Episode 47: The 3rd Annual <insert name here> Awards!

Published: Feb. 7, 2016, 4 a.m.

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It\\u2019s that time of year again\\u2014the Golden Globes just happened (by now, even Josh knows about them), and the Oscars are just around the corner. It\\u2019s the perfect time for the Screeners to observe an annual tradition of looking back at last year in the theater, reminiscing about all the good times, and also doing what the Academies and Associations don\\u2019t have the guts for:  naming the year\\u2019s biggest wastes of film (\\u201cwaste of hard drive space\\u201d just doesn\\u2019t have the same ring to it\\u2026).

Of course, the biggest event on the podcast last year was the addition of a new host, so we\\u2019re going to need all the time we can get if we\\u2019re going to make it through 5 top ten lists and everything else, so no pretend lightning round this time. Sorrynotsorry.

As you might have guessed, though, we\\u2019re not going to spoil the Screeners\\u2019 lists here in writing for just anyone to see. Instead, since campaign season is in full swing, we\\u2019re going to invoke another modern tradition and provide you with a simple quiz so you can determine which Screener\\u2019s choices you agree with. Those political ones take forever, though; ain\\u2019t nobody got time to fill out a 20-item questionnaire just to find out who they think should run the country. This quiz is short, simple, and gets the job done: 1 multiple-choice question, and you\\u2019re good to go:

  1. I\\u2019ve seen way too many movies this year. I might need more than 10 slots.

  2. My visual cortex is my brain\\u2019s primary source of dopamine. (Pretty pictures excite me. Deal with it.)

  3. I don\\u2019t have to be right\\u2014I don\\u2019t even want to be right. I just want everyone to get along. WHY CAN\\u2019T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?

  4. I\\u2019ve seen way too many movies and my favorite movie of the year is a foreign film because my tastes are just more refined than yours.

  5. I only value one aspect of cinema, and the market has been telling me for years that it\\u2019s the wrong thing. If I were an objectivist, I\\u2019d have revised my morals long ago.

Now here\\u2019s the catch: we\\u2019re not going to give you an answer key to let you know who your match is. Either you know the Screeners well enough that you can pick them out of that lineup (in which case you probably want to listen to the episode anyway), or you don\\u2019t know them that well, so you\\u2019ll have to listen to find out. Either way...gotcha.

As always, head over to Facebook to tell us who was wrong. That\\u2019s a better motivator than asking you to tell us who was right, right? See? We can learn something from Donald Trump!

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