The DarkUFO Episode Cup - Official Discussion Thread

[DarkUFO]

Round 1
Matches 1-4 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... s-1-4.html
Matches 5-8 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... s-5-8.html
Matches 9-12 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... -9-12.html
Matches 13-16 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... 13-16.html
Matches 17-20 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... 17-20.html
Matches 21-24 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... 21-24.html
Matches 25-28 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... 25-28.html
Matches 29-32 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... 29-32.html

Round 2
Matches 1-2 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... and-2.html
Matches 3-4 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... -2_14.html
Matches 5-6 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... and-6.html
Matches 7-8 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... and-8.html
Matches 9-10 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... nd-10.html
Matches 11-12 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... 1-and.html
Matches 13-14 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... 3-and.html
Matches 15-16 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... 5-and.html

Round 3
Match 1 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... and-2.html
Match 2 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... tch-2.html
Match 3 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... tch-3.html
Match 4 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... tch-4.html
Match 5 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... tch-5.html
Match 6 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... tch-6.html
Match 7 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... tch-7.html
Match 8 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/08/dar ... tch-8.html

Qtr-Finals
Match 1 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/08/dar ... nal-1.html
Match 2 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/08/dar ... nal-2.html
Match 3 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/08/dar ... nal-3.html
Match 4 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/08/dar ... nal-4.html

Semi-Finals
Match 1 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/08/dar ... nal-1.html
Match 2 - http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/08/dar ... nal-2.html

The Final
http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/08/dar ... final.html

[Tranquility]

Yay, I'm looking forward to the outcome of this year's cup. Will The Constant get beaten?

For todays matches I picked
The Beginning of The End - He's Our You
Lockdown - Some Like It Hoth
...In Translation - Left Behind
Orientation - The Man From Tallahassee

[CaseyCasey87]

The S5 episodes are taking a real beating so far!!

[DarkUFO]

The S5 episodes are taking a real beating so far!!

Yep so much for the people who say "The recent episodes always win"

[G-Man]

Actually, I only have one episode from Season 5 making it to the Top 8 on my bracket- Dead Is Dead. I even picked "The Incident" to lose in the first round to "The Shape of Things to Come." It's all about remember which episodes got the biggest praise initially. My votes:

The Beginning of the End- I love Hurley and this was an interesting way to start off Season 4. I figure more people will go for the Season openers and closers unless a bombshell episode is up against it. "He's Our You" wasn't one of the most-liked episodes of S5 either.

Lockdown- I loved "Some Like it Hoth" but "Lockdown" was one of the best episodes in Season 2 and overall. Oh the Henry Gale creepiness! And the blast door map tantalized us for months.

...In Translation- Because I love Sun & Jin episodes. They really are the most under-appreciated centric episodes on the show. So much happened in this episode! The raft burns, Sun exposes her English skills, Sayid and Shannon sorta become an item. Plus the flashbacks show Jin started as a sweet guy but working for Sun's father crushed his soul. Tragic. What happened in "Left Behind"? Not much of any importance- Kate & Juliet are handcuffed together, they mud wrestle, get scanned by Smokey and then go back to the Barracks. Then everyone goes back to the beach. On the beach Hurley tricks Sawyer into being nice. This was one of those Season 3 filler episodes, though it wasn't as bad as "SIASL" or "Par Avion". Sad to see my pick losing.

Orientation- Frankly, I wasn't shocked by the revelation of Locke's paralysis. I thought it was a little lame, actually. "Orientation" introduced us to Helen, which provided more depth to Locke's back story and we learned some more about the Hatch. Most people probably mistake "Orientation" for "Adrift" though and think it was just a rehash of the Season 2 premier. I factored this into my bracket and picked "TMFT." Still voted for my preference though.

[CaseyCasey87]

Actually, I only have one episode from Season 5 making it to the Top 8 on my bracket- Dead Is Dead.

Was gonna say that myself.

[HannaK]

The S5 episodes are taking a real beating so far!!

I think that's because, in my opinion, He's our you and Some like it Hoth were one of the "weaker" episodes in season 5

[CaseyCasey87]

You're right there, they were poor enough

[Ricardus Alpert]

I voted for:

-The Beginning of the End
-Lockdown
-Left Behind
-The Man from Tallahassee

[ToxDuris]

Yeeei I'm goin to have the first round corrected

[Tranquility]

lol, here I was thinking ...In Translation would beat Left Behind's ass but noooo
To be honest I do prefer Left Behind as it's my favorite Kate episode (combined with WHH), but i picked...In Translation thinking it would win. Both are good eps though.

[DarkUFO]

Results and new polls have been added
http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/07/dar ... s-5-8.html

[TimeforTravel]

This was getting on my nerves, lol. ..In Translation almost won.
But I got the maximum 4 points right now.

Polls 5-8 seemed easy.

[FickleBitch]

Yay!
Episode Cup. So cool. But I never win. So sad.

Got the first 4!

-The Beginning of the End
-Lockdown
-Left Behind
-The Man from Tallahassee

But I know from round 3 on, I will be wrong, as always.

[Joshjb]

Awww, I already lost one... (Left Behind vs. ...In Translation) I seriously thought Left Behind didn't have a chance! Oh well. All of today's polls are pretty obvious.

BTW, speaking of The Shape Of Things To Come vs. The Incident... I originally thought TSOTTC would probably win, but then I looked back at last years bracket and it turns out that TNPLH beat it last year, and IMO The Incident was a lot better than TNPLH. So I guess we'll have to wait and see.