Talk:Epic Rap Battles of History 58/@comment-108.210.86.239-20150826214545/@comment-5482968-20150826222313

Too much generalizing. There's definitely more to the others than just one small thing. It's just the primary connection of it that you're referring to. Most suggestions have more to them than just one key factor, even if it's the most recognizable one.

In the case of the 3 Stooges and 3 Musketeers, both are famous groups of 3, but both also actually involve a 4th lesser known member, as well as being comedy vs serious/action, infighting vs "all for once and one for all", and arguably films vs books.

The directors battle is "directors" as primary focus, but as Valhalla said, each of the directors has a very distinct personality that also is reflected in their films. Spielberg is the mass appealing blockbuster movie magic man, and he's up against classic serious horror/suspense director Hitchcock, when both are interrupted by vulgar flashy stylized "bang boom" action director Tarantino, who is then interrupted by artsy perfectionist filmmaker Kubrick, and finally it's capped off by the man with seemingly no real care other than making a profit, effects-focused "modern" (in this sense meaning bad) director Bay. As a sidenote, each director has some connection with Spielberg, with Hitchcock being his idol, some sort of collaboration with Tarantino, Kubrick one of his best friends, and Bay originally being a storyboarder on the first Indiana Jones film and eventually directing the Spielberg-produced Transformers films.