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MARCH MADNESS 2023 - Final

Well, folks. Here we are. The final match of March Madness 2023. We've lost some beautiful friends along the way (Channing Tatum's abs, Jelly, Gerard Depardieu as Obelix, all three Coneheads, Goro, Ghostface), but we've ended the competition with two very compelling contenders. Honestly? Das not fucked up.

It's OCEAN'S vs. PHILIP K. DICK adaptations.

Either way, we get Matt Damon.


With the OCEAN'S franchise, we'd get 5 films:

With PHILIP K. DICK, we’d narrow the field and cover 6 films:

We would not be covering MINORITY REPORT and TOTAL RECALL (1987) because we’ve already covered those on the main feed, and we’d be skipping the TOTAL RECALL remake and some other stinkers because, per David - “ugh, those might kill us”

SO - which franchise will Blank Check Special Features cover in 2023? Are we ring-a-ding-dinging with Danny Ocean? Or will there be tears in the rain with Roy Batty?



Comments

We’ll need a full report.

Tyler Duggan

I caught one of your Dicks yesterday but it was only a minority one.

heather

Excited to see how the guys pass the time during the interminable original Oceans!

Screen Drafts

I concur

Chris Radicone

Really the Oceans Filmography?! I just watched them over the pandemic and it peaks at 11 (IMO) 13 is fine 12 is a slog, it's like the MIB series.

Chris Radicone

This feels good

John

Cowardliness

Sam A. Sipe

Voting oceans as revenge for ghostface

simon d higgins

Give me DICK

Jake Nolan

Fuck

Jake Nolan

if these were regular episodes I can see voting Oceans but we have to WATCH these movies.

Moah Nartinez

I think Dick captured our cyberpunk hell with increasingly evident accuracy and without sacrificing bloody pulp entertainment. The directors that have covered him run that range (in some cases by being one more instance of our hell more than critiquing it) across many decades of history. It is a fascinating slice of pop culture to explore. The only reason i can see to vote against it is if you don’t trust the hosts or the format. Or if you just LOVE the color beige

Roberto Stadthagen

Plz... let me get that Dick. I need to hear these guys discuss blade runner

R M

Voting for Oceans so we can hear Griffin's BTS stories about his (cut) role in Oceans 8!

KS

Got your wish. Apes up next.

Amir Shani

No, but We do have these old shirt buttons. They’re kind of kooky and fun.

Sean McP

Can't I just vote that each series will have a fun time?

Corduroy Jim

I went for Dick, but the more I think about it the more I realize the precogs are floating in their tank warning us against future events.Dick punches coverage holes in the filmographies of Scott, Linklater, and Villanueve. Hell, it retroactively punched holes in itself by forcing the the exclusion of Total Recall and Minority Report! Dick is a space/time paradox I don’t think we’re ready for.

CT

This is facts, they’re so fantastic

Rad Rodge

Broke my heart last year! That said, the Moore Bond did end up being extremely fun commentaries.

Henry McKenzie

Dick Riders, if you're still in line STAY IN LINE.

Henry McKenzie

Ben eating on mic Brad Pitt-style is putting a thumb on the scales (for me that would be pro Oceans)

Michael Perry

Truly don't understand how Dick got here, I will dutifully vote against it once again.

Chris Dobson

Come on everyone! Put the Dick in!

aHumanbyMistake

Two good finalists. I'll be happy either way.

Patrick McEvoy

I will say. I’m excited to revisit the David Holmes soundtracks to the oceans movies. They are 🔥🔥🔥

Chris Lynch

I can’t have a repeat of last year ! Epic sci-fi series losing in the finals !

Ian Michael Wilson

I feel like we’re just not getting it up for the vote

Brook Shelley

Can we do write in votes for Free Willy?

Samuel Ramos

It’s gotta be Dick for the variety. Ocean’s is a deteriorating series of Carbon Copies and gets less and less interesting as a glance through list

Roberto Stadthagen

Whatever happens, can we still get Scream in October?

Khoa Nguyen

Either way I’m happy boy, movies good

Brandon Griffin

Give me that Dick!

Rob myler

As I said even as a young man: DICK DICK DICK!

Kalle Färm

I just wanna watch fun dumb movies. Vote Oceans!

Andrew Spitzer

You might not like the Oceans movies but they have always casted the hottest and best actors/movie star’s. Your deluding yourself if you think otherwise or just being chauvinistic about Oceans 8. Side note: I’ve voted against Oceans in every round.

James Manning

Oceans has been crushing everyone since the first round. I’m all for Dick and I voted for him but it was a long shot to beat the Ocean’s tidal wave! But goddamn both matches are really close! What fun!

James Manning

I don’t want to go to a Park for some Dick. I want to do a Bong hit next to the Ocean.

William Evans

CLOSE THE GAP DICK-HEADS

Nicholas McGettrick

I heard they're calling it Oceans 7/11

Sebastian Becerra

Who is voting oceans and why do they hate us?

Aaron Thompson

Dick! Dick! Dick!

Lawrence Guest

Two votes out of over 12,000

Rad Rodge

Park and Bong TWO VOTES APART right now holy moly

Rad Rodge

Hahahha I hadn’t thought about that yet

Rad Rodge

I’ve got no love for the Oceans films 😴

Andrew Fast

The Next commentary is the exact reason I'm voting against him. It's too boring to be good!

Rory Dunn

Dick is worth it for the Next commentary alone.

overthebw

If there's no Johnny I don't want no dick

Sloane

If, god forbid, Ocean's wins, there should be a bonus episode covering Maudlin's Eleven from SCTV.

Mireille C

I’m really pulling for Dick

Cal O'Boyle

I'm happy that both polls are as close as they are. So exciting! (And fingers crossed for Dick Park)

Alex

Hoping the late sleeping scum bums are starting to wake up and push PKD over the line.

Cody Johnson

Next makes Ocean's 8 look like a masterpiece, it's not even close

Rory Dunn

Probably the worst cast films of the last two decades. No likeable leads. No charisma. Just a bunch of bad actors acting badly.

Broccololipop

There are max 2 good Oceans movies and Oceans 8 is the worst movie in the entire match-up.

Niall Johnson-Byrne

The nose plays, sure, but we need trillions to conquer the stars!

Mark McBride

Saying you don't get the appeal of Pitt, Damon, Cheadle, Clooney, Garcia is certainly a take...

6ixking

I think those terrible movies are doing him in.

Matthew Farthing

You don't get the appeal of gigantic movie stars?

Matthew Farthing

This should be a blowout for Dick, right? What's going wrong?

Adam Modlin

So annoying Oceans came this far. I don’t get the appeal of those actors.

John

I miss jelly :(

Louis Frey

Why don’t more people want dick

Jake Nolan

Wow. We’re going to get miniseries based around the films of Park-Chan Wook and the King of Nespresso. What a fucking time to be alive.

Matthew Chmiel

Phillip K Dick miniseries is such an exciting potential shift in how these are organized, and will lead to really cool discussion between the TWO FRIENDS, Ben and guests!

Erick Sanchez

I actually think this is accurate. Does that mean director bong is the theatre kid vote on the other side? Are the theatre kids taking hold of the plurality after years of nerd rule pushing carpenter and shit to the front?

Josh Rioux

Let's be real, it's nerds vs. theater kids. Theater kids win again! No, I refuse to explain why Oceans Eleven is a theater kid movie. If you know, you know.

Izzy G

Honestly, Oceans movies would get old. I like the variety of the Dick series far more

Jake Hyslop

Thank god we'll get some George Nolfi discussion either way

Kevin Rowley

They were fine but would have been very low choices for me compared to other directors. This year’s MM winner will be better but I can usually count on voters to default to most boring choice. Democracy is overrated

Chuck Nipper

holy shit, we don't want to hear the two friends discuss Bladerunner? What is wrong with everyone?

Adam Rich

happy either way. this is such a good one.

ErnieLuckman

Yeah, I guess Soderbergh is possibly too big to tackle. He's basically 3 full series, scrappy 90's Soderbergh, 2000's big-time Hollywood Soderbergh, and 2010's weirdo I-made-a-movie-with-an-iphone-shot-through-a-mason-jar Soderbergh.

Will Jacobson

Give us the Dick!!

Alexander Parker

Unfortunately they basically ruled out Poderbergh series… dudes got too many movies, it would be like a full year

Andrew Wertz

🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

Jake

I know we won’t get a Soderbergh series… but also very unlikely they do a Ridley Scott or Linklater series (Denis v seems in play though)

Andrew Wertz

I don't care about Clooney or Blade Runner, but give me a Sinatra or Adjustment Bureau and I'm happy.

HappyCroc

I'm torn on this one. The thing I like hearing most in a Blank Check series is the comparisons between films in a series/filmography. I think the boys would be really good at discussing and tracking what makes the Oceans movies good and bad, and there's some truly great stuff and truly terrible stuff going on in that series. Would be fun. But I could also see them doing a Steven Poderbergh series at some point down the road, and we'd end up getting most of these anyway. I doubt we're going to get a George Nolfi series so this is probably the only chance to get Adjustment Bureau, one of the great hat-based movies of all time. I don't know what to vote for.

Will Jacobson

Heyy, I'm a young millennial and I was too young for Oceans. I watched it with my parents when they rented it. It should be Borat or something for my gen.

HappyCroc

Time to dick down and dick deep. I think the variety of weird films and directors (linklater!) is super interesting. Don’t get me wrong, the ocean’s series is great, but the wild swings in the dick series will be fun for everyone.

Brook Shelley

But yeah. Dick all day please

Jon Williams

Oh. I have no idea how to type

Jon Williams

I have no idea how the OceanMs

Jon Williams

THIS

Spam Boi

Oceans get out of here. the grownups are talking.

Rohmer Simpson

Those were all amazing series!!

Spam Boi

Folks, there's only one series with magic hats. It's time for Dick.

Matt Vaughan

both are great but i like the continuity between the Oceans sequels plus Soderbergh probably won’t be covered in full. hope in a few years we can get a Magic Mike mini

Tom

I'm voting for things you people would never believe. Attack pods on fire, off the cast of Orion...

Josh Rioux

We need that Dick y'all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sam A. Sipe

Who's being mean? I would die for your freedom to love beige!

Josh Rioux

abosultely no way y’all want to watch THE PAYCHECK and NEXT over a movie Griffin was supposedly in

Austin McDougle

Voting Ocean’s because we’re never getting a Soderbergh series

Michele

Going for a swim!!!!!

Austin McDougle

voting oceans like a true ghostface stan— out of sheer irrational spite

MB

Dick movies are not fun hangs. Think about what kind of content you’re actually voting for.

Jason Feffer

I’m rallying my fellow Dick heads! Don’t let Phil go out like this

Marcel Valoir

Come on Philip K Dick, we need to hear Ben respond to A Scanner Darkly.

Olympian Comics

I think what we're seeing is people like you fighting over nothing. Please accept that people have different tastes than you without being mean about it.

Johannes Wiberg

throw that D.

Javier Alcácer

Gimme movie stars, casino heists, and Rat Pack bits.

Charles

Genuinely happy with either one

Sacher

If Oceans wins they NEED to do logan lucky (the best one)

Jack Barr

Vote Dick!! No contest

Alaina Lynch

I’m an anti horror guy myself. It’s not hate, I’m just scared!

Daniel Avaritt

We're really seeing the Blankies culture war right here-- the nvrds on one side, people who just want to hear inside jokes about celebrities on the other

Josh Rioux

Dick would be such a cool winner. I can’t imagine voting Oceans.

Mikey

Oh I wasn't talking about PKD. He's one of my favorite authors (even if 75% of movie adaptations of his stuff are bad). I meant Oceans knocking out Ninja Turtles and Rocky.

Izzy G

Yeah I started to become super bummed out each week lol. Started out very fun.

Chris Lynch

Beige is a great way to describe oceans; they're all exactly the same.

Josh Rioux

Jelly could have been handing Ghostface's arse to him right now if you guys had played properly.

Matthew Farthing

Overdiscussed compared to other more interesting options, imo

Chuck Nipper

I kinda don’t care about the Patreon but I really need Bong to win the main event — though either will be better than recent choices (Kubrick, Carpenter, Boyle, Raimi) which are all

Chuck Nipper

Wildly beige/bland hype train for Oceans tbh hopefully the guys' coverage of them will be more interesting than I find the movies.

Jamesdillenbeck

Oceans! Do crimes! Have fun!

Jackie farmer

I'm 40, I've voted against PKD in every round. I cannot think of anything more boring.

Max

Please do both - I can't choose!

Nicole Paschen

Dick dick dick

Eric

I just mean in general. They’re all very similar movies. There’s so much variety to scream, dick, tmnt compared to these movies. I don’t think anyone’s actually watched the oceans movies in awhile cause they hold up better in memory

Jay Kay

Commentaries are so much better with fun vibey films, not plot heavy films. Ocean's is so much better of a choice for a commentary series and it's not even close

Jonah Kaufman

Blade Runner is my all time favourite movie do please vote for dick! It's a chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure!

aHumanbyMistake

Dick! Dick! Dick!

PoorFrisco

JUSTICE FOR SCREAM.

Michel Lichand Mendonça

Congratulations jerks! Can't wait to hear all about every dumb Clooney prank...

Lionel Olivares

I have absolutely no idea how these votes will go and that's great. But also please... Philly Dee

Thomas Mølby

love " all three Coneheads," as if there was a possibility to keep just one or two fo them.

gw

My theory is that it’s not so much that people preferred any of the Oceans movies to Scanner Darkly or either of the Blade Runners; it’s rather that they prefer even their least favorite Oceans movie(s) to all of the other Dick’s on the docket.

Aaron Summers

What a lame final. This is how democracy dies, with thunderous applause

David McCallum

Let's reduce this to brain dead generations discourse! Oceans getting this far is a victory for younger millenials. Now it's time to bury those geriatric millenials in the ground, once and for all.

Izzy G

OCEANS make up over 70% of the Earth, but only have 52% of the votes?

Sean Sakimae

Scream :(

john-kawika shelton

Where the hell is this Ocean's push coming from? I enjoy 1&2 (never saw 3) but I don't understand this push. Is it just the Soderbergh of it all since we'll probably never get a mini series? Genuinely curious.

George Dunne

Voting Dick, but much like the final two last year, I’ll be totally content either way. Proud of PKD for making it so far. Also, for those upset about the anti-horror bias, looks like you have a whole bunch of really gnarly stuff coming your way on the main feed.

Tobey

the house always wins

Leah Thomas

Ocean's seems like the most boring option in this competition.

Thomas LaFleur

#NoDicksAllowed

Scotty White

Weren't people bitching that Scream is just the same movie over and over? Isn't that what Oceans is except not fun to watch?

CT13

We demand Dick!

James Smith

If my fellow blankies force us into an Ocean's miniseries instead of PKD then I will fully love and support you, but I will wish you'd voted for that good D.

Beardmask

I'm voting Oceans. Not only because they're great movies and the discussion would be amazing, but also because I'm still mad that Scream isn't here.

Steve Geiler

Hush child, Meemaw's watching her stories

Steve Nutt

I’ve crossed oceans of time for this

Chuck Nipper

Htf did oceans take this?

Jay Kay

TOO BAD THEY WONT LIVE! BUT THEN AGAIN, WHO DOES???

Lucas Nascimento

Should have been Turtles vs Scream and y'all know it

Wade Hollomon

Both are fun options but only one has a 5 minute sequence of gibberish with George and Brad staring blankly at Matt Damon.

JT Sitko

#justiceforghostface

Kelly Briscoe

After the main feed disappointments...give me the oceans

Terry Ballard

I'm surprised that Scream lost. I'll never underestimate the Blankies love of Dick again

ian

Oceans is the only choice of the two I see.

Anthony Regina

If there’s one thing that bugs me about the show it’s this.

Anthony Regina

We're living in the holy moment.

Thaine Smith

Ring a ding ding fellas

Seymour Butz

They're both good choices, but only one of them let's you see the back of Griffin's head while Awkwafina steals from some dude

jktimberlake

It's Dick or nothing!!!

Avri Rosen-Zvi

Oceans, really?!

Benjamin

For Danny, for Rusty, for Linus… Vote Ocean’s!

TV's Kevin Lanigan

Glad you're having a normal one

Philip M Bernstein

OCEANS!!!!!

Ruby Levine

This is gonna be a real squeaker! But c'mon Dick!

Jim Kopeny (Tankboy)

The anti-horror bias here suuuccks

Andrew Carden

This is such a great matchup — hard to choose!

Charles Joseph

I haven't commented yet during thisnwhole madness but hear me now...I want dick.

ediblegenius

I’m happy with either but my gut says Ocean’s. And tbh I want some of the Dicks in proper miniseries.

Ryan Wayward

More like March Sadness. My vote for Oceans is directly to avenge my friends Sidney, Dewey, Gail, Billy, Stu, Mickey, Randy, Kirby, Sam, Tara, Mindy, and Chad.

DF

My thoughts exactly (except that I love all the Oceans movies, save for the original)

Joel DeJong

think of all the dick innuendos in the commentaries let alone this comment section, vote DICK

Kevin Merryman

Fuck Ocean’s! We can do this, Dick Nation!

Daniel A. Barron

Man, so many great and interesting franchises with a ton of variety and it’s leaning towards Oceans? 😞

PJ

I want dick to win and we should start blank check book club and read the short stories before the commentary is released!

Matthew Sherry

Gotta go for the ol' Horselover Fat on this one

Begemott

PKD EZ

gill

hell yes, dobmob assemble

Philip M Bernstein

Ocean’s babyyy

Omeed

So long unhinged Patreon commenters, it's been real

Kyle Faber

The Jelly Bureau (2011)

Garrett Kim

I’m goin down with the Dick

Colin

Dick heads

Jacob Pickett

Gimme that Dick!

Joe Allen D.

Oceans for the W. Can we have both? 🥺👉👈

Ben DeSart

But really I’ll listen to either series happily. Probably won’t rewatch Oceans is all!

Kawaiidebu

Democracy: Shitting in your lap and telling you to be grateful since 1775

Steve Nutt

Gotta go Ocean’s on this one to spite PKD for knocking out Scream.. hope y’all are happy with yourselves. We’ll at least get 2 good commentaries.

Scott Jacobs

Literally what I came to say.

Simon Keenan

dick starved i need dick!!

Tyler McClellan

It’s time for us to Listen up for Phillip( k Dick)

Ricky Bardy

Give me DICK!

Jake Nolan

Voting Oceans despite Blade Runner, boo to losing Ghostface.

RJ Burchatz

#JusticeForScream #JusticeForJelly

ChewyWalrus

Ocean supremacy, babyyy

Noah Mulder

Dick just has more variety. Come on guys!

Evan

I rewatched the Soderbergh Ocean’s recently so in only my own interest I’d prefer some Dick.

Kawaiidebu

V disappointed in y’all. Should have been Scream or Jelly

Matt Greenberg

haaaaaats

Jake Olbert

Voting Ocean’s for the same reason I’m seeing others mention, Ghostface’s revenge!!!

Spam Boi

Get Amanda Dobbins on for Ocean's 12

John Wedemeyer

Y'all are not even voting for Ocean's. You're voting against PKD!

Alex Crandall

Pickin’ Dick purely for the spread of directors and my love for the source material, but would still be very happy with an Ocean’s series. Stoked that both MM brackets this year ended with win-win finals!

Deven KB

I've never revenge voted before but it should've been Scream

Rory Dunn

I hope Dick loses for knocking out the man with the ghost mask! Let’s go DANNY and the gang! (Ocean’s Twelve is a masterpiece!)

Ian Smart

Dick must pay for it's sins of eliminating Scream. Vote Oceans!

Jonah Kaufman

If they did Minority Report and the two Total Recalls, I would switch my vote.

Holden Martinson

My vote is for oceans but I couldn’t be happier with this matchup it’s a win either way

DevinM

Amazing finals on both the here and the main feed. Going Oceans here, but hopefully we get some Phillip K Dick commentary in the near future.

Cody Hendry

Look. The Ocean's movies are fun, I'd be happy to hear em. But Scanner Darkly? The Adjustment Bureau?? NEXT?? BLADE RUNNER!?!? C'MON! Gimme that DICK!

Ian Johnson

So excited for hats!!!

Josh Harvey

Sneaky boyz 4 lyfe. Also, THEY'RE OCEANS. THEY'RE WET!!!

Holden Martinson


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