Top Ten Tuesdays

[Prince_Vajda]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Top 10 Coolest Movie Characters

James Bond - James Bond series (1962–)

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]

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]

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

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bleakshaun

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]

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

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

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!

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

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!

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]

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

Make of that what you will

[Wes]

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

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by keirarts

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]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

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!

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