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Sardy 09-23-2006 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Mansun
American Film Institute's list of top screen heroes and villians:-

Rounding out the top 10 list of heroes, in order: Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), Casablanca; Will Kane (Gary Cooper), High Noon; Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster), The Silence of the Lambs; ROCKY BALBOA (Sylvester Stallone), Rocky; Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), Aliens; George Bailey (James Stewart), It's a Wonderful Life; and TE Lawrence (Peter O'Toole), Lawrence of Arabia.

The rest of the top 10 villains, in order: the Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton), The Wizard of Oz; Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Mr. Potter (Lionel Barrymore), It's a Wonderful Life; Alex Forrest (Glenn Close), Fatal Attraction; Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck), Double Indemnity; Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair), The Exorcist; and the Queen (voiced by Lucille LaVerne), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
No Darth Vader? Han Solo? (or Luke Skywalker?)

Mansun 09-23-2006 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne
Mansun, you sure can make me laugh :D

Should we not leave it as a difference of opinions?
Rune Son of Bjarne you must have an abnormal sense of humour then. Even the most biast of film critics can see that the first Rocky film, & possibly the second, were classics that are now almost as popular as they were in the 70s.

Mansun 10-06-2006 09:54 AM
Perhaps Stallone could play a part in The Hobbit as Bard?

narfforc 10-08-2006 03:58 AM
But Rocky didn't have a bow that was John Rambo, so he would be known as Bard the Ram-BowMan.

Mansun 10-08-2006 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by narfforc
But Rocky didn't have a bow that was John Rambo, so he would be known as Bard the Ram-BowMan.
How does John Rambo rank with the characters in the LOTR? I would also have put him up there in the top ten alongside Rocky Balboa. Come to think of it, John Rambo would have made a very good Aragorn for the LOTR movies too, had Stallone been 5 years younger & a little taller.

Mansun 01-06-2007 05:02 PM
Rocky Balboa
 
Well, the 6th film has finally come out. Rocky Balboa proved he was still the people's hero to this modern day. Do you think we will say this for the likes of Frodo & Aragorn in 20 years time?

Estelyn Telcontar 01-07-2007 08:18 AM
LotR (the book) has been around for over half a century and is going stronger than ever. I sincerely doubt that any action film hero of our time will still be that popular in 50 years. Actually, does he even have that size of a fan base today? I doubt it.

Thinlómien 01-07-2007 09:29 AM
If you guys are not serious, this thread is really funny.
If you guys are serious, well... :rolleyes:

Rune Son of Bjarne 01-07-2007 03:55 PM
I think they are seriouse Lommy. . .

Thinlómien 01-08-2007 02:25 AM
Oh no...





:D

Mansun 01-13-2007 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar
LotR (the book) has been around for over half a century and is going stronger than ever. I sincerely doubt that any action film hero of our time will still be that popular in 50 years. Actually, does he even have that size of a fan base today? I doubt it.

It is only possible to compare the films.

Imladris 01-13-2007 02:44 PM
I don't really understand why we need to draw parallels between two obviously different genres of story.

Rocky is human and people, in general, can relate to him.

Aragorn is not. We are not meant to relate to him.

Rocky is frosting, LotR is cake.

Two different types of heroes, both equally fulfilling a need that the people felt at the time.

Mansun 01-17-2007 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Imladris
I don't really understand why we need to draw parallels between two obviously different genres of story.

Rocky is human and people, in general, can relate to him.

Aragorn is not. We are not meant to relate to him.

Rocky is frosting, LotR is cake.

Two different types of heroes, both equally fulfilling a need that the people felt at the time.

Why do we need to relate Santa Claus with christmas, when the real reason for celebrating lies with Christ? People make comparisons because they want to, regardless of whether it is not to the liking to his Lordship.

Mansun 02-26-2007 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne
Mansun, you sure can make me laugh :D

Should we not leave it as a difference of opinions?
Did you really laugh??? That made me laugh out of sheer amazement.


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