Who Would Win 11: John McClane vs. John Rambo

TheAnimationEmpire asks you... Who Would Win between the burnt out Die Hard detective (John McClane) and the burnt out die hard soldier (John Rambo).



Cast your votes in the comments or with a Response Video. Let's see if you Tubers agree with The Animation Empire Doodz.

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3D animated intro by Ed 'word' Price. 2D animation and effects by MattyO.

Written by Ed 'word' Price with assistance by MattyO. Featured Animation Empire Doodz include: Ed, Justin, OTizzle, Tyler, John, and Shawn.

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WHO WOULD WIN?
1 - Punky Brewster VS Pippi Longstocking:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYV8jxt336I
2 - Superman VS Batman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kULzNzsCZA
3 - Superman VS Himself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQXSZRKFlk0
4 - Ash (Pokemon) VS Ash (Army of Darkness):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYZC93kVQ94
5 - Abraham Lincoln VS Ronald Reagan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kipU3FSjTgo
6 - Walt Disney VS Bill Gates:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Po7U8T0JSE
7 - Optimus Prime VS Harry Potter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwpwWDcbFyU
8 - Woverine VS Aquaman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjNKMTpHzrE
9 - Captain Jack Sparrow VS Captain America:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDhoL8-ppBE
10 - Indiana Jones VS The Ultimate Warrior
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cirouOa7GUk
11 - John McClane VS John Rambo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=O8t81uHBIv8

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OTizzle 2: Family Guy Theme Song (Acoustic Guitar Cover)

We made another music performance video!




OTizzle sings the theme song of Family Guy and plays the theme song of Family Guy on his acoustic guitar... and in his style!

Do you watch Family Guy?



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New TAE "Join the Empire" Banner!!!

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Videogame Portable Wars: Nintendo DS VS Sony PSP

PSP is doing better than all the current consoles:

35.95M



They’re basically just surviving off the popularity of PS3 and PS2. As someone said, they’re just porting crappier versions.




DS is doing twice as good:

74.90M


So I consider PSP an intelligent business move for Sony, but it is directly connected to the success of PS2 and PS3. If Sony drops in the console race, the PSP will follow suit.

It’s actually similar to the Game Gear, which was dependent on the success of the Genesis. I think Sega may have innovated slightly more than Sony is though.



Meanwhile on the DS, Nintendo is innovating like crazy with the pen technology and the dual screen. They are also repackaging all their old 2D titles (that’s the beauty of Nintendo’s model: with each new system they resell every game they’ve ever made), they are really selling the value of their wireless connection (people are going crazy over it), they are innovating on the casual games front (jaw-dropping sales on Nintendogs, Brain Age, etc.), and they are listening very well to what consumers want (a Peach platform game, Mario and Luigi game, Donkey Kong, lots of Pokemon stuff, etc.). Plus the portable market seems to be even more focused on price point than the console market. And Nintendo always wins with the price point.




So Nintendo knows exactly what they’re doing in the portable market. I think we should avoid it and port our games to the other handhelds. If we can’t beat Nintendo on the console front, we have no prayer on the portable front. Nintendo has owned it since the Game & Watch days. The best we could do is emulate the PSP and make a few bucks porting crappier versions of our games to a portable system. I doubt we’d even have as much success as the PSP though, because they’re success is tied to the PS2, and we haven’t had anything on the console front that’s as successful as PS2.



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Kung-Fu Panda is performing better than Wall-E

Kung-Fu Panda is performing better than Wall-E right now. Cars did better than what Wall-E currently is doing. (Based on comparing how well they did each week). These numbers are domestic only.




Kung Fu Panda:

- Week 4 sales: $11,692,061
- Total after Week 4: $179,276,754



Wall-E:

- Week 4 sales: $9,813,000
- Total after Week 4: $182,476,000



Ratatouille:

- Week 4 sales: $10,899,179
- Total after Week 4: $165,519,955



Cars:

- Week 4 sales: $14,569,356
- Total after Week 4: $182,591,139




So Kung Fu Panda is on track to beat Ratatouille and Wall-E.


My guess is that it will cap out at around $230 million domestic. It’s currently at $206 million domestic and $360 million total.


See the full chart here:

http://boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?view=weekend&id=junecgvs.htm



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Xbox 360 E3 Sales Announcements

The E3 announcement of Xbox 360 having more 3rd party sales is silly. Wii has more game sales overall, and a lot of their sales are 1st and 2nd party, which puts more dollars per sale in their pocket. They are also getting more dollars per sale for every console they sell than Xbox is, and they are selling a lot more than Xbox is.


So while it’s true that we have more 3rd party sales, we don’t have more overall sales, and we don’t have the most profitable business model by far. It just means the Xbox 360 is the best system for distributing money across many companies rather than padding our own pockets. Seems like a silly thing to advertise.


I also noticed that Xbox announced they have more North American hardware sales than Wii does... exactly three days before it was no longer true and Nintendo announced the same thing. =^)


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Sony's Playstation 3 showing at E3

At E3, Xbox enthusiasts argue that PS3 was showing off too many future games, "vapor ware."



But I think that “vapor ware” might actually be in their favor, even if it is frustrating. A few of their hit games are coming out this fall, and the games after that are what people are going to buy PS3 in anticipation for.

We had the same effect with Halo 3. After Halo 3, we just didn’t generate the future excitement we had. In other words, we’ve done that too, just not to such an extreme degree by showing so many different games that are far out.


Sony’s doing the same thing. They’re selling people on buying now for a couple of cool games and out of anticipation for more cool games.


I think that’s phenomenal marketing, no matter how infuriating it might be. When we or Nintendo got the games lined up like that, we also play that card. I think that’s Sony’s current advantage.



First of all, their fall lineup is comparable to ours…




Sony:

1. Resistance 2 (Nov 08)
2. Ratchet & Clank Future 2
3. MotorStorm 2 (Oct 08; the first had 3.4 MUS)
4. Socom 4 (Oct 08)
5. The Agency (Dec 08; MMO)



Microsoft:

1. Gears of War 2
2. Fable 2
3. Banjo-Kazooie
4. Viva Pinata 2
5. Too Human

(Too Human looked good at the product fair.)



Nintendo:

1. Wii Music
2. Animal Crossing: City Folk
3. Super Mario Sluggers
4. Wario Land: Shake It
5. Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles 2 (maybe 2009)




Second of all, they’re doing a better job pointing to future games…




Sony:

1. Killzone 2 (Feb 09)
2. DC Universe Online
3. Gran Turismo 5
4. infamous
5. Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier
6. MAG
7. Twisted Metal 5



Microsoft:

1. Halo Wars
2. Star Ocean
3. Alan Wake



Nintendo:

1. Wii Sports 2: Resort
2. Pikmin 3
3. Kid Icarus
4. Zelda Wii 2
5. Mario Wii 2
6. Wii Motor Sports


I think this is also why Nintendo’s realizing to get more games going for the gamer market (they’re obviously concentrating too much on the casual market). They suddenly realized that Animal Crossing, Mario Sluggers, and Wario Land weren’t exciting enough people. So Nintendo is working on Mario, Zelda, and Kid Icarus games, but they should also try to revitalize Star Fox and Donkey Kong properly. It’s also funny that Nintendo doesn’t have to show any of these future titles. We just nag them and say “when’s it coming out?” until they confirm that they’re working on it. =^)


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