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    12:13 - Alan Grant vs. Skull Island

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    On 12/24/2021 at 2:49 PM, Pizzaguy2995 said:

    Except it’s not an unknown dino, it’s one that looks, moves, and acts exactly like a T-Rex. In fact the early script for Peter Jackson’s King Kong and Wikizilla.org confirms that the V-Rex is in fact a species of T-Rex that had survived and evolved on Skull Island, so really it is a Jurassic Park T-Rex just with a different name and better vision. Come on Merc really look at the pic I sent you and tell me how Alan would be able tell the difference between it and a JP T-Rex? 

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    Alan: Billy we’ll go back to the plane and salvage what we can, then we make for the coast.

    See? Heading for the coast was Alan’s idea, because according to latter dialogue all the bigger dinosaurs prefer the center of the island not the coast. So I don’t know where you got your quote “The closer you get to water the bigger they get.” Because that’s just not true according to the dialogue I remember.

    Well personally I think Alan won’t last long on the MonsterVerse Skull Island either. Mostly cause he has no hope of surviving the Skullcrawlers. If he encounters them he’s toast. And no, just because John C. Reilly survived the place does not automatically mean Alan could. Reilly’s character was a military man who had survival training and guerrilla training, things that Alan as a civilian would not have.

    For one the V-Rex is twice the size of a T-Rex. That definitely would be a clue that perhaps this is a new dino. Or if it is an evolved version of a T-Rex then it may have evolved past the vision movement. (Which isn't accurate to real paleontology to begin with)

    I did not make the line up: As they make for the coast, Eric says to Alan Grant: “The closer you get to the water, the bigger things get

    So since this is post JP 3 a new nugget of knowledge to help him survive.  

    There were a whole bunch of people living on Skull island in Monster Verse. And yes Grant can survive it. John C Reily may have been a military man, but so were most the grunts that ended up on Skull Island, didn't help them. Grant however knows animals, jungles, and has survived two dino islands. That's a damn good base. 

     

     

    12:13 - Alan Grant vs. Skull Island

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    On 12/23/2021 at 12:36 PM, Pizzaguy2995 said:

     

    Sorry but I must point out that his past experiences in JP might actually be his downfall. Like what if he encounters this beauty: 

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    Mistakes her for a T-Rex and thinks to himself: ‘If I don’t move, she can’t see me.’ And then he won’t have time to run before she swallows him whole!

    Also if he follows his theory from the third movie and tries to head to the coast assuming the less deadly creatures don’t live near the coast, he’ll have to deal with the giant crabs:

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    And the natives who’ll smash his head in with a club. Pretty sure his experiences at Jurassic Park won’t prepare him for either option.

    I doubt Alan will try the stand still trick against an unknown dino, it didn't work on Spino afterall. 

    Counterpoint to the head to the coast theory, he never said that. The dumb tourists did. "The closer you get to water the bigger they get. In the movie they were trying to float off the island. So if he does head toward the coast, he's going to be on guard. 

    Again we don't know what version of skull island this is, the natives might be hostile, or they might be friendly. Either way Grant has show to be resourceful and tough. 

     

    12:13 - Fire Nation Foot Soldiers) vs. The Zerg Swarm

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    On 12/23/2021 at 8:26 AM, Peypeypeypey said:

    I disagree with this. The reason the zombies fail by default isn't because they don't belong there. If that were the case, people like ninjas would pretty much automatically fail too for being very out of place. The reason zombies fail here is because they're just not smart enough to take up arms and form ranks. This also applies to things like Gremlins, Critters, etc. If Zerg are smart and coordinated enough to do well they could win here

    Ninjas would not fail by default because they know arms training, and can likely be coordinated, and would blend in while wielding medieval weapons. Have you seen a medieval reenactment? Goblins, ninjas, most of the competitors can don armor and not stick out like a sore thumb.

    This is what a typical medieval reenactment is like

     

    Portraying medieval soldiers is a large part of these events. It's the same reason you don't see Steampunk at a Civil War reenactment.  

    12:13 - Fire Nation Foot Soldiers) vs. The Zerg Swarm

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    4 hours ago, Magnamax said:

    Dunno what you mean by that. There are plenty of combatants that don’t fit strictly into a medieval setting, the point is how they would do when out into a medieval reenactment.
     

    Give the Zerg some armor, shields, and fake swords and they are still bullying the fire nation foot soldiers. They’re faster and stronger, which suits a medieval-style reenactment really well.

    Let's put it this way, would you go to a historical reenactment and see giant bugs? No. Would you go to a historical reenactment and see zombies? No. This is a historical presentation, not a LARP. 

    This is a scenario where the Zerg just fail at like the various zombies people picked. 

    Fire Nation footsoldiers however are already somewhat medieval style infantry. 

    12:12 - General Zod vs. Thanos

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    10 hours ago, Pizzaguy2995 said:

    Merc your whole assumption is based around the fact that Superman is way superior to Thor and that Zod is exactly equal to Superman. Both theories are clearly not true. Again not only have the pics you posted clearly showed that Supes only barely beat Thor, but in a CBUB official match Thor beat Superman fairly. Remember that? So it’s not Superman>Thor, but actually it’s more Superman=Thor. I should also remind you Supes and Zod have battled many times and as I recall Supes have won more then he’s lost against Zod, so I think it’s a bit of a stretch to say Superman=Zod when the facts suggest that Supes is way stronger then Zod.

    So if anything your list should be as following: Thanos>Thor=Supes>Zod. Cause unlike Zod, Thanos has actually beaten Thor more often then he lost to him.

     

     

    14 hours ago, Peypeypeypey said:

    You have done nothing to prove that Superman is superior to Thanos. He's just about even with Thor in that crossover. He barely wins and is subsequently knocked out by Iron Man of all people because he's so exhausted. It's clearly a very even fight, and it shows that it really could have gone either way. Thanos, on the other hand, is always solidly stronger than Thor. He regularly beats Thor and lots of other Avengers at once. 

    This is what happened when Superman tried to take on other Avengers after fighting Thor. Thanos is far superior to Thor. It should go Thanos >>> Superman > Thor, considering how weak Superman is after he beats Thor. And again it should be said that Superman only wins this specific fight because he is able to stop Mjolnir, something which he shouldn't be able to do under normal circumstances. At the end of the crossover, Superman isn't able to lift the hammer, so a rematch may very well end with Thor winning

    EDIT: I just reread what you said, and it is simply incorrect to say that Superman "quickly recovered and mopped up the other Avengers" after this fight. He gets knocked out by Iron Man and then ganged up on by the other Avengers, and has to be saved by Aquaman

    So it's been a while since I read that crossover so I admit my memory is flawed. Looking it up again because now you can find comics online. He still beat Thor and was attacked by Ironman, Hercules, Vision, and Wonder Man all at once. Not just hit by Ironman. He still made a quick recover, I've seen him in worse shape after some fights.  

    I stand by Zod beating Thanos. Superman usually doesn't go outright brutal. Zod will, he'd speedblitz Thanos, piledrive him to the ground and hit hims with max heatvision.

    Here's max heat vision vs Doomsday clones

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    12:12 - General Zod vs. Thanos

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    7 hours ago, Peypeypeypey said:

    That's the fight I described, yes. Superman is very obviously strained there, and he immediately says that Thor was the mightiest opponent he ever faced in the next panel I believe, so it's silly to claim that Superman is substantially more powerful than Thor here. He just barely wins.

    Thanos, on the other hand, regularly beats Thor AND other heavy hitters at the same time. After this panel, Superman is so weakened that he gets knocked out by the other Avengers. Thanos regularly stands up to all of them at once. That's why I say Thanos has the advantage.

    The other points you make aren't even worth addressing really. In the above scan you posted, Thor isn't killed by Superman's lasers, and Thanos >>> Thor, so Zod's lasers wouldn't kill him. His freezing breath is an even weaker ability. Show me it working on someone as strong as Thanos

    Ah, but then in your other point you claimed that it was silly for Superman to claim that about Thor, as he has fought stronger foes than Thor. So which is it? Sure he's winded here, but he recovers pretty quickly and mops up the rest of the Avengers.

    It's Superman>Thanos>Thor. Or in this case Zod.  

    Zod would speedblitz Thanos, and hit way harder than Thor would. He's way more mobile and way more durable.

     

    Superman has frozen Wonder Woman. 

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    He doesn't use it on people often because shattering frozen people is too brutal for Supes. Zod though, would gladly do it. 

     

     

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