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Next up, Challenge #17  Buddy cops for life!

And proceeding to knock out a few more missed challenges.  Starting with Challenge #12

The directors I went with are Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg, and Edgar Wright.  I honestly can't think I've seen a bad movie from any of them (well ok, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull).  There are a few titles for Spielberg that I'll say I'm meh about (Lost World, Lincoln, War of the Worlds come to mind).

And I figured since Nolan and Spielberg were easy ones to pick, I'd go with Wright for the third director.  He has a much smaller filmography but is no less impressive.  The Cornetto trilogy is among my most favorite comedies (and the EverythingBlu set I have is among my most prized in my collection).  But Baby Driver, Scott Pilgrim vs the World, and Last Night in Soho are all excellent too.

Favorites are:  Nolan - Interstellar, Spielberg - Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Wright - Hot Fuzz

Hit the deck! Challenge #31 incoming!

Stuck with the WWII theme because they were easier for me to come up with. 😬  But I tried to grab a few that weren't already used (I only saw Hacksaw Ridge in the scan of posts). 

It appears in my award posting spree, I missed this one.

Here are my 10 digibooks.

Alright, first 4 pics are the original 50 used.

Next 2 are the other 50.  I don't think I got any overlaps.

For the new ones I just went alphabetical  😅

For Challenge #30

Decided to stick to comedic villains. 

1) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery - Dr. Evil   

2) Ghostbusters II - Prince Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf, Scourge of Carpathia, Sorrow of Moldavia, also known as Vigo the Carpathian, Vigo the Cruel, Vigo the Torturer, Vigo the Despised, Vigo the Unholy  

3) Mars Attacks! - The Martians.  Ack! Ack!  

4) Hot Fuzz - The whole freaking town  

5)  Who Framed Roger Rabbit? - Judge Doom  

My favorite would have to be Darth Vader because Star Wars is the greatest.  For a couple of other great ones I haven't seen mentioned yet (at least from my quick scan), Kilmonger in Black Panther and Staff Sgt. Barnes in Platoon.  Both are huge parts of what made those movies great.

Ack, my brain saw animated and live action but skipped the remake part!  Sorry!  And here I thought I was trying to bring out some different things.

Anyways, I actually counted 11 wrong ones:  Hocus Pocus, Ice Princess, Maleficent, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Invincible, Princess Diaries 2, National Treasure, National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, Sky High, Swiss Family Robinson, and Tomorrowland.  Unless Maleficent counts for Sleeping Beauty?

Anyways, here are 11 more.

Challenge #20

The top row are top notch movies that deserve upgrades.  Hopefully, The Abyss actually gets that 4K release this year that has been rumored several times.

The second row are movies that are also great, but without steelbooks.  I think you could make some great covers out of them.

Challenge #19

1) 60's - The Great Escape

2) 70's - The Godfather

3) 80's - Back to the Future

4) 90's - Fight Club

5) 00's - The Lord of the Rings

Each of these are among the greatest movies for their respective decades.

Challenge #18

I went with these because they are some of my favorite movies.  The items (not the movies themselves) were all gifts from friends or family, except the Captain America statue.  So they mean a little extra.

The statue, well Cap was my favorite comic character for a long time.  And that scene in Endgame is epic.  And the statue is just as epic.

Challenge #16

This one is way too hard for me.  I enjoy too many, and it's often about what mood I'm in.  Sci-fi and comedies tend to be my favorites overall.

But here is a good selection.  I could watch these anytime.

Challenge #15

Merry April!

Challenge #14

I love most all animals, but I've always been a dog guy first.  I grew up with them, they were always just so loyal, affectionate, and happy.  I love how happy they are when you get home.

Challenge #13

1) Daredevil - The start of the Netflix Marvel series.  Beating the MCU to the gritty series. Probably still better at that than the MCU too.

2) Firefly - Space western cut down too soon by the corporate overlords of Fox.

3)  Stranger Things - Great mystery to start the series.  Can't wait for the conclusion.

4) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - I really like Anson Mount as Pike.  Seeing the earlier adventures of the Enterprise has been fun and feels a lot more like old Trek. (Made a mistake in the first photo with Lower Decks.  Still a great show too though.)

5) Westworld - Another great mystery sci-fi show.  Excellent acting and writing.

Alright, back to catch up on a few more past challenges.

1) Airplane II: The Sequel - Superior is the space setting and the excellent William Shatner going full ham.

2) Desperado - Pretty much everything is an upgrade over El Mariachi.

3) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - The grand conclusion to the whole series.  All of the actors have obviously improved in their acting abilities since the first.

4) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Sean Connery brings so much as Dr. Henry Jones Sr.  It's great to learn the origin of the Indy moniker.

5) John Wick: Chapter 2 - Each of these movies continues to step up the fight scenes.  This one has the excellent mirror fight sequence, plus the subway slow chase, and more.

Challenge #

Here is my submission for the monsters

Alright so I'm cheating on this and using some pics from yesterday.  Hope that's ok.  But if I must, I will go pull 50 down for a new set of pics.

@extantsrevenge It appears I may need to tag you for this.

But I also had a question, because of the multiverse stuff now in the MCU, do the other universes that have been explicitly linked count?  Things like Venom, Raimi Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man etc...?  🤓

And unrelated to this award, but do I need to tag you in other award threads too?

Challng Accptd #29

1) 300

2) 47 Ronin

3) Ant-Man

4) Bull Durham

5) Aquaman

6) Mars Attacks!

7) Pacific Rim

😎 Pitch Black

9) Platoon

10) Wild Things

I themed this one! XD

Evil Dead 2 - claims the axe

Army of Darkness (1st in line) - claims the boomstick

Army of Darkness (2nd in line) - claims the sword

Ash vs Evil Dead Season 1 - Chainsaw

Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 - claims the dagger

The boomstick and chainsaw is such a perfect combo!  How can you choose just one?

Challenge #8

Avengers

Ash vs Evil Dead Season 3

Tommy Boy

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

Ponyo

The Transformers The Movie

Mean Girls

EDIT:  Too fast on the submit button 

Challenge #7

I'm not a huge horror fan.  But I have a few in my collection.

As for the first movie to creep me out, it was either Legend (1985) or Aliens.  I saw both of them well before I was old enough to, and was scared of both.  But I love both of them now.

Challenge #6

Deadpool 2

Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Tucker and Dale Versus Evil

Iron Giant

Leon - The Professional

The Untouchables

Sucker Punch

And as I typed that out, I realized I placed them in the incorrect order in the picture.

Anyways, the username is one I have used for a couple of decades now.  It's an intentional misspelling of Daedalus from Greek mythology.  I just like the sound of the name, but figured others might use it in places.  So I tweaked the spelling.

Challenge #4

1) Race car

2) Tank

3) Space ship

3) Ship ship

4) Airplane (plus another ship)

On to Challenge #2.

Here are five of my favorite premiums.

1) Spider-man: Far From Home - I really get a kick out of the suitcase case.

2) The Frighteners - I really love the movie, and that cover work is excellent (which also is one of the 2 posters it comes with).  The interior artwork is also fantastic.

3) Edge of Tomorrow - As stated in Challenge #1, I really dig the lenticular and the movie itself.

4) The Incredible Hulk - Another great lenticular.  And I think this is one of the more underrated MCU movies.

5) Interstellar - Another excellent lenticular, and one of my all-time favorite films.