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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Balaam Xumucane: [QB] So I just got back from the San Diego Comic Convention, and I have to do a bunch of work today, but I wanted to briefly report on an amazing panel I saw while down there. The title of this panel was: "Starship Smackdown: Battleship!" and the idea was to compare starships from across the worlds of science fiction, debate them and decide who would win. The panelists were Steve Melching ([i]The Mummy Returns[/i]), Robert Meyer Burnett([i]Free Enterprise[/i]), Dan Vebber ([i]Furturama[/i]), Sean Le Fleur (Whose credits I didn't catch, but I think included some writing for [i]The Onion[/i]), Daren Dochterman ([i]Talk Trek[/i]), and the proceeedings were ably moderated by Mark Altman ([i]Free Enterprise[/i]). (I should note that Mojo was supposed to be there too, (which was a big part of the reason I wanted to go) but was inexplicably absent.) The format was One-on-one elimination championship with 16 pre-selected starships from across the science fiction landscape. After some discussion of the various strengths and weaknesses the jury would then vote to decide who would be victorious and move on to the next round. The Starships selected were: [list] [*][b]The Cygnus[/b] (from [i]The Black Hole[/i]) a[b]Cylon Basestar[/b] (from [i]Battlestar Galactica[/i]) The [b]Sulaco[/b] (from [i]Aliens[/i]) The [b]Executor[/b] Super Star Destroyer (from [i]The Empire Strikes Back[/i]) a [b]City Ship[/b] (from [i]Independence Day[/i]) Kirk's [b]1701 Enterprise[/b] (from [i]Star Trek [/i] (TOS)) The [b]Mother Ship[/b] (from [i]Close Encounters Of The Third Kind[/i]) The [b]Jupiter 2[/b] (from [i]Lost In Space[/i](TV)) An [b]Eagle Transport[/b] (from [i]Space 1999[/i]) The [b]Discovery 1[/b] (from [i]2001: A Space Odessey[/i]) [b]Salvage 1[/b] (the scrapyard ship constructed by Andy Griffith from 1979's understandably shortlived [i]Salvage[/i]) The [b]Galactica[/b] (from [i]Battlestar Galactica[/i]) that first [b]Star Destroyer[/b] (from [i]Star Wars[/i]) The [b]Spaceship of the Imagination[/b] (from Carl Sagan's beloved[i]Cosmos[/i]) Picard's [b]1701-D Enterprise[/b] (from [i]Star Trek: The Next Generation[/i]) a [b]Visitor Mothership[/b] (from the miniseries [i]V[/i]) [/list] I'm afraid I didn't keep notes (or videotape it (which would have been brilliant)) and so I don't remember the exact pairings. It made for quite a funny and lively discussion amongst the panel and audience. I [i]will[/i] post who wound up winning in San Diego, but I thought it might be fun to discuss a little here... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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