DeFlip Side #177: Sci-Fi Madness 2017!.mp3
Welcome everyone. I’m Christopher DeFilippis, and this is DeFlip Side.
And it’s time once again for DeFlip Side’s Sci-Fi Madness Tournament!
Prepare yourselves for mechanical mayhem – because 2017 is the year of the Robopocalype!
This year’s competition will feature 64 bots clanking and clashing their way through six rounds of completion.
The four divisions striving for machine dominance in 2017 are the Androids, the Automatons, the Cyborgs and the Drones.
Which Cyborg will conquer — Jamie Sommers or Seven of Nine? Will Robbie the Robot ascend among the Automatons, or will Gort make the Earth stand still? Will replicant Roy Batty prevail over Mr. Data?
And does anyone stand a chance against R2-D2?
Vote in Round One right now, below. Then check back in to see how your picks are faring against the competition — and watch the countdown to the next round of play.
You can also follow the tournament and get updates and reminders by following @DeFlipSide on Twitter and Instagram — and by liking DeFlip Side’s Facebook page.
And while you’re at it, retweet us! Share our Facebook posts! Tell all the geeks you know! The more people who participate, the stiffer the competition!
Last year saw Doctor Sam Beckett triumph over Marty McFly in the Temporal Tempest — mainly thanks to Quantum Leap fans who got the word out.
Will your favorite robot dominate — or will it become just another bucket of bolts in the annals of Sci-Fi Madness? The choice is yours! VOTE NOW in DeFlip Side’s Sci-Fi Madness!
VOTE NOW!
(Click on circle to vote, not the picture.)
Holy crap, did you have to pit all my childhood favorites against each other. That was much harder than I imagined. I may have to be drunk to vote in the second round.
Robby is from Forbidden Planet, not Fantastic Planet btw. Also whenever you get a chance to vote for Brainless Spock you must vote for brainless Spock.
PS You left out Brian the Brain from Space 1999
Team Twiki!
Fixed! Thanks Phil. Also, I’ve never seen an ep of Space 1999, alas… Thanks for playing!
Bishop vs Batty and Vader vs T-800, both in the first round?
Tough decisions so early in the competition!
I’m with Scott. Vader v. Terminator in the first round??? That sounds like at least an Elite Eight round matchup, maybe Final Four.
(still love this thing, btw)
That was epic.
Great stuff as always!
Wait, V’Ger and Nomad r the same story line!!!
How dare you Mr. Christopher DeFilippis make me choose between Six (Battlestar Galactica) vs. Borg Queen (Star Trek) How dare you.
Chris, please explain how if the reimagined Cylons are cyborgs, the Replicants qualify as androids, when they are all biological constructs. Unless, of course, you’re basing their placement on the name of the original novel.
Howard, it is INDEED a nod to Dick’s source material!