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The Records

The complete statistical and judicial history of this publication. Every number audited by Norm, every ruling preserved by Management, every discrepancy charted — see Exhibit N-1, entered over the court's objection.

The Standings

Updated whenever the projector cools
28Films Judged
68%Agreement Rate
75%Matt Approval
64%Norm Approval
15Double-Ups (Miracles)
4Double-Downs
9Split Decisions
17Management Rulings
6Verdicts Overturned
2Down-Rulings, All Time
0%Hall of Shame Retention
11 minRuntime Surplus, Banked

Formal-Case Standings

Splits argued before the court · wins and losses

Matt

5 W · 3 L

Won Titanic, Star Wars, E.T., Home Alone, and Kill Bill — the last a DEFENSIVE victory, the court's second down-ruling ever, secured in Norm's own revenge lane. Lost Fred Claus, John Wick, and Get Out. The Matrix stands unruled; his position stands with it.

Norm

3 W · 5 L

Won Fred Claus, John Wick, and Get Out — three frames, gallery hours posted. Attributes the remainder of the record to documented judicial patterns (see Exhibit N-1, below), and has opened a new drawer of materials — labeled CONFLICTS OF INTEREST — following the Kill Bill ruling, in which the court, in his words, "ruled against revenge itself."

The Docket

Every Management ruling ever issued · no further appeals
Film
The Case
The Ruling
Date
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Split — Matt ↓ / Norm ↑
RATIFIED · THUMB DOWN
Aug 15, 2026
Django Unchained
Unanimous double-down
OVERTURNED · THUMB UP
Aug 15, 2026
Get Out
Split — Matt ↓ / Norm ↑
RATIFIED · THUMB UP
Aug 15, 2026
Home Alone
Split — Matt ↑ / Norm ↓
RATIFIED · THUMB UP
Aug 15, 2026
John Wick
Split — Matt ↓ / Norm ↑
RATIFIED · THUMB UP
Aug 15, 2026
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Split — Matt ↑ / Norm ↓
RATIFIED · THUMB UP
Aug 15, 2026
Star Wars
Split — Matt ↑ / Norm ↓
RATIFIED · THUMB UP
Aug 15, 2026
Transformers
Unanimous double-down
OVERTURNED · THUMB UP
Aug 15, 2026
Titanic
Split — Matt ↑ / Norm ↓
RATIFIED · THUMB UP
Aug 14, 2026
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Unanimous double-down
OVERTURNED · THUMB UP
Aug 14, 2026
Avengers: Endgame
Unanimous double-down
OVERTURNED · THUMB UP
Aug 14, 2026
The Godfather
Unanimous double-up
APPEAL GRANTED · THUMB UP
Aug 13, 2026
Fred Claus
Split — Matt ↑ / Norm ↓
RATIFIED · THUMB DOWN
Aug 12, 2026
Snap-judgment rulings · issued from the office without a full hearing
The Odyssey
Split — Matt ↑ / Norm ↓
RATIFIED · THUMB UP
Snap
Disclosure Day
Split — Matt ↑ / Norm ↓
RATIFIED · THUMB UP
Snap
Toy Story 5
Unanimous double-down
OVERTURNED · THUMB UP
Snap
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Unanimous double-down
OVERTURNED · THUMB UP
Snap
17 rulings issued · 2 down-rulings in court history · 1 split standing unruled (the court declined; the fight continues) · the court denies that any of this constitutes a pattern

Exhibit N-1

"The Chart" · prepared by Norm · entered over Management's objection
EXHIBIT N-1 · LAMINATED ORIGINAL ON FILE

Rulings on Spielberg & Spielberg-Adjacent Matters
A Pattern Analysis, by the Undersigned

Matter
The Undersigned's Position
The Court's Ruling
Outcome
The Odyssey (snap)
Down. There's a cyclops in it.
Ratified up
AGAINST THE UNDERSIGNED
Disclosure Day (snap)
Down. E.T. with paperwork.
Ratified up
AGAINST THE UNDERSIGNED
Down. As previously published.
Ratified up
AGAINST THE UNDERSIGNED

Finding of the undersigned: three Spielberg-adjacent matters, three rulings, three losses. The undersigned is not alleging anything. The undersigned is presenting a chart. It is color-coded. It will be updated.

Addendum, entered reluctantly: Jurassic Park does not appear above because the undersigned voted up, voluntarily, under a narrow exemption covering the dinosaurs and one kitchen. The exemption is not a trend. The chart survives it.

Response of the court: the chart is noted for the file and denied. The court additionally finds the chart increasingly well-organized, and the addendum delightful. Both findings change nothing.

See also: The Consistency Audit — the office's own rules, checked against its own ballots. Exhibit N-1 is Norm's chart on Management. The Audit is everyone else's chart on everyone.