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Time to wrap up the Grand Finale.

By beating two of the toughest opponents of this entire tournament by a margin of...

+3 votes over Forbidden Planet (1956)'s ROBBY THE ROBOT,

and

just +1 vote over Metropolis (1927)'s MARIA,


THE WINNER OF THE ROBOTS/ANDROIDS/CYBORGS/A.I.s TOURNAMENT IS...

The Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer,

also known as

H.A.L.-9000.





from Stanley Kubrick's immortal 1968 sci-fi cult classic...



and Peter Hyams's equally impressive 80s sequel...

A H-U-G-E thanks to everyone who voted and made this tournament a successful one.

Special, deep-from-my-heart thanks go to those who popped in for even a minute and voted for the matches which were stuck for DAYS for decider votes.

I hope to keep going on with such crazy ideas, and keeping the HDC forum flag flying.

Ciao, until the next one!

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