Buckaroo Banzai vs. Doctor Horrible

GWC Community Geek Deathmatch
#1

Buckaroo Banzai vs. Doctor Horrible

Each can have 1 sidekick, Perfect Tommy for Buckaroo and of course Moist for Dr. Horrible.

In addition to his usual evil-genius brilliance Dr. Horrible may use all manner of rays, lasers, injectors, expanders and hand-held technological bric-a-brac.

While Dr. Banzai may not have all of the Banzai Institute’s resources at his command in this one let’s not forget his many talents: Physician/surgeon, professional musician, inter-dimensional physicist, pilot, and of course we can’t discount that he’s a top-notch ladies man. I suppose he should have his pistol and his katana as well…

I don’t think this one’s going to be a shoot 'em up rough-house bout of fisticuffs though, I see it being more strategic maneuvering and cunning stunts.

In which case I’m going with Doctor Horrible. Even though Moist is actually a detriment to Dr. Horrible you just can’t out-genius a genius of the Evil type. He’ll come up with some ridiculously intricate evil plan that will leave Perfect Tommy drooling a puddle and Buckaroo will get distracted by a pretty lady Dr. Horrible plants for just that purpose.

I think.

I’m still waiting for Buckaroo Banzai Versus The World Crime League.

#2

I’m guess I’m gonna have to just, uhhh, go ahead and disagree with you there. </Lumberg>

(Respectfully, of course…:slight_smile: )

Banzai is never distracted by the ladies. In fact, I figure that’s probably one of the reasons they’re attracted to him – he doesn’t seem to notice. And as you pointed out, Banzai not only has the skills himself, but he also has the whole Institute to back him up. And his whole team is talented. Maybe most importantly, his whole team is totally loyal to him and each other. There’s a lot to be said for that. I’d probably choose it regardless of talent. The talent is a bonus.

I love watching Horrible, but things just don’t seem to work out for him, do they? And hey – Bonzai gets some great transportation. Horrible is s#!% outta luck if the battle goes down somewhere too far from a bus stop.

(FWIW, if you’d asked “which of these would you rather WATCH right now?” it’d totally be Horrible. It’s just so brief and entertaining. I’m much more enamored with the Bonzai concept than the movie execution.)

#3

Sorry G, gotta go with perfect tommy and Ellen’s legs. Also a ship that flies like a truck. It doesn’t get any better than that.

#4

Yeah, seems lopsided. Buckaroo wouldn’t break a sweat.

#5

Ouch, both are cool, both are brilliant geeks, both are musical.
That’s a tough choice. But if we’re talking Deathmatch, well, Buckaroo has more a sucess track record.

#6

I loves me some Doctor Horrible. Listen to the soundtrack every month or so. However this match-up seems to me to be analogous to a game of chicken between a freight train THE SIZE OF A CHRYSLER BUILDING and a damp piece of toast. :smiley:

#7

Wow, that bad huh? Well, who would be a good match for BB?

BB and The Hong Kong Cavaliers vs. the Nexus 6 models from Bladerunner? They’re really just thugs though…

BB and The Hong Kong Cavaliers vs. Buffy and The Scoobies F. Giles?

BB and The Hong Kong Cavaliers vs. Wolfram and Hart? (that sounds promising)

BB and The Hong Kong Cavaliers vs. Padawan Class of 19BBY?

#8

Only Danny Ocean and crew could take on BB and The Hong Kong Cavaliers

//youtu.be/r3sV4k-mNa0

#9

Hah. I think the problem is that you left the playing field wide open.
[ul]
[li]Dr. Horrible v. BB in a karoke night? That’s tough.[/li][li]Dr. Horrible v. BB in a best henchman off? (Moist v. Perfect Tommy?) Tough.[/li][li]Guy who can drive a car through a mountain by bending the space-time continuum and slip into an alternate dimension to do so v. guy who transports gold bars into convienent liquid form which smell like cumin? Less tough[/li][/ul]:smiley:

#10

Thing being overlooked: Horrible may be bumbling, and he may have taken a huge personal loss in his quest, but he did succeed in joining the ELE and becoming the world’s foremost evil genius. And if we’re talking post-Penny, then, well, quite simply, the man has nothing to lose.

He won’t do it the way he had planned it out, and odds are it will be completely unintentional, but he’ll succeed tragically.

#11

Well, at least the eleventh foremost evil genius. (Possibly fourteenth after the fan contest winners were decided.)

#12

Just in case anyone is having trouble deciding, both are available on Netflix Instant Watch:

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

#13

I like to eat at a particular restaurant due to the similarity of the Blue Blazers logo and theirs.

Also, no watermelons in vices in DH.

Thirdly, the chaps worn by New Jersey beat anything in DH.

#14

Boo (and may I say) yah.

#15

OK, after pondering Solai’s GREAT input I realized it was staring me in the face the whole time.

Dr. Horrible vs. John Whorfin: “The First Evil Genius to Invent a Cold Fusion Generator Ray-Gun Wins” contest.

Bah, I’ll get the hang of this eventually!:smiley:

#16

I’d say Banzai vs. Batman. Sounds weird, but makes sense: They both have a scientific background as well as cash and a team to support them. They approach things differently, so the challenge would probably determine the outcome. But there’s lots of interesting stuff to discuss. Not sure how I’d vote!

#17

Batman. It’s always Batman. He’s crazy prepared. He’s got a Goddamn Trope named after him.

#18

Problem is the singing. Batman, a little bit lacking in the music ability, unlike Buckeroo.

#19

Au contraire, mon frere.

//youtu.be/57zFkL9GSZA

#20

Of course. He saw that coming and spent three months working with a vocal coach.

He’s the goddam Batman!