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I don't know about my heroes... lol... ok from:
JLA - The Flash
X-men - There are 4, Angel, Rogue, Kitty and Nightcrawler
not sure about the others though... I actually like Spiderman though... and actually... ever since I was young I've loved archery as well, so I guess Green Arrow's cool too, along with that other arrow dude from Teen Titans... lol
Oh, and for villains:
Mxyzptlk and the Riddler
I am usually not particularly keen on watching a movie because a particular actress in it, I tend to go for movies with proper acting, and the best looking actresses often can't act. An example would be Jessica Alba, extremely pretty, but she isn't much good at acting. Although I thought Sin City was a really good movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by miss tenderness
As for heroes. I'll have to say I like Batman, esp. the way the character is portrayed by Christian Bale, now that is someone who can act. Although I have to say, overall I don't care much for superheroes. Superman being the number one annoying superhero of all time for me. Just to over the top super power like.
That's MR. Mxyzptlk to you! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by DigitalCrash
That "other arrow dude" from Teen Titans is Speedy--none other than Green Arrow's sidekick :cool:.
Mxyzptlk, Mr. Mxyzptlk... bleh, potato, potahto :p
Steve McQueen/Dustin Hoffman/Audrey Hepburn
Steve Buschemi
at the risk of repeating myself: Captain Picard!!!
alrite, I'll admit it, he's not my hero... I FANCY him :) :blush:
rite, I'll go somewhere else to drool and think about why he's my hero...
because he's intelligent and is faced with lots of ethical dilemmas in his job all the time.. like do we help these people or stick to the Prime Directive... he also gets over being captured and assimilated by the Borg...
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Fancy him? He's an old, bald man. Hmmm. Perhaps I ought consider shaving my head. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by SleepyWitch
nope, he's not and old, bald man, he's a well-preserved old, bald man. there's a difference there :lol:
oooh, a glossy of Picard, gooood morning!
do you like him too Riesa? or are you teasing me:)?
I'm not teasing. Picard has the "soul of a poet, the heart of an adventurer". I fancy him too.
Patrick Stewart is a remarkable actor, certainly--Shakespearean lineage and marvelous contributions to both sci-fi and comic book franchises. There are altars to him in geek temples around the world.
He's perhaps also the oldest actor alive who is still regarded as a "Heartthrob" by a substantial number of female fans. Three cheers for the man who sets the pace for the rest of us geeks!
You should see PS dominate the stage in the flesh. I saw him in JB Priestly's "Johnson over Jordan". He made the rest of the cast seem like shadows. I'm hoping to see him in Anthony & Cleopatra at the RSC soon.
PS has the perfect voice for stagework. very powerful, combine it with his superb acting skills, and it's a winner.
And yes, he is the best Star Trek Captain ever, Kirk, Sisko, Janeway, Archer and the rest are no match for this guy.
How does Picard compare to Han Solo?
Han Solo is more like Kirk. A healthy dose of luck and charm, but that's it. Picard is more of an educated man, that's what sets him apart. He is thoughtful, considerate, diplomatic etc. but not afraid to take action when necessary. Everything a captain of a starship needs.
Now I'm starting to sound like a fanboy, time to bring out the good ol' Star Trek uniform :D
Oh, I agree, he's an excellent actor. Didn't he do Ghandi? He was excellent there. But I wouldn't have thought of him as the most attractive of leading men. It just goes to show that I don't have a clue as to the masculine qualities attractive to women. If I wasn't already married, I would run off right now, this very second, without a second of hesitation, and shave my head clean to boney white. ;) I might just do that anyway.
No--Gandhi was Ben Kingsley, who won Best Actor for the role that year. Kingsley is another famous, talented (bald) actor.
Oh, thanks. I guess that's another reason to run off and shave my head.Quote:
Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
On a side note, it's interesting--Kingsley is relatively well-known for doing really good villains, if memory serves. Then he plays one of the best good guys in the history of the world, and gets an Oscar. It's a wonder he doesn't do more positive roles.
I did :) I saw him act in "A Life in the Theatre" in London last year. It was a dream come true!!! ever since i was 13 i dreamt of seeing him on the stage in England :) and then when i was really living in England, there he was doing a play in London :banana:Quote:
Originally Posted by Xamonas Chegwe
he played this silly old actor who was always preaching sermons about acting to his younger colleague... it was a very conceited but also funna character... in the end he tried to do himself in and the audience was totally hushed because Stewart got it across so well... I felt like jumping onto the stage and saving the poor bloke...
wow, when is he doing Antony and Cleo??? do you happen to know a website where i can look up his activities on the stage? maybe I'm lucky and he'll be doing a play when I visit England this summer/autumn
hehe, it's because of Picard that I started reading Shakespeare.... when I was 13 and hardly understood a word of English, I watched a TNG episode (in German:( ) where he quotes from Shakes. so I ran off to the public library and got King Lear.. it was the only Shake that was available... I ploughed through the first act and all I understood was that there was this kind who's got three daughters. it was fun, though :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Riesa
One of the heroes I of mine died 11 years ago today....his name? davie "super" cooper
my hero...hmmm...just the usual...Batman...
Batman -- pbbblllt!! :p
A hero of mine when I was growing up died recently, the Twins outfielder Kirby Puckett. He was a great baseball player, had some rough times after retirement, but was a lot of fun to watch and root for.
i never liked superheroes....never ,never
Kingesly is dreadfully ugly isn't he?
but he acts well anyway
Here's the dates for A&C in Stratford.Quote:
Originally Posted by SleepyWitch
He's really good in Sexy Beast with Ray Winstone, plays one of the scariest villains out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by miss tenderness
I just don't understand whatever he was thinking when he agreed to do Bloodrayne. Talk about an abomination. Ugh, Uwe Boll is a monster, and that's putting it mildly.
HAH! How dare ye Lord Robin? Blasphemy! Let's see how thy arrows stand up to my caped crusader's batarangs! Or thy fists against the martial arts master's skill! (I actually don't know what style he's using) MWAHAHAHA! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
They're about on even ground on the projectiles and on the martial arts, actually--Green Arrow started out as a Batman clone (Arrow-car, Arrow-cave, Arrow-signal). Then they gave Green Arrow what Batman had been lacking all along--a PERSONALITY.
I've never really liked the Super Hero types.
My heros are Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, Menno Simons, Dierk Willems and a lot of other Mennonite leaders. These people are my heros because they stood up for peace and taught how to live peacefully with others, God, and yourself. <><
Yep! Couldn't have agreed better! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
hey XC, thanks a million :) wow, it'll run for ages, so maybe I'll even get a chance of going there :banana:Quote:
Originally Posted by Xamonas Chegwe
Who is your hero and why... with all of the stories, plays, sonnets, and legends out there who is your hero, explain what they do to be considered a hero..
You mean "hero" as in "a writer I really like" or as in "the character who I think is the greatest of them all"? Or something else? Since we are in the poetry forums, I suppose only poems (or poets?) are counted in?
literature hero, either douglass adams who made the absurdadies of really hard mathematical/physical concepts humerous and easy to grasp for not so bright readers like myself. it was one of the books that kind of got me interested in the absurdadies of really hard mathematical/physical concepts. i usually hate science fiction. and hitchhiker's guide is my second fav book. suprising...
another literature hero - samual beckett. i think it might be because 3 different people told me that my style of writing (waay back in junior high when i wrote plays) was similar to that of sammy beckett's. i had never heard of him then. and then i read waiting for godot (on onlinelit.com :) and decided that he's cool.
ok...
since this is the general chat section, Alan turing is a non lit related hero.
he made the first blueprint of a modern computer, did stuff with computer science, helped crack the German Enigma code for the british during WWII, was an AWESOME olympic quality marathon runner, and sadly was gay and persecuted for being gay by the british goverment which he had helped so much. he commited suicide because of it.
why? cause im a computer fanatic and i wanna run fast and his life/death is a powerful story and im rainbow. (mostly green but we can pretend that I'm rainbow)
my mommy.
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I remmebr I started a thread having the same title!:D