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Haha, I was already com You should've waited...I was coming on to do just that Nominate Judoka.

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Well, if I do manage to get the position over some very worthy competetition, I actually was the starting kick and punt returner for every football team I ever played on. (Don't get too excited. I played on some pretty awful football teams.)

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YEah, I think there are, but that is a quality shoot-out scene, no question!

Best Western Villian: That's a good one, although in the OP I already answered that in a roundabout way. This is pure semantics, but I consider (for whatever stupid reason) Munny to represent kind of a niche role that is relatively rare: The anti-hero. So, by that sleight of hand nonsense, I am free to answer. I'd consider Johnny Ringo pretty strongly. (Tombstone.) He's a dangerous sociopath...his ease and skill for menacing violence is kind of the key element that make the Cowboys as feared as they are. Minus Ringo, they're still a dangerous group but perhaps not quite as formidible and untouchable. For fans of The Wire, think of Marlo without Chris or Avon without Wee-Bey. Still people to be taken very seriously, but the intimidation factor is significantly lessened. He doesn't miss by much. Coy Lahood from Pale Rider is a pretty solid villain. Good character, but doesn't quite match Ringo imo. Jack Wilson from Shane (played by Jack Palance) is a great villain. He even has the black garb to go with his dark intentions. I'd definitely put him over LaHood, but he gives Ringo a run for his money. Palance gives the best performance of the movie, I always thought. (Side note - At the end, do you think Shane is dead? I say yes.) Gene Hackman actually gives us a pretty good villain from a pretty average movie: The Quick and the Dead, John Herod. (True story: I've had three nightmares involving Gene Hackman where I owe him money for a large amount of drugs that I have lost or had stolen or something...really, really weird. Haven't had that one for at least 7 years, but it was bizarre.) But I knew pretty much right away who I'd go with: Angel Eyes, played by Lee Van Cleef. First of all, it's an all time movie, regardless of genre: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Angel Eyes is literally "The Bad." And there is something about the way he projects a genuine sense of pleasure in the suffering of others that gets him my vote. Ringo jars even his own criminal comrades when he cooly murders that Priest early in Tombstone, but he's indifferent. And not indifferent in the normal sense, but indifferent the way a sociopath is completely unaffected by the feeling's of others. Angel Eyes is sadistic. He enjoys making people suffer. **How about Best Shoot-Out Scene? I'm fighting to find something other than the Heat heist. But I'm also hearing, "You're no daisy! You're no daisy at all," in the back of my mind. I'll have to think on that one.

lol, no problem. I guess Army beat me to the punch there, so I can still nominate or second somebody. I am accepting bids as we speak.

Top Five Rappers (In no particular order): The Gza, The Rza, Dr. Dre, Method Man and Big Boi +1 for Keith Moon. That took WAY too long for his name to come around

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+1. No one gives that movie the credit it deserves. I really want to watch both of those movies now. I haven't scene Mohicans in forever, and it really is a great movie, without the love interest bs that I don't care about. I kind of just don't like that actress...she's in 12 Monkeys too, another great movie, and she's alright in that I guess. But she always annoyed me in Last of the Mohicans.

Never played the video game, but this is a GREAT list! I completely forgot about King of New York...that's an epic crime flick. "They're for the bullet holes, puta!" I love that movie, and Walken is in prime form. There are a lot of great scenes, but my favorite is probably when he shows up at the mafia card game. These guys are dangerous men in their own right, but Frank White makes them VERY uncomfortable. And he should. He's probably going to kill someone when he's smiling at you. Which, of course, he does. Magua makes that movie. I actually (this probably sounds weird) understood Magua, and rooted for him to succeed. I don't know...I hated watching him hack up (Chingachgook?)'s son...it was actually a rough scene to watch. But Magua lives in a world full of violent interlopers who are never going to leave, and they'll keep growing in size and taking more and more. So, I liked Magua because he seemed to play down his intelligence around his "superiors," and then, when he left in his element and to his own devices, he takes his vengeance. He's not really a villain to me, actually. He's a product of his environment. (Frank Costello would disapprove of that. Amiright?)

Yeah, I'm persuaded some by your post. I will say that I think the physical maturity issue is a huge deal. Some guys, that really isn't a factor. I had a friend that (honestly) grew legitimate facial hair by age ten, and by sixteen was bald. Not baldING, bald. So, some mature faster than others. But typically, guys don't really grow into their "man" frames until at least 20, and often not quite yet even then. That does bother me. But yeah, experience is overrated if you're coming off consecutive 9 loss seasons and most of those kids will be back.

Yeah, although (reiterating myself I guess,) you're not off base about the importance of line depth...by any means. There are a lot of positions that you can plug in an uber-athletic but completely green kid and get immediate, positive results. QB obviously is generally not one of those positions, but I'd argue that it's even HARDER to put in a first or second year kid at a line posiiton on either side of the ball, and not see a detrimental effect. The line is different from EVERY other position in two crucial ways (especially at the college level): One, a 21 or 22 year old kid is physically more mature than an 18 or 19 year old. The relevance of that is obvious. Two, line play is FAR more complicated than a lot of people think it is. I'll never forget listening to Pelini talk about how many mistakes Lavonte made in a game, and the stat sheet showed him with 20 tackles and a sack. But that's the thing about every position other than the lines: instincts and raw talent can carry you over mental mistakes. Lavonte could blow his assignment, but use his incredible combination of elite athleticism, steel eyed determination, and natural instincts to make a hell of a play when he really should have been made to look awful. That just doesn't happen on the line. If you are supposed to run contain to the weak side but you plunge forward and in on a bull rush, you have effectively conceded five yards already at a minimum. No quickness or instinct will negate the error and the damage. The bolded is basically a verbatim representation of my feelings for 2013. I suspect maybe we differ in that I had already hitched my wagon about midway through LAST season to guys like Valentine and Curry and that DE from Ohio (2012 recruit) who's name escapes me at the moment...and we landed Gregory as well. Jucos are dice rolls, but we really need that kid to provide an immediate impact. And we need markedly better tackle and LB play. I think we've got a higher caliber of athlete at the LB spot than we've had in a long time. (Although, granted, they are really young.) It really comes down the ends and especially the tackles for me. We need a youngster to play big for us. Actually, we need two, if we're honest. No disrespect to the upperclassmen, but we've seen what they've got. It's not at the level I would say we need to be at, and I'd bet I'm not alone on that.

Completely understand where you're coming from, and you're not wrong. There is something, however, to that old adage about addition by subtraction. Call it the Milton Bradley effect. Milton has been on a thousand baseball teams because he is incredibly talented...and he's such a disruptive force, that every clubhouse he joins turns into bitter hatefest by the time the GM steps up and eagerly swallows a giant cash loss just to get rid of the tumor. And I'm not sure Chase is on par with Milton, both in talent terms or attitude issues. Something is causing this kid to behave in an undependable, erratic way though. Honestly, he has the physical tools to be a better player than he is, too. I get the sense Chase never locked up because he was the last one leaving the weight room. So, I think you're right in what you're saying, but I disagree with the conclusion. I think it is good, kind of like I felt like Andrew Green leaving was a good thing. (Heard, on the other hand....) Bad attitude guys murder a team...just absolutely tear even incredibly talented teams to shreds. On the flip side, (don't know why I keep falling back on baseball,) a GM will pay a decent amount of cash for a guy who really can't even play. That was basically the last two years or so of Erstad's baseball career. The guy played like a football player so he basically tore his body apart diving into walls, cathchers, you name it...but a precious roster slot was carved out of the 25 a front office is alotted strictly for Erstad's locker room presence. We need tough minded guys with good attitudes more than we need the depth that a Chase Rome Drama Factory provides, in my humble opinion anyhow.

My advice is to follow Nexus' lead when it comes to music you might not be very familiar with. He brings obscure quality on the regular Huzkerbob brings the real punk, stuff that slipped by me. There are a few others, but you two always unveil some new gem for me to enjoy, so muchos gracias and all that EDIT: I didn't even see you posted No Fun just above, haha. I have always loved that song.

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I'd take 5 points off my rep if I could for leaving off Zelda (and Metroid, for that matter) but the best I can do is +1 you. Michael is epic. Less likeable...but that doesn't make him a worse character. He's a dark bastard...even darker than the old man I think. Which is what hurts him, I think. He's too distant to generate the loyalty and love his dad could. Fredo weeps over his father, he conspires with Johnny Ola. (In typical, fumbling Fredo fashion.)

Good God...you got lost at Midway, which means the Yorktown was left without it's primary defense. You did "fight" for "everything," which meant that while the rest of us were in an epic naval battle, you fought some flabby, sexually ambiguous pimp over a service payment dispute, you were victorious, and then you "won" a raging case of Phillipine herps. So yeah, you fought for everything, but everything was knocking out what may have been a woman and infesting the eastern seaboard with what is almost assuredly the WORST STD IN HISTORY. I haven't complimented a man since my dad started drinking again. Insults all around!

William Cutting...great character. GREAT character. Villain, gangster? I dunno, but that role ranks high, somewhere.

First of all...Donkey Kong is NOT the best video game ever. That must have been simply to counter my laughably long post with a curt nonsensical retort. Because Donkey Kong and Super Mario 3 already erases the Kong. Greatest Games is impossible to winnow: Blades of Steel - Tyson, Tecmo, Sup 2 and 3 (I liked 2, many did not) Double Dribble, Hockey *countless others for NES, Mutant League Football on Sega Genesis. FIFA on the new era consoles. Close to qualifying is Rygar, because I was the only person who could beat that game. And yeah...I failed algebra. What is your point? RYGAR, son. +1 to Q. Sigur rounded out my top 3, and I really, really had to think about whether the Joker was better. I just like the Joker better as an engaging maniac, if that makes any sense. He is darkly humerous occasionally. Sigur is...well, as you said: "A truly frightening character." Side question to Q: Did you like the ending? I still get chills when he says the final line. He ain't there. All that he wakes to is all that cold and all that dark. People seemed really disappointed in that ending...I thought it was brilliant. That movie is classified as a horror movie by the Coen's. Which makes sense. American Gangster was not bad. Not bad. A touch underwhelming just because of who Frank Lucas was. I actually struggled with another villain, who really was basically a gangster in his own right: Alonzo from Training Day. That is a great performance as a villain for Denzel, and I think that's a much better character than Lucas, just based on character development and traits rather than acting. Alonzo is an evil SOB: "Make sure that bathtub's clean." Click. Heartfelt words to the man who's death warrant he just signed. NUance: Rocky is right up there for me too. Honestly, Rocky IV was like a top 5 favorite all time movie for me in my childhood. I like I an awful lot, II is SO painfully slow until the final awesome payoff, (too long to get to it though for my liking, but I'll watch the Rocky II fight anytime, anywhere.) Clubber Lang was a good character. The stupidity of bringing in Hulk Hogan stunt BS is offset by Mr. T really pulling off a great job presenting Lang as a Roberto Duran type (In the sense that Duran literally killed two people in the ring in Panama and never considered quitting or anything like that.) IV, awesome. V actually never happened. The last one was weak but not Godfather III-Rocky V condemnable. I hate Scarface. No idea why. Just always, always have. I think Pacino is WAY better in Donnie Brasco. For me, it isn't even close. But I'm in the superminority there.

Alright, start with some easier stuff. 1.) Who is the best villian of all time? Gotta be Darth Sidious for me. (Palpatine.) Just so maliciously enduring. His voice, his effect on everyone...he is brilliantly evil. That's my vote. Everything he puts together is so calculated and so well cloaked. Dooku (Tyrannus) and the face he makes when Sidious commands Annakin to kill him is classic Palpatine. Dooku is SURPRISED! Any apprentice to that man should NEVER be surprised at an act of malice committed by Darth Sidious. But even an apprentice doesn't see his wrath coming. Palpatine wins pretty easily for me. And I love that Annakin REALLY does fulfill his destiny. Luke does not kill the Emperor. Annakin does. And you can probably argue that it's acceptable to call him Annakin in that moment. A Sith Lord does not murder his Master out of love for anyone, son or not. (The Joker...Heath Ledger's Joker that is, is in 2nd place. How close that is I'm not sure, and I could be persuaded that he should drop maybe. But he brilliantly insane in that movie. Also... 2.) Best Gangster Role in a Movie: This is a hard one...lot of good choices to pick. This may be an unpopular pick, but I have to take Don Corleone. Yeah, I thought REALLY hard about Goodfellas and Casino and then, about Michael over the Don. But the meeting with all the main family heads is the final thing that sold me. He get's shot as a really old man, multiple times. Can't kill the bastard. Promises "he will not be the one to break the peace." And he isn't lying, but he knows that the Corleone Family will indeed be the one's to do just that. Brings in Hagan. Makes Luca Brasi, a man who is basically incapable of fear or respect, and makes him feel both of those deeply for the Don. The look he gives Sonny in the meeting with the Turk. And every single DeNiro scene in GF2. (Yeah, that counts. Same character! His killing of Don Fanucci is epic...and not just the hit. He profits off his future capos, eliminates a bane to the neighborhood, and basically usurps the role of crime boss in one fell swoop. Finally...telling Michael that whoever approaches him with Barzini's offer is the traitor. (Tessio, naturally.) He is cerebral, violent, reserved, and just all around a great, great character. And one last thing: His threat about what should happen if a bolt of lightning should strike Michael at that meeting. It's hard to be so intimidating while not really raising your voice, or even making an overt threat. Finally: "Tatagglia's a pimp....But I didn't know until this day that it was Barzini all along." Don Corleone gets my nod. 3.) Best Sports Character: REAL hard. There are a lot of options. Rick Vaughn. Jake Taylor....Roger Dorn. Hell, all of Major League is epic. Rudy? Solid character, but not in the running for me. Herb Brooks from Miracle? That's a solid choice. Hoosiers is a good movie, but I can't go with Hackman. I think....I think it's gotta be Coach D'Amato from Any Given Sunday. I know that's maybe not super popular, but I think Pacino gives an incredibly believable performance. This guy is NOT a perfect guy by any stretch. He's getting old...getting worried that he's losing it. He convinces Cap to play a game that could really cause the guy significant, permanent damage. But that whole speech...his whole persona sells it for me. Just dying when LT (Shark) begs for a waiver, talking to Beamon right before he throws the first TD, asking the reporter based on Jim Rome "Where's your neck brace?" right after giving an apology...he's a great character. I'm going with 2 time Pantheon Cup winner Coach Tony D'Amato. 4.) Best character in a Western: This...had a million options for me. I realized that I wasn't going to be able to pick somebody from the Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, and that didn't even seem possible. But when I was a kid, I always thought Eastwood in High Plains Drifter was the best. He was such an ominous, spectral kind of entity. I liked him because he wasn't some cocksure swaggering d-bag like John Wayne. I like my characters flawed. And in the end...that's why I went with William Munny from Unforgiven. How do you not pick Doc Holliday from Tombstone? Well...I'm not sure I can defend that. Holliday is so sick in that movie that I almost want to rescind my vote. ALMOST. Except Holliday is not a totally unique character, he's just awesome in basically every possible way imaginable. Pick Doc and you'll never get an argument from me. But here is why I went with Unforgiven and Munny: Munny is a bad man. He is a complete anti-hero. Really, the whole movie is about winnowing down the contenders for most ruthless, heartless killer in the land. At first those ranch hands that cut up the working girls are the worst...and very soon you see Little Bill for who he is. English Bob is revealed as an imposter. However...none of them are William Munny. Every time his past is mentioned, people look like they're talking about Nero, or Hitler, or the Devil. He tried to change. DID change, for a woman and a family. And then he starts to slowwwwwly turn back into who he really is. His fever makes him see all those he's killed...and the look on Ned's face when confronted with a frightened William Munny says more than words ever could. Munny being scared is HORRIFYING to Ned. The Devil is showing fear. And then Ned, who really seems to be the only person outside of his wife and kids that Munny has ever respected in his life, is killed. We see the change coming before this. The whiskey. As he starts drinking, you see the coldness in his eyes. He is a truly dangerous man, a murderous son of a bitch who won't bat an eye at a wailing man he's just gut shot. Munny DOES not care. And after Ned dies, his charade is over. He is William Munny again, the true version. An evil man who does not fear death nor lose sleep over the murder of ANYONE. And when he walks into the bar, everyone knows: Little Bill is a bad man. But William Munny is evil incarnate. And Doc Holliday is not as complicated. He's a rather simple man in some ways: a brilliant, humorous, hard gambling and hard drinking lunger who is exceedingly dangerous in a firefight. Nothing more, nothing less. Now, he is ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS EVER. Like, of any genre. Munny is just a genius character in my view. Because, the more you watch that movie, the more you realize just what kind of a person he truly is. And he isn't humorous. He isn't sentimental. He sure as HELL isn't a hero. He's sneaky evil. You see it to a greater extent every time you watch that movie. OKAY: Insanely long? Ridiculous? I want signing day. Anybody feel like voting on these? Offer new questions. Anything. I'm bored beyond bored.

I call BS. You're one of the upper tier posters around here and you damn well know it. Knock of the self-deprecating stuff...I'm tired of seeing you bash yourself just to get attention. ( j/k, obviously. I think I 2nd a nom for you with a "no brainer" comment. You're one of the funniest guys on the board. A little crass, but hey: I accidentally ran face first into a door this morning and yelled a really bad pseudo-synonym for a female dog that starts with C and has nothing to do with the runt of the litter. I screamed it. Riiiiight in front of two old ladies who I did not see until I punctuated my expletive with a razor sharp T. Not...cool, man. Not cool. Even tried to apologize. They were having absolutely none of it.)