In this corner, wearing the hockey mask...
Hollywood's new infatuation: pitting two popular villains or heroes against each other. Among Hollywood's upcoming projects:
Alien vs. Predator
Batman vs. Superman
Freddy vs. Jason
Michael Buffer must be wetting his pants (BTW, if you want to be jealous and spiteful towards anyone, is any target more deserving than Buffer? Has anyone in the history of man accomplished more with less? At least Anna Nicole Smith had to shack up with some 90 year old grandpa to earn her millions and her TV show).
What's sad about this all is that since the foes are of such high profile, you know that neither side will really triumph. No one's going to die off here. It's not as if the creative brians favor one side or the other, and it's especially true if the rivals are represented by different studios. When the Japanese made a film of the Godzilla versus King Kong, the two fought to something of a draw. There's an American cut in which King Kong comes off as the victor after tossing Godzilla around by his tail like a limp noodle, but the Japanese cut tips the scales in favor of Godzilla a bit more.
In any case, it's possible to make an interesting film in which two protagonists battle to a draw, but in these cases it's unlikely. At any rate, give me Tom Wolfe versus John Updike, or Tom Wolfe versus John Updike, Norman Mailer, and John Irving. Or Kasparov vs. Karpov. Ali vs. Frazier. Any battle involving two arrogant egos the size of Manhattan. Competition is spicy, and life is otherwise bland.
Alien vs. Predator
Batman vs. Superman
Freddy vs. Jason
Michael Buffer must be wetting his pants (BTW, if you want to be jealous and spiteful towards anyone, is any target more deserving than Buffer? Has anyone in the history of man accomplished more with less? At least Anna Nicole Smith had to shack up with some 90 year old grandpa to earn her millions and her TV show).
What's sad about this all is that since the foes are of such high profile, you know that neither side will really triumph. No one's going to die off here. It's not as if the creative brians favor one side or the other, and it's especially true if the rivals are represented by different studios. When the Japanese made a film of the Godzilla versus King Kong, the two fought to something of a draw. There's an American cut in which King Kong comes off as the victor after tossing Godzilla around by his tail like a limp noodle, but the Japanese cut tips the scales in favor of Godzilla a bit more.
In any case, it's possible to make an interesting film in which two protagonists battle to a draw, but in these cases it's unlikely. At any rate, give me Tom Wolfe versus John Updike, or Tom Wolfe versus John Updike, Norman Mailer, and John Irving. Or Kasparov vs. Karpov. Ali vs. Frazier. Any battle involving two arrogant egos the size of Manhattan. Competition is spicy, and life is otherwise bland.