MF vs. GG

[NowhereMan]

I was hoping for some arcade fightin', Capcom vs. Marvel style, but I didn't find anything on YouTube of these two fightin'. So this will do instead. 



Mr. Fantastic enters round 2. 

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I rest my case, lol

[NowhereMan]

ROUND 1: MUSIC FESTIVALS VS THE GOLDEN GLOBES

VERSUS

[littlelum]

Music festivals have music, while golden globes have... spheres of gold? I like music more, so I vote music festivals

[NowhereMan]

Getting closer to the end of Round 1.

Now I have a lot of fond memories of what we call the "music festival". Watching Tom Petty. Watching Dave Matthews. Seeing Jack Johnson perform "The Joker" with Steve Miller Band. You could only see that at a music festival. The iconic music festivals, there are many. Woodstock, from the 60s, and the infamous mud fights and destruction of Woodstock '99. That could only happen at a music festival. The Monterey Pop Festival, also heralding Jimi Hendrix, like Woodstock, giving him an iconic and legendary aura. Coachella, Tomorrowland, Live Aid/Live 8, Ultra Music Festival.... to name a few. 

The Golden Globes. What is it? It is an awards show for both television and movies, stemming from the 1940s. It's not the Oscars, its not the Grammys. Do you watch The Golden Globes? While it may be viable for viewership, it is for celebrities and their legacy, rather than the fans, which is the music festival. Music festivals are gnarly, The Golden Globes is a television event. Let's be honest, I doubt any of us MFGGers attend The Golden Globes. I can't name an "iconic" moment from the awards show without looking it up. Like I said, it's not the Oscars, it's not the Grammys. And it is not The MTV Music Awards.

So I give this one to the madness of that which is Woodstock '99.

[NowhereMan]

ROUND 1: Martin Freeman versus Gilbert Gottfried


VERSUS

[NowhereMan]

What I know about Martin Freeman, is he was the "Jim" of the British The Office, also the Hobbit I think, a story I loved as a child, but never actually seen the movies, I should do that.

What I know about Gilbert Gottfried, is the principal or something, in Problem Child 2 (I think it was the second one?) and the voice of Iago from Aladdin. Also as a commentator on vh1 styled shows from the 2000s (not to get specific). Let us take a look at their Wikipedia pages.

Martin Freeman is a close friend to Simon Pegg, makes sense. 

Freeman is a fan of soul, Motown and jazz music, and presented an episode of BBC Two's The Culture Show in 2009 titled "Martin Freeman Goes to Motown". He also selected music for a 2006 Motown compilation, Made to Measure, and worked on a jazz compilation with his friend Eddie Piller, Jazz on the Corner; released on Acid Jazz Records on 23 March 2018, it features tracks by Kamasi Washington and The Brand New Heavies. The pair presented The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show on 31 March 2018. In 2019, a follow-up album, Soul on the Corner, was announced, with tracks by Leroy Hutson and Bobby Womack.

He is also a fan of jazz music, like myself.

He also played Arthur Dent on Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Yes, he was Bilbo Baggins, on The Hobbit series, beautiful. Other than some minor roles of some movies I like, I haven't seen a whole lot of his filmography. Seems like a likeable guy tho.

Alrite.... Gilbert Gottfried. First of all, Gilbert Gottfried died on April 12, 2022, a a week or so after the anniversary of his death, 4 years later. May he rest in peace. If anybody knows the face of Gilbert Gottfried, then you can also probably hear the voice as well, in the back of your head. Very annoying lol.

Anyways. 

Oh, Problem Child (the first one), the second one, and the third one. One of my childhood memories. Aladdin. Always a classic. vh1's I Love Toys. Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments. When I was scouring the old MFGG message board for my old posts, I made a topic about this show, asking MFGG members what they thought about the list. For example, the Willy Wonka tunnel scene was in there, and another movie, I don't remember which one, but we were discussing if these scenes were scary (they were, technically). The rest of the moments seemed like they fit in with the "scary movie" themes. Gottfried has a huge list of voices and cameos in tv shows from Family Guy to The Ren and Stimpy Show. He also reprised his role for Iago (Kingdom Hearts, sequels, animated series), unlike big movie star Robin Williams (the genie). Also was in commercials. So we probably all know him (the older members anyway).

But most importantly he is a comedian, which was probably his "title" on vh1 and the Bravo show. Gilbert Gottfried, Comedian. He has albums of his performances.

I thought I was going to pick Martin Freeman (more starring roles, but yet, British, so I don't know much of his films), but I am going to move Gottfried to the next round for being more dynamic. 

[NowhereMan]

ROUND ONE: MOUNT FUJI VERSUS THE GOLDEN GATE

vs. 

[NowhereMan]

We playing a point game today, the points do matter!!!!! Wikipedia as source. 

• Mount Fuji isn't just a mountain, it's a stratovolcano, +1 point.
  
• It is the highest mountain in Japan, +1 point. 
  
• Top seven highest peaks on an island on Earth, +1 point. 
  
• It has not erupted in 300 plus years, +1 point. 
  
• It is a cultural icon, +1 point. 
  
• It is one of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains", +1 point.
  
• It is one of Japans Historic sites, also listed as one of its Special Place of Scenic beauty, +1 point.
  
• It is part of the World Heritage List, +1 point. 
  
• UNESCO recognizes 25 sites of cultural interest within the Mount Fuji locality, +3 points!
  
• The current kanji for Mount Fuji, 富 and 士, mean "wealth" or "abundant" and "man of status" respectively, +1 point.
  
• A text of the 9th century, Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, says that the name came from "immortal" (不死, fushi, fuji) and also from the image of abundant (富, fu) soldiers (士, shi, ji) ascending the mountain slopes, +1 point.
  
• An early folk etymology claims that Fuji came from 不二 (not + two), meaning without equal or nonpareil, +1 point.
  
• Another claims that it came from 不盡 (not + to exhaust), meaning never-ending, +1 point.
  
• Scientists have identified four distinct phases of volcanic activity in the formation of Mount Fuji, +1 point.
  
• Approximately 100,000 years ago, "Old Fuji" was formed over the top of Komitake Fuji. The modern, "New Fuji" is believed to have formed over the top of Old Fuji around 10,000 years ago, +1 point. 
  
• The volcano is classified as "active", +1 point. 
  
• Ten known eruptions can be traced to reliable records, +2 points!
  
• Paragliding, +1 point.
  
• Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, +2 points!
  

Total points: 24 (Just one Wikipedia page)

• Connects San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean, +1 point.
  
• Since 1937, has been spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge, +2 points!
  
• The Golden Gate is the site of over 100 shipwrecks, +1 point. (because everybody loves a good sea story!)
  
• The area around the strait and the bay was inhabited by Native Americans – the Ohlone people to the south and Coast Miwok to the north. Descendants of both tribes remain in the area, +2 points!
  
• On July 1, 1846, before the discovery of gold in California, the entrance acquired a new name. In his memoirs, John C. Frémont wrote: "To this Gate I gave the name of 'Chrysopylae', or 'Golden Gate'; for the same reasons that the harbor of Byzantium was called Chrysoceras, or Golden Horn." He went on to comment that the strait was "a golden gate to trade with the Orient", +1 point.
  
• The bridge was the longest suspension bridge span in the world when completed in 1937 and is an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and the state of California, + 2 points!
  
• Remains second longest in the United States, after the Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge in New York City, +2 points!
  

Total points: 11 (& and that's an accumulation of two Wikipedia pages, Golden Gate and Golden Gate Bridge)

Mount Fuji wins this round. 

Edit: I would not want to live in a world without the Golden Gate Bridge, but also Mount Fuji is natural, not man-made! (like Golden Gate as is)

[NowhereMan]

Magdalena Frackowiak vs. Go-Go... Dancers?

VERSUS