March Madness: The Wildcard Edition

By Peter Ha | March 10, 2010 | +

Can you feel it? The excitement is almost unbearable.

TECHLAND’s Supervillain March Madness tournament is a few days away, but here’s where you, the reader, come in. The following Supervillains are awaiting their first round opponents and we need your help. We won’t reveal the full bracket until Monday, but feel free to nominate any and all villains across all genres and we’ll snag the ones we don’t already have.

MOVIE/TV VILLAINS: The Daleks (Doctor Who) vs. ????

NOVELS/RANDOM VILLAINS: Roy Batty (Blade Runner) vs. ????

COMIC BOOK VILLAINS: Magneto (X-Men) vs. ????

VIDEO GAME VILLAINS: Dr. Wily (Mega Man) vs. ????

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Kristin

The Daleks vs The Borg.

I’ve been waiting years for that fight.
doubleang

Dr. Wily could face off against Bowser, but I think my money would be on Wily.
Im nominating a children’s bracket: Oscar the Grouch vs Swiper the Fox.
Pac-Man ghosts vs. Donkey Kong!
How about Tynacorp (Southpark) vs. Globex corporation (Simpsons)
doubleang

Oh, and Skeletor needs to fight someone
drlinus

the daleks vs. the smoke monster/locke (lost)or the forest critters (south park)

roy batty vs. satan (the bible)

magneto vs. lucy (peanuts)

dr. wily vs. the flood (halo)
Kristin

Also, Magneto vs Dark Willow (Buffy Season 8)
truevcu

No battle of evil robots/cyborgs is complete without the Cylons
alaskanturkey

-Dr. Wily vs. CATS (Zero Wing)
-Roy Batty vs. The Gentleman with Thistle-down hHair (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)
alaskanturkey

-Dr. Wily vs. CATS (Zero Wing)
-Roy Batty vs. The Gentleman with Thistle-down Hair (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)
http://www.twitter.com/leverus Lev Grossman

@alaskanturkey oh man. Thistledown would sweep the whole bracket.
chuckcaves

Thew Daleks vs Sharktopus
Kristin

I’m also gonna say The Mule (Foundation series) needs to be a part of this.
anon76

If it’s not Roy Batty vs. John Cavil (BSG), then I quit Techland.
walesisnotinengland

my tuppence worth:

Emperor Ming (Flash Gordon) vs. Jaws (The Spy Who Loved Me)

ED-209 (RoboCop) vs. Mumm-Ra (Thundercats)
walesisnotinengland

how could I forget -

General Zod (Superman 2) vs. Dr Claw (Inspector Gadget, *NOT* the film version)