{"id":56240,"date":"2012-05-20T08:41:39","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T13:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=56240"},"modified":"2012-05-20T08:41:39","modified_gmt":"2012-05-20T13:41:39","slug":"epic-fail-darth-vader-vs-gandalf-super-power-beat-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2012\/05\/20\/56240-epic-fail-darth-vader-vs-gandalf-super-power-beat-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Fail: Darth Vader vs. Gandalf &#8211; Super Power Beat Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><iframe data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aF2J_7clCo8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"519\" height=\"264\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The folks over at <a href=\"http:\/\/superpowerbeatdown.com\/SPBD.html\" target=\"_blank\">Super Power Beat Down<\/a> are obviously trying to tick off Tolkien fans. In the recent match-up of &#8216;Darth Vader vs. Gandalf,&#8217; they&#8217;ve managed to make an amazing technical presentation of a battle between these two pop culture icons <em>(well worth the watch!)<\/em>, but failed when it came down to making an educated decision on who could actually win a battle between the two. Ultimately if the competition comes down to a vote of the pop culture masses, we can always count on the slavish drones of Lucasites feverishly voting for anything that has the moniker of &#8216;Star Wars.&#8217; Yea, I&#8217;m all kinds of sour grapes. Enjoy the video for the technical prowess and presentation. And, I may mention, the guy in the Darth Vader outfit is actually good TORn friend David Baxter (aka Treebeard)! He&#8217;s really tall, but next time I see him, I&#8217;ll try to send a collective slap for the Tolkien community.<em> (P.S. &#8211; the views in this story of those of Calisuri, and not TheOneRing.net :P)<\/em> [<a href=\"http:\/\/superpowerbeatdown.com\/SPBD.html\" target=\"_blank\">Super Power Beat Down<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/aF2J_7clCo8\" target=\"_blank\">Direct YouTube Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks over at Super Power Beat Down are obviously trying to tick off Tolkien fans. 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