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Okay, I've known for a few weeks that the film would debut this week. And I've been telling myself that I probably wouldn't be very visible in the crowd scenes, so I shouldn't get my hopes too high. But last night...seeing myself, and just the thrill of SEEING MY NAME SCROLLING ACROSS THE SCREEN IN THE CREDITS...wow. What a rush.

Excuse me?

Fever Pitch? Drew Barrywho?

Ohhhh, I see. No no, I'm talking about the OTHER Boston sports-oriented movie to debut (um, on DVD) this week: Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth http://www.kaiju.com/mall/video/shockingtruth.htm

Let's compare the two, shall we?

FEVER PITCH vs. KAIJU BIG BATTEL

lordgrip as a Red Sox Fan vs. Me as a hammer-wielding zombie

Love scenes with Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon vs. A love triangle with three gigantic space insects

Toronto pretending to be Boston vs. A horse pasture pretending to be the Scottish Highlands

A cameo by Stephen King, as himself vs. A cameo by Boston Phoenix reporter Camille Dodero, as a Mona Lisa-wielding zombie

Tension when Red Sox and Yankees meet vs. Tension when zombies and space insect swarm meet

Tension nearly resolved with Yankees sweeping series vs. Tension nearly resolved when bagpipe music fells both sides

Conflict resumes when Red Sox perform miracles vs. Conflict resumes when insect exclaims "Wait! We have no ears!!", and swarm resumes attacking

Chance of sequel: tiny vs. Chance of sequel: VERY VERY HIGH

# of Braveheart parodies: 0 vs. # of Braveheart parodies: Entire scene is one.

Former SNL actor vs. Satanic Monkey



Okay, those last two are pretty synonymous. But the choice is clear, don't you think?