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Which Scifi Franchises Should Go Head-To-Head Next?

femto — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:59:52 PDT

All of the poll options sound horrible.

@followthattank: Here ya go

femto

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cloudhunter — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:03:32 PDT

@Defendant: YES! Except for Bill and Ted, their phone booth isn't bigger on the inside. Bogus.

cloudhunter

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ideaman2020 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:37:26 PDT

@strider_mt2k: OMG! I just got it!

Space: 1999 vs. 2001: A Space Odyssey

ideaman2020

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MrLister — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:58:51 PDT

Harry Potter vs. Men in Black. Let's see those stuck-up wizard bastards have a taste of some muggle-magic!

That said, I waonder what Sauron's forces would make of a ship-full of face-huggers? Can you imagine an oliphaunt-alien? What kind of insane beast would burst from the chest of the Balrog, or Gandalf?

MrLister

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Defendant — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:10:57 PDT

Dr. Who meets Bill & Ted would be way better! I mean, come on, they both have time traveling phone booths!

Defendant

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CyberKender — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:12:14 PDT

@MonkeyT: It's been done: Fizzgig from The Dark Crystal. ;>

CyberKender

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Bernie530 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:48:33 PDT

How about Blade Runner vrs. the new BSG. Think about it, Tyrell Skinjobs fighting Cylon Skinjobs, Harrison ford taking care of the terrestrial business, while Galactica fights in the sky.

I'm not really sure whose team Edward James Olmos winds up on? Probably best dealt with as win brothers, fighting the same war on different fronts.

Bernie530

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andrew60647 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:32:27 PDT

Kind of obscure, but Soldier's genetically engineered super soldiers vs Blade Runner's Replicants. Supposedly, they take place in the same universe.

andrew60647

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Project Thanatos — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:12:15 PDT

No Terminator vs Robocop? I'm shocked.

Project Thanatos

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pink_clerical_collar — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:01:15 PDT

@Ryan H: oh, yes, Yes, YES YES YES YES

pink_clerical_collar

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comp_wiz101 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:58:33 PDT

@foolish-rain:
Firefly vs Buffy...easy!
Firefly vs BSG... same sfx crew!
Firefly vs "Saving Private Ryan"....now THATS a crossover!
;)

comp_wiz101

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lazyeight — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:53:52 PDT

Moties vs Tribbles in a tub of Spanish Fly

lazyeight

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foolish-rain — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:50:03 PDT

@BlindKarma: Must take cold shower right now.

foolish-rain

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Gospel X — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:31:50 PDT

Gimme Robocop vs. BSG. Murphy was the first hybrid.

Gospel X

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janine — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:20:58 PDT

Ash vs. Jack Burton

janine

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vurtscribe — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:05:43 PDT

Alice vs Leeloo

Dwayne Hoover vs David Dunn

Bob Arctor vs Johnny Mnemonic

vurtscribe

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reddingofish — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:56:20 PDT

Starship Troopers' bugs vs. Alien's aliens. Then Ripley and her boyfriend Johnny Rico can be sent in to kill them all!!!

reddingofish

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SeeingI — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:19:34 PDT

Since RoboCop and Starship Troopers obviously take place in the same world (though I theorize that RC is about 150 years prior to ST), I think some kind of Verhoeven-directed mash-up would be appropriate. And they can finally tie that in to the power-suits from the ST novel.

SeeingI

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Logan5 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:42:23 PDT

Robocop vs. Terminator I thought would be a no brainer.

And exhibition Terminator vs. R2D2 would be amusing too.

A few others:

Andromeda vs. STNG

Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. Smallville (I enjoy massacres from time to time)

Lost vs. Lost vs. Land of the Lost (not a typo, just a time paradox)

BSG vs. The Love Boat

Logan5

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fostina1 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:24:01 PDT

i prefer Voltron vs transformers or maybe thundercats vs he man.

fostina1

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Metropolis — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:21:03 PDT

The muppets from Farscape vs the puppets from Star Wars. Go!

Metropolis

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Illuminatus — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:38:47 PDT

@atrus123: Don't you hate on the Matrix. Real-world Neo v Deckhard? oh yes.

Illuminatus

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strider_mt2k — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:05:18 PDT

I have been genetically programmed to vote for anything Space 1999

strider_mt2k

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StrangelyBrown — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:57:25 PDT

Lexx vs. io9

StrangelyBrown

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Jakus — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:48:28 PDT

Mr T vs Frey Bentos

/end of

Jakus

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theherlihyboy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:30:18 PDT

Aliens vs. Predator vs. Terminator vs. Robocop.

I fully realize how uninventive this is - I still want to see it. >_>

theherlihyboy

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Gomi — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:01:50 PDT

@ideaman2020: "Laugh-a while you can, monkey-boy!"

Gomi

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Michael Bauser — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:22:56 PDT

Obviously, Quantum Leap is the show that can crossover with almost anything:

"Al! Where am I? Why is this robot trying to kill me?"

"Al! Where am I? Why is an invisible monster trying to kill me?"

"Al! Where am I? Why is this car talking to me?"

"I'm a cyborg. Oh boy."

"Sleestaks? I hate the Seventies!"

Feel free to pick up the baton and run with it, people.

Michael Bauser

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laughingacademy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:53:43 PDT

@ratlas: In his book about writing "The Trouble with Tribbles," David Gerrold says that he had read The Rolling Stones about 15 years prior, but didn't realize how similar his critters were to Martian Flat Cats until it was pointed out to him. Fortunately, Heinlein didn't take offense, citing the story "Pigs Is Pigs" by Ellis Parker Butler as an even earlier use of the idea.

Dune vs. Flash Gordon (feature film iterations of both) - just for the visuals.

laughingacademy

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ideaman2020 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:51:24 PDT

@foolish-rain: That's BigbooTAY...

ideaman2020

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ideaman2020 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:50:20 PDT

Land of the Lost vs. Yellow Submarine.

ideaman2020

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Ryan H — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:46:27 PDT

The match up I really want to see?

Predator vs. Survivor

You know you want it.

Ryan H

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ndgmtlcd — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:45:38 PDT

Thunderbirds versus Star Wars

ndgmtlcd

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ReverendLoki — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:43:43 PDT

The most obvious, and coincidentally the most awesomest, vs matchup ever?

Summer Tam vs the Cameron Terminator.

Seriously, is there anything better than this?

ReverendLoki

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Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:37:50 PDT

@OnwardChristianLaettner: How about Blake's 7 versus EVERYBODY? Star Trek and Aliens and the Matrix and Star Wars and Battlestar and Doctor Who, etc. etc. You could have a moment where Blake is preparing to lead them into battle against every franchise ever, including Lensmen, and Villa says, "this is crazy!" And Avon says, "Yes. But when has that ever stopped us?" And then you could have lots of cardboard cutouts of spaceships zooming towards the camera. It would rule!

Charlie Jane Anders

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Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:36:07 PDT

@MonkeyT: Tribbalien! I demand that you make this into a fan film now now now!!!

Charlie Jane Anders

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MonkeyT — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:28:18 PDT

@ratlas: Most Alien films showed us human-born aliens. Alien 3 showed us a canine-born alien. AVP showed us an alien with the Predator's double jaw thing going on. What would a tribble-born alien look like? I don't think I'm gonna be able to sleep tonight, dammit.

MonkeyT

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Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:18:55 PDT

@TheN: Yes, because we only cover news on this blog.

Charlie Jane Anders

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greenland — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:56:58 PDT

Only half sci-fi, but I want a Doctor Who / Deadwood mash-up very, very badly. Or at the very least, an uncensored Calamity Jane as the Doctor's companion.

greenland

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boone_9999 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:52:12 PDT

I always wanted to see Clark Kent (Smallville) go to Los Angeles and actully run into Angel Investigations. There are a lot of angles that storyline could have taken.

boone_9999

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BlindKarma — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:41:51 PDT

@foolish-rain: Would Gina Torres be fighting herself?

BlindKarma

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MongoLikeCandy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:30:16 PDT

Blake's 7 vs. Aliens.

MongoLikeCandy

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AmericanHector — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:23:33 PDT

The Terminator vs. The Bad Girls Club on the Oxygen channel.

AmericanHector

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Nebris — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:18:37 PDT

"Bionic Woman [Women?]" vs "Terminator". It seems only natural, ya know.

Nebris

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foolish-rain — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:18:14 PDT

@MrWashy: "More power to him, Bigbooty"

foolish-rain

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foolish-rain — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:16:24 PDT

Cleopatra 2525 vs. Sarah Connor Chronicles vs. Firefly!

foolish-rain

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Rasselas — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:45:01 PDT

Polity Agent Cormac and his golem/warbot pals vs. the space hippies of Jack Kirby's The Forever People.

Rasselas

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Ryan H — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:44:25 PDT

@BlindKarma:
I kind of feel like Firefly needs to be matched against something really utopian. That or old school.

I call for Firefly vs. original Star Trek or Firefly vs. the original Lost In Space.

Ryan H

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BlindKarma — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:23:30 PDT

Firefly v. Fifth Element

River Tam v. Leeloo and Korban Dallas v Jyne... You have no clue how much I'd pay to see that...

@TheN: I Got banned over at Wonkette for saying Slow News Day... Bastards...

BlindKarma

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atrus123 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:12:01 PDT

Buckaroo Banzai vs. Bill and Ted. Not because I really like either of those two movies, but because I think it would be the most amusing.

Meanwhile, the Matrix doesn't deserve to be in the same sentence as Blade Runner (but I'm feeling gracious right now), much less the same movie.

atrus123

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mechagrue — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:05:19 PDT

The X-Files vs Manimal.

Scully is attracted to Dr. Chase, despite Mulder's protestations that Chase is spearheading a vast cryptozoological conspiracy.

mechagrue

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RAHfanboy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:53:28 PDT

How about the Lexx vs. the Enterprise? Kirk would undoubtedly get a little "clusterworm" action.

RAHfanboy

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Ryan H — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:43:48 PDT

@diverguy:
Frodo Baggins vs. Harry Potter?
That's not a fight to the death. That's a slash fic.

Ryan H

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dOk — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:31:34 PDT

Hey!

Wheres Robocop VS Terminator!

That was one of my favorite games on the Sega Gamegear!

dOk

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BeauZeau — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:13:00 PDT

How about Star Trek TNG vs Babylon 5? With Wesley Crusher as a megalomaniac world dictator? In Finnish? Wait....its been done already.

[www-fi.starwreck.com]

BeauZeau

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diverguy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:12:39 PDT

Oh.. and not SciFi but...

(Daniel Craig's) Bond vs Jason Bourne

Frodo Baggins vs. Harry Potter

diverguy

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diverguy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:10:42 PDT

The Enterprise vs. Galactica.

T.I.E Fighers vs. Vipers

diverguy

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followthattank — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:56:31 PDT

I Am Legend vs. Independence Day vs. I, Robot.
There can only be one Will Smith.

And I can't believe you left out Star Wars vs. Star Trek. Or is that too cliche?

followthattank

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Mathmos — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:53:31 PDT

Star Trek vs Alien(s)

I see it as rather like The Trouble with Tribbles, with aliens popping out of chests all over the place. Maybe aliens and tribbles could be natural enemies...

Just as an aside, tribbles obviously derive from Heinlein's martian flat cats.

Mathmos

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themidnighter — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:52:13 PDT

Predator vs. Rambo. That's all I'm saying.

themidnighter

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All_Thumbs — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:43:23 PDT

How about we send the Terminator back to the take out the Misfits of Science? Maybe without Courtney Cox, Friends would never have happened. It is kind of sad though, I like Courtney Cox. But Friends was an abomination.

All_Thumbs

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TheN — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:36:55 PDT

Slow news day, huh?

TheN

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MrWashy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:33:12 PDT

Banzai Institute ftw, Go Blue Blazer Irregulars!

Too many fantastic quotes...

"John Ya-ya and John Smallberries"

Where are we going?
Planet 10!
When?
Real soon!

Pardon me while I go watch the dumbest quote filled movie ever...

MrWashy

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etho — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:30:27 PDT

The Culture (Iain M. Banks) vs. Battlestar Galactica

etho

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moff — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:29:59 PDT

Now honestly, what are the chances that Van Damme would do the splits? Let's try and keep things in the realm of reality, people.

moff

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AmericanHector — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:09:59 PDT

The farscape universe vs the star trek universe

AmericanHector

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CargoCult — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:58:17 PDT

River Tam vs. Everyone, please!

CargoCult

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cuiusquemodi — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:57:04 PDT

This sort of discussion has been going on on the intertubes for years. In case you need more ideas.

[www.grudge-match.com]

cuiusquemodi

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Grey_Area — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:56:48 PDT

@Rasselas: Oh dear, I think I left the oven on. (jumps out window)

Grey_Area

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Grey_Area — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:55:57 PDT

Anything to bring Quatermass back is fine by me.

Grey_Area

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BullfightsOnAcid — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:55:07 PDT

Land of the Lost vs. V The Series: The Sleestaks and the Reptilian Aliens from V throw down in a cold-blooded (literally!), tongue flicking, venom spitting cage match. The loser becomes luggage.

BullfightsOnAcid

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Rasselas — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:52:31 PDT

The Prisoner vs. SciFi's Flash Gordon. Let's just get this over with.

Rasselas