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March 22, 2007
Faux March Madness, Pop Culture Region
Let's take a look-see at the results from the second round in the Pop Culture region!
#1 Chewbacca 78, #8 Maxwell Smart 66. Chewie swats aside Agent 86. He may be a big hairy Wookie, but he's got brains. The guy can fix the Millennium Falcon! Smart, on the other hand, gets himself into all kinds of situations that would be fatal to any normal man. His luck runs out this time.
#7 Marty McFly 79, #2 Janis Joplin 78 (ot). This was a tough one. In the end, I think McFly's time-traveling accomplishments far outweighed Joplin's real ones, and I have to give at least a 2-to-1 ration to real accomplishments. So that's how McFly barely survives. Also, because we don't know if the events of Back to the Future are truly fictional (how would we KNOW that Doc Brown didn't really invent a time machine and alter history??? After all, we wouldn't be able to perceive it), I am forced to give Marty McFly credit for inventing rock-n-roll.
#6 Slash 78, #14 Janice Dickinson 68. So, two 14 seeds made it out of the first round, but both get knocked out in the second round. Slash is a rock legend, and Janice Dickinson is a super-modeling legend. She claims to have been the first real supermodel, but we all know the term goes back at least to Twiggy. At least Slash isn't a liar. He also has a sense of humor.
#5 Danny Ocean 67, #13 Data from Goonies 64. This comes down to one simple truth: Danny Ocean is the main man, and Data is a supporting character. For example, were Ocean and Data to be involved in a criminal enterprise - supposing a 12 year old does such things, Data would occupy some sort of gadget guru role, in which I have no doubt he would do extremely well. That boxing glove coming out of his chest thing? Awesome. But he'd have no direction were not for a mastermind like Danny Ocean. And that's why he advances to the Swell Sixteen.
So, our Swell Sixteen pairings in the Pop Culture region are these:
#1 Chewbacca v. #5 Danny Ocean.
#6 Slash v. #7 Marty McFly.
What a tournament this is shaping up to be!
entry no. 789
Posted by oz115 at March 22, 2007 07:23 PM