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#47 17 POINTS, 4 LISTS, Av PTS 4.25, HR 6 MJ / Peter Parker from Spider-Man: No Way Home Prompt: MJ and Peter on a large field with a fresh foot of snow. While we all agree that Gwen and Peter, and Peter and Mary Jane are equally as nice, it's clear we love our MJ and Peter way more! AO3 TAG

#48 17 POINTS, 4 LISTS, Av PTS 4.25, HR 18 Bella / Edward from Twilight Prompt: Bella and Edward unable to sleep after watching a horror movie, but neither will admit that the movie scared them. If you have never listened to R-Patz's Twilight commentary on this masterpiece, you are missing out on pure joy. AO3 TAG

#49 17 POINTS, 3 LISTS, Av PTS 5.66, HR 1 Shizuku / Seiji from Whisper Of The Heart Prompt: Shizuku gets into a heated argument with someone. Shizuku begins threatening them, so Seiji, picks up Shizuku and carries/drags them out of the room before anyone gets hurt. Fascinating data from the List on this pairing. They received TWO number one placements, BUT both of those placements were on Lists with only 20 Ships. So this could've been even higher. AO3 TAG

#50 17 POINTS, 3 LISTS, Av PTS 5.66, HR 8 Kat Stratford / Patrick Verona from 10 Things I Hate About You Prompt: Patrick and Kat playing games in the small arcade. Okay, I lied. THIS is the best Shakespeare Adaptation Evvveeeerrrrrrr. Kat is my childhood hero. Look at how PRECIOUS Health Ledger was when he was still a fetus. Yeah, absolutely. I Love youuuuuuuu babby!! And it's quite alright... I'm gonna post some bonus content: AO3 TAG

#51 17 POINTS, 3 LISTS, Av PTS 5.66, HR 13 Beatrice / Benedict from Much Ado About Nothing Prompt: Benedict and Beatrice play Twister. Things get embarrassing fast. God Damn You, Kenneth for effing up your marriage to Emma. You were so perfect together. [insert Planet Of The Apes Beating The Sand.gif] Bonus Content Cause This Is The Best Shakespeare Adaptation Eeeevveerrrr: AO3 TAG

#52 16.5 POINTS, 4 LISTS, Av PTS 4.125, HR 9 Dorothy Boyd / Jerry Maguire from Jerry Maguire Prompt: Them accidentally (or purposefully) dozing off in a hammock together as the sun sets and the air cools down. THIS IS BOTH THE MOST ROMANTIC EXCHANGE EVER ON FILM AND THE CORNIEST LINE OF ALL TIME. GOD I LOVE THE 90'S. AO3 TAG - There is not fan fic for this pairing but the AO3 Search DID come up with this SUPER CUTE Sam and Steve Fluff Fic about them quoting Rom Coms to each other!!

#53 16.5 POINTS, 4 LISTS, Av PTS 4.125, HR 11 Elena / Alejandro (Zorro) from The Mask of Zorro Prompt: Elena and Alejandro spending the night on the perfect hill for stargazing. Passion and revenge make an undeniable combo in this classic adventure. Also doesn't hurt that Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta Jones are at their PEAK Hotness. If the sword fighting doesn't get you hot and bothered, try the dancing. AO3 TAG

#54 16 POINTS, 2 LISTS, Av PTS 8, HR 1 Rey / Kylo Ren from Star Wars: The Last Jedi Prompt: Kylo and Rey making crafts. When tabulating this list, I really found that the Top 69 lived and died by the God Warriors. The folks that power ranked their OTPs because, god damn it, they're GETTING on that list. None might be more evident than our #54, which thanks receiving a #1 Ranking, hyperdrove its way into the Top. AO3 TAG

#55 15.5 POINTS, 3 LISTS, Av PTS 5.16, HR 4 Madeleine / Scottie from Vertigo Prompt: Scottie's mom gives Scottie and Madeleine very cheesy, matching shirts/sweaters/scarfs. Madeleine does their very best to pretend that they love it. Sometimes love is sunshine and rainbows and kisses in the rain. Sometimes it's obsession. Dark, twisted, overpowering obsession. AO3 TAG

#56 15 POINTS, 4 LISTS, Av PTS 3.5, HR 19 Jessica Rabbit / Roger Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Prompt: Roger and Jessica are about to kiss when instead they accidentally hit foreheads really hard and have matching bruises. It's not love, they're just drawn that way. AO3 TAG

#57 15 POINTS, 3 LISTS, Av PTS 5, HR 2 Jodhaa / Akbar from Jodha Akbar Prompt: Jodhaa hurt their ankle and is laid up with a cast and crutches. Akbar is sitting next to them, doodling little hearts on their cast to cheer them up. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is back again with more epic romance! Can a political marriage turn out to be true love? AO3 TAG

#58 15 POINTS, 2 LISTS, Av PTS 7.5, HR 3 Samantha / Theodore Twonbly from Her Prompt: Samantha and Theodore playing on the swings at a small playground that nobody goes to anymore. Who doesn't want to bonk Alexia, right, am I right? AO3 TAG

#59 15 POINTS, 2 LISTS, Av PTS 7.5, HR 5 Nandini / Sameer from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Prompt: Nandini falling asleep in Sameer's lap. Sameer holds Nandini close and doesn't move from their spot for hours. We pick back up with our first Bollywood entry. The most world woman on the planet is betrothed to one man yet loves another. What more could you ask for? AO3: There's no AO3 fic for this -- if you find any fic, I will link it -- but here's a pretty cool analysis on the film!!

I love when people find my gifts I leave for them. 😜

Nope. NOPE. We are not remotely doing this. 1. It is not insane that comic books are the biggest source of theatrical entertainment now. Adapted materials for movies have existed since the dawn of movies. If this was the 1920s, you’d probably be saying I can’t believe that Coward plays Are the only source of theatrical entertainment. Remember that 30 year period Where everything was a Western? Hollywood finally has the technology to adopt comic books, so that’s where were at. In the stories and adaptations just keep coming because there are literally thousands of stories and characters between DC, Marvel, and the indie comics that they can mine for source material. Next point. 2. Maybe if my life centers around these movies, and I would argue that my life probably does center around these movies, I’m in no rush to watch a three hour Batman movie on a Thursday night. And as exciting and as beautiful as the footage looks, it’s still a Batman movie. He dresses up in a bad suit, he goes and he fights crime, and his parents are still going to be dead. This has been the same for 40 years. This is not Batman fatigue. This is Batman pigeonholing itself. The best example that I can think of, and I’m sorry for pulling Star Wars into this, is that get the eff off Tatooine. There are other planets. There are other stories. If they came out of the gate and said this Batman has Dick Grayson as Robin, that be a different story. If they came out of the gate and said we’re going to make Bruce Wayne old, and we’re going to do Terry McGinnis, that would be a different story. 3. This literally has nothing to do with Disney. This has nothing to do with the MCU. There have been financially successful Warner Bros./DC films during the MCU raise. They coexist. And they will continue to coexist. The only reason they would not coexist, is if one team imploded. And there’s no indication that that’s going to happen anytime soon. So, please do not come in here with your concerned trolling. And if you want to pull that, you can go over to the Batman thread. This thread is for numbers and data.

Remember folks: 1950: Sunset Blvd 1952: Singin’ in The Rain 2014: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Totally anecdotal, but my Thursday night movie crew that we do the MCU movies with all said they had no interest in seeing this on Thursday night. They said that they get to it sometime during the weekend or the week. And they’re all the prime demo of the single, male, comic book fan. And they are not one or the other fans. We do all of them. For Tracking, I just eye balled my IMAX up here. It’s about 40% full for Thursday

I just really like JLo and liked watching JLo. No more, no less.

SOOOOOOOO... To paraphrase an Elite Wrestler, "Who's ready for Storytime with Cap Bay-Bay." I was preparing for the next batch of posts when I noticed that something about wrong with the upcoming entry. It said it was on TWO lists, but when I searched for the two lists (because I was looking for a Tie Breaker Rank to see the order to post them), I only came up with one. I did what any smart person would do in this scenario. I ran to @Jason, Mr. Captain Spreadsheets himself, and asked him if he could run a quick formula to make sure everything was on the Up and Up. No joke. No joke. Jason and I were literally on the phone for like an hour, but we figured it out. It only took him having to write a formula, for the formula to not work because ALL of the data entries were different (the / v & v AND was a nightmare). Then I had to reformat EVERY entry by hand to make sure all the movies and couples lined up EXACTLY. And then he ran his formula again, and... there were still issues due to different data entries. So I got off the phone with him, and I recounted the ENTIRE list manually. To go BACK on the phone with him, for him to run his formula again, for... there to still be data point difference. Cause apparently we can't spell Philadelphia! And the formula REALLY didn't like the multiple George and Marys or Marian and Robins. Freaked right out at that! Two hours later, we're confident the entire list is now accurate. So, wait! What the list NOT accurate!??!?! Turns out -- We spent all day staring at a spread sheet to find out that... the list was like 97% accurate. There was ONLY ONE ship that was ranked in 69 and higher that fell out of range. That was Jo and Laurie from Little Women (2019). I originally counted that as THREE lists. Well, turns out, SOMEONE likes Amy and Laurie better. It was only Jo and Laurie with TWO lists, and Amy and Laurie with ONE. Another case of shipping wars splitting the movie total. I will go back tomorrow and edit that into original #70 post, which is where Jo and Laurie landed. I will reveal what list SHOULD have made the Top 69, but didn't when we get to its REAL position on the Countdown. (And TBH, it's an absolute laugh riot.) When the whole list is completed, I will share the Google Document for you can see both lists, and you can see all of the work. Trying to be as transparent as possible here. Jason also suggested if we do this again, esp for the TV Ship List, that we move everything to a Google Form. 🤪 Meanwhile, I am done staring at spreadsheets for the evening. Time for to take the sleep meds and watch Drag Race. We're going to pick back up everything tomorrow! AND I CAN NOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH! THANK YOU TO JASON. VOTE FOR HIM IN THE BOFFYS FOR THE MVP!!

Dune getting like 15 nominations and Eternals getting zero is my villain origin story. But on the other hand it didn't get Worse Picture, so that's a win. No Bob Chapek for "Best Villain" feels like a snub, not gonna lie. And thanks for thinking I'm funny and useful, y'all. As the Best Aunt May say:

Basically! It was even ABO! Y'all insane. That'd be a bloodbath. (We can discuss it though!! Maybe November Premieres!) And no reveals tonight. Been sick all day and am just gonna call it a day.

Oh my god this does sound so much better. Thank you for telling me this. Because I feel better that I wasn’t the only person going there’s _no way in hell_

they are # 71 and #70 I’m not on my desktop, but when I get back there I’ll re-added this post with the chart. And then obviously at the end of the countdown I will put the full charge together with every movie rightI’m not on my desktop, but when I get back there I’ll re-added this post with the chart. And then obviously at the end of the countdown I will put the full charge together with every movie ranked!

#60 14 POINTS, 5 LISTS, Av PTS 2.8 Emily Gordon / Kumail Nanjiani from The Big Sick Prompt: Emily gets the hiccups, causing Kumail to laugh every time they try to talk until Kumail gets the hiccups too. A true life happy ending gets the Hollywood treatment in this adorkable dramedy that reminds us that Kumail needs to be cast in EVERYTHING. Every. Thing. AO3: No Link cause technically this is RPF. And that's it for the evening! My game plan is to get 10-15 up a day for the rest of the week, so hopefully we can get this wrapped by before the BOFFYS and 2021's Top 25!