Everyone VS someone else (not what you expect to read here)
Where will it all end? A few years ago now I saw a film called ‘Alien Vs Predator’ where they took two film ideas and put the characters together, or the monsters in this case. It is a one hour 20-minute bit of fun, if you like that kind of thing, and I do. What with Batman now going mask to unmovable hair-do with Superman, I wondered what other films there were with something or someone Vs something else. I looked it up and was amazed and amused.
On the IMDB there are 127 currently listed and I won’t mention them all but some of the more interesting titles are: Wife Vs Secretary (Clarke Gable and Jean Harlow), this must be the original of the trend as it’s from 1936. In the rise of the science fiction B movie era we saw Atom Man Vs Superman (1950), and we’ve probably all heard of King Kong Vs Godzilla. Billy the Kid Vs Dracula sets the mind boggling, as does Lady Chatterley Vs Fanny Hill (1971). Meanwhile, Godzilla goes head to head with a lot of other creatures until we hit 1979 with Kramer Vs Kramer.
I wonder what Kramer Vs Godzilla would have looked like.
Moving into the next century and poor old Dracula is still Vs-ing against foes, my favourite being Killer Barbys Vs Dracula – must look out for that one. Our schlock horror guys muscle in with Freddie Vs Jason, Batman has a go at Dracula, as do Bonnie and Clyde (I am not making this up). Midgets and Mascots are there too (I don’t even want to think about it) and then things get really out of hand with the likes of Dinocroc Vs Supergator – oh Lord! Santa Clause has a battle with the Zombies in one release, as do Cockneys in one and humans in another, oh and then Strippers get involved with Zombies and later go at it with Werewolves; a common problem in some parts of the country I hear.
Ironically enough, in 2012, a film was released titled Bad Vs Worse and I couldn’t have put it better myself. There’s a rather confusing one where Alex Vs Alex, before the Zombies return and have a go at those poor little Pro Wrestlers (2014). A have to admit that I have seen Airplane Vs Volcano and pretty dreadful it was too. I’ve also seen Hansel Vs Gretel (ditto on the rate scale), but I simply must get a copy of the 2015 release, Hellen Keller Vs Nightwolves which is no doubt based on a true story. Chuck Norris VS Communism gives us all hope for the future (unless you are a Chuck Norris fan), and there’s another one from 2015 called Man Vs. – (I assume they let you fill in your own word there, Zombies probably, or Dracula, Godzilla or Lusty Cheerleaders – one title I didn’t point out earlier).
And where is this nonsense leading me? Well, away from political debate for one thing and towards the thought that, what if…? What if we took some of our favourite shows from our youth and made Vs films out of them?
Hammy the Hamster Vs Bagpuss – who would win that one? I think there probably is already a football based story called Trumpton Vs Camberwick Green (Camberwick Green won 3:1 despite Windy Miller being set off for a foul). I’d rather like to see The Woodentops Vs Pogles Wood and the Clangers Vs H.R. Pufnstuf is a must on anyone’s list.
Anyway – nothing to do with Symi of course and so today’s photographs are entirely inappropriate to the post, but I’m just in one of those moods. Normal semi-seriousness may return tomorrow. Now though, I have to go and decide what to cook for our lunch. Hmm, Chicken Vs Fish…
