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| ''[[The Cabin in the Woods]]'' || ''Detention'' || [[Post Modernism|Post-modern]], [[Genre Busting]] takes on the [[Horror]] genre that were released the same weekend. || ''Detention'' was made by Joseph Kahn,<ref>Maker of the [[Cult Classic]] action film ''[[Torque]]'', a [[Stealth Parody]] of ''[[The Fast and the Furious]]''</ref> opened in limited release, and is chiefly a satire of modern teenage life. ''Cabin'' was made by the team of [[Joss Whedon]] and [[Cloverfield|Drew]] [[Lost|Goddard]], got a wide release after spending years [[Development Hell|sitting on the shelf]] due to MGM crashing and burning, and is a [[Deconstructor Fleet]] for horror movies. || ''Cabin'' got near-universal praise, made much more money and is already being revered as one of the greats in the genre, while ''Detention'' [[Love It or Hate It|split critics]] and is likely to wind up a [[Cult Classic]].
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| ''[[John Carter (film)|John Carter]]'' || ''[[The Hunger Games (film)|The Hunger Games]]'' || Spring 2012 YA-novel-based scifi adventures. ''Carter'' is in the "originator" slot because it opened two weeks earlier. || ''JC'''s [[John Carter of Mars|source material]] is hugely influential in speculative-fiction circles (leading to ''buckets'' of [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny]]), set on an [[Science Marches On|alien-populated Mars]] and peaked in popularity 80 years ago. ''[[The Hunger Games (novel)|THG]]'' critiques [[Reality TV]], is set in a dystopic future America and is at the height of its popularity ''now''. || While ''JC'' got good reviews and most people who actually saw it loved it, it [[Box Office Bomb|flopped so hard]] that Disney took a nearly $100 million writedown. ''THG'' was well received by critics, set a new box office record for a non-sequel, made its $90 million budget back by Friday evening and went on to a monthlong run as #1 movie in the US, hitting the $500 million mark on its fourth weekend. The [http://www.washingtonpost.com/conversations/hunger-games-effect-judging-movie-adaptations/2012/03/26/gIQA5Y5McS_discussion.html press] is [http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/27/opinion/seymour-hunger-games-john-carter/index.html already] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130201043433/http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/BMITW/news/?a=57059 dissecting] what Disney's marketing team got wrong and what Lionsgate's got right.
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| ''[[Emma (film)|Emma]]'' || ''[[Emma (film)|Emma]]'' ||Prestige adaptations of [[Jane Austen]]'s last completed novel starring rising stars supported by the best the British repertory had to offer.||The McGrath/Paltrow/Northam adaptation was a theatrical release from primarily American creators (the director, studio, and eponymous lead). The Davies/Beckinsale/Strong production was a telefilm from Britain's ITV, springboarding off the success of Davies and producer Sue Birtwistle's previous ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' miniseries. ||The McGrath/Paltrow/Northam film tends to have a slight edge, due to its friendlier, sweeter timbre. However, both tend to be fondly remembered (except by fans of the other version). When the 2009 BBC miniseries was released, many simply added a third adaptation to their list of favorite ''[[Emma]]'' adaptations. (As a side note, Austen films tend to be duelling movies given the passion and long memories of the fanbase. The clustering of film and television releases from 1995-1996 and 2005-2009 highlighted this fact.)
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