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| Sludge |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 06:03:30
Am I blind? Have we really let 73 contests bypass this all time classic? Correct me if I'm wrong and I'll change the title. Until then...
Number Ten of the AFI 100, The Wizard of Oz is an adventure for children with layers of meaning which have enabled the work to age like wine... laced with opium.
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The Rules
The first line of a haiku poem has five syllables.
The second line of a haiku poem has seven syllables.
The third, and final, line of a haiku poem has five syllables.
The Movie Haiku Contest (MHC) is open to every member of the FWFR site.
To enter, all you have to do is think of a Haiku for the current movie, then post into the current thread. Simple as that. Also, haikus may be risque, but nothing explicit please.
Only one entry per person as per The Blevins Rule. However, you are allowed to edit your existing entry until 9pm Tuesday FWFR time. *
Voting.
If you have entered the MHC, then you have to vote. If you do not vote, you'll lose 3 points from your total. This could mean the difference between the adoration and envy of your fellow Fwiffers or being the feckless butt of our jokes!
You do not have to enter an MHC to vote. Vote away. It'll be like a lurker vote!
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For each round, you get to vote for your three favourite MHC. The voting is as follows:
3 pts Stalean
2 pts Conan
1 pt Benj (Gotta get a jab in here at Benj on account he confessed that haikus aren't his thing. Stay tuned for "movie limericks.")
not
1) AC
2) GHcool
3) thefoxboy
As I will not know if AC gets 1 vote or AC is your favourite for 3 votes.
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You cannot vote for yourself.
You can vote for the previous winner
You vote by sending the currently designated Haiku Meister your votes in a PM (Private Message).
You may vote only once.
When the voting deadline ends (9pm Wednesday FWFR time), the votes are tallied and the top three places are announced.
*After winners are announced, the floor is open for posting of alternate Movie Haikus under that topic heading.
The winner then gets to make an acceptance speech, and choose the movie for the next MHC contest. The winner will post the new movie as a new topic under Movie Haikus in this format:
Movie Haiku Contest: Movie Title
...and a week later, be dragged, kicking and screaming, into vote-tallying duty. |
| 15 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Montgomery |
Posted - 10/03/2007 : 19:35:16
There's something going
on in Oz. Bad witches are
dropping like houses.
Thought of this one too late.
EM :) |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 09/29/2007 : 19:38:41
Oh, Auntie Em
Was it you all along?
Kansas feels so unfamiliar
I'll spare you my song.
But thanks everyone from the hem of my gingham
I'll hustle off to rustle up another film and bring 'im back soon.
Toto till then 
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| Sludge |
Posted - 09/29/2007 : 18:12:31
RESULTS for Movie Haiku #74: The Wizard of Oz
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Special thanks to lurker voters Rockfsh and Chocolate Lady.
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Somewhere...
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The third place Wizard of Oz haiku, with
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Monty (3 2 1)
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You've won an audience with the great Wizard!
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And just stepping out of the witch-crushing house,
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The second place Wizard of Oz haiku creator, with
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Sludge (3 3 2 1)
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I have finally been awarded a much needed heart, brain, courage, and pet flying monkey.
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And winning a return ticket to Kansas,
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melting the witch and outing the wizard with
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BAFTA BABE
(vote breakdown of 3 2 2 2 1)
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Garlanded trio
find false wizard pulling strings:
Sounds like home to me.
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Bafta Babe, after your no-place-like-home acceptance speech, please select a film for Movie Haiku #75. Make sure it was NOT a film from previous rounds.
EVERYONE, you are now free to post any alternative Haiku you may have. |
| Whippersnapper. |
Posted - 09/29/2007 : 12:50:40
And the result of the contest is... ? |
| Montgomery |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 14:40:43
quote:
Originally posted by BaftaBabe
quote:
Originally posted by Montgomery
Where did the saying "hands down" come from?
EM :)
From the Online Etymology Dictionary
"To win something hands down (1867) is from horse racing, from a jockey's gesture of letting the reins go loose in an easy victory. "
Ahhhh, interesting. Thanks.
EM :) |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 09/27/2007 : 23:23:50
quote:
Originally posted by Montgomery
Where did the saying "hands down" come from?
EM :)
From the Online Etymology Dictionary
"To win something hands down (1867) is from horse racing, from a jockey's gesture of letting the reins go loose in an easy victory. "
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| Montgomery |
Posted - 09/27/2007 : 21:34:52
Where did the saying "hands down" come from?
I'm just saying, there's no beating the Lion.
Too hilarious.
EM :) |
| Whippersnapper. |
Posted - 09/27/2007 : 16:08:59
Well, actually it was a dead heat between the Tin Man and the Lion, and fortunately the Scarecrow was there, so they drew straws. 
(And lions don't have hands, Em!  ) |
| Montgomery |
Posted - 09/27/2007 : 15:43:54
quote:
Originally posted by Whippersnapper
I voted:
1st Tin Man
2nd Lion
3rd Scarecrow
I don't get your ordering system.
It should be either -- Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion (In the order she meets them.)
Or, if you're going by who was the best -- It's the Lion, hands down for first. The other two tie for second with me.
EM :) |
| Whippersnapper. |
Posted - 09/26/2007 : 15:11:18
I voted:
1st Tin Man
2nd Lion
3rd Scarecrow
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| Sludge |
Posted - 09/26/2007 : 01:19:54
quote:
Originally posted by ChocolateLady
Ooops! I wanted to enter but got too busy. Next time. But I voted anyway.
Tell me about it. I'm married into a family of activists from Burma. Busy week.
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| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 09/25/2007 : 23:24:25
I'm voting
I'm voting
I'm melting
I'm voting
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| Montgomery |
Posted - 09/25/2007 : 20:30:26
Voted, then eased on down the road. Oh wait, that's a different movie.
EM :) |
| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 09/25/2007 : 08:40:28
Ooops! I wanted to enter but got too busy. Next time. But I voted anyway. |
| Montgomery |
Posted - 09/24/2007 : 19:12:50
Mean Glinda withholds
"Click slippers!" info. till the
second witch is dead.
EM :)
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