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<blockquote data-quote="Kaledor" data-source="post: 2491181" data-attributes="member: 15360"><p>1. Conan the Cimmerian </p><p>2. Batman</p><p>3. Captain Marvel (DC comics)</p><p>4. </p><p>5. </p><p>6. Luke Skywalker</p><p>7. Buffy Summers <span style="color: DarkOrange">-- come on, it says so on her grave: "She saved the World. A LOT"</span></p><p>8. Captain America</p><p>9. Indiana Jones <span style="color: DarkOrange">-- man this was a tough draw for tarzan. he could've easily beaten many others on this list, but instead he had to go up against the man in the hat.</span></p><p>10. Superman <span style="color: DarkOrange">-- CURSE YOU!!! THIS IS THE HARDEST MATCHUP OF ALL!!!!!!!! One is an icon of a hero, the other takes on impossible enemies and wins despite the odds. One is declared dead and returns to even greater glory, the other seems to be unstoppable (BTW, you get to choose which of those tags go to which hero)</span> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>11. Malcolm Reynolds <span style="color: DarkOrange">-- sorry, I love the character, but Gandolph isn't the hero in the story, Mal is</span></p><p>12. <span style="color: DarkOrange">-- I might be the only geek in the world not to like or watch B5, so I can't vote for him and I don't know the other guy.</span></p><p>13. </p><p>14. Samwise Gamgee</p><p>15. </p><p>16. Thrall (Warcraft)</p><p>17. Trinity (Matrix)</p><p>18. </p><p>19. Sherlock Holmes -- <span style="color: DarkOrange">another tough match-up... but holmes edges out the little green guy for the same reasons as #11</span></p><p>20. </p><p>21. CuChulainn (Celtic mythology)</p><p>22. The Doctor (Doctor Who)<span style="color: DarkOrange"> -- ummm, wasn't godzilla often the BAD GUY!</span></p><p>23. Flash Gordon</p><p>24. John Crichton <span style="color: DarkOrange">-- John Crichton is NOT FROM B5, that's why he wins </span> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> </p><p>25. Aeryn Sun </p><p>26. Arthur Dent (Hitchhiker's Guide)</p><p>27. Wonder Woman (comics, TV show)</p><p>28. Superboy</p><p>29. The Tick (comics, tv shows)</p><p>30. Captain Adama (the new Battlestar Galactica)</p><p>31. Jackie Chan</p><p>32. James Bond </p><p>33. Leto II (Children of Dune)</p><p>34. Wesley (The Princess Bride)</p><p>35. Rocky Balboa (Rocky movies)</p><p>36. Ellen Ripley (Alien)</p><p>37. Robin Hood (mythology, movies) </p><p>38. Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) <span style="color: DarkOrange">-- honestly, though this too might force my geekdom to be stripped, but I liked the Lanc. better in the recent movie than I did in any of his previous incarnations.</span></p><p>39. Drizzt Do'Urden (Forgotten Realms novels)</p><p>40. Spider-Man (comics, movies, TV shows) </p><p>41. Gilgamesh (mythology)</p><p>42. Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings)</p><p>43. Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace)</p><p>44. Hellboy (comics, movie)</p><p>45. King Arthur (mythology, various novels) <span style="color: DarkOrange">-- even though Ralph has the proof in his name, he ain't called the GREATEST for nothing... I gotta vote for THE KING</span></p><p>46. </p><p>47. Han Solo (Star Wars) <span style="color: DarkOrange">-- that doesn't even seem like a fair match-up. How do you beat Han, even if you do get to shoot first</span></p><p>48. Speed Racer (TV series) versus Severain the Torturer</p><p>49. Austin Powers (movies)</p><p>50. Wolverine (X-men and other comics, X-men movies) -- <span style="color: DarkOrange">no more Potter, PLEASE. If I couldn't vote for Gandolph in his true form, I won't vote for him in his badly cloned form. Besides Wolves is the best hero evar! </span> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p>51. Neo (Matrix)</p><p>52. Captain James T. Kirk (Star Trek) </p><p>53. Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)</p><p>54. Ash (Army of Darkness) <span style="color: DarkOrange">-- "Hail to thee King, baby"</span></p><p>55. </p><p>56. Mad Max</p><p>57. Optimus Prime (Transformers) <span style="color: DarkOrange">-- I was ready to vote for all the ST captians, but then this one met up with a Semi that rules!</span></p><p>58. He-Man (comics, tv shows) <span style="color: DarkOrange">-- ummm, again lossing another rank in Geek, but I liked the 80's movie in a twisted way!</span> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>59. Don Quixote <span style="color: DarkOrange">-- This was a great match !!!! I laughed out loud when I saw it... They both have their own theme songs, but I have a very fond place in my heart for the Don.</span></p><p>60. Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)</p><p>61. Jack O'Neill <span style="color: DarkOrange">-- let's go SG-1, we need some votes!!!!!!</span></p><p>62. RoboCop <span style="color: DarkOrange">-- ugg I didn't want to vote for robocop, but I couldn't vote for the other guy</span></p><p>63. </p><p>64. Inigo Montoya (The Princess Bride)</p><p></p><p></p><p>I feel like a lot of second-rate "heroes" are getting lucky by being paired up together in this round, while many heavy hitters are knocking each other off. Superman vs Aragorn!!!! Come on that could've been a final or semi-final...</p><p>Ah well.</p><p>I had to leave a few blank b/c, like others have said, I either didn't know both entries well enough, or I didn't like one of them well enough to give them the vote by default.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kaledor, post: 2491181, member: 15360"] 1. Conan the Cimmerian 2. Batman 3. Captain Marvel (DC comics) 4. 5. 6. Luke Skywalker 7. Buffy Summers [COLOR=DarkOrange]-- come on, it says so on her grave: "She saved the World. A LOT"[/COLOR] 8. Captain America 9. Indiana Jones [COLOR=DarkOrange]-- man this was a tough draw for tarzan. he could've easily beaten many others on this list, but instead he had to go up against the man in the hat.[/COLOR] 10. Superman [COLOR=DarkOrange]-- CURSE YOU!!! THIS IS THE HARDEST MATCHUP OF ALL!!!!!!!! One is an icon of a hero, the other takes on impossible enemies and wins despite the odds. One is declared dead and returns to even greater glory, the other seems to be unstoppable (BTW, you get to choose which of those tags go to which hero)[/COLOR] :) 11. Malcolm Reynolds [COLOR=DarkOrange]-- sorry, I love the character, but Gandolph isn't the hero in the story, Mal is[/COLOR] 12. [COLOR=DarkOrange]-- I might be the only geek in the world not to like or watch B5, so I can't vote for him and I don't know the other guy.[/COLOR] 13. 14. Samwise Gamgee 15. 16. Thrall (Warcraft) 17. Trinity (Matrix) 18. 19. Sherlock Holmes -- [COLOR=DarkOrange]another tough match-up... but holmes edges out the little green guy for the same reasons as #11[/COLOR] 20. 21. CuChulainn (Celtic mythology) 22. The Doctor (Doctor Who)[COLOR=DarkOrange] -- ummm, wasn't godzilla often the BAD GUY![/COLOR] 23. Flash Gordon 24. John Crichton [COLOR=DarkOrange]-- John Crichton is NOT FROM B5, that's why he wins [/COLOR] :p 25. Aeryn Sun 26. Arthur Dent (Hitchhiker's Guide) 27. Wonder Woman (comics, TV show) 28. Superboy 29. The Tick (comics, tv shows) 30. Captain Adama (the new Battlestar Galactica) 31. Jackie Chan 32. James Bond 33. Leto II (Children of Dune) 34. Wesley (The Princess Bride) 35. Rocky Balboa (Rocky movies) 36. Ellen Ripley (Alien) 37. Robin Hood (mythology, movies) 38. Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) [COLOR=DarkOrange]-- honestly, though this too might force my geekdom to be stripped, but I liked the Lanc. better in the recent movie than I did in any of his previous incarnations.[/COLOR] 39. Drizzt Do'Urden (Forgotten Realms novels) 40. Spider-Man (comics, movies, TV shows) 41. Gilgamesh (mythology) 42. Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings) 43. Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace) 44. Hellboy (comics, movie) 45. King Arthur (mythology, various novels) [COLOR=DarkOrange]-- even though Ralph has the proof in his name, he ain't called the GREATEST for nothing... I gotta vote for THE KING[/COLOR] 46. 47. Han Solo (Star Wars) [COLOR=DarkOrange]-- that doesn't even seem like a fair match-up. How do you beat Han, even if you do get to shoot first[/COLOR] 48. Speed Racer (TV series) versus Severain the Torturer 49. Austin Powers (movies) 50. Wolverine (X-men and other comics, X-men movies) -- [COLOR=DarkOrange]no more Potter, PLEASE. If I couldn't vote for Gandolph in his true form, I won't vote for him in his badly cloned form. Besides Wolves is the best hero evar! [/COLOR] ;) 51. Neo (Matrix) 52. Captain James T. Kirk (Star Trek) 53. Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation) 54. Ash (Army of Darkness) [COLOR=DarkOrange]-- "Hail to thee King, baby"[/COLOR] 55. 56. Mad Max 57. Optimus Prime (Transformers) [COLOR=DarkOrange]-- I was ready to vote for all the ST captians, but then this one met up with a Semi that rules![/COLOR] 58. He-Man (comics, tv shows) [COLOR=DarkOrange]-- ummm, again lossing another rank in Geek, but I liked the 80's movie in a twisted way![/COLOR] :) 59. Don Quixote [COLOR=DarkOrange]-- This was a great match !!!! I laughed out loud when I saw it... They both have their own theme songs, but I have a very fond place in my heart for the Don.[/COLOR] 60. Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel) 61. Jack O'Neill [COLOR=DarkOrange]-- let's go SG-1, we need some votes!!!!!![/COLOR] 62. RoboCop [COLOR=DarkOrange]-- ugg I didn't want to vote for robocop, but I couldn't vote for the other guy[/COLOR] 63. 64. Inigo Montoya (The Princess Bride) I feel like a lot of second-rate "heroes" are getting lucky by being paired up together in this round, while many heavy hitters are knocking each other off. Superman vs Aragorn!!!! Come on that could've been a final or semi-final... Ah well. I had to leave a few blank b/c, like others have said, I either didn't know both entries well enough, or I didn't like one of them well enough to give them the vote by default. [/QUOTE]
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