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Title: OT Best 80's Movie Round 1 #1Ghostbusters vs #16 The Great Outdoors
Post by: Gigem on July 30, 2026, 12:49:02 PM

(1) Ghostbusters (1984)
Few movies combined comedy, music, special effects, merchandising, memorable characters, and quotable dialogue as successfully as Ghostbusters. Its logo, theme song, proton packs, Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, and one-liners remain instantly recognizable across generations. It is not merely a successful movie from the 1980s—it became part of the decade’s identity.
(16) The Great Outdoors (1988)
John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, the Old 96er, the bald-headed bear, and a disastrous family vacation give The Great Outdoors lasting appeal. It earned a lower seed because its cultural reach is narrower than the tournament heavyweights, but its best scenes remain memorable, quotable, and beloved by audiences who grew up with it.

Title: Re: OT Best 80's Movie Round 1 #1Ghostbusters vs #16 The Great Outdoors
Post by: utee94 on July 30, 2026, 12:57:36 PM

I liked The Great Outdoors but this is an impossible matchup for pretty much anything that's not a top 3 seed IMO.

Title: Re: OT Best 80's Movie Round 1 #1Ghostbusters vs #16 The Great Outdoors
Post by: Gigem on July 30, 2026, 01:12:56 PM

Quote from: utee94 on July 30, 2026, 12:57:36 PM

I liked The Great Outdoors but this is an impossible matchup for pretty much anything that's not a top 3 seed IMO.

Yeah, I regrettably didn't get my matchups exactly like i wanted them, but I had already spent too much time trying to come up with the list of movies.  I just threw them together.  

Title: Re: OT Best 80's Movie Round 1 #1Ghostbusters vs #16 The Great Outdoors
Post by: FearlessF on July 30, 2026, 01:20:15 PM

I've seen parts of the great outdoors = not great
GhostBusters is great - got my vote

Title: Re: OT Best 80's Movie Round 1 #1Ghostbusters vs #16 The Great Outdoors
Post by: MikeDeTiger on July 30, 2026, 05:30:12 PM

Any chance we can get these pinned for a day or two so I'm sure not to miss anything and the current rounds stay clustered together up top?

Title: Re: OT Best 80's Movie Round 1 #1Ghostbusters vs #16 The Great Outdoors
Post by: iahawk15 on July 30, 2026, 05:44:07 PM

I like The Great Outdoors, but Ghostbusters is a heavyweight.

Title: Re: OT Best 80's Movie Round 1 #1Ghostbusters vs #16 The Great Outdoors
Post by: Benthere2 on July 31, 2026, 07:23:53 PM

Ghostbusters was a fine movie but over rated by a lot of people 

great outdoors was not great either 

so winner gets knocked out next round