Beat: When I first heard the beat in the Monday Show, I thought it would be kind of wacky and goofy, but it actually turned out to be pretty intense sounding. It feels like a beat they would use for a finale. It's sciency-sounding, pretty catchy, and has a wide variety of instruments. My one possible complaint is that maybe it wasn't light-hearted enough. I mean, it is Weird Al against Bill Nye, it doesn't have to be the most serious thing in the world. 9/10
Impressions and Costumes: I personally like Peter's Nye voice a fair amount. Maybe it's a bit too exaggerated, but it's a good effort, and you can tell who it's supposed to be. Chali 2na sounds perfect for Tyson, and Newton is British in parts, so no complaints there. Costumes are all perfect except for Tyson. What, was Chali just not willing to shave his beard? It just bugs me because if it weren't for the beard, he'd be a COMPLETE dead ringer for Tyson. So there's a ton of good in this category, but the beard knocks it down a notch. 8.5/10
Sir Isaac Netwon-Round 1: The Beaker reference is pretty funny, although it kind of just shrugs off the bow tie thing. Heck, even Dante's hint would be a better bow tie joke. Something about being in a knot would be pretty clever. The gravity line isn't much of a joke, but the apple tree line is pretty good. The bach degree and unit of force are both fact-statey, not really jokes. The notion line is filler, but then there's the law of gravity reference which is pretty good, and followed up with the excellent sound effect line. The God's gift line is kind of clever, but not nearly as clever as the Dancing With The Stars reference. Good creation pun to end the verse. Definitely a few too many filler lines, but there's also a bunch of good stuff here. 9/10
Bill Nye-Round 1: The first two lines aren't really jokes. They make a point, sure, and they set the tone for the verse, but I wouldn't call them good lines. The back half of your life line is a pretty good comparison, but much like the bow tie line, it's a good line that doesn't make any jokes about one of the most exploitable traits of one of the characters. He just says "You didn't have a wife lol" and doesn't really say anything about it. The next line is a much more clever way of handling it. The circle of friends line was truly an "ooh" line. The needle line is great, I'm glad they dug up that info. Mercury line isn't much of a joke, but the hypothesize line is pretty good. Again, not without its minor problems, but there are some real nice burns in this. 9/10
Sir Isaac Newton-Round 2: After Nye had delivered an awesome first verse, I was wondering why the polls were so one-sided. Then this verse happened. The conclude line is good, nothing great. Classes line is alright, could've made a better joke about it. The opposite reaction line is maybe a bit obvious, but a great line nontheless. The last half of the verse is where Newton starts really schooling Nye. The accelerate and calculate lines are actually really clever. The line setting up the equation line actually manages to insult him while still managing to set up the line, which I always like. I like the equation quite a bit. It shows off his flow and intelligence, and makes Nye look like an idiot. Good lines and godly flow here. 9.5/10
Neil deGrasse Tyson-Round 2: In defense of the brain line, it is at least clever, so I wouldn't call it the worst line of the battle. But I am confused as to why they'd deliberately have Nye's partner call Newton more intelligent. I mean, Nye never really tries to insult Newton's intelligence, so maybe it's trying to emphasize the point that intelligence doesn't matter when it comes to who's doing the most for the scientific community? I don't know, I just don't hate it. The badass line is kind of just throwing in the meme for the sake of having it in the battle. Now literally while I was doing the review I found out what the Hayden Planetary line as a reference to, aside from just Tyson's Hayden Planetarium that is. Hayden Panetierre had a song called "I Fly". So that line is really good. The equation solution isn't that clever, but man is it cool. I can't even explain why it's cool, it just is. And mind you I hate the word "swag". The Leibniz line isn't that good, unless there's some dagger reference I'm missing. The Harry Potter line is funny, and the universe line is a great closer. 9/10
Overall: I don't really like how they sort of tossed Nye aside, but seeing Tyson in a battle was awesome, Weird Al is incredibly talented, and this battle is just awesome. I have my problems with it, but I just love so many elements of it (get it elements because science hahahahahaha), so this one's the best of the storm and going up on my favorites list, probably tied for 3rd favorite. 9/10
Sir Isaac Newton's Best Line: I can calculate the weight and the size and the shape of the shadow of the mind you're standing in!
Sir Isaac Newton's Worst Line: You wanna battle, guy? That's a crazy notion!
Bill Nye's Best Line: Your work on orbits was exemplary, but your circle of friends was shoddy!
Bill Nye's Worst Line: But now I do what I gotta do to make sure scientific thought can grow!
Neil deGrasse Tyson's Best Line: And hiding up inside his attic on some Harry Potter business.
Neil deGrasse Tyson's Worst Line: While Isaac Newton was lying and sticking daggers in Leibniz.
Final Results:
Sir Isaac Newton: 18.5/20
Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson: 18/20
Bill Nye: 9/10 (equivalent to 18/20)
Neil deGrasse Tyson: 9/10 (equivalent to 18/20)
Total Score: 63/70
Originally Posted by Sambama
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