Harrison Ford « 33 Grams of Blog

A while ago, my writing partner Matticus suggested doing an episode of Versus which featured characters from movies that have been remade going against each other. For example, he suggested doing Glenn Ford (1957) vs. Russell Crowe (2007), both of whom played Ben Wade in 3:10 to Yuma. While that is a very good idea, it’s one I can’t do. It’s not just because I haven’t seen the 1957 version of that movie, but it’s because I don’t think I’ve ever seen both of any movie that has been remade. At least, I can’t think of any. The only one that’s even close is Red Dawn. I’ve seen the original and parts of the remake (I was sick at the time and was in and out of sleep during the entire movie).

So, instead, what I’ve decided to do with this episode is match up people who have played the same character, but in different movies. The first matchup is a three man fight to the death…well, a fight until I pick a winner, anyways. Continue reading →

It’s time for the sixth installment here on Versus. On this episode, I’m going to be doing it a little bit differently. Instead of 2 one-on-one fights, I’m going to be doing one three-way matchup.

One of the reasons that it’s taken me this long to post this matchup is because I’ve been debating this with the other two guys at work for the last week. The other reason is that I’ve been playing a lot of Final Fantasy 7 (I need to find some way to work Cloud and/or Sephiroth into a matchup. Does anyone have any ideas for who they could face off against?).

Normally, when we do one of these at work, it’s a “whoever you think will win” scenario. This time, my team lead made the rule that we each had to pick a different answer. It was then decided that the order in which we got to choose would be based upon how long each of us had been with the company. That meant my team lead went first, the other guy second, and I went last. Continue reading →