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East vs. West

Blaidd
Ranni
Vecna

Apparently there's a shorter film on Youtube called Heck by the writer/director which is basically like a shortened version of Skinamarink, but at nearly 30 minutes long I think that's probably still too much to sit through for me. I could see this concept working on a short scale, like 10 minute range. I think if you put it at that length and keep the small amount of "jumpscares" in there, it might be more pleasurable. That said, I'm still always a little surprised when a really artsy film like this relies on what could be categorized as "cheap" scares with loud noises.

Spielberg vs. Hitchcock
Alexander vs. Ivan

Genny and I tried it out and... yeah.

Horror films like these just aren't for me I guess, but I wanted to give it a chance. Just a bit of a slog for me to sit through and very, very little payoffs to be had. I've mentioned before how I don't really like movies that make you ask too many questions walking away from them; I like to be enthralled. You should leave the viewer with things to think about, but that shouldn't be all you do either. At least that's how I derive my enjoyment from things.

East vs. West
Deadpool vs. Fett

Diane
Sienna
Wolf

Eddie
Jobu
Santa

Death
Lemon
Chef Julian Slowik

King vs. Poe
Alexander vs. Ivan

Yikes, what a disaster. Really.

Spielberg vs. Hitchcock
Artists vs. TMNT

Joker vs. Pennywise
Harry vs. Luke

I'd have voted for the Wright Bros. today but the Marios are just too bad. I just despise that Luigi so much it ruins it for me.

Speaking of indie games, have you checked out any of Chilla's Art's games? I mean presumably The Convenience Store since that is probably the most well known thing they've put out, but I think a lot of their other stuff is better.

Fawkes vs. Che
East vs. West

I can agree with that, especially in his second verse Thanos is super bad. I mean referencing the Thanoscopter is one thing but the Fortnite bit is like a death nail.

But everyone's favorite one sided battle is Beethoven vs. Bieber right?

Oppenheimer is one of the best portrayals they've ever done. From the costuming and the voice effects, it's basically a flawless impersonation. Peter really nails the hollow, thousand year stares into nothing for him. Plus the "Split U like 2 and 3 from 5" line is superbly brilliant, one of my favorites.

Ivan vs. the Greats is a personal favorite of mine overall. It's their best multi-party battle I think.

Fears to Fathom is pretty good. Will be checking out episode 3 soon.

Tangerine (Bullet Train)
Lemon (Bullet Train)
Sienna Shaw (Terrifier 2)

Considering my negative views of Midsommar, I'm not exactly going to say I'm looking forward to Beau is Afraid. It looks... very strange. I get the impression, personally, of perhaps this being a story about a person dying and this is Aster's take on the near-death experience. That's just my early feelings looking at the trailer though and not knowing much else about this film.

I will say that it is at least an original property. A lot of the biggest releases coming this year are sequels, prequels or reboots. There's like no shortage of them. Scream 6, The Exorcist, Evil Dead Rise, Nun 2, Insidious 5 (or 3, whatever), Saw 10.

2022 was a pretty great year. We're still missing out on a few of the movies from last year but I can't say I can commit to watching those I missed (didn't even do that in 2021). Hopefully this year's best film didn't already come out.

Yuri Ismaylov (Stranger Things)

Thanos vs. Oppenheimer
Alexander vs. Ivan

I want to like it just because a lot of the vocal people who hate it are deriding it for the typical "GetWokeGoBroke" bullshit by hitting the show over race changes and LGBT characters. That said, it doesn't look very good in actuality this time either.

Mr. Wolf (The Bad Guys)
Margot Mills (The Menu)
Namor (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Riri Williams/Ironheart (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Becky Connor (Fall)
Rose Cotter (Smile)
Jacob Lee (The Callisto Protocol)
Dani Nakamura (The Callisto Protocol)
Laura Kearney (The Quarry)
Dylan Lenivy (The Quarry)

Death (Puss in Boots 2: The Last Wish)
Santa Claus (Violent Night)
Vecna (Stranger Things)
Chef Julian Slowik (The Menu)
Eddie Munson (Stranger Things)
Blaidd (Elden Ring)
Rebecca Owens (The Mortuary Assistant)
Cat (Stray)
Tess (Barbarian)
The Grabber (The Black Phone)

King vs. Poe
Zeus vs. Thor

The one time on board 8 when I wanted Pokemon to succeed, it of course fails. Oh well, best Santa!...

ChichiriMuyo posted...

Looks like Rhett and Link as Donatello and Leonardo-- probably wouldn't have noticed this time either if they hadn't been pointed out earlier.

And the other two are Smosh if I'm not mistaken.

Yeah, that's all 4 of them.

Bond vs. Powers
Artists vs. TMNT

I want to vote for Gates vs. Jobs, and I'm sure it'll win anyway, but I really don't like the HAL portion of it at all.

I have considered reviving King of the Mountain at times honestly, but I don't know. Bad memories and all.

Ketchum vs. Darwin
Rasputin vs. Stalin

Klaus

I'd have preferred ones with like, all "real Santas" but that idea died last round.

Kringle

Pokewars posted...

If any Klaus fans want to trade for Kris I am open next hour...if it gets to that point.

I'll take it, but I'll wait until your save is a little closer before I make mine.

Klaus

Harry vs. Luke
Hawk vs. Gretzky

He also does that as Vlad during the Count Chocula line lol

I think what sets the battle for Deadpool and Fett apart is that even though Peter and Lloyd voice the characters, they're physically portrayed by dance artists who can do things that aren't very typical on ERB.

Today's matches:

Jim Henson > Stan Lee

I feel a little mixed on this battle. At the time it was released, I thought it was truly awesome but looking back I think they wasted Disney a bit here. At the time, if people aren't aware, Disney sort of owned ERB in a way since it then existed under a wing of Disney known as Maker Studios which had entered a deal with ERB at the beginning of that season. The battle is still good between the main two guys though, interesting to see them come together at the end. Really like Henson's lines of "you're going to need Avengin'" and "sign your name on all Jack Kirby's comic books".

Boba Fett > Deadpool

As much as I prefer Deadpool the character and agree with him that Fett is one of the most overrated characters in the world, I think that's what allows him to win here. Deadpool himself remarks it's a little hard to diss someone that you basically know nothing about. Great lines from Fett like "Boba Fetty Wap" are pretty classic.

Stevie Wonder > Wonder Woman

I mean yeah, good on them for getting T-Pain to do it and it's funny. I don't think it's super great overall though, especially for a later season episode. It's a fairly even battle but it's hard to top the line of "your first story is you, running off, with a guy" successfully.

Pennywise > Joker

This is in the running for one of my overall favorites. The effects here are just awesome and I like that they decided to go with Hamill's Joker but still referenced basically every iteration of the character (outside of Leto's which Pennywise does for him). This is yet another super dirty bar found here, "No one's dying to play with Joker... except for maybe Heath Ledger". Too soon, too soon.

I'll trade with any Klaus fan for Violent Night

You missed Gennys first save for Violent Night

Delibird

Suprak_the_Stud posted...

Kris

Also trading for Delibird next hour

Violent Night

Kris

Violent Night

Trading auto

I dunno, "one more Superman who's never going to walk again" might take it overall for me.

M3GAN sits at a 94 on Rotten Tomatoes currently. Seeing it Monday hopefully.

Deadpool vs. Fett
Joker vs. Pennywise