Let's settle this once and for all: DC vs. Marvel Tournament

Don't you dare disrespect Flynn. He'll time travel and destroy your ass

LXG because I liked it when I was a kid, but I never liked Elektra.

THE FINAL VOTE:
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
LXG is very, very dumb, but it's also an abnormally fun watch.  Elektra is slightly less dumb, but it's also dull.  I'd rather have a stupid good time than be bored.

The Score
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen:  5
Elektra:  1



Probably the only thing LXG won since it was released.  Hooray for gimped competitors!

DC:  7
Marvel:  9
Draw:  1

ROUND 18!

IN THIS CORNER


Superheroes:  Halle Berry as Patience Phillips/Catwoman
Supervillains:  Sharon Stone as Laurel Hedare
Civilians:  Benjamin Bratt as Detective Tom Lone, Lambert Wilson as George Hedare, Alex Borstein as Sally, Francis Conroy as Ophelia Powers
Run Time:  1 Hour 44 Minutes
Director:  Pitof
Writer:  John Brancato & Michael Ferris (Terminator 3:  Rise of the Machines, Terminator:  Salvation), John Rogers (The Core)
Music:  Klaus Badelt (Gladiator, The Thin Red Line, Pirates of the Caribbean:  The Curse of the Black Pearl)
Cinematography:  Thierry Arbogast (Leon:  The Professional, The Fifth Element, Wing Commander)
Tomatometer:  9%
IMDB:  3.4
Razzies Won:  Worst Picture, Worst Actress - Halle Berry, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay
Razzies Nominated:  Worst Supporting Actor - Lambert Wilson, Worst Supporting Actress - Sharon Stone, Worst Screen Couple - Halle Berry and either Benjamin Bratt or Sharon Stone
Story:  When cosmetics employee Patience Phillips discovers that the latest products may have devastating consequences for customers, head of the company, Laurel Hedare, has her killed.  As she lies dead, she is revived by a group of majestic cats.  Resurrected, Patience begins acting less introverted and begins to develop superhuman abilities.  She then develops an anti-hero persona of Catwoman, who will stop the bad guy but also take what she damn well pleases.

Pros:  Proved Halle Berry in leather wasn't the reason X-Men succeeded.
Cons:  This movie's bullshit probably set a Wonder Woman movie back at least a decade.



AND IN THIS CORNER


Superheroes:  Conan Stephens as the Man-Thing
Supervillains:  Jack Thompson as Fredrick Schist
Civilians:  Matthew Le Nevez as Sheriff Kyle Williams, Rachael Taylor as Teri Elizabeth Richards, Rawiri Paratene as Peter Horn
Run Time:  1 Hour 37 Minutes
Director:  Brett Leonard (Critters, The Lawnmower Man, Highlander:  The Source)
Writer:  Hans Rodionoff
Music:  Roger Mason
Cinematographer:  Steve Arnold
Tomatometer:  17%
IMDB:  4
Story:  The new sheriff in a small Southern town, Kyle Williams, inherits a load of problems when locals continually go missing in the swamp.  He begins to untangle a web of conspiracy involving oil tycoon Fredrick Schist.  But there may be more to the story, involving a legend of a guardian spirit of the swamp.

Pros:  That Man-Thing costume is pretty fucking sweet.
Cons:  The fact that this movie sat on a shelf for years before finally being dumped on the Sci-Fi Channel should give you an indicator of how good it is.

FIGHT!

That basketball scene is the reason SnoBorderZero loves 2000’s superhero movies.

Man-Dong the first Asian superhero.

Refusal to vote is a vote for Catwoman.

Both of these are so terrible that they annihilate one another with their awfulness.  The titular Catwoman isn't Selina Kyle, the story doesn't take place in Gotham, and unlike the real Catwoman, this one exhibits instinctual feline behavior.  As far as I'm concerned, it's not a real DC movie.  Man-Thing isn't supposed to be a generic monster that murders everyone.  I don't think it really belongs on this list either.  While I know that the Wikipedia page indicates that it was originally intended for a US theatrical release, this isn't strictly speaking true.  I followed the production of this abomination during the days of CountingDown.com.  It was made to be a direct to video movie, and during it's production a producer was so impressed with how the film was turning out (because this person was a moron) that he decided it deserved a theatrical release.  As a result, it was announced that they would try and find a theatrical distributor.  Once production was finally done however, it was very clear to the distributors that this movie was a POS.  In the end, Man-Thing wound up as a TV movie on Sci-Fi Channel.

I decline to vote for either one of these cinematic abortions.

If you choose to rig the voting, that's on you, not me.

To avoid further confusion, here is the tournament rule book:

Rule 1: There are no rules.

Rule 2: You do not talk about Fight Club.

Rule 3: All participants must comply to mandatory strip searches at all times.

Rule 4: The Douche v. Turd Penalty. This penalizes those who dislike films in round, make a public spectacle about it, and don't even contribute a vote. In this instance, post is deemed unhelpful and big boy decision is made for said poster in its place. Voting side is determined by tournament holder based on which recipient he thinks is funnier or more obnoxious.

Example I: Poster doesn't post a vote. This means poster has declined to participate or was unable to. Poster will not be penalized.

Example II: "I haven't seen one of these movies, though the one I saw was complete shit." Opinion is not complete, therefore cannot vote. Poster will not be penalized.

Example III: "Both these movies are shit and I will not contribute a vote in this farce of a tournament." The ref will blow his whistle and issue a penalty.

What if these penalties decide the fate of a round? Thus far the only winning match with a penalty vote that won its round is League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which was winning by a landslide anyway. This is a nonsense rule in a nonsense tournament on a ghost board to a long deleted message board from the '00s, so I don't really give a shit. But in the unlikely event that these penalty votes affect an outcome negatively, they will be stricken from the score.

Rule 5: All winners get ice cream.

Rule 6: Doomsday does not get ice cream.

How old were you when this movie came out?

I've never seen it.