{"id":2012,"date":"2014-09-26T13:53:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T13:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2015-05-08T11:21:11","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T11:21:11","slug":"batman-vs-superman-who-will-win-our-movie-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/09\/26\/batman-vs-superman-who-will-win-our-movie-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman vs. Superman: who will win our movie showdown?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unless you\u2019ve been having an extended lie-in for the past year or so, you\u2019ll have no doubt heard that Batman &#8211; Gotham\u2019s brooding hero with no powers but many gadgets &#8211; and Superman &#8211; Metropolis\u2019 cheerful saviour who has just about every superpower under the sun &#8211; are going to duke it out in a film, <i>Dawn of Justice.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The movie isn\u2019t even out until 2016, but people are very excited already with even the tiniest of sneak peeks welcomed with joy and anger across the web.<\/p>\n<p>But will <i>Dawn of Justice<\/i> actually be a good film? We\u2019re not too sure. Both Bats and Supes have had their stinkers, but they\u2019ve been in some classics too.<\/p>\n<p>So, we decided to check out 4 films from the Batman and Superman franchises, give them all a score out of 10 and see which character has the better movies on average. It should hopefully give us some kind of insight into how good <i>Dawn of Justice <\/i>will be too&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Round One: Superman (1978) vs. Batman (1989)<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kkMj7nBKYp0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>1978\u2019s <i>Superman<\/i> is the superhero movie that spawned all other superhero movies. Combining a light-hearted but occasionally serious tone with an all-star cast including Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman and Christopher Reeves, the Marvel movies we know and love today simply wouldn\u2019t exist without this fantastically fun take on Supes.<\/p>\n<p><b>9\/10<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cPLUeA4vwik\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>1989\u2019s <i>Batman<\/i> didn\u2019t spawn an entire genre as <i>Superman<\/i> did, but it did help reinvent the Dark Knight. After years of camp action and Adam West, Tim Burton gave <i>Batman<\/i> a dark, gothic twist that still defines <i>Batman <\/i>to this day. Michael Keaton is many people\u2019s favourite <i>Batman, <\/i>while Jack Nicholson, with his evil yet charming grin, was born to play the Joker.<\/p>\n<p><b>9\/10<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Round Two: Superman II (1980) vs. Batman Returns (1992)<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/68hRt0Pz7HI\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Superman II<\/i> sees the Man of Steel trying to save the world from a reawakened General Zod. The only problem is he\u2019s lost his superpowers, and his alter-ego Clark Kent is&#8230;well, a bit of a weakling. Oh, and Lois Lane finally figures out that her boyfriend and Superman are the same bloke after years of being fooled by a pair of glasses.<\/p>\n<p><i>Superman II<\/i> is every bit as fun and enthralling as the original movie, although the humour is ramped up slightly and it all gets a bit silly at times. Still, you\u2019ll enjoy watching it.<\/p>\n<p><b>9\/10<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RKiG_9C5T8E\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in <i>Batman Returns<\/i>, Bruce Wayne faces off against The Penguin and Catwoman with the future of Gotham City at stake. Burton\u2019s gothic style remains at the forefront, while Danny DeVito is terrifying as the weird half-fishbird half-man villain. It\u2019s not <i>quite<\/i> as good as the first, but it\u2019s a great film all the same.<\/p>\n<p><b>8\/10<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Round Three: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) vs. Batman and Robin (1997)<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/drvoAempNTY\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Oh dear: we\u2019ve arrived at the two movies that nearly killed their respective franchises. <i>Superman IV<\/i> is notoriously bad, with boring action scenes, a cast that don\u2019t really seem to be that bothered about the film and a villain named Nuclear Man. The film lacks the charm and spirit of the first 2 films and is generally considered the worst Superman film of them all.<\/p>\n<p><b>3\/10<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aKNSstnq4sg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Batman and Robin<\/i>, on the other hand, is easily the worst film in the <i>Batman <\/i>franchise. With Joel Schumacher now at the the helm, <i>Batman and Robin<\/i> combines the dark elements of Burton\u2019s movies with the camp fun of the original TV series and it really doesn\u2019t work. Batman even has rubber nipples! There is one saving grace, however: Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze, and his incredible array of ice-based puns.<\/p>\n<p><b>4\/10<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Round Four: Man of Steel (2013) vs. The Dark Knight (2007)<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T6DJcgm3wNY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After <i>Superman Returns<\/i> flopped, <i>Man of Steel<\/i> reboots the Superman franchise yet again. Instead of the day-glo fun of the original movies, however, <i>Man of Steel <\/i>goes ultra-serious. Clark Kent broods his way through a battle with General Zod, who\u2019s also quite a bit nastier than he was in <i>Superman II. <\/i>The result is okay, but not amazing.<\/p>\n<p><b>7\/10<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5y2szViJlaY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>The Dark Knight<\/i> is the best superhero movie ever made, bar none. The weird thing is, though, that it isn\u2019t technically a superhero movie: it\u2019s a crime thriller than just happens to have Batman in it (and he\u2019s not even in it that much!). At the centre of it all is Heath Ledger as the Joker, who steals the show with a charismatic performance that outshines even Jack Nicholson.<\/p>\n<p><b>10\/10<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>So, after four rounds, the winner of our movie showdown is&#8230;Batman! The caped crusader\u2019s movies scored a total of 31\/50, while Supes could only manage 28\/50.<\/p>\n<p>Combined, the scores come to 59\/100, which suggests that <i>Dawn of Justice<\/i> will be&#8230;well, disappointingly average. But don\u2019t worry: it\u2019s not an exact science!<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve got any Superman or Batman DVDs lying around unwatched, <a title=\"sell them with musicMagpie\" href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/entertainment\/sell-dvds\/\">sell them with musicMagpie<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unless you\u2019ve been having an extended lie-in for the past year or so, you\u2019ll have no doubt heard that Batman &#8211; Gotham\u2019s brooding hero with no powers but many gadgets &#8211; and Superman &#8211; Metropolis\u2019 cheerful saviour who has just about every superpower under the sun &#8211; are going to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4135,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions\/4135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}