Game Draft Rd1: Grim Fandango vs Plants v Zombies

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Grim Fandango, as a stop-motion animated feature directed by Tim Burton.



John Leguizamo as:

Manny Calavera



Michelle Rodriguez as:

Mercedes "Meche" Colomar



Cheech Marin as:

Glottis



Javier Bardem as:

Hector LeMans



with additional picks of

Antonio Banderas as:

Salvador Limones:



and

Jimmy Smits as:

Domino Hurley

vs

Plants vs. Zombies: The Animated Series!







Peter Dinklage as:

Doctor Zomboss



Dan Castellaneta as:

Crazy Dave



Billy West as:

Peashooter aka "Shooter"



Jodi Benson as:

Sunflower aka "Sunny"



And my additional pick (for the moment, I may add another) is

Patrick Warburton as:

Squash

Show summary:

Evil Genius Dr. Zomboss is bent on world domination. But his many zombie creations have one fatal flaw, they are dumb as posts. (I envision some great humor coming from his constant frustration with being surrounded by idiots.) He needs BRAINS. Unfortuantely, he is constantly thwarted by the creations of eccentric botanist "Crazy Dave" who runs a yardwork business that is hired by pretty much everybody in town.

The plants are led by Shooter, a determined, yet humble peashooter who is dedicated to protecting folks from the zombie invasion. His love interest is Flower, the sunflower who is able to provide power boosts to all the defenders. His staunchest ally is Squash, a loyal and tough (if rather dim) ...well, squash. Starfruit, ("Please, call me Star") is a rather smarmy, egotistical rival for Flower's affections, who also thinks he should be in charge, but who is more concerned about being "awesome" than about where his widely scattered attacks actually land.

Aside from dropping the plants off at whatever house they are defending, with some kind of ludicrous, wacky "pep talk", Crazy Dave will periodically provide experimental upgrades to various plants (allowing Shooter to shoot snow peas, for example) and some new....unique....species of plants that don't last long (cherry bombs, jalapenos, potato mines, etc.)

Also, with the release of Plants vs. Zombies 2, the show can jump the shark by adding time travel to the mix.

[Marvelous Iggy God Of Turtles Find all posts View Profile Close Marvelous Iggy]

Grim Fandango shall attain victory. So sayeth the God of Turtles.

[JohnnyV Pictionary Master Find all posts View Profile Close JohnnyV]

Good draft choices by both teams, but a Grim Fandango movie needs to actually happen.

[Booster Beetle Will break before he bends Find all posts View Profile Close Booster Beetle]

I have no idea what Grim Fandango is, so Im going to have to vote for PvZ

[Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Find all posts View Profile Close Mister Ed]

I find the Plants vs. Zombies proposal eerily plausible, but like JohnnyV, I think Grim Fandango NEEDS to be made.

In fact, if I thought for a second that winning this draft would actually make that happen, I would be SORELY tempted to cheat (don't know how exactly, but I'd figure out a way).

But don't worry. I'm not that desperate for the much lower stakes of bragging rights.

[JohnnyV Pictionary Master Find all posts View Profile Close JohnnyV]

I have no idea what Grim Fandango is, so Im going to have to vote for PvZ

[Lantern A-train Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Lantern A-train]

Grim gets my vote as well. The cast just sounds fun as hell.

[Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Find all posts View Profile Close Mister Ed]

I have no idea what Grim Fandango is, so Im going to have to vote for PvZ

Dude, it's an "Epic tale of crime and corruption in the Land of the Dead"! It says so right on the poster!

But seriously, here's a link to the Wikipedia entry, if anybody is interested:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grim_Fandango

GameSpot picked it as Game of the Year when it came out, as well as calling it one the the "Greatest Games of All Time". IGN listed it at 15th in a list of the Top 25 PC Games, and 36th in a list of the "Top 100 Games of All Time" back in 2007.

It is a crying shame that this game is no longer available (legally, anyway. Tazer could probably find you a copy. ), as I would recommend it to anybody.

[JohnnyV Pictionary Master Find all posts View Profile Close JohnnyV]

If there are two games I would recommend someone play before all the others, it would be Grim Fandango and Baldur's Gate. Both games to me are the pinnacle of game making and storytelling. Even with all the improvement in graphics and narrative technology, no game has matched either in pure storytelling and sense of style.

[Michael Heide Heide Finition Find all posts View Profile Close Michael Heide]

I'm really sad for the really great Plants vs Zombies cartoon idea. Because it's getting slaughtered here. But I just have to vote for Grim Fandango as well.

[Kuhan Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Kuhan]

Mister Ed vs. Mister Ed.

No matter who wins, we lose. Also, Ed wins.

[Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Find all posts View Profile Close Mister Ed]

Mister Ed vs. Mister Ed.

No matter who wins, we lose. Also, Ed wins.

I'm trying to figure out how to take this...

[Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Find all posts View Profile Close Mister Ed]

Zombies is missing a cast member. Not that it will effect the outcome any...

[Kuhan Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Kuhan]

I'm trying to figure out how to take this...

[Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Find all posts View Profile Close Mister Ed]

Ah, missed the reference...never saw it.

Didn't realize I was so scary, though.