Media Psychos Psycho Challenge! NEW: CHALLENGE 38 IS NOW LIVE!

[Peter M]

Thanks to  @R1s1ngs0n for creating this challenge #35. This one was a little bit tough for me but really well thought out! 👍 👍

 

 

"Family Business"

 

 

Here is my list of 5 movies that star 2 (or more) members of the same family.

 

 

1. The Departed: Mark Wahlberg and Robert Wahlberg (brothers)

 

2. Eyes Wide Shut: Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman (they were married when this movie was released in 1999 but later on divorced each other in 2001)

 

3. Blown Away: Jeff Bridges (son) and Lloyd Bridges (father)

 

4. The Godfather Part III: Francis Ford Coppola (director-father) and Sofia Coppola (daughter)

 

5. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith : George Lucas (director-father) and Jett Lucas (son)

 

 

 

 

My favorite off screen/on screen couple would have to be Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes.

 

 

 

 

[Casiusco]

CHALLENGE #32: The Sticky End 

 

Thank you, @Scary Hair

 

 

 

Among the baddies who have had the death they deserved, you can find several familiar ones; I'm a peaceful guy, and I don't have that many in my collection.

In fact, I've noticed that in some cases when baddies do have the end they deserved, cruel and even bloodthirsty, you like the baddie .... and with their death you don't know if he belongs to Type A or Type B here.  

 

Among those stickys endings, where someone gets what he or she deserves, obviously:

• Once upon a time in... Hollywood
• I saw the devil
• Bullet Train

I don't think any of the three need any introduction. And in all three cases I enjoyed that scene. Maybe "Bullet Train" is the only one that hasn't been included in this Challenge before, I think, but I guess you know what I'm talking about.  

 

My three endings where the loss of one of the main characters was a blow...

• Maggie
• Lucky
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 

The first is an underrated (IMO) Schwarzenegger film, perhaps because it's so different from his usual work. The second is a great film directed by John Carrol Lynch, yes, the actor; starring in his last role a nonagenarian Harry Dean Staton, and with David Lynch making a cameo; a very good film, and very vitalistic; one of those times when you know where the plot is going, but it's worth it. The third, is a great film directed by Julian Schnabel, which although it may seem sad, it is not; in fact it is a film that instils a zest for life.

 

And my additional "special" is.... "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", and yes, I know the main character doesn't die, but... come on, he's as dead. Not only is he no longer him, but he's been reduced to a vegetable. The first time I saw it I was deeply saddened. 

 

[Casiusco]

CHALLENGE #33: INTERMISSION 

 

Thank you, @ethnosax

 

 

• 1900 (Bertolucci) 5 hours 16 minutes
• La comuna (=La Commune - Paris, 1871) (Peter Watkins) 5 hours 45 minutes
• Nymphomaniac (Von Trier) 5 hours 25 minutes
• Hamlet (Brannagh) 4 hours 2 minutes
• La puerta del Cielo (=Heaven’s Gate) (Cimino)  3 hours 36 minutes

In this case, I have to say that the director's cuts of these films are worthwhile.

Especially "Heaven's Gate" and "Nymphomaniac", which make them better films.

[Casiusco]

CHALLENGE #34: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST!!?

 

Thank you, @jwhitm3
 

 

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick) -  1968/2001
• Blade Runner (Ridley Scott) - 1982/2019
• Días extraños (=Strange Days) (Bigelow) - 1995/1999

It's always a good time to revisit any of these three films, and incidentally, to involve my OC from 2001, my first OC. 😍😍😍

[Casiusco]

CHALLENGE #35: FAMILY BUSINESS

 

Thank you @R1s1ngs0n

 

 

• Eyes Wide Shut (Kubrick). The director wanted it to be a real marriage to give more authenticity to the scenes...
• Senderos de gloria (=Paths of Glory) (Kubrick). Here the master met his wife Christianne...
• La Strada (Fellini). Fellini directing his wife, the brilliant Giulietta Massina, in a beautiful great movie.
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Liman). I've always found it a very funny film. And it's a pity they don't make a sequel now, with the good relationship they have... 
• Duck Soup, or any other of the Marx Bros. I think explaining the family business here is a bit of an oversimplification, isn't it?

 

PS: I think I have recovered some very recent challenges that I had lost. I still have one pending, the Golden Raspberry Award, you know, but I'm working on it. The challenge is to buy wonderful bad films. Or unfairly bashed at the time. I'll get there in time, but... it's the hardest challenge I've founded here.

 

[Casiusco]

8 minutes ago, Casiusco said:

CHALLENGE #33: INTERMISSION 

 

Thank you, @ethnosax

 

 

• 1900 (Bertolucci) 5 hours 16 minutes
• La comuna (=La Commune - Paris, 1871) (Peter Watkins) 5 hours 45 minutes
• Nymphomaniac (Von Trier) 5 hours 25 minutes
• Hamlet (Brannagh) 4 hours 2 minutes
• La puerta del Cielo (=Heaven’s Gate) (Cimino)  3 hours 36 minutes

In this case, I have to say that the director's cuts of these films are worthwhile.

Especially "Heaven's Gate" and "Nymphomaniac", which make them better films.

 

In this one I forgot to mention one thing: as you can see in the picture, I also included two documentaries because in the documentary genre there are some really long documentaries, and these are two good examples:

• Shoah (Lanzmann) - 9 hours 26 minutes
• Spiritual voices (Sokurov) - 5 hours 28 minutes

[sobmaster]

Challenge 34:  Days Of Future Past

@extantsrevenge

@jwhitm3  Thanks for this challenge!

 

I Am Legend: 2007 / 2012
Blade Runer:1982 / 2019
Running Man:1987 / 2017

 

 

 

[bossjon]

CHALLENGE 35 - "FAMILY BUSINESS

 

1.  Gattaca:  Future married couple.  Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke.

2.Thor: Love and Thunder.  Chris Hemsworth and his Spouse, Daughter and sons in the film.  Elsa Pataky, India Rose, Tristan and Sasha.

3.  Clerks 3(or any of his later releases)  Kevin Smith, Daughter Harley Quinn and Spouse,  Jennifer Schwalbach.  

4.  Temple of Doom.  Steven Spielberg and Spouse Kate Capshaw.

5.  The Emerald Forect.  Director John Boorman and son Charlie Boorman.

 

 

Favorite.   Would go with Joel Coen and Frances McDormand.  Work well together. 

[Steelbook Indy]

Media Psychos Weekly Challenge #34-  “…Days of Future Past  ……..”

Thanks @jwhitm3 for the topic and @extantsrevenge for the thread.  I hope that this isn’t too late with the holiday weekend.

 

1. The Incredible Hulk - 2008 release 2010 setting

2. Edge of Tomorrow - 2014 release 2015-2020 setting

3. Man of Steel - 2013 release 2014 setting

4. Blade Runner - 1982 release 2019 setting

5. District 9 - 2009 release 2010 setting

Edited May 29, 2023 by Steelbook Indy

[CAYENNE-FAHRER]

CHALLENGE 35 - "FAMILY BUSINESS

Thank you @R1s1ngs0n

@extantsrevenge

 

 

Green Lantern   -   Ryan Reynolds plays together with Blake Lively, they marry a bit later

Iron Man 2    - Director Jon Favreau's son, Max, played the little kid in the Iron Man mask in Iron Man 2

Star Wars - Last Jedi    -   Carrie Fisher & Billie Lourd (mother, daughter)

Indiana Jones - Temple Of Doom   - Steven Spielberg (director)/Kate Capshaw (star) - future married

I Am Legend   -  father - daughter

 

[extantsrevenge]

 

Last few points for Challenge 34 😀. Thanks everyone @Catgirl @javi @nerdist @Gary K @Mrdugan @ukade2327 @Casiusco @sobmaster @Steelbook Indy

 

Moving on to #35

Thanks @R1s1ngs0n for this original challenge, besides Miller's Crossing these are indeed all movies I would not have expected to see.

 

Great selection @hal56 @Chief_lookout @ethnosax @nerdist @Veum @Gary K @TechSpec924 (I was waiting for this combo Carrie Fisher & Billie Lourd (mother, daughter)), @Peter Manoukian @Casiusco @bossjon @CAYENNE-FAHRER

 

Really impressed that so many different titles have been shown already.

 

@Casiusco #32 and 33 are actually closed at the moment, but it is okay 😪. Anyway now I also have to allow @ShadowWarrior to post the other challenges too. @ShadowWarrior please go ahed and post the challenges again you did not yet get points for 😅.

 

@Casiusco from what I see on my list you are still missing 28 & 29, hope I did not forget to award a point if you aleady did one of these.

 

After Challenge 35 is ending on sunday the Media Psychos Psycho Challenge will go into

 

 

The last few weeks it was a little hard for me to find the time to organise a new challenge and also award points and stuff.

 

And during summer I need more time for my bicycle tours

and I'm sure everyone else will also be busy. Hopefully many will continue to particpate when we are back and I also hope that more will join again (seems like we lost some players 😅).

 

During the break members can still submit for old challenges.

 

But first #35

[InfiniteDoors]

On 5/28/2023 at 12:29 AM, R1s1ngs0n said:

CHALLENGE 35 - "FAMILY BUSINESS"

 

Post 5 editions of movies that star two (or more) members of the same family.

Besides acting partnerships I also accept filmmakers directing a family member (note: directing duos like the Coen brothers and the Wachowskis count as one family member).

The following family relationships are accepted:

Grandparents-parents-children-grandchildren.

Brothers-sisters.

Uncles-aunts-nephews-nieces-cousins.

Married couples (can be either before, during or after the film’s shooting, so divorced couples like Pitt-Jolie count as well).

In-laws and unmarried couples do not count.

 

An actor/filmmaker can appear in more than one movie as long as the other family member is a different person (ie. Francis Ford Coppola and daughter Sofia in Godfather III, plus Francis and sister Talia Shire in any of the other Godfather films).

 

And finally, name your favorite off-screen/on-screen couple.

 

Avengers: Endgame—Joe Russo and his daughter Ava

The Evil Dead—Sam Raimi and his brothers Ivan and Ted

I am Legend—Will Smith and his daughter Willow

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom—Steven Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw

Thor: Love and Thunder—Chris Hemsworth and his wife Elsa Pataky

 

Favorite couple? John Slattery and Talia Balsam, aka Roger and Mona Sterling

[guri008]

thanks, @R1s1ngs0n , for this family challenge. 

• the curious case of benjamin button - brad pitt and his daughter shiloh jolie-pitt (2 years old at that time)
• hot shots 2 - as i dont have "wall street", i chose this one that has short scene of charlie sheen with his father martin sheen ("i loved you in wall street" :-D)
• a quiet place 2 - john krasinski as the director and actor, his wife emily blunt as the actress
• corpse bride - tim burton as director, his wife helena bonham carter as actress (you could chose form many films from these two)
• gone baby gone - ben affleck is directing his brother casey affleck

there are many great on-screen/off-screen couples and each day i would probably choose somebody else. 

anyway, the couple that is quite fascinating are celine (julie delpy) and jesse (ethan hawke) from "before sunrise" trilogy) as their relationship develops over 3 films and many years. 

[Mrdugan]

Challenge 35: Family Business courtesy of @R1s1ngs0n Thank you for a fun challenge.
 

1. Siblings Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheens - Young Guns

 

2. Siblings Luke and Owen Wilson - Bottle Rocket

 

3. Siblings Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal - Donnie Darko

 

4. Parent/Child Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola - The Godfather 3

 

5. Spouses and my favorite Hollywood couple Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn- Overboard

 

[bilbon]

Challenge #35

thank you Eli @R1s1ngs0n for this new challenge,

here is my selection

The Fellowship of the Ring, Peter Jackson, Katie Jackson, Billy Jackson

 

Avengers endgame, the Russo brothers

I Am Legend will Smith and Willow Smith

Temple Of Doom Steven Spielberg and Kate  Capshaw

Thor Love And Thunder

Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky

[ncraft]

Challenge #35: Family Business. Thanks to @R1s1ngs0nfor this tough challenge!

Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal (brother and sister) 

Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman (future spouses) 

Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw (future spouses) 

Bill Murray and Brian Doyle Murray (brothers) 

John Krasinski and Emily Blunt (spouses) 

 

Krasinski and Blunt are my favorite couple. I was really hoping they'd be Reed Richards/Sue Storm in the MCU. 

 

[jwhitm3]

Challenge #35         keeping it in the family

 

Revenge of the Sith - George Lucas  and Jett Lucas

 

Gattaca - Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke

 

Dark knight rises - Christopher Nolan and son Rory

 

Evil Dead - Sam Rami and Ted Rami 

[Scary Hair]

SUMMER BREAK 

 

 

 

 WHAT IS THIS   

 

A TIME TO PARTY AND RELAX 

 

FROM RUMMAGING AND STRESSING TO FIND EDITIONS THAT MEET CRITERIA 

 

 

FOR A ICON TO PROVE WE ARE PSYCHIC ABOUT PHYSICAL MEDIA 

 

Challenge 365 keeping in the family

 

@extantsrevenge at @R1s1ngs0n

 

For your approval OR Disapproval may I present my selection

 

 

 

Hacksaw Ridge

 

 Mel Gibson Director Farther 

 

Milo Gibson =  Actor = Lucky Ford  = Son 

 

A Time To Kill 

 

Donald Sutherland = Actor = Lucien Willbanks = Farther 

 

Keifer Southerland = Actor = Freddie Lee Cobb = Son

 

Harry Potter and The deathly Hallows part 2

 

Brendon Gleeson = Actor = Mad Eye Moody = Farther 

 

Domhnall Gleeson =Actor  = Bill Weasley = Son

 

Escape From New York 

 

 

John Carpenter  = Director = Husband 

 

Adrienne Barbeau = Maggie = Wife

 

Terminator 2 Judgment Day ALL Cuts

 

Linda Hamilton = Actor = Sarah Connor = Mum

 

Dolton Abbott  = Actor = Young John Conner ( Apocalypse sequence ) = Son

 

 

Favourite couple 

 

I have always have had a soft spot for 

 

Nathan Lane and the much missed Robin Williams 

The Birdcage 

 

 

 

 

 

[Catgirl]

CHALLENGE 35 

 

I don't have a favorite couple 😎

 

Game of Thrones - Harrington /Leslie 

A Quite Place - Blunt/Krasinski 

Lord of the Rings - Peter Jackson /Billy Jackson

Star Wars - George Lucas/Katie Lucas

Der Pate - Francis F. Coppola /Sofia Coppola 

 

 

[javi]

 

challenge #35:

 

1. Dressed to kill - Brian De Palma and Nancy Allen

 

2. Lord of the Rings - Peter Jackson and Billy Jackson

3. The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola 

 

4. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw

 

5. Undworld - Len Wiseman and Kate Beckinsale

 

6. The Terminator - James Cameron and Linda Hamilton

My favourite couple would be Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn - Overboard!

 

 

 

Edited June 4, 2023 by javi

[ukade2327]

Media Psychos Weekly Challenge #35 -   “…Family Business …..” ….

Thanks to @R1s1ngs0n  for this week’s Familial challenge…here are my choices….

1. Tomb Raider … Angelina Jolie and Father , John Voight
2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom … Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw
3. A Quiet Place  Part 2. ..John Krazinski and Wife , Emily Blunt 
4. The Godfather Part III …F.F.Coppola  and Daughter Sofia…
5. I Am Legend … Will Smith and Daughter Willow

 

Favourite Hollywood couple has to be Richard Burton and Liz Taylor

 closely followed by Kurt and Goldie … 

Edited June 4, 2023 by ukade2327

[Peter M]

Thank you to @extantsrevenge for creating this challenge #10 and also allowing us to catch up some older ones as well.

 

 

"CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON"

 

 

Here is my list of 5 different handheld weapons as follows for this challenge:

 

 

1. The Town (gun-handgun held by Ben Affleck)

 

2. The Watchmen (The grappling hook gun held by Forschach)

 

3. Jet Li's Fearless (Sword)

 

4. Halloween (Kitchen Knife)

 

5. Inglourious Basterds (Baseball bat)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My favorite weapon from a hero would be the M134 Minigun used in the movie "Predator"

 

 

 

 

And favorite weapon used by a villain would be the double-bladed light saber used by Dark Maul in the movie in "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace"

 

 

 

[Peter M]

Thank you to @R1s1ngs0n for creating this interesting challenge. Also thanks to @extantsrevenge for allowing us to catch up on older challenges.

 

 

"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow."

 

 

Here is my list of 5 favorite Christmas/snow themed movies as follows:

 

 

1. The Ref (On and around Christmas)

 

2. Batman Returns (Christimas/Snow Themed)

 

3. The Revenant (Snow Themed)

 

4. Eyes Wide Shut (On and around Christmas)

 

5. The Hateful Eight (Snow Themed)

 

 

[jwhitm3]

Challenge #2 @R1s1ngs0n

 

Beast Master - vinegar syndrome

 

the Matrix reloaded - Manta Lab

 

pitch black - turbine

 

2001: a space Odyssey - titans of cult

 

Videodrome - criterion

 

 

each of these is my first from each company 

[Peter M]

Thanks to @InfiniteDoors for creating this challenge #6.

 

"ABCDLMNOP: Alphabetize and Summarize"

 

 

Here's my contribution to challenge #6 as follows:

 

1. Public Enemies

2. Eastern Promises

3. Ted

4. The Equalizer

5. Ransom

6. My Blu Heaven

 

My username is Peter M which is my first name and the first initial of my last name which is M. My name was given to me by my lovely, sweet and caring parents! Thanks mom and dad. 😀