I haven't done a fight poll in aaaaaages!

[meatina]

So, inspired by some chats at work, I bring you two!

Poll the first:

Poll Conan vs Aragorn

Poll the second:
Poll Vs vs Vs!

Leave your reasoning in the comments please!
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Comments

[neojezebel]

No one can beta Conan.

Crazy humanoids vs Non-humans. We lose.

[meatina]

But Freddy is a dream warrior who has come back from the dead (in a way), and Jason does not appear to be able to die. Which would obviously give him an advantage!

[neojezebel]

Dude, seriously - who would you rather meet down a cold dark alley, something vaguely human or something that is out of this world???

[meatina]

I wouldn't like to meet either! Which is why they're fighting each other, and not me :)
(Ok, I'd rather encounter something vaguely human, though as I'd end up dead anyway it doesn't matter!).

[toxicpixie]

Try regenerating inside the stomach of something which has molecular acid for blood...

He may indeed not die, but oh boy it's going to be painful!

Nathan, the Toxic Pixie

Ps. See 'The Magic Goes Away' for an interesting look at the theme of immortality/not dying and making sure you word your contracts/spells correctly...

[toxicpixie]

Yes, yes, this is very true; however, please note the discussion is regarding four made up creatures with their various attributes & powers.

Take the 'molecular acid' in the same context as Freddies dream manipulation abilities.

Are you with us now?

Nathan, the Toxic Pixie

[toxicpixie]

Look at it in context - it's like objecting to the way the USS Enterprise is powered because Dilithium Crystals are made up. It's all fantasy!

Or that Harry Bloody Potter shouldn't be able to fly a broomstick because it doesn't work in the real world.

Now, I do take the point on accuracy - it's definitely valid under the right context. But Alien is a slasher/haunted house movie dressed up in sc-fi clothing, not a treatment of the scientific method or a treatise on chemistry.

What say re:acid is perfectly correct, but it simply has no baring on the discussion :)

I'd agree film writers should do their homework, but that's unlikely to happen. Where it really gets me is in films passed off as 'historical' (Mel gibson, I'm looking at you!). That actively skews the perspective of history and can ruin peoples lives (See Zulu & Pvt. Hook, for instance, or the writing out of Rick Rezcorlick from 'We were soldiers, once

[meatina]

Ooh, will have to have a look out for that one.
I'm a little rusty on my Greek mythology, but I know of a nymph who wished for eternal life, without wishing for eternal youth. Silly thing. The story is very well modernised by Margaret Attwood in "Ovid Metamorphosed".

Hmm, the alien could end up having Jason/Freddy bursting out of their chest. See how they like it!

[toxicpixie]

I like Larry Nivens fantasy stuff, it's veryw ell realised & remorselessly logical. 'What good is a glass dagger?' is very good too (in fact all of the Magician series are!).

Nathan, the Toxic Pixie