Showing posts with label competition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label competition. Show all posts

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Competition Winner

The winner of the most recent competition judged to be the funniest by Mark a member of staff from Forbidden Planet who supplied the prize was

'Moments later, Jimmy found himself in an identicle pod on the other side of the lab. He also discovered that he had gained the power to keep hot things hot and cold things cold. He had become - The Thermos !'



Congratulations, so if you can leave me a posting with your contact details I'll send off your Prize ASAP, this address will go unpublished in the comments so don't worry about leaving it there.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Caption Competition

While the 'Competition' is running I'm going to keep bumping it back up to the top post so people get to see it, so look for any newer posts below if you're visiting here.

For this competition all you have to do is supply a suitably humorous caption to the picture above in the comments page of this post, and the one judged to be the funniest wins.

THE PRIZE

Thor: Balder the Brave by Walter Simonson and Sal Buscema
Format: hardcover - 176 Pages

THE STORY:
War in Hel! Odin the All-Father is gone, and death goddess Hela is stockpiling souls for the fight to take his place! The mighty Thor leads Asgard's finest to rescue the dead from a fate WORSE than death, while Thor's brother-in-arms Balder battles giants to rescue his beloved Queen Karnilla! The God of Thunder and the God of Light — which one will lead Asgard into the face of coming dooms? Plus: a longtime Marvel villain makes the ultimate sacrifice, but for whom? Collecting BALDER THE BRAVE #1-4 and THOR #360-362.

Prize very kindly donated by Forbidden Planet Middlesbrough

Only 1 entry per person and the closing date will be Friday the 20th of November 2009 12.00AM GMT and the winners will be announced sometime soon after that date.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Competition Winner

The winner of the competition judged to be the funniest by artist Richard Dolan was

"You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon?"
"Should I have?"

by Niel Bushnell, which was described as being concise and really funny.

Congratulations

A new competition will be up soon, thanks to all who entered, hope you'll all try in the next one !!

Friday, October 09, 2009

Caption Competition

While the 'Competition' is running I'm going to keep bumping it back up to the top post so people get to see it, so look for any newer posts below if you're visiting here.

For this competition all you have to do is supply a suitably humorous caption to the picture above in the comments page of this post, and the one judged to be the funniest wins.

THE PRIZE

Juan "Johnnie" Rico signed up with the Federal Service on a lark, but despite the hardships and rigorous training, he finds himself determined to make it as a trooper. In boot camp he will learn how to become a soldier, but when he graduates and war comes (as it always does for soldiers), he will learn why he is a soldier. Many consider this Hugo Award winner to be Robert Heinlein's finest work, and with good reason. Forget the battle scenes and high-tech weapons (though this novel has them)--this is Heinlein at the top of his game talking people and politics.

Only 1 entry per person and the closing date will be Tuesday the 20th of October 2009 12.00AM GMT and the winners will be announced sometime soon after that date.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Competition Winner

After much deliberation and scratching of his chin, my old School mate Martin Hogg decided the funniest caption was the one provided by
Nay_Gevara

"As the financial crisis struck Hollywood the CG budget for Robocop the remake was getting dangerously low"

Congratulations

Saturday, January 03, 2009

Win Original Signed Artwork

While the 'Competition' is running I'm going to keep bumping it back up to the top post so people get to see it, so look for any newer posts below if you're visiting here.

For this competition all you have to do is supply a suitably humorous caption to the picture above in the comments page of this post, and the one judged to be the funniest wins.

THE PRIZE
Richard Dolan has kindly donated the above picture as a prize for the lucky winner. This was drawn as a concept for a series of Domestos Commercials that Richard is working on. You can see more about Richard's work by clicking on his name.

Only 1 entry per person and the closing date will be Thursday the 8th of January 2009 and the winner will be announced sometime soon after that date.

Sunday, December 07, 2008

Competition Winner

The winner of the competition with the caption "Mary didn't look keen on being forced to smuggle these new-fangled computer parts.. for a start where would they find a condom big enough?"

is Gary Fitzgerald

Leave your contact details here in the feedback Gary so I can send of your prize, don't worry your details won't be posted up. Congratulations on winning ! And thanks to Gonz from the The Humanoid Homepage for choosing the winner.

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Win Original Signed Artwork

While the 'Competition' is running I'm going to keep bumping it back up to the top post so people get to see it, so look for any newer posts below if you're visiting here.

For this competition all you have to do is supply a suitably humorous caption to the picture above in the comments page of this post, and the one judged to be the funniest wins.

THE PRIZE
Comic Book artist Dave Taylor has kindly drew and donated the above picture as a prize for the lucky winner, you can see his coloured version on his blog. Dave has drawn for DC illustrating Batman and drawn for Marvel UK. Dave is currently drawing for 2000AD.

Only 1 entry per person and the closing date will be Friday the 5th of December 2008 and the winner will be announced sometime soon after that date.

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Caption Competition

While the 'Competition' is running I'm going to keep bumping it back up to the top post so people get to see it, so look for any newer posts below if you're visiting here.

For this competition all you have to do is supply a suitably humorous caption to the picture above in the comments page of this post, and the one judged to be the funniest wins.

THE PRIZE

Alan Lee, the Oscar-winning conceptual designer for the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, discusses his approach to depicting Tolkien’s imaginary world. The book presents more than 150 of Lee’s celebrated illustrations to show how his imagery for both the illustrated Lord of the Rings and the films progressed from concept to finished art. In addition, the book contains 20 full-color plates and numerous examples of the conceptual art produced for Peter Jackson’s film adaptation.The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook provides a wealth of background information and will be of interest to those who know and love Tolkien’s work, from books to films to DVDs, as well as to budding artists and illustrators interested in how to approach book illustration.
Hardcover; 192 pages
Publication Date: 10/19/2005
Illustrations: 150 b/w illustrations, 20 full color plates

Only 1 entry per person and the closing date will be Tuesday the 25th of November 2008 12.00AM GMT and the winners will be announced sometime soon after that date.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Halloween Caption Competition - Win Original Signed Artwork

While the 'Competition' is running I'm going to keep bumping it back up to the top post so people get to see it, so look for any newer posts below if you're visiting here.

For this competition all you have to do is supply a suitably humorous caption to the picture above in the comments page of this post, and the one judged to be the funniest wins.
As we have 2 prizes the one who's judged to be the most humorous will have first choice of which picture they'd like, and the 2nd funniest will get the picture that's left.

THE PRIZES

Animator Boris Hiestand has kindly drew and donated the above pictures of 2 Nazi Werewolves as prizes for the lucky winners. You can see the final colour versions of the pics here

Boris has been working as a 2d and 3d animator for 10 years now, doing features, commercials, TV etc. He's worked in London, Amsterdam, Madrid and Munich. Most recently he's been working on Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix and 10,000 B.C. and he is currently at Uli Meyer Studios, directing two commercials.

Only 1 entry per person and the closing date will be Tuesday the 4th of November 2008 12.00AM GMT and the winners will be announced sometime soon after that date.

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Competition Winner

I decided not to judge the result of this competition myself so I contacted Gonz who runs The Humanoid website. I mailed him the picture and the 20 captions and here's what he said.

Oh crap man, decisions decisions !! There's some inspired comic genius there, and exactly whats needed after a seriously bad day at the office.
"Turning it off/on again" was nice, as i had that suggested to me today at work,and yes, it does work !
"What a bunch of knobs!" is certainly effective, and got the loudest belly laugh...
Finding Sam Jones' charisma was instantly funny, though rather obvious..

Hard choice to make this Glazy, but I'd go for "Deep in the Fortress of the Anti-Prequel Legion of Lucas Assassins, the air grows thick with murderous tension as Number 06, in a moment of excitement, exclaims "Now THIS is Podracing!" purely for inventiveness, and the obvious thought put into it !

So the winner of the artwork is Jim Smash

I'll be running another competition soon and look out for more signed artwork as prize.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Caption Competition - Win Original Signed Artwork

While the 'Competition' is running I'm going to keep bumping it back up to the top post so people get to see it, so look for any newer posts below if you're visiting here.

For this competition all you have to do is supply a suitably humorous caption to the picture above in the comments page of this post, and the one judged to be the funniest wins.

THE PRIZE


Comic Book artist Dylan Teague has kindly drew and donated the above picture as a prize for the lucky winner. Dylan has drawn for 2000AD doing covers for Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper. He's inked and coloured on Marvel UK titles. He's worked for DC Comics on Jonah Hex and regularly provides artwork for publications such as FHM and SFX, he also has a Graphic Novel in the works but can't say too much about that at the moment, you'll have to keep an eye on his Blog for more info.
Only 1 entry per person and the closing date will be Tuesday the 30th of September 2008 and the winner will be announced sometime soon after that date.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Competition Winner

Mark the director of One Day Removals decided that the caption "Watching 2 Jack Russells' fight isn't the kind of dogging I'd imagined!" was the funniest. So the winner of the DVD is

So if you can leave me a posting with your contact details I'll send off your DVD ASAP, this address will go unpublished in the comments so don't worry about leaving it there.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Caption Competition

While the 'Competition' is running I'm going to keep bumping it back up to the top post so people get to see it, so look for any newer posts below if you're visiting here.

For this competition all you have to do is supply a suitably humorous caption to the picture above in the comments page of this post

THE PRIZE


The guys at Stirton Productions have kindly given a copy of their new film One Day Removals as a prize, and the films Director Mark Stirton will be judging the competiton. The DVD is Region 0 and the film is 88 minutes in length. The film features very strong language and violence so I'd say don't enter if you're under 18.

Only 1 entry per person and the closing date will be Tuesday the 16th of September 2008 and the winner will be announced sometime soon after that date.

Synopsis

Andy and Ronnie are removal men. Andy owns the van and Ronnie lifts the heavy stuff.
They have been doing this job for several years and nothing interesting has ever happened.
That is, until the events of ‘One Day Removals’ start to unfold... Follow the adventures of two unremarkable Scottish men who are forced to deal with events of a quite extraordinary nature. Events that will take them into parts of Scotland seldom seen. Events of a very dark kind.
It just takes one bad day to change everything, and no-one is safe.In a case that will rock the very foundations of the Scottish legal system, Andy Watt is telling the truth - but no living soul will ever believe him.

One Day Removals - World Premiere at Raindance Festival

Stirton Productions is happy to announce that the latest movie One Day Removals, has been accepted to show in the 16th Raindance Festival in October. Raindance is the biggest venue in the UK for independent films and is very well regarded in the industry. Details of showing dates and the festival jury will be announced this week - Raindance Festival Site.

Big thanks to Michael G Clark and Mark Stirton for providing the DVD as the prize. You can see information about their first film The Planet which I reviewed here back in July 2006.

Monday, September 08, 2008

Competition Winner

OK a few more winning entries for this competition, my good lady wife picked the winner out of a tupperware box and the name she picked and the prize winner of the 2nd competition is




The answers were:

A-Pitch Black
B-Blake's 7
C-Saturn 3
D-Explorers
E-Hyperdrive
F-Flash Gordon
G-The Black Hole
H-Battle Beyond the Stars
I- Battlestar Galactica but I did accept Galactica 1980

Congratulations to Niel.
The next competition will be a caption competition and will start soon.

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Spaceships Competition

While the 'Competition' is running I'm going to keep bumping it back up to the top post so people get to see it, so look for any newer posts below if you're visiting here.

In the comments simply put the name of the Film or TV show next to the appropriate letter. So if you think the Spaceship in A is say from Total Recall then put A - Total Recall and if you think B is Titanic then put B - Titanic and so on... ...mind you if you think B actually is Titanic best not enter this competition :)

THE PRIZE

One of the most extraordinary, imaginative and ambitious novels of the century: a history of the evolution of humankind over the next 2 billion years. Among all science fiction writers Olaf Stapledon stands alone for the sheer scope and ambition of his work. First published in 1930, Last and First Men is full of pioneering speculations about evolution, terraforming, genetic engineering and many other subjects.

The people who get the correct answers will have their names put into a hat and 'one' will be pulled out at random by a member of my family. The winner will be announced Monday the 8th September 08.

Once the winner has been announced they can leave their address in the comments so I can get the details of where to post the book, this address will go unpublished in the comments so don't worry about leaving it there.

Closing date for entries will be Sunday the 7th September 08

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Competition Winner

Only 5 people entered my SF Planets Competition and only one person got the correct answers. So the winner is
Ray Smyth

Next time I'll have to make the competition easier so more can have a go, anyway congratulations to Ray. If you can leave me a posting with your contact details I'll send off your book ASAP.

The answers were

1-C
2-D
3-A
4-B
5-H
6-E
7-F
8-I
9-G

Thursday, August 14, 2008

SF Planets Competition

While the 'Competition' is running I'm going to keep bumping it back up to the top post so people get to see it, so look for any newer posts below if you're visiting here.

1: Earth Mk 2 - The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
2: Fyrine IV - Enemy Mine
3: The Moon of Vega - Spaceballs
4: Altair IV - Forbidden Planet
5: Arrakis - Dune
6: Terra 11 - Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
7: Rylos - The Last Starfighter
8: Krull - Krull
9: Miranda - Serenity

In the comments simply match planet name to the picture. So if you think Earth Mk 2 is picture F then put 1 - F and if you think Fyrine IV is G then put 2 - G and so on...

The Prize

The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester

The people who get the correct answers will have their names put into a hat and 'one' will be pulled out at random by a member of my family. The winner will be announced Tuesday the 19th August 08.

Once the winner has been announced they can leave their address in the comments so I can get the details of where to post the book, this address will go unpublished in the comments so don't worry about leaving it there.

Closing date for entries will be Monday the 18th August 08