Presidential Reviews

[Samos]

Here's my review of Yackerz's Walter White vs. Rick Grimes (http://www.erboh.com/forum/showthrea...l=1#post364373). Next is Sherlock Holmes vs. Batman.

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Rick Grimes-Round 1: The Sky line, Saul line, AMC line and last line are all pretty great, so this verse is almost perfect. The teaching high line isn't that clever, and the elements line was a good line, but kind of a predictable one. 9.5/10

Walter White-Round 1: The icy line is pretty cool (no pun intended). The traitorous pal line doesn't really seem like much of a dis, but the Walkers line is good. The C-section line is also pretty good. Not as good as Rick's verse, but it's still got some pretty nice lines. 8.5/10

Rick Grimes-Round 2: The plague line isn't too much of a dis, but the Walt Jr. reference is just awesome. The third line is good, although not anything too special, but the last line is a clever periodic joke and a clever reference at the same time. 8.5/10

Heisenberg-Round 2: These lines are very blunt and not very subtle, which isn't really a bad thing. They're still pretty powerful and impactful lines. It just seems like they didn't take too much time to write. Just a minor complaint, they're still pretty good lines. 8/10

Overall: Yeah, this is pretty much as good as fan made battles here get. Great references, lots of BOOM lines, it might be your best work. It's not perfect, but the flaws are so minor that I can't even really sum them up in any way. If ERB were to put this out, I probably wouldn't be disappointed. 8.5/10

Rick Grimes' Best Line: At least Carl can stand up for himself! For your son that's not something you can say.
Rick Grimes' Worst Line: I'm bashing the apocalypse headfirst; you're busy teachin' high!
Walter White's Best Line: I'm dealing out my disses like I deal my methamphetamine, iiiiicyyyy.
Walter White's Worst Line: Cops with a traitorous pal have never been a problem for me so this will work out nicely.

Final Results:
Rick Grimes: 18/20
Walter White: 16.5/20

Total Score: 43/50

[Samos]

Here's my re-review of Sherlock Holmes vs. Batman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17CLlZuiBkQ). Next is Steven Spielberg vs. Dante.

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Beat: Pretty repetitive and pretty boring. It's pretty much a 14-second loop over and over again. The instruments change a bit, but the notes stay the same, and the changes aren't that noticeable. Probably one of the weakest beats in the season. 5/10

Impressions and Costumes: They didn't really go for a specific version of Sherlock and Watson, which I actually like. These guys are iconic characters, but they aren't really particularly well known for any one version, so I like that ERB sort of did their own take on Sherlock without straying from the most iconic parts. Batman's costume is fine, but it's too black. Clearly they were going for the Bale Batman, and the Bale Batman had a gold belt. I don't have any problems with Robin's costume though. The voices are all fine, nothing's too far off here. 9/10

Batman-Round 1: The first two lines are just awful. There's no other way to say it. They're stupid, childish insults that seem like they were written within a minute. The verse after that isn't so bad though. The bangers and mash line is pretty funny, and the Tango and Cash reference is a nice reference. The Velma line doesn't really make too much sense, but it is funny. The last line is so blunt and obvious that it's funny too. It seems like most of this is just comic relief. It did make me laugh a few times, so I must give it credit for that. 7/10

Sherlock Holmes and Watson-Round 1: Let me just start by saying that I like Watson. I didn't find him annoying, I actually thought it was one of the most unique things ERB has ever done. He doesn't steal the spotlight from Holmes, he just lets him do his thing and sets things up every once in a while. But it's all a matter of opinion. Some people find him annoying, that's fine, I just don't feel that way. Anyway, I LOVE the first half of this verse. It flows perfectly, and there's a lot of clever wordplay. None of the lines in the first verse are individually too good, but that's not what they were going for, and I think it's only fair to judge them for what they were going for. The battle line is one of the most pointless filler lines in ERB history, but that British butler line is just OOF, oh, it's so good. The vigilante line isn't that good, but I really like the doctor line. It's so perfect, it surprises me that they haven't used it yet. Maybe ERB needs more Doctors. Ah well, overall, this verse has a great flow for the first half and two really clever lines in the second half. It's a nice balance. 9/10

Batman and Robin-Round 2: I won't even count Batman at the beginning because of how stupid it is, so I'll just get to Robin. The Boy Wonder line is kind of obvious, but not too bad. The Baskerville line is OK, the rap repellent line could be worded better, and the building line isn't that good. The BAM POW KERSPLAT line is just pure awesome, but aside from that, there's nothing that good in this verse. There are a lot of OK lines, but none are really ''oooh''. The flow is nice though. Lots of people like Batman's last few lines a lot, but I don't think they're that great. They're too obvious and aren't really subtle. Even the last line is too straightforward, although that one's still a pretty good line. 7.5/10

Sherlock Holmes and Watson-Round 2: I really like the opening part in the verse. It was really clever in the movie and it's really clever here. I don't really mind it messing up the flow because it's between verses. Dr. Seuss vs. Shakespeare had huge pauses between the verses but nobody minded that messing up the flow. The beginning of this verse is much like the beginning of the last verse, no really excellent lines but lots of good flow and clever wordplay. I also don't think they rhymed case with case. The way I always saw it, the lines were paired like ''face-disgrace, haste-basketcase''. I'd use my official lyricbook here, but for some reason it isn't really clear about the line pairs for this battle. Anyway, the tonnes line is a nice double entendre, and while the elementary line is painfully obvious, the OOOOH at the end was pretty funny, and almost makes up for it. The disses themselves here aren't nearly as good as they were in the first verse, but it's still what Sherwin does best, clever wordplay and really cool flows. 8/10

Overall: The hate is understandable, this is probably the weakest season 2 battle. But I don't think it's the worst battle at all. Sherlock's wordplay alone saves it from being a bad video. It's got some unique moments and some really nice cinematics, but some of the lyrics are just dumb, and too much of the battle focuses on flow and not lyrics. This was a disappointment, definitely, but it's good its moments to be sure. 7.5/10

Batman's Best Line: I'll crush your British nuts until they're bangers and mash.
Batman's Worst Line: NICE HAT, DORK, YOU LOOK LIKE A DUCK.
Sherlock Holmes' Best Line: (I heard he has a British butler!) Good, then he'll be used to getting served by Englishmen.
Sherlock Holmes' Worst Line: You want a battle, bat? Bring it then.
Robin's Best Line: (Got a secret 'bout your homegirl Irene Adler) Took her back to my nest to BAM! POW! KER-SPLAT! her.
Robin's Worst Line: Repel a building, snatch a villain, then by dinner be chillin'!

Final Results:
Batman and Robin: 14.5/20
Sherlock Holmes and Watson: 17/20

Total Score: 53/70

[Samos]

Here's my review of FoolMeNever's Steven Spielberg vs. Dante (http://www.erboh.com/forum/showthrea...l=1#post363199). Next is Moses vs. Santa Claus.

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Dante-Round 1: The first line seems pretty filler, but the next line is pretty clever. I kind of like the Close Encounter line, but I typically don't see ''outerplanetary'' used as a boast, so it's a bit awkward. The A.I. line is good, but the next few lines aren't that clever, although the last line is decent. Not really too many jokes here, but there are some clever ones. 8/10

Steven Spielberg-Round 1: The bigger boasts line is awesome, and the Jaws line is pretty good too. There could probably be a more clever line about the olive oil, but the T-Rex line and catch me if you can line are both pretty good references. The last line is OK, but Wiseau seems a bit unrelated to either character in the battle to me. This verse has a few more clever lines than Dante's verse. 8.5/10

Dante-Round 2: The Italian thing gets a bit overdone here, but nevertheless, the Inferno line is still a really good line. The War of Two Worlds line doesn't really seem like much of a dis or boast. The fridge line is nice, the crystal skull line is awesome, and the war horse line is good, but would probably be better had Sergeant Fry actually put down Joey. Still, there are some real zingers in here. 9/10

Steven Spielberg-Round 2: First line is too filler, but the second line is pretty sick. The White Guelphs line isn't so bad either. The edit line is good, and the last line is alright. There's just barely enough here to give Spielberg the win in this battle. 9/10

Overall: Definitely not without its filler lines and jokeless references, but most battle have those to some extent. The battle still gets a ton of things right and manages to be a very good read. Good references and some really good zingers. I'm pretty impressed. 8.5/10

Dante's Best Line: Ho passato l'Inferno, ed è il dolore non si può paragonare al vostro versetto!
Dante's Worst Line: You've put out many films, and yet with one poem, I'm still more influential than you!
Steven Spielberg's Best Line: You're going to need bigger boasts if you want to win.
Steven Spielberg's Worst Line: I've had nothing but acclaim since my triumphant debut.

Final Results:
Dante: 17/20
Steven Spielberg: 17.5/20

Total Score: 43/50

[FoolMeNever]

In regards to the outer planetary line, the original verse was "This is a Close Encounter, Steve, my verses are out of this world.", but I was having trouble coming up with a rhyme for "world", so I went with the current instead. Just figured I should clear that up, but, thanks for the review either way!

[Samos]

Here's my re-review of Moses vs. Santa Claus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kRAKXFrYQ4). Next is The Real Forum.

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Beat: I like it, a lot actually. Maybe it gets a bit repetitive at parts, but it has a nice Christmas-y feel to it. At the same time, it sounds intense, and it's pretty catchy too. Not one of my absolute favorites, but it is pretty nice. 8.5/10

Impressions and Costumes: It's pretty hard to mess up here. Santa's costume is pretty iconic and not too hard to find, and while most of the time Moses is depicted as white, he probably wasn't white, so I can't really say whether the costume is good or not. The elves costumes are pretty funny though. I guess I can't really judge the voices, so everything seems to be in order here. 10/10

Santa Claus-Round 1: The Obi Wan line is good, but the preaching line isn't really too much of a dis. The scraggly beard line is kind of lame, but the North Pole and diamonds lines are both pretty awesome. The naughty boy line was pretty obvious, but I like the list line. I kind of wish they had made a better circumcision joke, the one here wasn't even really a joke. The last line is pretty funny, and while the verse has a few obvious jokes, there are also some real gems. 8.5/10

Moses-Round 1: The truths line is pretty awesome when you get the joke. The reindeer line is kind of obvious, but holy damn, that mass line is just incredible. The second half has awesome flow, but kind of weak lines. The Red Sea line is good, but way too obvious. I like the slaver line though, that's pretty clever. I'd say the flow puts it above Santa's verse. 9/10

Santa Claus and The Elves-Round 2: The burning bush line is just pure brilliance. The GPS line is great and the glorified secretary line is pretty funny. The Santa Claus is Coming to Town line isn't even a joke, and I really wish they had done something better with it. Still, 3 solid lines in this verse. 9/10

Moses-Round 2: This is where Moses starts to turn into Snoop. I like it, I think it's pretty funny. The flow gets kind of awkward around the mall line. I like almost all of the lines in this verse though. All of them are above average, but the last two aren't quite strong enough to net the verse a 10. 9.5/10

Overall: This is one of my all time favorite battles, and probably the finale to anything ERB's done. Snoop of course makes the battle very memorable, the writing in parts is brilliant, and my only real problem with it is that a few of the lines are too obvious. Aside from that, what's there not to love? I think this battle needs to be higher on most people's lists. 9/10

Santa Claus'/Elves' Best Line: I think you need to stop smokin' all that burning bush!
Santa Claus'/Elves' Worst Line: Yeah, we're magical workers, man! We hang with reindeers!
Moses' Best Line: You took the Christ out of Christmas and just added more mass.
Moses' Worst Line: And keep yo hands off my stocking. Don't you ho ho me!

Final Results:
Santa Claus and The Elves: 17.5/20
Moses: 18.5/20

Total Score: 63.5/70

[Katz]

If it's not too Difficult, can you review How The Forum Stole Christmas? http://www.erboh.com/forum/showthrea...tole-Christmas
And if you can, can you review it by Chapters?

[Lohuydahutt]

Hey Sam, would it be possible for you to review my Piss vs Shit? =3 http://www.erboh.com/forum/showthrea...Meh/page16#152

[Poles]

PolarBore vs Facilier pls
http://www.erboh.com/forum/showthrea...l=1#post365403

[Samos]

Here's my review of Clemi's The Real Forum (http://www.erboh.com/forum/showthrea...l=1#post346931). Next is Rick Grimes vs. Walter White.

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Verse 1: The way I'm grading this is that I'm counting all lines between each chorus as a verse. For example, the first one runs from the french dude line to the world is fucked line. The first stanza isn't too strong, but it gets pretty good at around the Rob line. The Pewdiepie stanza is the best one. 7.5/10

Verse 2: (Goes from the vBulletin line to the it just might be line) The lines here aren't as clever, I'd say, but they are brutally honest and really interesting. The chair smiling line and the tunecore stanza are the most interesting parts. 9/10

Verse 3: (Goes from the sadomasochist line to the end of the song) Some of the lines are kind of blunt, obvious and not that clever, like the girl's breast line and the dick line. Still, this ''verse'' manages to reference a lot of things that needed to be referenced and it's still very interesting. 8.5/10

Best Line: So what, think I'll just sit on my chair and smile ?
Worst Line: That site is more addictive than a girl's breast

Total Score: 25/30

[Clemi]

Here's my review of Clemi's The Real Forum (http://www.erboh.com/forum/showthrea...l=1#post346931). Next is Adam vs. Eve.

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Verse 1: The way I'm grading this is that I'm counting all lines between each chorus as a verse. For example, the first one runs from the french dude line to the world is fucked line. The first stanza isn't too strong, but it gets pretty good at around the Rob line. The Pewdiepie stanza is the best one. 7.5/10

Verse 2: (Goes from the vBulletin line to the it just might be line) The lines here aren't as clever, I'd say, but they are brutally honest and really interesting. The chair smiling line and the tunecore stanza are the most interesting parts. 9/10

Verse 3: (Goes from the sadomasochist line to the end of the song) Some of the lines are kind of blunt, obvious and not that clever, like the girl's breast line and the dick line. Still, this ''verse'' manages to reference a lot of things that needed to be referenced and it's still very interesting. 8.5/10

Total Score: 25/30

Thanks !
You forgot the best/worst lines (And the Overall ?) though D: