more day of voting remains. Good turnout for the Finals. Almost topped the Sweet Sixteen in votes so far.
IT'S OVER. With the total votes cast being 69 (nice), your Best Animated Film from 1980-2000 is...
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? by a score of 41-28.
You may commence with GIFtory!
Don't think I'll ever quite understand how this happened but ok I guess
I'm pretty sure there was nothing preventing people from voting as many times as they wanted. Throw in the doldrums of current events, and I could see some chaos seekers needing to stir the pot.
I call shenanigans. And The Iron Giant should have won.