Some of the greatest Geek Philosophy questions center around such crucial issues as whether the Millennium Falcon would win in a fight against the Starship Enterprise or if Spiderman has any chance of kicking Superman’s ass. Geeks have debated such weighty issues for years, yours truly being among them, and for most of those years we’ve had to be content with letting the scenarios play out in our imaginations. Wouldn’t it be cool, we’d often marvel, if we could actually set up a situation where such a scenario could play out? Yeah, dude, that’d be awesome!

Well at least one fellow has taken that challenge on himself. His great Geek Philosophy question is one that I’m sure many a video gamer has wondered about: Who would win in a fight between the women of the Final Fantasy series and the women of the Dead or Alive series. That fellow goes by the moniker of Monty Oum and he calls his work in progress Dead Fantasy I-V. He’s already finished the first two films in the series and I somehow missed seeing the first one when it was released last October and part two was released today. Together they add up to almost 15 minutes of anime-style butt kicking meaning there’s nothing at all realistic about the action taking place. It’s totally ridiculous, but works within the confines of the world of video games and is arguably one of the better fan tributes I’ve seen so far:

And part two:

As silly as these are I would be lying if I didn’t admit that I found myself giggling like an idiot while watching them. I’ve played many of the games in both series so I’m familiar with the characters and I have to say that it’s a fine Geek Philosophy question to ponder. There’s still three more episodes before we’ll find out who the final victors are and, if the pace of development stays the same, they’re some distance off in the future. That’s OK, though. Gives us geeks time to sit around and ponder the question deeply like some sort of basement dwelling monks.