WINNER & RESULT ANNOUNCED!! 50/50 FOH's Weekly Poll Comp: #19

[MoeFOH]

So, inadvertently we sort of have a World Cup of giants in the text/film series arena going on here. The Matrix and LOTR are through to the semi-finals... Who'll join them in the semis will be decided over the next two weeks. You know the drill: read the question, vote on the poll, elaborate in the thread if you so desire. Voting participants go into the draw for an El Pres sampler! - Drawn next Wednesday (Aus local time). 

All about 50/50...

50/50 is a weekly poll where we find out whether or not some serious bones of contention questions can be finally be buried or will instead remain above ground as a fleshy 50/50 debate... you know, such weighty issues as these...

If given no other option:

do you prefer Hunnicutt or Trapper in M*A*S*H? 

Connery or Moore as Bond?

Apple or PC?

Smooth or Crunchy peanut butter? 

do you prefer wearing men's or women's underwear?

 Sacrificing chickens or virgins?

...that sort of standard fare. 

Vote in the poll and further bolster your standpoint in the thread below if you wish. Poll Votes are public and there's a couple of sticks up for grabs for participants. 

Also, PM me Polls that you'd like me to conduct on 50/50 and there'll be a prize for those we decide to use. 

[Deeg]

First!

And I can't believe this is even going to be close.  Disney can't ruin SW to that extent - it's still one of the cultural watersheds of the 20th Century based on Lucas' 3 original movies.

 

[SmokyFontaine]

The only reason I even paused was because film and book is combined, but so many of my childhood memories were tied to the Star Wars universe, I've gotta keep Star Wars. Yes, even Jar-Jar Binks. 

[inter4alia]

Must keep Star Wars.  Period. 

[lovethehaze]

5 minutes ago, inter4alia said:

Must keep Star Wars.  Period. 

+1

[SenorPerfecto]

This one won't be close.

 

The Force will be with us, always.

[westg]

Starwars. I can say that i have never watched a single HP movie .

[JohnS]

Goodbye, Harry Potter!

[Chucko8]

11 minutes ago, SenorPerfecto said:

This one won't be close.

 

The Force will be with us, always.

Totally agreed. You are wise Master Kenobi

[David88]

It’s going way against the current opinion but I went to save Harry Potter. If it were just the first three Star Wars films then it would be straight forward. But with the prequel trilogy and the latest Disney efforts there are too many bad apples for me. The Harry Potter films weren’t good but the books were fantastic (in my opinion)

[Skypilot]

Star Wars without a doubt ........but the sad thing is a younger demographic than what is on this forum would probably vote the other way........

[rckymtn22]

Had to go with Potter. Star Wars is the one good film and the same crappy story in every other film.

[dobbs]

this poll will only reveal the age group of the forum. in reality there are only 2 good star wars movies, the rest are trash. and though i haven't read books of either, it would seem the star wars stuff is backward transliterated.

kept potter

-dobbs

[Rupe]

Easy peasy on this one.

I grew up with Star Wars. I saw the original when I was in high school and went to The Empire Strikes Back on the first date with my wife (we just celebrated 37 years). I have NEVER read a Harry Potter book or watched a Harry Potter movie, ever.

Guess which one I chose.

[inter4alia]

5 minutes ago, rckymtn22 said:

Had to go with Potter. Star Wars is the one good film and the same crappy story in every other film.

One? C'mon man. I'm not a big fan of many of the newer films but you have to admit that at a minimum the first two are all time classics. 

[Justin]

Easiest one yet! 

 

[Hadroxity]

Tough one but Harry Potter for me.

[BarryVT]

Not even close! This one is gonna be a blowout! Sorry Harry!

[IanMcLean68]

Even ignoring the less than stellar prequel trilogy and the complete cock-up Disney have made, for me there is enough in the original trilogy still for Star Wars to take this one easily. Star Wars was just so much more ground breaking at the time of its release.

I got bored with the whole kids magic, wizard, dragon and mythical beast theme about 1/2 half through the first Potter movie and never bothered to watch any of the others. I should probably be fair and read the books one day, but I probably won't because its just not my thing.

[MigsG]

@MoeFOH I made a mistake and clicked Harry Potter! Didn't read the instructions properly, thought I was clicking to rid the world of Voldemort and fiends once and for all! 

[Lucass111]

Harry who?!

[Burningman]

Crap. Voted Harry Potter by mistake. Keep episode 6-9 of SW and I'm good erasing everything else.

[Fuzz AI]

Potter? Potter?! JK, don't be too proud of this magical world you've constructed. The ability to wave a wand is insignificant next to the power of the Force.

Without Star Wars, we wouldn't have ILM, LucasArts, Pixar, the continuation of the Star Trek franchise (yes Trekkers, Star Wars came after TOS, but without Star Wars we wouldn't have the ST movies), all the sci-fi films inspired by Star Wars (Alien, Akira, Independence Day, Guardians of the Galaxy, Firefly/Serenity).

What did we get with Harry Potter that we didn't already have?

[alloy]

Sorry Harry, Ron and Hermoine. Star Wars all the way!

[Islandboy]

2 hours ago, Lucass111 said:

Harry who?!

I had to scroll down to see if anyone said this yet....my thoughts exactly.