According to the article, both studios plan to use the same "greenscreen techniques that gave 300 a complex look at a reasonable budget." Translation: neither film has a clear advantage. War of Gods has already been scheduled to begin production before the end of the year, while Warner Bros., having just given their own mythological movie the go-ahead, will likely lag behind. So how will Clash of the Titans distinguish itself from its Relativity counterpart? Maybe they can borrow some of those animatronic snakes from its studio's own Newline Cinema cult favorite, Snakes on a Plane. Picture it: When Perseus raises his sword to slay Medusa, he can exclaim: "I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking Gorgon!" Creating new special effects can be time-consuming, so recycling a few reptiles might buy them a couple of weeks.

But there's something to be said for not coming in first. The article recalls another race between two similarly-themed movies, when Baz Luhrmann and Oliver Stone each hurried to be the first to get out his movie about Alexander the Great. Stone won that race, but so what? What's the point in winning if no one's waiting for you at the finish line?