The more I invest in this blog, the more I appreciate the importance of creativity when broaching topics beat into the ground on a daily basis. Prime examples — fantasy football, any and all lists, sports news updates and video game reviews.
I’m guilty on all counts, mostly because I enjoy writing about those same topics, and most people enjoy reading about them.
It’s been a while since my first post on five recurring plot devices in Coen Brothers movies. It probably wasn’t any more insightful than the other 10,000 posts on the same topic, but it was fun to put together.
Today I’m going to try a different approach. Instead of opining about my favorite Coen Brothers characters, I’m going to pit them against each other tournament-style using a set of established criteria to pick the winner.
Okay, it’s not a totally original concept, but let’s see what happens.
We’ll look at three specific traits, with each given a rating from 1-5 (with 5 being the best).
- Intelligence — The ability to out-think and out-plan their opponent using brains rather than brawn
- Luck – Think the Dude, both good and bad
- Heart — Ability to take significant punishment and come back swinging
It’s doesn’t quite have the balance of rock-paper-scissors but close enough. Given the number of characters at our disposal, we’ll do two regional brackets each with 16 characters (for a total of 32), then bring those winners together for the Final Four.
We’ll get started with Round 1 shortly.
