A or B?
Submitted by AJDaGreat on Tue, 09/28/2004 - 12:49
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- MOVIES
- neo-realism or film noir - film-noir
- Warner Bros. or Disney - Warner Bros.
- French cinema or Japanese cinema - I'd probably say French
- Orson Welles or Alfred Hitchcock - probably Hitchcock
- Francois Truffaut or Jean-Luc Godard - Truffaut
- Akira Kurosawa or Yasojiru Ozu - Kurosawa
- Kevin Smith or Quentin Tarantino - Tarantino
- Christopher Nolan or Darren Aronofsky - Nolan
- Steven Spielberg or George Lucas - Spielberg
- Billy Wilder or Howard Hawks - Billy Wilder
- Farrelly Bros. or Coen Bros. - probably Coens
- Stanley Kubrick or Martin Scorsese - Kubrick
- John Ford's westerns or Sergio Leone's westerns - Leone's
- Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton - Chaplin
- Charlie Chaplin or Harold Lloyd - Chaplin again
- Woody Allen or Albert Brooks - Brooks is underrated, but I'll still go with Woody Allen
- Woody or Buzz - Woody
- Humphrey Bogart or Jimmy Stewart - Bogart
- Ben Affleck or Matt Damon - Damon
- Gregory Peck or Robert Mitchum - toughie... but I'll say Peck
- Brad Pitt or Johnny Depp - probably Brad Pitt, though I haven't seen Johnny Depp in too many movies
- Elizabeth Taylor or Grace Kelly - Grace Kelly
- Sidney Poitier or Denzel Washington - Denzel Washington
- Audrey Hepburn or Katharine Hepburn - probably Katharine
- Halle Berry or Uma Thurman - Uma Thurman
- Jack Lemmon or Walter Matthau - tough, but I'll say Jack
- Ben Stiller or Will Ferrell - I like Will Ferrell, unlike some folks around here, but I'll still go with Ben Stiller
- Chevy Chase or Will Ferrell - since Chevy is way past his prime, and Ferrell seems to be just hitting his prime, I'll go with Ferrell; however, Chevy at his prime could beat Ferrell any day of the week
- Naomi Watts or Nicole Kidman - Naomi
- Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire - Hmm... I suppose Gene Kelly
- Bowling For Columbine or Fahrenheit 9/11 - Bowling for Columbine hands down
- Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs - Pulp Fiction
- Sleepless in Seattle or When Harry Met Sally - When Harry Met Sally
- Spiderman or X-Men - if the movies, then X-Men; otherwise, Spiderman
- Cabaret or Chicago - Cabaret
- Singin' in the Rain or The Wizard of Oz - Singin' in the Rain
- Toy Story or Toy Story 2 - I've waffled on this one before, but I think I'll say Toy Story 2
- Kill Bill 1 or Kill Bill 2 - Kill Bill 1
- Being John Malkovich or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Being John Malkovich
- The Seventh Seal or Wild Strawberries - The Seventh Seal
- Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- MUSIC
- Beatles or Stones - tough, but I'll say Beatles
- the Who or the Kinks - the Who
- Elvis Presley or Frank Sinatra - Presley
- the Strokes or the White Stripes - the White Stripes
- Nirvana or Pearl Jam - Nirvana
- Nirvana or Pavement - tougher than the latter, but I still think I'll say Nirvana, though I do love Pavement quite a bit
- Al Green or Marvin Gaye - Al Green
- Temptations or Four Tops - Temptations
- Elvis Costello or Joe Jackson - Joe Jackson (sorry, guys)
- Sex Pistols or the Clash - The Clash
- Ramones or Sex Pistols - tougher, but I'll say Ramones (and honestly, I'll take the Buzzcocks before either)
- 50s rock or 60s rock - 60s
- 70s punk or 90s punk - 70s
- Oasis or Blur - Blur
- Elton John or Billy Joel - Elton John
- George Gerswhin or Cole Porter - probably Cole Porter
- guitar or bass - guitar
- fiddles or violins - violins
- John Bonham or Keith Moon - Keith Moon
- McCartney or Lennon - though some may think this blasphemous, I'll say McCartney
- Parliament or Funkadelic - I'll say Funkadelic, but I must admit that while I have heard a good handful of Parliament songs, I have yet to hear an entire album
- Achtung Baby or The Joshua Tree - Achtung Baby, baby
- Christina Aguilera or Britney Spears - ugh; I suppose Aguilera, she's a better singer
- Blonde on Blonde or Blood on the Tracks - I kinda copped out on my desert island albums list by saying the former was longer. But if you forced me, I guess I would say the quality of music is slightly better on the latter, though it's very close
- MTV or VH1 - ugh; VH1, I suppose...
- Bach or Beethoven - Beethoven
- Sonic Youth or the Pixies - very tough, but I guess I'll say Pixies
- Blue or Court and Spark - Court and Spark
- TELEVISION
- Bugs or Daffy - probably Daffy, though both are awesome
- Porky Pig or Elmer Fudd - Porky Pig
- Sesame Street or Electric Company - Sesame Street
- Samantha Stevens or Jeannie - probably Samantha
- The Daily Show or Tough Crowd - Daily Show hands down
- Stephen Colbert or Mo Rocca - Stephen Colbert
- Letterman or Leno - probably Leno
- Conan or Kilborn - Conan
- Flintstones or Jetsons - Flintstones
- Futurama or King Of The Hill - Futurama
- Cheers or Frasier - Cheers (though I've only seen a few episodes of Frasier, and only one season of Cheers)
- Saturday Night Live or Mad TV - SNL
- Oprah or Dr. Phil - Dr. Phil
- Dennis Miller or Bill Maher - Bill Maher
- Homer Simpson or Peter Griffin - Homer
- Tiny Toons or Animaniacs - Animaniacs
- EDIBLES
- Burger King or McDonald's - neither, really, but I suppose I'll say McDonald's
- Coke or Pepsi - definitely Coke
- ketchup or mustard - it's hard to beat spicy brown mustard on a hot pastrami sandwich, but ketchup is more all-purpose, so I'll say ketchup
- Post or Kellogg's cereals - Kellogg's
- peas or carrots - carrots
- Chinese food or Italian food - I love Chinese food, but I'm gonna have to say Italian
- Chinese food or Mexican food - I'll still have to say Mexican (though Chinese food is definitely #3!)
- Ben and Jerry's or Haagen-Dasz - Ben and Jerry's
- 7-Up or Sprite - I really can't tell the difference for this one (unlike Coke / Pepsi), but I tend to drink Sprite more often
- popcorn or potato chips - potato chips if they're sour cream & onion or salt & vinegar; popcorn otherwise
- Aquafina or Dasani - Dasani
- coffee or tea - tea
- chocolate or vanilla - hmm... well, I've thought some things were too chocolatey, but I've never thought anything was too vanilla-y, so I guess I'll say vanilla
- Goobers or Raisinets - Raisinets
- blue cheese dressing or ranch dressing - blue cheese, but I sometimes get ranch because it's slightly less artery-clogging
- salt or pepper - salt
- pulpy orange juice or pulpless orange juice - pulpless
- MISCELLANEOUS
- dogs or cats - depends on the breed, but I'll say dogs
- WWI or WWII - uhh... in what context? I guess I liked WWI better
- daytime or nighttime - probably nighttime
- football or baseball - baseball
- Republican or Democrat - Democrat
- pen or pencil - pencil by far
- William Blake or William Wordsworth - Blake (tyger, tyger, burning bright...)
- Robert Blake or O.J. Simpson - Blake again
- calculus or trigonometry - calculus, but only by default
- Richard Pryor or George Carlin - George Carlin
- air hockey or ping pong - ping pong, but if I had an air hockey table at home, I might reconsider
- MS Outlook or anything else - anything else
- Greek gods or Roman gods - Greeks (the Romans just ripped them off and changed the names)
- summer or winter - based on the weather alone, I'd say winter; based on the things each is associated with, I'd say summer
- blondes or brunettes - no preference, to be honest with you
- short hair or long hair (on women) - usually long hair, but some can pull off short hair really nicely
- online shopping or brick and mortar - the latter is superior in every way except prices, but that's a very important factor... tough one... I guess I'll say brick and mortar
- Nintendo or Sony - probably Nintendo
- Microsoft or Netscape - Microsoft is a necessary evil
- purple or red - red
- Aristotle or Plato - Aristotle, despite some flaws
- paper or plastic - plastic
- Calvin and Hobbes or The Far Side - Calvin and Hobbes
- Mercedes or Lexus - Mercedes
- bath or shower - definitely shower
- city or country - I guess I'll say city
- mountains or beach - beach
- IMing or phone conversation - I guess IMing (at least then you can surf the web if the conversation gets boring, instead of sitting in awkward silence)
- awesome or cool - awesome
- 1984 or Animal Farm - 1984
- Groucho Marx or Harpo Marx - probably Groucho
- modernism or post-modernism - post-modernism
- Reign of Terror or Napoleonic Era - Reign of Terror
- Homer or Virgil - definitely Homer
- those smaller paper clips that's like a little metal thing twisted up or those bigger clips that's like a black plastic thing with two metal things coming off - the latter
- Pajama Game or Damn Yankees - Pajama Game
- Francis Bacon or Rene Descartes - Bacon
- yellow or green - green
- Ernest Hemingway or F. Scott Fitzgerald - Fitzgerald hands down
- save and view or save - save and view
- Listology or some other message board - definitely Listology
Author Comments:
I picked and chose from the other four lists (leaving out ones I had no opinion on or wasn't familiar enough with one candidate) and added a few of my own.
Cloned From:
Surprised and happy: Watts over Kidman.
LOL: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Yeah, I don't actually watch either anymore: ugh; VH1, I suppose...
Ugh: baseball over football
I loved Watts in Mulholland Drive and 21 Grams. Kidman was great in The Hours, but she was also in Moulin Rouge (ehhh).
I wouldn't really watch either by choice, but at times I've been forced to watch VH1, and I've found some of it occasionally amusing.
To be honest with you, I'm not really a big sports guy in general. Sorry.
Man, I'm up too late. Listology or sleep - Listology
I hated Moulin Rouge. And Kidman is generally overrated. Watts was amazing in Mulholland Drive and very good in everything else I've seen her in.
I'm not really into sports either, but I occasionally catch a football or basketball game, but I refuse to watch baseball, golf, or Nascar.
Hmm. I liked baseball more in my childhood. My family used to head down to Camden Yards way back when the Orioles didn't suck (remember those days?). Maybe it's the nostalgia talking. But I wouldn't deign to watch golf or Nascar.
I also like playing baseball more than playing football, though I haven't done much of either one for about five years.
Interesting that you pick Leno and then Conan. I've always felt that that stylistically Conan goes with Letterman, and Kilborn pairs well with Leno.
Personally, I go with Letterman over Leno and Conan over Kilborn.
To be honest, I don't watch late night talk shows that often, but I'm merely going on what little I've seen. I've only watched one episode of Letterman, but that was enough for me. Maybe he was having a bad night. And I haven't watched Kilborn in a long time. So don't listen to me on that one.
With all due respect to the originator. I'd say you've got the list to clone now.
I was trying to go for comprehensive. Maybe I should compile the ones I chose not to answer due to lack of familiarity?