It’s the Super Bowl of fantasy series showdowns in the latest edition of ‘Vs.’ in which we’re pitting the ‘Lord of the Rings’ movies against the ‘Harry Potter’ films – including, for both franchises, the prequels. (And no, this does not help either side.) Do Peter Jackson’s big-screen takes on J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels walk all over the movie adaptations of J.K. Rowling’s books like so many Ents stampeding across a forest? Or does the Boy Who Lived snatch up victory as if it were some quick-darting Golden Snitch? Find out as Rotten Tomatoes Contributing Editor Mark Ellis breaks down each franchise by Tomatometer and Audience Score, box office, heroes and villains, and one special wild card category.

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Age of Mullet by Kyle White & Daniel Carl Holter
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