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post #1 of 25
10/4/08 at 12:10pm
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Who do you think is the toughest and/or coolest movie character?

My choice Russell Crowe as General Maximus in Gladiator. Just for the scene when he wins the first gladiator fight in Rome. And announces who he is to the emporer and then the gladiators chanting his name when he goes back below. Also, the other gladiators surrounding him like when he was a general.

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post #2 of 25
10/4/08 at 12:22pm

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Gotta cast my vote for Vasques (Jenette Goldstein), the tough talking smart-gun operator in Aliens. Takes point on the operation, and even beat an alien in close combat. (In the air duct pinning the beast to the wall with her boot and blowing his brains out point blank) She impressed me even more than Ripley, who would go on any short list of tough characters.

Gotta add another lady to the sweepstakes: Sarah Connor in Terminator 2:Judgement Day. Hard as nails, takes no prisoners.
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post #3 of 25
10/6/08 at 10:53am

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Originally Posted by Stephen_L
Gotta cast my vote for Vasques (Jenette Goldstein)... She impressed me even more than Ripley, who would go on any short list of tough characters.

Gotta add another lady to the sweepstakes: Sarah Connor in Terminator 2:Judgement Day. Hard as nails, takes no prisoners.
I've gotta go with Ripley.

How about John Mclane. Yippee-ki-yay...you know the rest.
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post #4 of 25
10/6/08 at 12:15pm

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Dutch from Predator.
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post #5 of 25
10/6/08 at 12:39pm

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Watchmen's Rorschach.
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post #6 of 25
10/6/08 at 12:40pm

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Uma Thurman's character in "Kill Bill' is one tough cookie. But I still would have to go with Ripley as the biggest, badest, woman.

As for guys, John Mclane is way up there in the bad to the bone group and I have to give a nod to "Hellboy". He takes a lickin and keeps on tickin.
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post #7 of 25
10/6/08 at 12:54pm

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Originally Posted by Scott-S
As for guys, John Mclane is way up there in the bad to the bone group and I have to give a nod to "Hellboy". He takes a lickin and keeps on tickin.
Is it fair to compare a fantasy character to a "real" character like John Mclane. Of course, I'm laughing as I write this. John Mclane is real...yeah...right!

How about Curly, from City Slickers, he scared me.
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post #8 of 25
10/6/08 at 1:11pm

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Those guys and gals are all weak sauce.

This is one of those questions that has a right answer, and a lot of wrong answers.

Beat this:




Feel free to skip ahead to 6:45.

Chingachgook

Game, set, and match.

You know the winner will come from a Michael Mann movie!
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post #9 of 25
10/6/08 at 1:34pm
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Go to 1:10 in...

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post #10 of 25
10/6/08 at 1:56pm

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Yea, I thought Uma Thurman in Kill Bill was pretty bad ass. Clint Eastwood in his heyday was not one to be messed with and I would say Marlon Brando in the Godfather.
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post #11 of 25
10/6/08 at 2:55pm

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post #12 of 25
10/7/08 at 12:49am

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Batman,


Because every single person on this forum would be him tomorrow. Billionaire playboy by day and bad ass with cool gadgets by night. Even Bond wants to be Batman.
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post #13 of 25
10/7/08 at 6:21am

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Originally Posted by Chuck Mayer
Those guys and gals are all weak sauce.

This is one of those questions that has a right answer, and a lot of wrong answers.

Beat this:

...

Chingachgook

Game, set, and match.

You know the winner will come from a Michael Mann movie!
i see you your chingachgook, and raise you one:





neil mccauley.

still - i think it's a photo-finish....

(each of them figures in what are for my money two of the best action-sequences ever filmed: the gunfight in heat, and the final chase from last of the mohicans. that michael mann sure knows his way around an action set-piece...)
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post #14 of 25
10/7/08 at 6:28am

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Chunk from Goonies.
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post #15 of 25
10/8/08 at 5:46am

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I have not seen any one person, or army stop Rambo.
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post #16 of 25
10/8/08 at 7:31am

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*ahem*

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post #17 of 25
10/8/08 at 8:01am

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I've always liked Neil McCauley's coolness, and Vasques has always been a favorite.

However.

I'm sure nobody will second this one, but I think the baddest badass in movie history is Mona Demarkov (Lena Olin) in Romero is Bleeding.
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post #18 of 25
10/8/08 at 8:46am

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I'll assume that you guys are talking about the second toughest or coolest fictional movie character since nobody has mentioned Chuck Norris yet.



Now, I know some of you are thinking "yeah, but he's not fictional - he's real", which may be true, but I think that's more of a legend than established fact because he moves so fast nobody really gets a good look at him, and anybody that encounters him ends up in the hospital within seconds so they're not sure who it was. Until someone can prove that he really exists, I'm going to nominate him for toughest fictional movie character.



Seriously though, I would nominate Jason Bourne. He's even tougher and cooler in the books, but was pretty bad ass in the movies.
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post #19 of 25
10/8/08 at 12:01pm
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Originally Posted by Ennsio
I'll assume that you guys are talking about the second toughest or coolest fictional movie character since nobody has mentioned Chuck Norris yet.


Quote:
-When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.
-Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.
-There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live.
-Outer space exists because it's afraid to be on the same planet with Chuck Norris.
-Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
-Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
-Chuck Norris is the reason why Waldo is hiding.
-Chuck Norris counted to infinity - twice.
-There is no chin behind Chuck Norris’ beard. There is only another fist.
-When Chuck Norris does a pushup, he isn’t lifting himself up, he’s pushing the Earth down.
-Chuck Norris is so fast, he can run around the world and punch himself in the back of the head.
-Chuck Norris’ hand is the only hand that can beat a Royal Flush.
-Chuck Norris can lead a horse to water AND make it drink.
-Chuck Norris doesn’t wear a watch, HE decides what time it is.
-Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.
-Chuck Norris does not get frostbite. Chuck Norris bites frost
-Remember the Soviet Union? They decided to quit after watching a DeltaForce marathon on Satellite TV.
-Contrary to popular belief, America is not a democracy, it is a Chucktatorship.

This is a list of Chuck's favorites. Chuck Norris Facts
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post #20 of 25
10/8/08 at 12:07pm

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Originally Posted by JohnRice
I'm sure nobody will second this one, but I think the baddest badass in movie history is Mona Demarkov (Lena Olin) in Romeo is Bleeding.

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post #21 of 25
10/8/08 at 2:11pm

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Coolest: Sam Spade (Bogart in The Maltese Falcon)

Toughest: Yojimbo (Mifune in Yojimbo)
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post #22 of 25
10/8/08 at 2:59pm

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Originally Posted by Elizabeth S

Great!! Someone did second Mona. That woman gives me chills.

"I don't want you to kill him. I want you to bury him. If he dies in the process, that's his problem."
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post #23 of 25
10/8/08 at 3:46pm

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Ash from the Evil Dead films!

"This is my BOOMSTICK!!!"
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post #24 of 25
10/9/08 at 8:10am

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James Bond, sleeps with more women than Ron Jeremy, tough enough to crack a joke while getting his junk wrecked.
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post #25 of 25
10/9/08 at 8:55am

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Funny Chuck Norris song from my local rock station.

http://curtismedia.com/audio/96rockd...orris_song.wma

He ordered a Big Mac from Burger King and got one... haha classic.
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