The Syndicate

Posted: **Wed Aug 14, 2019 7:59 pm**

The recent Jojo Rabbit hot takes are dumb.

Posted: **Sun Sep 08, 2019 5:43 am**

Meanwhile at TIFF

Posted: **Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:02 pm**

Considering how some of my films are being reviewed in TIFF, I think DH may have the lineup to beat, at the moment

Posted: **Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:15 pm**

timmer wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:02 pm Considering how some of my films are being reviewed in TIFF, I think DH may have the lineup to beat, at the moment

I feel like a B+ tops.

Posted: **Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:14 pm**

When in doubt, just assume JaggedJimmyJay is the best.

Posted: **Sat Sep 14, 2019 6:45 am**

Honestly I think if I make top 3 that'll be a miracle.

Posted: **Mon Sep 23, 2019 1:21 pm**

I've got the spreadsheet updated up to It 2 opening, which has given us a new player in the bottom hot seat...

Posted: **Mon Sep 23, 2019 1:38 pm**

I feel alright about that positioning. Middle-of-the-pack in box office entirely via a small handful of act[ors]/[resses]. I was hoping my films would carry the awards load.

But who knows, still largely a crapshoot.

Posted: **Thu Nov 28, 2019 6:13 pm**

Wild guess here but I think after this weekend I'll be out of that hot seat

Posted: **Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:33 pm**

I've gotten caught up on the spreadsheet, DH is still in the hot seat but it likely won't last long, Jack is in trouble...

Posted: **Thu Dec 05, 2019 5:37 pm**

Remarkable I have as little cash as I do. :/

Posted: **Thu Dec 05, 2019 8:09 pm**

So... some updates for players to consider, since there is very little time left to make changes to your roster...

[mention]Mongoose[/mention], you have 4 vacant actor spots, still.

[mention]novaselineever[/mention], The Laundromat went to Netflix and never played in theatres. The Last Thing He Wanted moved to 2020. Amy Adams has no film in 2019. They can all be replaced.

[mention]Sabie12[/mention], Artemis Fowl moved to 2020. It should be replaced. Also, you have 5 empty actor spots.

[mention]JaggedJimmyJay[/mention], The Report was released to Amazon Prime in the USA so it will earn no box office. You can hold it for awards purposes, of course, but I thought I would make sure you knew.

[mention]Speedchuck[/mention] I'm not sure what The Crow is, tbh, but i don't think it is a 2019 film. Robert Downey Jr. has no 2019 film that counts. Same with Josh Brolin. You also have 4 vacant actor spots.

[mention]Jackofhearts2005[/mention], neither Woman i nthe Window or Professor and the Madman are opening in the USA in 2019. Neither Gary Oldman or Michael Caine have movies coming out. And you have 6 vacant actor spots.

[mention]Dunya[/mention], I'm not sure Ema has a 2019 release date in the US.

[mention]raz_zaa[/mention], you have 5 vacant actor spots. And just in terms of stretegy, you cannot lose the first round, so you COULD conceivably drop Jumanji 3 in favour of a smaller, Oscar-y film if you wanted at this point.

Posted: **Thu Dec 05, 2019 10:51 pm**

Works for me, timmer! Thanks.

Posted: **Sat Dec 07, 2019 5:44 pm**

timmer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 8:09 pm @novaselineever, The Laundromat went to Netflix and never played in theatres. The Last Thing He Wanted moved to 2020. Amy Adams has no film in 2019. They can all be replaced.

Hmm did you miss these?

novaselinenever wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2019 8:44 pm Drop Amy Adams
Add Felicity Jones

novaselinenever wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2019 8:31 pm Drop The Laundromat
Add Dark Waters

Posted: **Sat Dec 07, 2019 7:15 pm**

D'oh! Yes, apparently I did!

Posted: **Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:51 am**

Globes noms are out today!

Posted: **Mon Dec 09, 2019 1:51 pm**

Looks like if I make it out of Box Office, I'll have 12 points from nominations. About the same as last year.

Posted: **Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:55 pm**

Posted: **Thu Dec 19, 2019 3:48 pm**

nice catch on the box office of the Tarantino, DH, I've made the adjustment!

Posted: **Thu Dec 19, 2019 4:06 pm**

I do my best.

Posted: **Thu Dec 19, 2019 4:11 pm**

So I'm caught up to this last weekend and DH, you are knocking on the door and you still have Cats to come, I believe you'll be fine!

Posted: **Thu Dec 19, 2019 4:14 pm**

Gonna sneak in through the back door and get hard carried by Parasite

Posted: **Thu Dec 19, 2019 4:16 pm**

Yup... the only thing Jack has left is Meryl in Cats, but you have Saoirse in the same position, so you just need Cats to make like 5 million and you are in... so, since that is going to happen, I'm going to start prepping round 2!

Posted: **Thu Dec 19, 2019 4:31 pm**

I mean between Knives out and Beautiful Day I'm in even without Cats or Saoirse

Posted: **Thu Dec 19, 2019 4:41 pm**

So... am I right that no one ever took Joe Pesci? WTF? How did I not see that? He's going to win supporting actor, lol

Posted: **Thu Dec 19, 2019 4:52 pm**

Round 2... the Golden Globes!

Nominations are out, and here is where we all stand, with the cavaet that DH needs to officially pass Jack, still, but it will absolutely happen.

Mongoose (12) - 1917 (3), Once Upon A Time in Hollywood (5), Judy (1), Awkwafina (1), Taron Egerton (1), Laura Dern (1)
JaggedJimmyJay (9) - The Irishman (5), The Report (1), Motherless Brooklyn (1), Cynthia Erivo (1), Scarlett Johansson (1)
Speedchuck (5) - Joker (4), Margot Robbie (1)
Timmer (21) - Marriage Story (6), Rocketman (3), Jojo Rabbit (2), Harriet (2), The Farewell (2), Charlize Theron (1), Adam Driver (1), jonathan Pryce (1), Leonardo DiCaprio (1), Anthony Hopkins (1), Al Pacino (1), Joe Pesci (1)
DharmaHelper (11) - Knives Out (3), Parasite (3), Cats (1), Renee Zellwegger (1), Saoirse Ronan (1), Emma Thompson (1), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (1)
Novaselineever (5) - Bombshell (2), Pain & Glory (2), Christian Bale (1)
Dunya (5) - Little Women (2), Frozen 2 (2), Brad Pitt (1)
Raz_zaa (7) - Ford vs. Ferrari (1), Where'd You Go, Bernadette? (1), the Lion King (2), Joaquin Phoenix (1), Cate Blanchett (1), Tom Hanks (1)
sabie12 (1) - Toy Story 4 (1)

Posted: **Thu Dec 19, 2019 6:05 pm**

Surprised The Report got anything. Seemed quite mediocre to me.

Posted: **Thu Dec 19, 2019 6:42 pm**

timmer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2019 4:52 pm Round 2... the Golden Globes!

Nominations are out, and here is where we all stand, with the cavaet that DH needs to officially pass Jack, still, but it will absolutely happen.

Mongoose (12) - 1917 (3), Once Upon A Time in Hollywood (5), Judy (1), Awkwafina (1), Taron Egerton (1), Laura Dern (1)
JaggedJimmyJay (9) - The Irishman (5), The Report (1), Motherless Brooklyn (1), Cynthia Erivo (1), Scarlett Johansson (1)
Speedchuck (5) - Joker (4), Margot Robbie (1)
Timmer (20) - Marriage Story (6), Rocketman (3), Jojo Rabbit (2), Harriet (2), The Farewell (2), Charlize Theron (1), Adam Driver (1), jonathan Pryce (1), Leonardo DiCaprio (1), Anthony Hopkins (1), Al Pacino (1)
DharmaHelper (11) - Knives Out (3), Parasite (3), Cats (1), Renee Zellwegger (1), Saoirse Ronan (1), Emma Thompson (1), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (1)
Novaselineever (5) - Bombshell (2), Pain & Glory (2), Christian Bale (1)
Dunya (5) - Little Women (2), Frozen 2 (2), Brad Pitt (1)
Raz_zaa (7) - Ford vs. Ferrari (1), Where'd You Go, Bernadette? (1), the Lion King (2), Joaquin Phoenix (1), Cate Blanchett (1), Tom Hanks (1)
sabie12 (1) - Toy Story 4 (1)

Top 3 with a likely top 2 finish in R2. Not bad. Of course Timmer is stacked again.

Posted: **Thu Dec 26, 2019 5:05 pm**

By the way, an early look at Round 3, since the Critics Choice noms are out, as well:

Mongoose (24) - 1917 (8), Once Upon A Time in Hollywood (12), Judy (2), Awkwafina (1), Laura Dern (1)
Raz_Zaa (9) - Ford vs. Ferrari (5), The Lion King (2), Joaquin Phoenix (1), Tom Hanks (1)
JaggedJimmyJay (17) - The Irishman (14), Cynthia Erivo (1), Scarlett Johansson (2)
Timmer (29) - Jojo Rabbit (7), Marriage Story (8), The Farewell (4), Harriet (2), Rocketman (3), Leonardo DiCaprio (1), Adam Driver (1), Charlize Theron (1), Anthony Hopkins (1), Al Pacino (1)
Speedchuck (8) - Joker (7), Margot Robbie (1)
Dunya (13) - Little Women (9), Frozen 2 (2), Adam Sandler (1), Brad Pitt (1)
DharmaHelper (18) - Parasite (7), Uncut Gems (4), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2), Knives Out (3), Saoirse Ronan (1), Renee Zellwegger (1)

Posted: **Fri Dec 27, 2019 3:14 am**

suckling at the irishman's teet

Posted: **Fri Dec 27, 2019 5:28 am**

A closer race than last years ey Timmer ol boy? Not gonna ram through with 40 points this time, sucker.

Posted: **Fri Dec 27, 2019 12:56 pm**

I'm gone next round that's for sure

Posted: **Fri Dec 27, 2019 2:06 pm**

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2019 5:28 am A closer race than last years ey Timmer ol boy? Not gonna ram through with 40 points this time, sucker.

LOL, it's definitely close, I think I'm fine with the Globes, but honestly depending on the wins drop with Critics Choice, it could get interesting! One thing is for sure, we will end up with a competitive final this year no matter what.

Posted: **Fri Dec 27, 2019 2:18 pm**

What I thought would happen with my roster has happened. My shift in strategy seems to have worked, we'll see if it pays off.

Posted: **Sun Jan 05, 2020 3:30 pm**

Good luck tonight.

Posted: **Mon Jan 06, 2020 4:13 am**

So Mongoose had a good night, wow...

Posted: **Mon Jan 06, 2020 5:35 am**

As long as I didn't have a bad night.

Posted: **Mon Jan 06, 2020 4:28 pm**

timmer wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:46 pm Just a reminder of the Golden Globe points system:

"- Nomination: 1 point each (films earn 1 point for every nomination in any category, actors earn 1 point for every nomination they specifically earn, but not for ones their film earns)
- Best Film win: 10 points (film selections only; for the Golden Globes, 10 points will be given to the two films that win Drama and Comedy/Musical); if a studio owns a doc, foreign or animated film they only earn 10 points for BP-equivalent wins, not their genre-specific categories (that counts as "All other categories" below)
- Actor win: 5 points to actor selections, 2 points to film selections (lead and supporting, and only 2 points to an actor and film when part of the SAG ensemble win)
- Director win: 5 points (film selections only)
- Screenplay win: 5 points (film selections only)
- All other categories: 2 points (film selections only)"

Posted: **Mon Jan 06, 2020 4:37 pm**

Round 2 total points (bottom 2 fall out of the competition)

Mongoose (52) - 1917 (16), Once Upon A Time in Hollywood (19), Judy (2), Awkwafina (5), Taron Egerton (5), Laura Dern (5)
JaggedJimmyJay (9) - The Irishman (5), The Report (1), Motherless Brooklyn (1), Cynthia Erivo (1), Scarlett Johansson (1)
Speedchuck (7) - Joker (6), Margot Robbie (1)
Timmer (25) - Marriage Story (7), Rocketman (5), Jojo Rabbit (2), Harriet (2), The Farewell (3), Charlize Theron (1), Adam Driver (1), jonathan Pryce (1), Leonardo DiCaprio (1), Anthony Hopkins (1), Al Pacino (1), Joe Pesci (1)
DharmaHelper (16) - Knives Out (3), Parasite (4), Cats (1), Renee Zellwegger (5), Saoirse Ronan (1), Emma Thompson (1), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (1)
Novaselineever (5) - Bombshell (2), Pain & Glory (2), Christian Bale (1)
Dunya (9) - Little Women (2), Frozen 2 (2), Brad Pitt (5)
Raz_zaa (11) - Ford vs. Ferrari (1), Where'd You Go, Bernadette? (1), the Lion King (2), Joaquin Phoenix (5), Cate Blanchett (1), Tom Hanks (1)
sabie12 (1) - Toy Story 4 (1)

Goodbye to Sabie12 and Novaselineever, thanks for playing!

The rest move onto Round 3!

Posted: **Mon Jan 06, 2020 5:41 pm**

Round 3 gonna be nuts.
GG Sabie and Nova!

Just going off last year I don't think Mongoose has this thing in the bag just yet. Globes performance for me last year was decent, and I got burned in the later rounds.

Posted: **Tue Jan 07, 2020 12:16 am**

novaselinenever wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2019 12:56 pm I'm gone next round that's for sure

Good luck all!

Posted: **Thu Jan 09, 2020 7:33 am**

[mention]timmer[/mention] is there a list of Guilds that count towards R5?

Posted: **Thu Jan 09, 2020 11:18 pm**

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 7:33 am @timmer is there a list of Guilds that count towards R5?

Quite a few have announced already, let's see, there are... producers guild (pga), directors (dga), writers (wga), actors (sag), cinematographers (asc), editors (ace), costumes (cdg), effects (ves), makeup/hairstyling, sound mixers (cas), sound editing (mpse), aer directors (adg)...

I'll get to compiling when I have the chance!

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 6:21 am**

I got a feeling ya boi ain't gonna even make it to R5 anyway. No rush.

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 6:46 am**

Not to be that guy but I think the scoring would be more competitive if the best picture rules encapsulated Best "X" Film categories as well. As is, its a 10 to 1 difference that makes it hard to compete.

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 11:28 am**

Like say, wins for... best foreign language film, Mr. Parasite owner?

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 12:08 pm**

Yeah pretty much. Though last year MP had "Best Animated Feature" and he got 1 point for it as opposed to the 10 points Green Book got. Just seems like if the category is "Best X" it should be worth more points.

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:17 pm**

Its certainly something we can tweak for next time, if we try again next year

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:19 pm**

Yeah I wouldn't advocate changing the rules now, but I meant for next time.

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 5:18 pm**

I think we should tweak the rules however necessary to put me in the lead.

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