mom@sfmag.UUCP (M.Modig) (09/05/85)
USENET MOVIE POLL- WEEK OF 9/4/85
MOVIE TITLE | EXC GOOD AVG POOR AWFL | TOT SCALE
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1984 2 8 | 10 2.40
2010: The Year We Make Contact 3 16.5 14.5 | 34 1.32
Amadeus 3 2 1 | 6 2.67
American Flyers 1 | - -
Back to the Future 38 9 6 | 53 3.21
Beverly Hills Cop 3.5 0.5 | - -
Big Man Little Man 1 | - -
The Black Cauldron 2 6 2 | 10
Blood Simple 3 1 | - -
The Breakfast Club 1 3 2 | 6 1.67
The Bride 0.5 2.5 | - -
MOVIE TITLE | EXC GOOD AVG POOR AWFL | TOT SCALE
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The Brother from Another Plnet 12 4 5 1 | 22 2.45
Buckaroo Banzai 3.5 9.5 6 7 2 | 28 0.39
Camilla 1 1 | - -
The Coca-Cola Kid 1 | - -
Cocoon 12 24.5 7.5 | 44 2.20
Code of Silence 1 | - -
Company of Wolves 1 | - -
Crimes of Passion 2 | - -
Desperately Seeking Susan 3.5 10.5 5 | 19 1.84
The Dream Is Alive 1.5 0.5 | - -
Dune 6 7 8 8 | 29 -1.24
E.T. 6 14 3 1 | 24 2.08
The Emerald Forest 1 8 2 | 11 1.82
Explorers 1 3 3 | 7 -2.57
The Falcon and the Snowman 3 | - -
Fletch 1 14 10 1 | 26 1.15
Fright Night 1 4.5 5.5 | 11 1.18
Ghostbusters 0.5 2.5 1 | - -
The Gods Must Be Crazy 15.5 13 1.5 | 30 2.93
MOVIE TITLE | EXC GOOD AVG POOR AWFL | TOT SCALE
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The Goonies 2 7 4 1 | 14 -0.57
Gotcha 0.5 1.5 | - -
The Graduate 1 2 | - -
The Karate Kid 1 3 1 | - -
The Killing Fields 5.5 4.5 | 10 3.10
Ladyhawke 2 12.5 9 1.5 | 25 1.20
The Last Starfighter 4 10.5 15.5 4.5 1.5 | 36 0.61
Lifeforce 2 3 2 | 7 -1.43
Lost in America 3 | - -
Lust in the Dust 1 | - -
MacArthur's Children 1 | - -
Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome 2 9.5 10.5 1 | 23 1.09
The Man With One Red Shoe 1 1 1 | - -
Maria's Lovers 1 1 | - -
Mask 2 8 1 | 11 2.18
Mass Appeal 1.5 1.5 | - -
Meatballs II 1 | - -
Mikey and Nicky 1 | - -
My Science Project 1 2 | - -
MOVIE TITLE | EXC GOOD AVG POOR AWFL | TOT SCALE
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Natl Lampoon's European Vacn 2 8 1 | 11 -1.82
On the Town 1 | - -
Pale Rider 2 4.5 9.5 | 16 1.06
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure 1 2 2 2 | 7 0.57
Police Academy 2 2.5 1.5 3 | 7 -2.14
The Pope of Greenwich Village 2 2 | - -
A Private Function 1 2 2 2 | 7 0.57
Prizzi's Honor 3 11 9 2 | 25 1.20
Purple Rain 1 2 | - -
Rambo: First Blood Part II 1 5.5 5.5 3 | 15 0.60
Real Genius 1 8 2 | 11 1.82
Red Dawn 0.5 4 3 2.5 4 | 14 -0.79
Return to Oz 1.5 3.5 5 | 10 1.30
Revenge of the Nerds 1 2 2 | - -
Satan's Cheerleaders 2 | - -
The Seven Samurai 5 1 1 | 7 3.14
The Shooting Party 1 | - -
Silverado 11.5 13 7.5 2 | 34 2.00
A Soldier's Story 3 | - -
MOVIE TITLE | EXC GOOD AVG POOR AWFL | TOT SCALE
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St. Elmo's Fire 4 5.5 5.5 3 | 18 1.17
Streets of Fire 1 1 | - -
Streetwise 4 | - -
Summer Rental 1 2 2 | - -
The Sure Thing 1 | - -
Teen Wolf 1 | - -
The Terminator 5.5 9.5 2 | 17 2.41
A View To A Kill 4.5 12 4.5 | 21
Volunteers 4 2 | 6 1.33
Weird Science 3 4 4 | 11 -2.18
Witness 2 2.5 0.5 | - -
Year of the Dragon 1 1 | - -
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TOTALS-- 170.5 295.0 228.0 94.0 35.5 | 823 1.14
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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On The Town
Big Man, Little Man
American Flyers
The Seven Samuarai
Mass Appeal
The Coca-Cola Kid
Mikey and Nicky
MacArthur's Children
Maria's Lovers
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For each movie, the number of votes in each of the five categories.
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
five 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, Fair, 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.
Until next week...
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Mark Modig
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STATISTICAL ASIDE:
The following simple statistical values were derived:
Median vote: 2
Mean over all votes: 1.14 (last week 1.24)
Standard Deviation: 2.13
Mean +1 Standard Deviation: 3.27
Mean -1 Standard Deviation: -0.99
The mean dipped slightly, but the median and standard deviation
remained the same.
Mean SCORE: 0.97
Median SCORE: 1.20
Standard Deviation: 1.54
Mean +1 Standard Deviation: 2.51
Mean -1 Standard Deviation: -0.57