Bell and Whistle Cage Match: Movies

Qualifications for entry: movie must have been release last November and either a) star someone with the last name "Hemsworth" or b) be based on a book with the word "Game" or "Games" in the title.

The contenders:

 vs.vs.

That's right, kids, a three-way showdown!

Fight!

F.U. News Cage Match: Manly Men

The contenders:

The Dos Equis Most Interesting Man in the World.


The Old Spice Man Your Man could Smell Like.



Fight!



Round 1: Facial Hair.

The Old Spice Man has a mustache underneath his mustache.

The Most Interesting Man's organ donation card lists his beard.
AND
His beard alone has experienced more than a lesser man's entire body.

Point goes to:
The Most Interesting Man in the World.



Round 2: Animals.

Did you know the Old Spice Man can ride a horse backwards?

Sharks have a week dedicated to The Most Interesting Man.
AND
Every time he goes for a swim, dolphins appear.

Point goes to:
The Most Interesting Man in the World.



Round 3: Cars.

The Most Interesting Man owns 3 sports cars and rents 5.

The Old Spice Man has won 1 or 12 medals for exotic car-throwing competitions.

Point goes to:
The Man Your Man could Smell Like.



Round 4: Scent.

The Old Spice Man sells cologne.

The Most Interesting Man's blood smells like cologne.

Point goes to:
The Most Interesting Man in the World.



Round 5: Internet Presence.

The Old Spice Man has a dedicated YouTube page which has all his commercials, and his video responses to fans' tweets. His official videos alone have over 204 million views on YouTube.

The Most Interesting Man's YouTube page has only a few of his commercials, with barely over half a million views. To find his commercials, you have to scour the internets.

Point goes to:
The Man Your Man could Smell Like.



Round 6: Google Fight.
Best two out of three

Fight 1: "Man your man could smell like" vs. "Most interesting man in the world"
28 million to 16 million, Most Interesting Man

Fight 2: "Having Isaiah Mustafa as my wingman will get me laid" vs. "Having Jonathan Goldsmith as my wingman will get me laid"
6,460 to 405, Old Spice Man

Fight 3: "9 out of 10 ladies prefer Old Spice" vs. "9 out of 10 ladies prefer Dos Equis"
1.8 million to 1.5 million, Old Spice Man

Point goes to:
The Man Your Man could Smell Like



Round 7: Coin toss


For this toss, a fair $50 American Buffalo 24-Karat gold coin from Random.org was used.

Old Spice Man is Indian heads, Most Interesting Man is buffalo (tails).

T-H-H-H-T-H-T

Point goes to:
The Most Interesting Man in the World.

That's right. He wins coin tosses even when he calls the wrong side.


The means the victor is....

The Most Interesting Man in the World!

Stay thirsty, my friends.

In the end, the Old Spice Man Your Man could Smell Like put up a good fight but really, how can you compete with a man who lives vicariously through himself?

Learn more about the Most Interesting Man in the World here.

F.U. News Cage Match: Actresses Named "Amy".

*Blows dust off blog.* I remember this place.

For no other reason than "because I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul," I present the first F.U. News Cage Match to determine the best of something or other. In this fight, we have a showdown between actresses named "Amy."

The contenders:

Amy Adams

Notable Appearances: Enchanted, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Julie & Julia, Leap Year.

Amy Acker

Notable Appearances: "Angel", "Alias", "Dollhouse"

Fight!

1st competition: Alphabetical listing.

"Amy Acker" alphabetically comes before "Amy Adams".

Point goes to: Amy Acker.

2nd competition: Appearances in the Joss-verse.

Amy Adams played Cousin Beth in the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" episode "Family".

Amy Acker played Winifred Burkle in the 3rd through 5th seasons of "Angel", and Dr. Claire Saunders ("Whiskey") in "Dollhouse".

Point goes to: Amy Acker.

3rd competition: Appearance in a musical.

Amy Adams starred in the delightful musical Enchanted.

Amy Acker did not appear in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Musical."

Point goes to: Amy Adams.

4th competition: Appearance in a Steven Spielberg movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Amy Adams and Amy Acker both appeared in Catch Me If You Can, however Amy Acker has only a brief cameo, while Amy Adams has a significant role.

Point goes to: Amy Adams.

5th competition: Google Fight, best two out of three.

First fight: "Amy Acker" vs. "Amy Adams"

4,720,000 to 61,000, Adams

Second fight: "Amy Acker is teh hawt" vs. "Amy Adams is teh hawt"

16,800 to 250, Acker

Third fight: "Amy Acker has the smarts of a nuclear physicist" vs. "Amy Adams has the smarts of a nuclear physicist"

4520 to 2180, Adams

Point goes to: Amy Adams.

6th competition: Suitability to play Regina Burke in a movie version of Jack Flint: Space Pirate.

Amy Adams could play Regina Burke if she had brown hair.

Amy Acker could play Regina Burke if she had blue eyes.

Point goes to: Draw.

7th competition: The Twenty-Sided Die.

Amy Adams: 1-10

Amy Acker: 11-20

For this fight, a fair d20 from Wizards of the Coast's online dice roller was used.

Best of seven: 16, 3, 8, 15, 18, 20, 10.

Point goes to: Amy Acker.

Final result:

After a hard and brutal fight, our two leading ladies are evenly matched, 3-3. It looks like it's up to you, the loyal reader, to pick your favorite.