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I finally went with B&R, based simply on rewatchability. You can jump into that movie at any point and be entertained. WATCHMEN is something you kinda have to invest in watching, and as such, I haven't rewatched it nearly as much. But I still like it a lot, and even think it *gasp* improves on the graphic novel in some ways.

WRONG PUNISHER. I think. If you're talking about Harry Heck, that's the Tom Jane Punisher. That would be an even better matchup: Spirtual successor to 80's sci-fi/fantasy B-movies vs. spiritual successor to 80's action B-movies.

FIRST CLASS vs. THE DARK WORLD really highlights the difference between hiring a real director to do your movie and hiring...some dude who can get the work done on time and on budget. FIRST CLASS is not without its problems, but damn, does it have style for days, courtesy of Matthew Vaughn. Every frame of that movie is carefully composed. Every scene has something visually interesting going on, even if it's just the background. Compare that with the virtually anonymous job Alan Taylor does on Thor 2, and you might as well be looking at the work of an amateur. I thought Singer did a great job coming back to the series for DOFP, but I regret we won't see anymore of Vaughn's work in the series.

Someone's gonna have to help me make up my mind on THOR and PUNISHER. I'm pretty down on the Thor series these days, but the first one did give us Hiddleston as Loki, and it's basically a remake of MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, which is not without its charms.

OOF. B&R vs. Watchmen is a really tough matchup for me. I like both of those movies better than the general consensus.

IM2 is by far the worst Marvel Studios movie. That was the moment when they were on the precipice of tipping over into the realm of franchise wanking where the Spider-Man series currently resides. Whether that makes it worse than DAREDEVIL...I dunno. At least it kind of has a plot and character stakes, as opposed to IM2 which is just...stuff happening while we further setup SHIELD and the Avengers and whatnot. IM2 also committed the sin of casting Mickey Rourke at the height of his comeback and then totally wasting him in a worthless role. At least DD let Farrell and Duncan play.

Okay, matches 6, 7, and 8 are interesting. I mean, X2 is clearly head and shoulders better than IM3, but the Marvel halo effect could garner it some support. IM2 vs DAREDEVIL is a good matchup of shitty movies. THOR/Ray Stevenson Punisher is a fascinating matchup of a classy big budget production that doesn't realize it's a B-movie vs. a trashy B-movie that is fully aware of what it is.

I voted the Batman ticket. FOREVER is a terrible movie, and if I had seen RED 2, maybe it would've had a chance, but I haven't and all the reviews were equally terrible.

Okay, dude who voted for the Tom Jane Punisher over Winter Soldier needs to explain that one.

I anticipate 4 shutouts. I'm going to pull a Dylan Waco and save my Avengers argument for a matchup it could conceivably lose.

Apparently, Tennesse's 3rd down defense theme is Turn Down For What. Turn Down For What. Every. Third. Down. I anticipate a high number of season ticket holder suicides this year. I mean, way more than average for Tennessee football.

They're working on it.

Between the performances of West Virginia and Oklahoma State, I'm thinking the Big 12 might be a little better than people were expecting this season.

Hate to see a game like this ended on a penalty.

Okie State really getting after Jaboo now.

A lot of these Top 10 vs unranked games turned out to be pretty fun today. Opening Saturday has been even more entertaining than usual.

Wisconsin's kicker is built like a fullback. Brazilian dude has definitely been enjoying the beer and brats up there.

I love the way Wisconsin runs the jet sweep. I don't think anybody runs it like a power play the way they do.

Uh-oh, I haven't even had a chance to talk up my SOUTHERN MISS GOLDEN EAGLES yet: I think they could win 2 this year. I really do.

Yeah, I could do without a dedicated Kiff Cam every game. That said, he did have some gif-able reactions.

Well, I'm glad that one's over. I told you all it would be closer than most thought (and even called WVU to score about 20). Holgorsen is a terrific offensive mind, and I knew they'd be better than they showed last year.

The two holes in the defense tonight are DepPriest and Eddie Jackson (6'1" dude who would be covering White instead of Shorty Sylve). There are other issues to be worked through, but those have been the killers.

Nice to see Griffith has mentally recovered from the trauma of Kick 6.

BY GAWD HES KILLED HIM.

LOL think it safe to say Kiffin is feeling the heat.