mom@sfmag.UUCP (M.Modig) (10/17/85)
USENET MOVIE POLL- WEEK OF 10/16/85
CURRENT FILMS
MOVIE TITLE | EXC GOOD AVG POOR AWFL | TOT SCALE
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Back to the Future 47.5 13 6.5 | 67 3.22
The Gods Must Be Crazy 21 14.5 2.5 1 | 39 2.85
Ghostbusters 7 6.5 3.5 | 17 2.41
Cocoon 15.5 29 7.5 | 52 2.31
Silverado 14.5 17 7.5 2 | 41 2.15
E.T. 8.5 18.5 6 1 | 34 2.03
Real Genius 1.5 11 2.5 2 | 17 1.41
Prizzi's Honor 4 16 11 3 | 34 1.24
Fletch 1 16.5 11.5 1 | 30 1.17
Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome 2.5 14 13.5 1 | 31 1.16
CURRENT FILMS
MOVIE TITLE | EXC GOOD AVG POOR AWFL | TOT SCALE
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Pee-Wee's Big Adventure 2 3 2 2 | 9 1.11
Creator 4 1 1 | 6 1.00
A Private Function 1 4 2 3 | 10 0.60
The Black Cauldron 1 3 7 2 | 13 0.46
Rambo: First Blood Part II 1 6.5 6.5 4 2 | 20 0.05
A View To A Kill 6.5 19 6.5 | 32 0.00
After Hours 1 3.5 0.5 | - -
Agnes of God 2.5 0.5 | - -
American Flyers 2.5 0.5 | - -
Commando 0.5 0.5 | - -
Compromising Positions 3 2 | - -
Jagged Edge 1 1 | - -
Mass Appeal 1.5 1.5 2 | - -
Nightmare on Elm Street 2 | - -
Year of the Dragon 1 1 2 2 | 6 -1.33
Lifeforce 2 4 3 | 9 -1.78
Natl Lampoon's European Vacn 2 9 2 | 13 -2.00
Explorers 1 5.5 3.5 | 10 -2.50
OTHER FILMS
MOVIE TITLE | EXC GOOD AVG POOR AWFL | TOT SCALE
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2010: The Year We Make Contact 5 21 18 | 44 1.41
All of Me 2 | - -
Amadeus 11.5 5 1.5 | 18 3.11
Beverly Hills Cop 3 8.5 0.5 1 | 13 2.08
Biohazard 1 | - -
Bolero (1983 ver.) 1 1 | - -
The Breakfast Club 3.5 5.5 3 | 12 2.08
The Brother from Another Plnet 15.5 5 5.5 1 | 27 2.59
Buckaroo Banzai 7.5 14.5 8 8 2 | 40 0.88
Casablanca 0.5 2.5 | - -
The Coca-Cola Kid 1 1 | - -
D.A.R.Y.L. 1 2 | - -
Desperately Seeking Susan 3.5 12.5 6.5 0.5 | 23 1.65
Dune 9 10 10 8 | 37 -0.92
Fantasia 0.5 0.5 | - -
The Forbidden Zone 1 1 | - -
Gotcha 0.5 1 2.5 | - -
The Graduate 3 7 1 | 11 2.36
OTHER FILMS
MOVIE TITLE | EXC GOOD AVG POOR AWFL | TOT SCALE
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Hardbodies 1 | - -
The Hidden Fortress 1 | - -
Insignificance 1 | - -
Into the Night 2 | - -
Kagemusha 1 1.5 0.5 | - -
The Kentucky Fried Movie 1 1 1 | - -
The Killing Fields 9 5 | 14 3.29
Kiss of the Spider Woman 3 3 1 | 7 2.57
Ladyhawke 4.5 13 10.5 2 | 30 1.33
The Last Starfighter 6 14 17 5.5 1.5 | 44 0.80
Le Dernier Combat 1 1 | - -
The Little Drummer Girl 1 1 | - -
Lost in America 1.5 5.5 1 | 8 2.13
The Man Who Fell to Earth 2 | - -
Metropolis (1984 ver.) 1 4 | - -
Mikey and Nicky 1 1 1 | - -
A Passage to India 0.5 1.5 3.5 0.5 | 6 0.67
Places in the Heart 1 | - -
OTHER FILMS
MOVIE TITLE | EXC GOOD AVG POOR AWFL | TOT SCALE
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Porky's 1 1 | - -
Porky's 2 1 | - -
The Purple Rose of Cairo 1.5 0.5 1 | - -
Red Dawn 0.5 5 6 4.5 4 | 20 -0.65
Runaway 1 | - -
St. Elmo's Fire 4 7 7 4 | 22 1.00
Stop Making Sense 2 | - -
The Stunt Man 2 1 | - -
Tarzan of the Apes (1981 ver.) 1 1 | - -
The Terminator 8.5 11.5 2 2 | 24 2.21
Witness 6 9 2 | 17 2.47
The Woman in Red 1 3 1 | - -
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TOTALS-- 245.0 382.0 245.0 96.0 30.0 | 998 1.43
EXPIRING NEXT WEEK
The following movies will be removed from the list and archived if no
votes for them are received in the next week.
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Biohazard
The Breakfast Club
The Brother from Another Planet
Buckaroo Banzai
D.A.R.Y.L.
Desperately Seeking Susan
Dune
Gotcha
Hardbodies
Le Dernier Combat
Lost in America
A Passage to India
Porky's 2
Runaway
Witness
The Woman in Red
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For each movie, the number of votes in each of the five categories is shown.
Since votes can be split across two adjacent categories, totals for a category
are not necessarily integers. TOT shows the total number of votes cast for
that movie. SCORE is the average of all of the votes for the movie using
the following point scale:
Excellent 4
Excellent/Good 3
Good 2
Good/Average 1
Average 0
Average/Poor -1
Poor -2
Poor/Awful -3
Awful -4
These two quantities are given only for those movies with more than 5 votes.
The totals line at the bottom shows the distribution of votes among
the five categories and the total number of votes cast, along with
the average over all votes cast.
To submit a vote, simply send me mail at the address below listing
each movie you wish to vote for, one to a line, and the vote you
give it: Excellent, Good, Average, Poor, Awful. You may split a vote
across two adjacent categories-- see below. It would be most helpful
if you separate the movie title and your vote with a single tab:
E.T. AVERAGE
2001: A Space Odyssey Average/Good
etc.....
Duplicate votes will be rejected. Movies which have not received
any votes for two weeks will be put on the next posting's "EXPIRING"
list, like the one above. If a third week passes and the movie has
still not received a vote, it is archived and dropped from the list.
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Mark Modig
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STATISTICAL ASIDE:
Median vote: 2
Mean over all votes: 1.43 (last week 1.40)
Standard Deviation: 2.04 (last week 2.04)
Mean SCORE: 1.19 (last week 1.24)
Median SCORE: 1.33 (last week 1.37)
Standard Deviation: 1.46 (last week 1.42)