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With the exception of George Lazenby, of course. He was anything but 'cool'. A lousy actor in a pretty good film ruined by silly sped-up chase scenes.

Prince_Vajda

7th November 2017 07:54 PM

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Coolest Film Characters - Part II

Once more, in no particular order.

Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator in The Terminator (1984)
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John Cleese as Reg in Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
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Timothy Dalton as James Bond in Licence to Kill (1989)
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Clint Eastwood as The Man with No Name in A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
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Mel Gibson as Porter in Payback (1999)
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David Hemmings as Thomas in Blowup (1966)
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Warren Oates as Bennie in Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
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Tyrone Power as Diego in The Mark of Zorro (1940)
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Danny Trejo as Navajas in Desperado (1995)
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Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley in Alien (1979)
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Wes	7th November 2017 08:02 PM

I love The Terminator still ! This was what the future used to look like ! One possible future...

Demdike@Cult Labs

7th November 2017 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by bleakshaun (Post 556852)

Raoul Duke - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

I watched Rango again for the first time in years recently. Brought a smile to my face with the Fear and Loathing reference.

Susan Foreman

8th November 2017 07:27 AM

To clarify my point from a few pages ago...

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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman (Post 556782)

I'm probably the only person on the forum who finds the fact that 50% of your pictures contain people with visible guns disturbing!

...I wasn't questioning the choice of character or film, but the fact that the pictures chosen depicted guns. I'm sure there are hundreds of pictures of Chow Yun Fat, Clint Eastwood et al from the same films, showing their 'coolness' but without the weaponry

But maybe the boys need big guns to compensate for something! :nod:

keirarts

8th November 2017 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman (Post 556884)

To clarify my point from a few pages ago...

...I wasn't questioning the choice of character or film, but the fact that the pictures chosen depicted guns. I'm sure there are hundreds of pictures of Chow Yun Fat, Clint Eastwood et al from the same films, showing their 'coolness' but without the weaponry

But maybe the boys need big guns to compensate for something! :nod:

I would also point out how many 'cool' characters chain smoked as well. For me it's a style thing. Chow yun fat in the killer is the epitome of cool to me but I wouldn't advocate either guns or tabs.

keirarts

8th November 2017 08:20 AM

Also the ciggies have very phallic connotations (or so I'm told!)

Make of that what you will

Wes	8th November 2017 08:28 AM

No guns or cigs, just a hat.... John Saxon does Italian Cool in Tenebrae...

https://flavorwire.files.wordpress.c...1/10/saxon.jpg

Nosferatu@Cult Labs

8th November 2017 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by keirarts (Post 556886)

Also the ciggies have very phallic connotations (or so I'm told!)

Make of that what you will

To quote Sigmund Freud: "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar".

Regarding Chow Yun Fat be pictured with a gun, I'm guessing that's because Kierarts thinks Ah Jong is a cool film character. He is an assassin in one of the most famous 'bullet ballet' films, so to have the picture of him holding a firearm makes complete sense. It would be the same if it was 'Dirty' Harry Callahan with his .44 Magnum.

Demdike@Cult Labs

8th November 2017 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman (Post 556884)

I look forward to seeing your list this week, Susan. :nod:

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