Tekel Towers » Tek Towers 'Ultimate 80's Movie'

Sieb22 · 04/8/2015 3:31 pm

This is it, the moment we have been waiting for (or I have at least), the last game in the competition!

The last semi-final saw Back to the Future progressing, as we said a fond farewell to three great comedies, Airplane!, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, which has probably the plucky underdog of the competition, having went further than anticipated, and only two votes short of making the final, Party on Dudes!

Tek Towers 'Ultimate 80's Movie' Grand Final

Monkey? MONKEY! I'm a fucking Gorilla, you clown!

Released: 1983
Director: John Landis
Domestic Box Office: $90'400'000
Trivia: In 2010, as part of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act, which was to regulate financial markets, a rule was included which barred anyone from using secret inside information to corner markets, similar to what the Duke brothers tried to do in the movie. Since the movie inspired this rule, it has since become known as the Eddie Murphy rule.

Hee hee hee! "Get her!". That was your whole plan, huh, "get her". Very scientific.
[img]http://api.ning.com/files/IwIzKM0ruPgxG-bXQNuxV6lAkHLXSlilPKtl15e4PNhBYhJnBSZJiKry-lw*Jcm4ZP64BX4KMnm9uq9OBcwUdJ3iaMPciclB/GhostBusters_Poster_Large.jpg[/img]Released: 1984
Director: Ivan Reitman
Domestic Box Office: $229'242'989
Trivia: In Dan Aykroyd's original script, the story was going to take place in the future and that there would be teams of Ghostbusters like there are paramedics and firefighters (thus explaining basing the Ghostbusters HQ in a firehouse). According to director Ivan Reitman, such a film would cost "at least $300 million in 1984 dollars". So Harold Ramis was brought in to rewrite the script and bring it into modern times.

There's that word again. "Heavy". Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

Released: 1985
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Domestic Box Office: $197'902'294
Trivia: Christopher Lloyd (Doc Brown) stated that he always wanted to do one more movie, in which Marty and Doc time-travel back to Ancient Rome.

VOTING CLOSES ON FRIDAY (7th August) AT 9PM

Movies through Round 1- Movies eliminated from Round 1-
1: Die Hard 1: Short Circuit
2: Das Boot 2: Predator
3: Scarface 3: The Princess Bride
4: The Shining 4: This is Spinal Tap!
5: Uncle Buck 5: Gregory’s Girl
6: Highlander 6: Road House
7: Big 7: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
8: The Running Man 8 : Platoon
9: E.T The Extra-Terrestrial 9: 48 Hours
10: Police Academy 10: Rocky III
11: The Empire Strikes Back 11: Top Gun
12: The Blues Brothers 12: Three Amigos!
13: Beetlejuice 13: The Karate Kid
14: Aliens 14: Rain Man
15: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 15: Gremlins
16: The Untouchables 16: Friday the 13th
17: Trading Places 17: Batman
18: Young Guns 18: Lethal Weapon
19: Planes, Trains & Automobiles 19: Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan
20: Ghostbusters 20: The Thing
21: Back to the Future 21: The Lost Boys
22: First Blood 22: Tron
23: Full Metal Jacket 23: Raging Bull
24: Airplane! 24: Robocop
25: The Naked Gun 25: Coming To America
26: Raiders of the Lost Ark 26: The Terminator
27: Beverly Hills Cop 27: Poltergeist
28: National Lampoons Vacation 28: Nightmare on Elm Street
29: The Goonies 29: Blade Runner
30: Stand By Me 30: Evil Dead II

Movies through Round 2- Movies eliminated from Round 2-
1: Planes, Trains & Automobiles 1police Academy
2: Die Hard 2: Stand By Me
3: The Goonies 3: Raiders of the Lost Ark
4: Airplane! 4: The Blues Brothers
5: Big 5: Highlander
6: Back To The Future 6: First Blood
7: Naked Gun 7: The Untouchables
8: Trading Places 8: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
9: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 9: The Empire Strikes Back
10: Ghostbusters 10: Das Boot
11: Full Metal Jacket
12: Scarface
13: Beetlejuice
14: National Lampoon Vacation
15: Uncle Buck
16: Beverly Hills Cop
17: The Shining
18: Aliens
19: The Running Man
20: Young Guns

Movies through Semi-Finals- Movies eliminated from Semi-Finals-
1: Trading Places 1: Naked Gun
2: Ghostbusters 2: The Goonies
3: Back to the Future 3: Die Hard
4: Big
5: Airplane!
6: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
   7: Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Sieb22 · 04/8/2015 3:41 pm

It's been real fun, and a pleasure to do this competition for the forum, and to give Tek a wee bit of rest.

The competition is only as good as the people who contribute, so thank you very much to everyone that has participated and voted in this one, I really appriciate it, it really makes a difference

I will hand the baton over to someone else who fancies a shot of doing another competition, or hand it back to Tek, I need a wee break now myself .

Maybe sometime in the future there will be enough interest in doing a Tek Towers 'Ultimate 90's Movie' Competition, I would be down for that!

Thanks again people!

Sieb22 · 04/8/2015 3:41 pm

Oh, and my last vote in this competition goes to...

Ghostbusters.

lifesanocean · 04/8/2015 4:13 pm

Trading Places. Just.

Foo Kin Twat · 04/8/2015 4:18 pm

Well done Siebby.

Fire up the Delorean's flux capacitor.......

BTTF to make it even again!!!

Tek · 04/8/2015 5:15 pm

Well done Siebby...very enjoyable competition and i appreciated the break Look forward to the 90's Movie Quiz.

I'll go for Back To The Future.

PatReilly · 04/8/2015 5:51 pm

Trading Places, please.

And well done, Sieb22!

David_Blunkett · 05/8/2015 12:43 am

Trading Places.

arabchanter · 05/8/2015 7:02 am

Back to the Future

Rocky Raccoon · 05/8/2015 1:53 pm

BTTF

Great quiz and very enjoyable reading all the facts about each film, good stuff Sieb.

Mon Marty & Doc.

european_bob · 05/8/2015 3:13 pm

BTTF

huntedbyafreak · 05/8/2015 3:30 pm

Ghostbusters

Edmond Dantes · 05/8/2015 10:02 pm

Back to the Future

i've seen probably 300 times and can probably quote it word for word whilst watching.

Love Trading places that was a close second , Ghostbusters wouldn't have got near a top100 of films for me.

Macho Man · 05/8/2015 10:50 pm

BTTF for me.

Great quiz Sieb.

Thanks for taking the time to do it.

Sieb22 · 06/8/2015 7:31 am

Edmond Dantes wrote:
Back to the Future

i've seen probably 300 times and can probably quote it word for word whilst watching.

Love Trading places that was a close second , Ghostbusters wouldn't have got near a top100 of films for me.

One last bit of 80's movie trivia for you, but John Hughes who wrote National Lampoons Vacation, Home Alone, and who both wrote and directed Planes, Trains..., Weird Science, Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller, Pretty in Pink etc. used a pseudonym for some of his 'weaker' material that he wrote, e.g the Beethoven films (the one with the dog!), Maid in Manhattan and Drillbit Taylor.

His Pseudonyms name... Edmond Dantes.

Sieb22 · 06/8/2015 2:13 pm

Score Update:

Trading Places: 3
Ghostbusters: 2
Back to the Future: 7

Voting closes tomorrow at 9pm.

Sieb22 · 07/8/2015 8:10 pm

Full Time!

Here is your winner, and Tek Towers 'Ultimate 80's Movie':
Back to the Future.

Still looking good after 30 years!

That's me done for just now, thank you for the kind words, it really makes it easier doing the competition

huntedbyafreak · 07/8/2015 9:59 pm

Good effort Sieb

Although Michael J Fox isn't looking great is he?

Tek · 07/8/2015 11:46 pm

Sieb22 wrote:

One last bit of 80's movie trivia for you, but John Hughes who wrote National Lampoons Vacation, Home Alone, and who both wrote and directed Planes, Trains..., Weird Science, Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller, Pretty in Pink etc. used a pseudonym for some of his 'weaker' material that he wrote, e.g the Beethoven films (the one with the dog!), Maid in Manhattan and Drillbit Taylor.

His Pseudonyms name... Edmond Dantes.

Haha.

Great bit of trivia that.Might need tae work the Beethoven movie intae somehow slagging TT's Eddy.

Very good effort my man and a worthy winner i think.

*applause*

lifesanocean · 08/8/2015 9:41 am

Great comp Sieb, well done and a worthy winner.

doontheroadarab · 09/8/2015 4:40 am

Well done Sieb, I thourghly enjoyed that and appreciate the hard work you put in running it, well played Sir.