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Old 11-24-2001, 04:07 PM
Freudian Slit Freudian Slit is offline
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Who could take whom in a fight? Who just looks cooller? Who starred in the better movie? And finally, if you were at a party, who would you be gravitating towards?

My picks go to Beetlejuice. He's just the ghost with the most, man...Edward Scissorhands let Anthony Michael Hall push him around. Come on...He's great and all, but he's no BJ. You guys?
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Old 11-24-2001, 04:13 PM
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Beetlejuice by a KO. Edward is a poor, misunderstood character who used to be an eccentric inventor's machine.

Beetlejuice is a centuries-old ghost who has the capability to cause widespread havoc within a household. And he's got a mean streak a mile wide.

BJ would run circles around Eddie, cruel tricks and sight gags a-blazin' while all Edward Scissorhands could muster is a plaintive, puppydog-eyed stare.
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Old 11-24-2001, 04:34 PM
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Beetlejuice, by a mile.

Beetlejuice has the power of transfiguration. He could turn into a giant snake and swallow ES whole.

Beetlejuice exists in several dimensions at once, so even if ES managed to slice him with his scissors he'd just regenerate or something.

Beetlejuice also looks cooler and starred in a better movie. If I was at a party, though, I'd probably hang with ES. Beetlejuice is, after all, a demon. ES is just a misunderstood freak.
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Old 11-24-2001, 05:39 PM
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Beetlejuice would win in a fight. But Edward is the better movie and looks cooler. In a party, the women would gravitate toward Ed, and the men toward Beetlejuice.
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Old 11-24-2001, 09:21 PM
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If Edward Scissorhands inflicted any harm upon Beetlejuice, it would have been completely by accident.

Pretend the grammar is correct in that sentence, okay?
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