Richard Corliss

Throughout the movies' golden age, the Western enriched Hollywood financially and artistically. But in the 1970s, the genre lost its audience appeal to fantasy films of the 'Star Wars' stripe, which told more or less the same story - elemental animosities leading to an armed showdown - but at a faster tempo, and in outer space.

American Writer

Gene Luen Yang

I think the 'Boxers' book was easier for me to envision as a comic, because they were on this epic journey. These teenagers basically gathered into this army and marched to the capital city where they had a showdown with the Europeans and Japanese. On the 'Saints' side, it was a lot trickier.

Chinese Writer

Kim Jee-woon

The Western is as American as a film can get - there's the discovery of a frontier, the element of a showdown, revenge, and determining the best gunman. There's a certain masculinity to the Western that really appealed to me, and I've always wanted to do a Western in Hollywood.

South Korean Director

Ehud Barak

Israel will continue to act proactively to prevent the transfer of heavy missiles or advanced air defense systems from Syria to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, which, of course, carries the risk of a military showdown.

Israeli Statesman

William Zabka

Back when I was maybe 19, guys would go, 'I can kick your butt!' So I had a few showdowns. To my advantage, I learned martial arts, and what you really learn is not to fight.

American Actor

Charlotte Church

They never were planning to be here. All my family are going to London because they wanted to go to the big one. There was never any showdown - there wouldn't be.

Welsh Musician

Leah Pipes

The Originals' is going to be an epic showdown of supernatural forces, and that was very evident in the pilot. I just wanted to be a part of that.

American Actress

Barry Williams

Tiger the dog had a showdown with a fast moving flower truck in the middle of the street and lost.

Michael Morhaime

A 'Starcraft' showdown between humans and AI itself will be interesting.

American Businessman

Usain Bolt

Jamaican Athlete

Refers to the last event that decides the outcome of an ongoing struggle or competition.

Final Conflict

Used when the outcome is very important to those involved.

High Stakes

Often implies a buildup of anticipation or tension leading to the event.

Anticipation and Tension

Highlights a direct and definitive confrontation or test between parties.

Direct Challenge

Marks the moment when a significant decision or determination is made.

Decisive Moment

Can be used metaphorically to describe any situation requiring a resolution.

Metaphoric Usage

Specific to poker, it denotes the time when players reveal their cards.

Poker Term

In card games, it's the moment when the truth is revealed and outcomes are decided.

Moment of Truth

The showdown in poker concludes the betting rounds and gameplay.

Betting Closure

 trying to supply both sides with tools for prosocial communication. But always with this idea of getting the shared values out of different positions, out of varied positions. Because all too often, democracy is built as a showdown between opposing values.

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