{"id":43351,"date":"2012-11-06T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T20:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=43351"},"modified":"2018-02-14T10:10:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T18:10:19","slug":"monster-madness-2012-tankerbug-blob-tire-belial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/monster-madness-2012-tankerbug-blob-tire-belial\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Madness: Tanker Bug vs. The Blob &#8211; Tire vs. Belial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cooper the alien couldn&#8217;t overcome the fire-breathing death dealt by the dragon Vermathrax, and Executioner got knocked out of the first round of Monster Madness by Satan himself. Today, we&#8217;ll find out if a bug filled with napalm can defeat an ever-growing ooze. Also, we&#8217;ll finally answer the age-old question: Can a tire really make your head explode?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tanker-bug-blob.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tanker-bug-blob.jpg\" title=\"Tanker Bug vs. Blob\" width=\"523\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tanker-bug-blob.jpg 523w, https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tanker-bug-blob-300x103.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One bug versus one blob. It&#8217;s quite a conundrum we got here, right? On the one hand, you have an armored, flame-throwing nightmare from space. On the other hand, you have a perpetually expanding secretion that covers everything it comes into contact with. I wonder which monster will pull out the win here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tanker-bug-thumb-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-43356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tanker-bug-thumb-1.png\" title=\"Tanker Bug\" width=\"107\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><strong>Tanker Bug<\/strong> \u2013 There were many different bugs to choose from when looking at &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/1033\/starshiptroopers.html\">Starship Troopers<\/a>&#8216;. I went with the one that&#8217;s essentially a giant flamethrower. Seems logical, right? Plus, it&#8217;s the coolest bug in the movie, so the choice was pretty easy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Strengths:<\/span> They&#8217;re huge, armored bugs with the ability to burn everything in their path.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Weaknesses:<\/span> The problem here is that the Blob&#8217;s biggest threat is coldness, not heat. The Tanker Bug possesses the exact opposite weaponry for this battle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/the-blob-thumb-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-43357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/the-blob-thumb-1.jpg\" title=\"The Blob\" width=\"107\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><strong>The Blob<\/strong> \u2013 Besides being an unstoppable force of expanding gooey matter, the Blob also made a star out of one Steve McQueen. It gets points for helping to create a cinematic icon. The name says it all. It&#8217;s a blob of Jello-like material that continually expands, engulfing everything it comes into contact with.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Strengths:<\/span> It doesn&#8217;t have any fancy attacks or special powers. It just grows, and grows, and grows, consuming everything.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Weaknesses:<\/span> Being frozen.<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-327\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tanker Bug vs. The Blob<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-327-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>The Blob <small>(64%, 35 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 64%;\" title=\"The Blob (64% | 35 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Tanker Bug <small>(36%, 20 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 36%;\" title=\"Tanker Bug (36% | 20 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total Voters: <strong>55<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_327_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"f954b82e53\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-327-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tire-belial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tire-belial.jpg\" title=\"Tire vs. Belial\" width=\"523\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tire-belial.jpg 523w, https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tire-belial-300x103.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now this is a strange match-up. In one corner, you have a basket-dwelling, ill-tempered Siamese twin. In the other corner is a killer tire that uses some kind of telekinesis to cause people&#8217;s heads to explode. A tournament of monsters sure brings out the freaks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/belial-thumb-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-43355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/belial-thumb-1.jpg\" title=\"Belial\" width=\"107\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><strong>Belial<\/strong> \u2013 Have you seen the movie &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/4714\/basketcase.html\">Basket Case<\/a>&#8216;? If you haven&#8217;t, you&#8217;re really missing out. Imagine a wrinkled pile of skin with teeth and claws who&#8217;s angry that he&#8217;s been cut away from the normal-looking twin. Now he lives in a basket and plots revenge on the doctors that callously removed his ugly face from his brother&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Strengths:<\/span> Well, looking at him is enough to strike fear into any opponent. It&#8217;s too bad his opponent this time doesn&#8217;t have any eyes. However, Belial has pretty sharp teeth and claws that could thrash some rubber.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Weaknesses:<\/span> He&#8217;s a legless blob of skin living in a basket.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tire-thumb-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-43358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tire-thumb-1.jpg\" title=\"Tire\" width=\"107\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><strong>Tire<\/strong> \u2013 There aren&#8217;t too many killer tires out there, because very few tires have developed sentience and decided that carrying humans around in cars is beneath them. Even a fewer number of sentient tires have cultivated the ability to blow people&#8217;s heads up by the power of telepathy. So, this tire is special.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Strengths:<\/span> Can blow heads up just by\u2026 umm\u2026 doing whatever it does to blow heads up.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Weaknesses:<\/span> Discarded nails and other road hazards.<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-328\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Belial vs. Tire<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-328-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>Tire <small>(82%, 42 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 82%;\" title=\"Tire (82% | 42 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Belial <small>(18%, 9 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 18%;\" title=\"Belial (18% | 9 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total Voters: <strong>51<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_328_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"99aa951aa0\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-328-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cooper the alien couldn&#8217;t overcome the fire-breathing death dealt by the dragon Vermathrax, and Executioner got knocked out of the first round of Monster Madness by Satan himself. 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