# Who's \_\_\_\_? X or Y **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 23, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580 "2008-04-23T19:04:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/21 "2008-04-23T22:47:08Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Keyword being dynasty: Barrymore. Whose mouth does weirder stuff, Drew or Julia Roberts? [/QUOTE] Julia Roberts. Who do more people think resembles a horse, Julia or Sarah Jessica Parker? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/22 "2008-04-23T22:50:20Z")
[QUOTE=NAF1138] Julia Roberts. Who do more people think resembles a horse, Julia or Sarah Jessica Parker? [/QUOTE] Sarah Jessica “Seabiscuit” Parker. After being child stars and adult stars, who’s going to get the first old lady starring role, Sarah or Jodie Foster? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/23 "2008-04-23T23:29:22Z")
> [@](#): > > I don’t remember either but I’ll take Depp on faith for Sweeney Todd Depp was in _A Nightmare on Elm Street_ (it was his first movie) and Bacon was in _Friday the 13th_. > [@](#): > > After being child stars and adult stars, who’s going to get the first old lady starring role, Sarah or Jodie Foster? Foster Who will win a directing Oscar first: Jodie Foster or Sofia Coppola? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/24 "2008-04-23T23:32:03Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] Depp was in _A Nightmare on Elm Street_ (it was his first movie) and Bacon was in _Friday the 13th_. [/QUOTE] Thanks. I’ll try to remember to watch those two next time they’re on cable. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/25 "2008-04-23T23:36:49Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] Depp was in _A Nightmare on Elm Street_ (it was his first movie) and Bacon was in _Friday the 13th_.Foster Who will win a directing Oscar first: Jodie Foster or Sofia Coppola? [/QUOTE] Good one. I figure the politics favor Sofia. Whose performance has been more roundly chastised, Sofia’s or Pauly Shore’s? (pick any Shore movie – I have never watched one!) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/26 "2008-04-24T00:21:12Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Good one. I figure the politics favor Sofia. Whose performance has been more roundly chastised, Sofia’s or Pauly Shore’s? (pick any Shore movie – I have never watched one!) [/QUOTE] Sofia – the suckitude that was _Godfather III_ was laid squarely (albeit unfairly) at her feet. Who’s going to have the longer career, Sofia or her cousin Nic? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/27 "2008-04-24T00:24:11Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Sofia – the suckitude that was _Godfather III_ was laid squarely (albeit unfairly) at her feet. Who’s going to have the longer career, Sofia or her cousin Nic? [/QUOTE] Trick question, perhaps? Nic’s got about 10 years head start, so Sofia’s got to match that assuming Nic bails anytime soon. I go with Nic. Who’s mannerisms are easier to imitate, Nic’s or Walken’s? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/28 "2008-04-24T02:50:36Z")
Walken. Who’s a better SNL host: Christopher Walken or Steve Martin? ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/29 "2008-04-24T03:00:38Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] Walken. Who’s a better SNL host: Christopher Walken or Steve Martin? [/QUOTE] Gotta go with Walken again. What otherwise great actor gets roped into more crappy movies: Walken or De Niro? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/30 "2008-04-24T03:45:01Z")
Ooooo. Toughie. Gotta go with DeNiro - the _Rocky and Bullwinkle_ movie, and the one about the evil cloned kid, put him over the top. Who was the greater actor of the 1970s, DeNiro or Pacino? ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/31 "2008-04-24T03:45:22Z")
[QUOTE=Diomedes] Gotta go with Walken again. What otherwise great actor gets roped into more crappy movies: Walken or De Niro? [/QUOTE] easily De Niro who has had more GREAT performances in crappy movies De Niro or Al Pachino? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/32 "2008-04-24T03:46:44Z")
[QUOTE=Diomedes] Gotta go with Walken again. What otherwise great actor gets roped into more crappy movies: Walken or De Niro? [/QUOTE] I’m going to say De Niro Who more often than not plays the same type of character - Robert De Niro or Michael Caine? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/33 "2008-04-24T03:47:10Z")
Simulpost - and not so far apart in subject, either! I’ll defer to **NAF1138**. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/34 "2008-04-24T12:18:31Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Ooooo. Toughie. Gotta go with DeNiro - the _Rocky and Bullwinkle_ movie, and the one about the evil cloned kid, put him over the top. Who was the greater actor of the 1970s, DeNiro or Pacino? [/QUOTE] > [@anyrose](#): > > Who more often than not plays the same type of character - Robert De Niro or Michael Caine? > [@NAF1138](#): > > who has had more GREAT performances in crappy movies De Niro or Al Pachino? Since there’s a bit of a logjam here, and since I believe all these questions can be answered “DeNiro,” I’ll just add another: Whose facial mole is more distracting, DeNiro’s or Cindy Crawford’s? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/35 "2008-04-24T13:46:05Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Whose facial mole is more distracting, DeNiro’s or Cindy Crawford’s? [/QUOTE] Cindy’s Who had the longer lasting celebrity marriage/LTR - Crawford/Gere or Brinkley/Joel? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/36 "2008-04-24T14:00:23Z")
Brinkley/Joel, I think. Who’s sung or written more Top 40 songs, Billy Joel or Elton John? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/37 "2008-04-24T17:37:53Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Brinkley/Joel, I think. Who’s sung or written more Top 40 songs, Billy Joel or Elton John? [/QUOTE] I’m going on pure guesswork, but I’d bet it’s Billy, but not by a lot (I’m curious enough to want to know the right answer.) Anyway, Who’s more a “homer” for New York, Billy Joel or Frank Sinatra? ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/38 "2008-04-24T17:52:31Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I’m going on pure guesswork, but I’d bet it’s Billy, but not by a lot (I’m curious enough to want to know the right answer.) Anyway, Who’s more a “homer” for New York, Billy Joel or Frank Sinatra? [/QUOTE] Sinatra in a walk. Who was the better ratpack actor Sinatra or Sammy Davis Jr? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/39 "2008-04-24T18:25:24Z")
[QUOTE=NAF1138] Sinatra in a walk. Who was the better ratpack actor Sinatra or Sammy Davis Jr? [/QUOTE] Well, neither is a Brando or a DeNiro; or a Sam Jackson or a Don Cheadle, but I’ll lean in Frank’s direction on this one. Who’s the better model for an Italian American, Sinatra or James Gandolfini? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580/40 "2008-04-24T18:30:44Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Who’s more a “homer” for New York, Billy Joel or Frank Sinatra? [/QUOTE] See, now I would have pegged Sinatra as a “Joisey Boy”, not New York at all > [@](#): > > Who’s the better model for an Italian American, Sinatra or James Gandolfini? I’m going to say Gandolfini - because he only acted like _that guy_, while Sinatra’s ties in real life were mor ethan mere speculation. Who’s a more sympathetic anti-hero - Gandolfini’s Tony Soprano or Johnny Depp’s Capt Jack Sparrow? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-____-x-or-y/446580.md?page=3)