mom@sfmag.UUCP (M.Modig) (10/10/85)
USENET MOVIE POLL- WEEK OF 10/9/85
CURRENT FILMS
MOVIE TITLE | EXC GOOD AVG POOR AWFL | TOT SCALE
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Back to the Future 46.5 12 6.5 | 65 3.23
The Gods Must Be Crazy 20.5 14 2.5 1 | 38 2.84
Ghostbusters 7 5.5 3.5 | 16 2.44
Cocoon 15 28.5 7.5 | 51 2.29
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 3.5 15.5 11 2 | 32 1.28
Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome 2.5 14 13.5 1 | 31 1.16
Fletch 1 15.5 11.5 1 | 29 1.14
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 5.5 4 2 | 19 0.05
A View To A Kill 6.5 18 6.5 | 31 0.00
Mass Appeal 1.5 1.5 2 | - -
Compromising Positions 3 2 | - -
After Hours 0.5 1.5 | - -
Commando 0.5 0.5 | - -
American Flyers 2.5 0.5 | - -
Nightmare on Elm Street 2 | - -
Jagged Edge 1 | - -
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 3 | 9 -2.44
OTHER FILMS
MOVIE TITLE | EXC GOOD AVG POOR AWFL | TOT SCALE
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1984 3 9 | 12 2.50
2010: The Year We Make Contact 4.5 20.5 18 | 43 1.37
All of Me 2 | - -
Amadeus 11 4 1 | 16 3.25
Beverly Hills Cop 2.5 7 0.5 1 | 11 2.00
Biohazard 1 | - -
Blood Simple 4 2 0.5 0.5 | 7 2.71
Bolero (1983 ver.) 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 2 | - -
D.A.R.Y.L. 1 2 | - -
Desperately Seeking Susan 3.5 12.5 6.5 0.5 | 23 1.65
The Dream Is Alive 1.5 1.5 | - -
Dune 9 10 10 8 | 37 -0.92
The Falcon and the Snowman 1 4 | - -
The Forbidden Zone 1 1 | - -
OTHER FILMS
MOVIE TITLE | EXC GOOD AVG POOR AWFL | TOT SCALE
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Gotcha 0.5 1 2.5 | - -
The Graduate 2.5 6.5 1 | 10 2.30
Hardbodies 1 | - -
The Hidden Fortress 1 | - -
Into the Night 2 | - -
Johnny Dangerously 0.5 0.5 | - -
Kagemusha 1.5 0.5 | - -
The Karate Kid 1.5 4.5 2 1 | 9 1.44
The Kentucky Fried Movie 1 1 | - -
The Killing Fields 9 5 | 14 3.29
King David 0.5 0.5 | - -
Kiss of the Spider Woman 3 3 1 | 7 2.57
Ladyhawke 4 12.5 10.5 2 | 29 1.28
The Last Starfighter 5.5 13.5 17 5.5 1.5 | 43 0.74
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 | - -
OTHER FILMS
MOVIE TITLE | EXC GOOD AVG POOR AWFL | TOT SCALE
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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
The Pope of Greenwich Village 0.5 2.5 3 | 6 1.17
Porky's 1 1 | - -
Porky's 2 1 | - -
Protocol 0.5 0.5 | - -
Purple Rain 2 2 1 2 | 7 -0.86
The Purple Rose of Cairo 1 1 | - -
Red Dawn 0.5 5 5 4.5 4 | 19 -0.68
Red Sonja 1 2 1 | - -
Revenge of the Nerds 1 4.5 4.5 | 10 1.30
Runaway 1 | - -
A Soldier's Story 3.5 5.5 1 | 10 2.50
Stop Making Sense 1 | - -
Streets of Fire 2.5 1.5 2 | 6 0.17
The Stunt Man 1 1 | - -
The Sure Thing 1 3 2 | 6 1.67
OTHER FILMS
MOVIE TITLE | EXC GOOD AVG POOR AWFL | TOT SCALE
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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-- 243.0 397.0 254.0 98.5 32.5 | 1025 1.40
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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1984
2010: The Year We Make Contact
The Black Cauldron
Blood Simple
Cocoon
The Dream is Alive
Explorers
The Falcon and the Snowman
The Graduate
Johhny Dangerously
The Karate Kid
The Killing Fields
King David
Ladyhawke
The Last Starfighter
Lifeforce
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
The Pope of Greenwich Village
A Private Function
Protocol
Purple Rain
Red Dawn
Red Sonja
Revenge of the Nerds
A Soldier's Story
Stop Making Sense
Streets of Fire
The Sure Thing
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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: 1.40 (last week 1.38)
Standard Deviation: 2.04 (last week 2.06)
Mean SCORE: 1.24 (last week 1.25)
Median SCORE: 1.37 (last week 1.39)
Standard Deviation: 1.42 (last week 1.44)