{"id":44645,"date":"2012-12-04T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T20:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=44645"},"modified":"2018-02-14T10:17:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T18:17:33","slug":"monster-madness-2012-graboid-gwoemul-stripe-dilophosaurus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/monster-madness-2012-graboid-gwoemul-stripe-dilophosaurus\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Madness: Graboid vs. Gwoemul &#8211; Stripe vs. Dilophosaurus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Rhedosaurus was bested by the Balrog, while Frankenstein&#8217;s Monster couldn&#8217;t quite get past Goldblum&#8217;s Brundlefly. Today, we&#8217;ll find out what happens when a Graboid meets a Gwoemul, and whether a Gremlin is any match for a Dilophosaurus.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/graboid-gwoemul.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/graboid-gwoemul.jpg\" title=\"Graboid vs. Gwoemul\" width=\"523\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/graboid-gwoemul.jpg 523w, https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/graboid-gwoemul-300x103.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Bacon had his hands full trying to battle a swarm of giant burrowing worms that terrorized a secluded desert town. In South Korea, residents got mangled and eaten by what appeared to be a giant mutated fish. This will surely be an interesting fight. For one thing, both of these monsters could actually fit in the &#8220;big-but-not-Godzilla-big&#8221; category. They also both have pretty unique abilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/graboid-thumb-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-44650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/graboid-thumb-1.jpg\" title=\"Graboid\" width=\"107\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><strong>Graboid<\/strong> \u2013 These subterranean creatures can move under the ground with ease, striking their victims at the most inopportune times. In &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/2895\/tremors.html\">Tremors<\/a>, this led to many great scenes with Kevin Bacon on rooftops shouting at people that they were going to die.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Strengths:<\/span> Their burrowing abilities are their main strength. They are quite fast underground. They also have really thick skin that makes them hard to kill. They&#8217;re strong and can pull you into their large gaping maws with tentacles.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Weaknesses:<\/span> Once they&#8217;re out from underground, they&#8217;re vulnerable. They just don&#8217;t move as quickly above ground. They can be killed by conventional weapons.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/gwoemul-thumb-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-44651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/gwoemul-thumb-1.jpg\" title=\"Gwoemul\" width=\"107\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><strong>Gwoemul<\/strong> \u2013 Let this be a lesson to all those who pollute their natural surroundings. One day when you&#8217;re not expecting it, a mutated organism will rise out of your filthy water and feed on your flesh, pissed off that it&#8217;s even alive in the first place.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Strengths:<\/span> It&#8217;s aggressive, agile and very mean.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Weaknesses:<\/span> In &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/873\/host.html\">The Host<\/a>&#8216;, Gwoemul is shown to be susceptible to fire, and can also be taken down with conventional weaponry.<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-349\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Graboid vs. Gwoemul<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-349-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>Graboid <small>(80%, 39 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 80%;\" title=\"Graboid (80% | 39 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Gwoemul <small>(20%, 10 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 20%;\" title=\"Gwoemul (20% | 10 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total Voters: <strong>49<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_349_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"cc27c058b8\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-349-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\/12\/stripe-dilophosaurus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/stripe-dilophosaurus.jpg\" title=\"Stripe vs. Dilophosaurus\" width=\"523\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/stripe-dilophosaurus.jpg 523w, https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/stripe-dilophosaurus-300x103.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the age-old question, right? Who would win, a dinosaur or a gremlin? Well, we&#8217;re here to answer that question, whatever it takes. No matter how many fat Nedry&#8217;s we have to splatter with toxic sludge, we&#8217;ll get to the bottom of this. In the words of the immortal Samuel L. Jackson, <em>&#8220;Hold onto your butts.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/stripe-thumb-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-44652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/stripe-thumb-1.jpg\" title=\"Stripe\" width=\"107\" height=\"107\"\/><\/a><strong>Stripe<\/strong> \u2013 The leader of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/2339\/gremlins.html\">Gremlins<\/a>, this mischievous little bloke made it so that I&#8217;d never really trust a person with a Mohawk. Plus, he&#8217;s really mean to that poor Gizmo.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Strengths:<\/span> He has some great leadership skills. He&#8217;s fairly intelligent when it comes to creating deadly mischief. He could get the drop on Dilophosaurus.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Weaknesses:<\/span> Sunlight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/dilophosaurus-thumb-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-44649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/dilophosaurus-thumb-1.jpg\" title=\"Dilophosaurus\" width=\"107\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><strong>Dilophosaurus<\/strong> \u2013 He may look cute and innocent, shaking his body and presenting that wonderfully colorful hood of flappy skin he&#8217;s got there. Don&#8217;t be fooled, though. He will mess you up.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Strengths:<\/span> Acidic Death Spit. Yeah, that stuff&#8217;s pretty bad. I was always a little disappointed that the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/3799\/jurassicparktrilogy.html\">Jurassic Park<\/a>&#8216; movie didn&#8217;t go as far as the book with Nedry&#8217;s death, though. In the book, Dilophosaurus slices open Nedry&#8217;s guts, spilling his intestines into his own hands. Now that&#8217;s gruesome.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Weaknesses:<\/span> They went extinct for a reason. Stupid dinosaurs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-350\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Stripe vs. Dilophosaurus<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-350-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>Stripe <small>(59%, 30 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 59%;\" title=\"Stripe (59% | 30 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Dilophosaurus <small>(41%, 21 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 41%;\" title=\"Dilophosaurus (41% | 21 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_350_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"061008746e\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-350-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>Last week, Rhedosaurus was bested by the Balrog, while Frankenstein&#8217;s Monster couldn&#8217;t quite get past Goldblum&#8217;s Brundlefly. 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