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| 1 | RE: Top 10 Ridiculous Movie Face-Off Titles | | Posted on Wednesday September 23, 2009, 09:59 by Hymers2k9 | the mega shark vs giant octopus is still legendary, i piss myself everytime i see it!
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| | 2 | RE: Top 10 Ridiculous Movie Face-Off Titles | | Posted on Wednesday August 12, 2009, 17:15 by bendoofus | us, I don't know who you're accusing, but if anybody copied anyone else, it was TF in this case, since this appeared in print in Empire's August issue (at the end of June).
f that's the case then why remove my post? What are you hiding??
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| | 3 | King Kong Vs Godzilla | | Posted on Wednesday August 12, 2009, 16:04 by Jo Wareham | Is it me or does Godzilla look like he's shooting something from his eyes into Kong's "happy place"?
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| | 4 | RE: Alien Vs Predator | | Posted on Saturday August 8, 2009, 22:18 by Padman_UK | I'm not sure that's right... didn't that monster look like an elephant?
I always thought the first connection was the alien skull in the "trophy cabinet" in the Predator ship (Predator II)
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| | 5 | RE: What a coincidence! | | Posted on Saturday August 8, 2009, 18:41 by Padman_UK | Bendoofus, I don't know who you're accusing, but if anybody copied anyone else, it was TF in this case, since this appeared in print in Empire's August issue (at the end of June). Read More
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| | 6 | RE: | | Posted on Tuesday August 4, 2009, 21:24 by Padman_UK | Haha, Shaunoc, you're joking, right?
Or you've never bought a copy of Empire and noticed Kim Newman's Video Dungeon.
Kim Newman is this chap, you might have also seen him on tele: http://www.tabula-rasa.info/HorrorImages/KimNewman.jpg
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Kim Newman
explains his choices...
Let's make one thing clear from the outset - we're not talking Top Ten films here, we're talking Top Ten titles. The whole point of a 'Vs.' title - or its more sedate silent twin, the 'Meets' title - is to make you think you need to drop whatever you're doing and immediately see a movie to settle the eternal questions raised by titles like Freddy Vs. Jason, Zombies Vs. Vampires, Latins Vs. Asians (a rare case of a porn film that is less offensive than it sounds), The People Vs. Larry Flynt, or Romeo & Juliet Vs. The Living Dead.
It's probably the most primal, most visceral come-on a film can offer, sometimes extending beyond the title to the actors' billing, as in 'Bruce Campbell Vs. Army Of Darkness' or the unforgettable 'Terry-Thomas Vs. Leslie Phillips in Spanish Fly!' Vs. - or Versus, or V. - titles don't even promise a story, just a punch-up. In the annals of sport, you get Ali Vs. Frazier and Rangers Vs. Celtic, while history offers us Christians Vs. Lions or Allies Vs. Axis. The implicit promise is, of course, There Will Be Blood.
It's a favourite pub game that can easily be extended to a movie-pitch meeting - you know you'd queue up for Superman Vs. Spider-Man, Daleks Vs. Vulcans, SAS Vs. Green Berets, Michael Clayton Vs. Erin Brockovich or WALL-E Vs. Terminator. The quality of the film is almost beside the point, since this list is all about the anticipation raised by the title and the poster.
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This top ten first appeared in Empire Magazine Issue 242.
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