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I am shocked and saddened that no one said "Large Marge" :arg:
...I wuz outta town...
and she looked... like... THIS! :nana:
Thanks to Heather for helping me get this going again! :wub: x Zillion!
Here are the final groups :
GROUP A
Elwood P. Dowd (Harvey)
Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare On Elm Street)
Elle Driver (Kill Bill)
Alex DeLarge (A Clockwork Orange)
Sam Lowry (Brazil)
Lon Chaney (The Phantom Of The Opera)
Edward Scissorhands (Edward Scissorhands)
Clarence Worley (True Romance)
GROUP B
Rosencrantz and Gildenstern (Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead)
Agent Smith (Matrix)
Red (The Shawshank Redemption)
John Keating (Dead Poets Society)
The Terminator (The Terminator )
Princess Leia (Empire Strikes Back)
Ralphie Parker (A Christmas Story)
Doc (Tombstone)
GROUP C
Sarah Connor ( T2 )
Geoffrey (The Lion in the Winter)
Bill Munny (Unforgiven)
Juno (Juno)
Rick Blaine (Casablanca)
Michael Corleone (Godfather)
Gny. Sgt. Hartman (Full Metal Jacket)
Raoul Duke (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
GROUP D
Kakihara - Ichi the Killer
Rupert Pupkin (King of Comedy)
Raymond Babbitt (Rain Man)
Rocky (Rocky)
Norman Bates (Psycho)
The Mariner (Waterworld)
John McClane (Die Hard)
The Dude (The Big Lebowski)
GROUP E
Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones)
Antonio Montana (Scarface)
Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting (Gangs of New York)
Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Herbert "H.I." McDunnough (Raising Arizona)
T-1000 (Terminator 2)
Richard (The Lion in the Winter)
Maximus (Gladiator)
GROUP F
Anton Chigurh (No Country For Old Men)
Count Orlock (Nosferatu: A Symphony of Terror)
Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice)
Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins)
Phil (Groundhog Day)
Mickey O'Neil (Snatch)
Pennywise (It)
The Man With No Name (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)
GROUP G
Baby Jane Hudson (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?)
Clark Griswold (National Lampoon films)
Connor McManus (Boondock Saints)
Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (Apocalypse Now)
Michael Myers (Halloween)
Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)
The Joker (The Dark Knight)
Wooderson (Dazed and Confused)
GROUP H
Annie Wilkes (Misery)
Randall Patrick McMurphy (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest)
Jim Stark (Rebel Without a Cause)
Mona Lisa Vito (My Cousin Vinny)
Frodo (LotR)
Luke Skywalker ( Star Wars )
Ulysses Everett McGill (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
Jareth (Labyrinth)
GROUP I
Henry II (The Lion in the Winter)
Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean)
Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs)
Dracula (Dracula - 1931)
Scarlett O'Hara (Gone With The Wind)
John (The Lion in the Winter)
Vito Corleone (The Godfather)
Margot Tenenbaum (The Royal Tenenbaums)
GROUP J
Jackie Brown (Jackie Brown)
Jack Torrance (The Shining, 1980)
James Bond (James Bond films)
Jack Skellington (Nightmare Before Christmas)
Yoda (Star Wars)
Tony Manero (Saturday Night Fever)
Donkey (Shrek Trilogy)
Harry Powell (Night of the Hunter)
GROUP K
Police Chief Martin Brody (Jaws)
Mohandas Gandhi (Gandhi)
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Young Frankenstein)
Neo (The Matrix trilogy)
Ed Bloom (Big Fish)
Marge Gunderson (Fargo)
Kris Kringle (Miracle on 34th Street)
Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)
GROUP L
Eleanor (The Lion in the Winter)
Han Solo (Star Wars)
Ozymandias (Watchmen)
Derek Vinyard (American History X)
Dorothy Gale (Wizard of Oz)
Alais (The Lion in the Winter)
Mr. Orange (Reservoir Dogs)
Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
GROUP M
Ash (Evil Dead)
Charles Foster Kane (Citizen Kane)
Andre Linoge (Storm Of The Century)
George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)
Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story)
Obi Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)
Rorschach (Watchmen)
Walter Neff (Double Indemnity)
GROUP N
John L. Sullivan (Sullivan's Travels)
Evey ( V for Vendetta )
E.T. (E.T.)
Doctor Emmitt Brown (Back to the Future)
Otto (Fish called Wanda)
Lester Burnham (American Beauty)
Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Juror #8 (Twelve Angry Men)
GROUP O
Homer J. Simpson (The Simpsons Movie)
Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction)
Ferris Bueller (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
Col. Nathan R. Jessep (A Few Good Men)
Ian Malcom (Jurassic Park)
Max Fischer (Rushmore)
Mr. Pink (Reservoir Dogs)
Quint (Jaws)
GROUP P
William Wallace (Braveheart)
The Bride (Kill Bill)
Cousin Vinny (My Cousin Vinny
Jean-Louise "Scout" Finch (To Kill A Mockingbird)
Ripley (Alien movies)
Woo-jin Lee (Old Boy)
V (V for Vendetta)
Harry Callahan (Dirty Harry)
:huglove: It was nothing.
But why must you put my favorites up against each other! :panic:
Oh, this is gonna be fun.
Thanks, Feev.
And thanks to you, too, Heather!
:grouphug:
so will there be votes for each group?
Oh noes!! Why didn't I look in here? No-one said Chris Chambers from Stand By Me, or Ace Merrill, or Westley from princess Bride and...and...:lol:
In Group A, Lon Chaney is the actor, not the character. That should be changed before the voting. Perhaps just clarify the source, in fairness, as (The Phantom of the Opera, 1925)
In Groups C, I, J, and L, the film The Lion in Winter currently is misnamed "The Lion in the Winter." (Look: Eleanor and Alais are already up against each other.)
In Group P, I suggest changing to Vinny Gambini (My Cousin Vinny).
I highlighted in blue the characters that will be advancing to the next round.
I'll be posting a few more groups tonight :)
I just want to interject that I'm shocked that 118 other characters came up before James Bond. I really am.
These are some hard groups, feev. You are a sadist. I admire that.
And jesus, i've been away for a long time. All this happened before I could nominate Max Fischer and Quiz kid Donnie Smith? Damn you, Arkansas and your lack of internets where I was staying!
*UPDATED*
The entries moving to the next round have been highlighted in blue :)
We have one more tie-breaker thread to go, and then we're ready to move on to the next round! :D
:rock:exciting stuff!!!!!
ROUND 1 IS COMPLETE!
I will now take all of the winners from each group (highlighted in blue) , shuffle them, and once again place them in groups of 8. In the second round, however, only 2 of 8 will advance to the knock out stages! So take your time when choosing! :D
Here it is, ladies and gentlemen, the groups for Round 2!
Group A
Tyler Durden (Fight Club) [1]
Jack Skellington (Nightmare Before Christmas)
Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice)
Sarah Connor ( Terminator 2 ) [2]
Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction)
Juror #8 (Twelve Angry Men)
Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare On Elm Street)
Derek Vinyard (American History X)
Group B
Harry Callahan (Dirty Harry)
Otto (Fish called Wanda)
Darth Vader (Star Wars) [1]
Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)
Randall Patrick McMurphy (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest) [2]
Mr. Orange (Reservoir Dogs)
Edward Scissorhands (Edward Scissorhands)
The Man With No Name (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)
Group C
Ed Bloom (Big Fish)
Neo (The Matrix trilogy) [2]
Mr. Pink (Reservoir Dogs)
Vito Corleone (The Godfather) [1]
Clark Griswold (National Lampoon films)
Raymond Babbitt (Rain Man)
Red (The Shawshank Redemption)
Police Chief Martin Brody (Jaws)
Group D
Ferris Bueller (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
The Joker (The Dark Knight) [1]
Princess Leia (Empire Strikes Back)
Ralphie Parker (A Christmas Story)
Jack Torrance (The Shining, 1980)
V (V for Vendetta)
Marge Gunderson (Fargo)
Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird) [2]
Group E
James Bond (James Bond films)
Luke Skywalker ( Star Wars )
Michael Myers (Halloween)
Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean)
The Terminator (The Terminator )
Jim Stark (Rebel Without a Cause)
William Wallace (Braveheart) [2]
Michael Corleone (Godfather) [1]
Group F
T-1000 (Terminator 2)
The Dude (The Big Lebowski) [2]
Alex DeLarge (A Clockwork Orange)
Doctor Emmitt Brown (Back to the Future)
Yoda (Star Wars) [1]
Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins)
Charles Foster Kane (Citizen Kane)
Dracula (Dracula - 1931)
Group G
Ripley (Alien movies)
Gny. Sgt. Hartman (Full Metal Jacket)
George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life) [1]
Antonio Montana (Scarface)
Obi Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)
Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones) [2]
Frodo (LotR)
John McClane (Die Hard)
Group H
Phil (Groundhog Day)
Bill Munny (Unforgiven)
Ash (Evil Dead) [2]
Han Solo (Star Wars)
Elwood P. Dowd (Harvey)
Rocky (Rocky)
Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs) [1]
Ian Malcom (Jurassic Park)
*Updated the winners for the first 4 groups of Round two!
Well I'm sorry I missed the nominations. I would have put Kirk or Spock in here for sure.
I realized that I missed Snake Plissken! :cry:
We missed a lot of good characters. I went blank whenever I tried to name people. I mean, I submitted names, but there are others that only came to mind after the nominations were closed.
Well, there's one oversight that's just unforgivable.
I don't much care who actually wins here.
The real greatest movie character of all time is plain and simple.
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...T2007/cctt.jpg
I would agree with you that The Tramp IS one of the greatest movie characters of all time, but I'm sure there are many here who have never seen the character in action.
Hmm i like a lot of the characters, i can already tell this is gonna be fun
It's not that easy to remedy though since there is very little GOOD quality video of the Chaplin films available. It's been a few years since I tried to get some, but back then most of the Chaplin films I could find (many of them classics like The Gold Rush and The Great Dictator) looked like they had been xeroxed twelve times before they were transfered to video.
I could agree that the Tramp is one of the best characters of all times, but only with my mind: because I know that it is so, and because I understand how great what he did was; but it's all purely mental activity. I am terribly bored by all Chaplin movies and his characters do not touch me in any way that would matter; I could vote for him, as it were, intellectually, but never with my heart and soul (although, once again, I understand that he is supposed to be very touching, and I believe it, and I know he is the main predecessor and essential ancestor of many a character I love). I mean, he is important for me historically, but not actually.
That is a very astute observation brother bear. I always found the character a little dry and thought his capacity for humor greatly outweighed his ability for drama.
:o Well, maybe it's just me, then.
I love humor, especially dry humor.
Also, I'm a big softie... but I'm more of a classicist than some. I really was very moved in my way by so many scenes... and though it may not be true drama, many of his films really were effective in message.
It's cool, tho, you guys don't have to share my opinion.
I'm still pretty comfortable. :)
While we're on it, though, what do you think of Red Skelton? (No, wait, don't tell me. One star slighted is plenty.)
I don't think "slighting" is the word... I absolutely admire Chaplin for everything he did, for his contribution to the art of cinema in many respects, and for being the father of tragicomedy in cinema. I only said that his art did't do anything for me personally, as a spectator (well, I think I could concede Limelight... it touched me... but far from making even my top 100 anyway), except The Great Dictator which I like for obvious reasons.
Can't believe we missed Mortimer Brewster and his aunts.
I'm just rather crushed that Max Fischer was eliminated.
Well, that was directed more towards Sam, actually. It does surprise me a bit, though, that you appear to be saying that the tramp's not visceral enough for you, Jean, when it seems generally that you are with the common arguement that today's films are too hooked on being graphic. :orely:
Incidently, I love Red Skelton. I love Chaplin's work as well, I simply think that the character is a little more one dimensional than people want to believe he is.
Ladies and Germs, we are now entering the Octa-Finals! :D
As with the BMOAT, I will take the 1st place from each group (nominee with most votes) and pit it against the 2nd place from the subsequent group - 1st place from Group A will take on 2nd place from Group B, and 2nd place from Group A will take on the 1st place from Group B - all the way down the list. I have highlighted in blue all of the nominees that made it to the next round, as well as a number indicating whether they were first or second place within their respective group.
I'm planning on making an excel spreadsheet which will map out the 'playoff' phase to give everyone a better idea of how everything will play out.
I'll post the first 3 brackets later today! Good luck with the voting! :D
This is the line up for the Quarter Finals!
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Randall Patrick McMurphy
vs
Darth Vader
The Joker
vs
Vito Corleone
Micheal Corleone
vs
Yoda
George Bailey
vs
Indiana Jones