Got to be Bond surelY?
Most Alpha Male Film Character (pre-poll nominations)
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Diamond said:
The thread is about character rather than actor though...
If it's that specific, I'd go for john mclean.
CharlieAddict
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RenegadeDog said:
bond is too much of a snob.
how can you take a man who drinks a martini seriously?
CharlieAddict said:
Heh. As asian actors go it has to be Jet Li
CharlieAddict
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RenegadeDog said:Heh. As asian actors go it has to be Jet Li
especially as wong fei hung...but he was a tad nationalistic (chinese good, westerners/japanese bad for me liking).
bruce lee in Fist of Fury was pretty hardcore.
but he killed everyone. can't be trusted.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
IRL - Steve McQueen. The man was truly a God among alpha-males in movies if only for the argument between him and Paul Newman over top billing on the Towering Inferno posters...
Did ALL his own driving in Bullit too.
In film...I'd have to go with Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife, and who will have his revenge, in this world or the next.
Did ALL his own driving in Bullit too.
In film...I'd have to go with Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife, and who will have his revenge, in this world or the next.
SpookyFrank
Don't swallow the cap
Kanda said:
Not a film
Bonfirelight
Crocodile
Bond is up there, but if you take the alpha male to be the one who has pick of the ladies, top status, and one who is able to see off any challenge to that status, then it'd have to be a more leaderly character.
Leonidas (300)/ Achilies (Troy) / Alexander the Great (Alexander) for example.
Leonidas (300)/ Achilies (Troy) / Alexander the Great (Alexander) for example.
CharlieAddict
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i'll go for Beowulf:
"I am Ripper... Tearer... Slasher... I am the Teeth in the Darkness, the Talons in the Night. Mine is Strength... and Lust... and Power! I AM BEOWULF!"
"I am Ripper... Tearer... Slasher... I am the Teeth in the Darkness, the Talons in the Night. Mine is Strength... and Lust... and Power! I AM BEOWULF!"
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Sorry, but Ray 'Chubby' Winstone doesn't get it on the basis of being CGId to fuck cos he's got a belly, not an 8 pack.
Had another thought...
Blake: "The Hall of Fame is for closers only!
"Do you think I'm fucking with you? I am not fucking with you. I'm here from Cooperstown. I'm here from the BBWAA. And I'm here on a mission of mercy. Your name's Blyleven?"
Blyleven: "Yeah."
Blake: "You call yourself a Hall of Famer, you son of a bitch?"
Dawson: "I don't have to listen to this shit."
Blake: "You certainly don't pal. 'Cause the good news is -- you're not a Hall of Famer. The bad news is you've got, all you got, just one year to earn your plaques, starting tonight. Starting with tonight's sit.
"Oh, have I got your attention now? Good. 'Cause we're adding a little something to next year's balloting. As you all know, first prize is induction into the Hall of Fame and baseball immortality. Anyone want to see second prize? Second prize's a set of steak knives. Third prize is permanent obscurity.
"You get the picture? You're laughing now? You got stats. You spent years accumulating those stats. You can't get inducted with the stats you're given, you ARE shit, hit the bricks pal and beat it 'cause you are going out!!!"
Blyleven: "But my stats are weak."
Blake: "'Your stats are weak.' Fucking stats are weak? You're weak. I've been a Hall of Fame voter for fifteen years."
Dawson: "What's your name?"
Blake: "FUCK YOU, that's my name!! You know why, Mister? 'Cause you played half your career in Canada, and I drive an $80,000 BMW. That's my name!!
(to Blyleven) "And your name is 'you're wanting.' And you can't play in a man's game. You can't get inducted, go home and tell your wife your troubles.
(to everyone again) "Because only one thing counts in this life! Get them to check your name on the ballot which is dotted! You hear me, you fucking faggots?"
Blake: "A-B-C. A-always, B-be, C-closing. Always be closing! Always be closing!!
"You got the writers comin' in; you think they came in to get out of the rain? Guy doesn't vote for you unless he wants you inducted. They're sitting out there waiting to give you their Hall of Fame vote! Are you gonna take it? Are you man enough to take it?
(to Dawson) "What's the problem pal? You. Dawson."
Dawson: "You're such a hero, why you coming down here and waste your time on a bunch of bums?"
Dawson: "You're such a hero, why you coming down here and waste your time on a bunch of bums?"
(Blake sits and shows Dawson a 1993 Andre Dawson Finest Refractor)
Blake: "You see this card?"
Dawson: "Yeah."
Blake: "That refractor cost more than a Gem Mint '10' of your rookie card. You see, pal, that's who I am. And you're nothing. Nice guy? I don't give a shit. Good father? Fuck you -- go home and play with your kids!!
(to everyone) "I can go out there tonight with the materials you got, and buy up every remaining copy of Andre Dawson's 1993 Finest Refractor on eBay not already in Andre Dawson's personal collection! Tonight! In two hours!"
"Can you?"
"Can you?"
"You wanna get elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Close!! The votes are out there, you pick it up, you're in. You don't -- you're going to be shining my shoes."
Blake takes out large stack of red index cards tied together with string from his briefcase)
Blake: "These are the new ballots. The Glengarry 2009 Hall of Fame ballots. And to you, they're gold. And you don't get them. Because voting for you is just throwing them away."
(Blake hands the stack to Peter Gammons) "They're for closers."
Had another thought...
Blake: "The Hall of Fame is for closers only!
"Do you think I'm fucking with you? I am not fucking with you. I'm here from Cooperstown. I'm here from the BBWAA. And I'm here on a mission of mercy. Your name's Blyleven?"
Blyleven: "Yeah."
Blake: "You call yourself a Hall of Famer, you son of a bitch?"
Dawson: "I don't have to listen to this shit."
Blake: "You certainly don't pal. 'Cause the good news is -- you're not a Hall of Famer. The bad news is you've got, all you got, just one year to earn your plaques, starting tonight. Starting with tonight's sit.
"Oh, have I got your attention now? Good. 'Cause we're adding a little something to next year's balloting. As you all know, first prize is induction into the Hall of Fame and baseball immortality. Anyone want to see second prize? Second prize's a set of steak knives. Third prize is permanent obscurity.
"You get the picture? You're laughing now? You got stats. You spent years accumulating those stats. You can't get inducted with the stats you're given, you ARE shit, hit the bricks pal and beat it 'cause you are going out!!!"
Blyleven: "But my stats are weak."
Blake: "'Your stats are weak.' Fucking stats are weak? You're weak. I've been a Hall of Fame voter for fifteen years."
Dawson: "What's your name?"
Blake: "FUCK YOU, that's my name!! You know why, Mister? 'Cause you played half your career in Canada, and I drive an $80,000 BMW. That's my name!!
(to Blyleven) "And your name is 'you're wanting.' And you can't play in a man's game. You can't get inducted, go home and tell your wife your troubles.
(to everyone again) "Because only one thing counts in this life! Get them to check your name on the ballot which is dotted! You hear me, you fucking faggots?"
Blake: "A-B-C. A-always, B-be, C-closing. Always be closing! Always be closing!!
"You got the writers comin' in; you think they came in to get out of the rain? Guy doesn't vote for you unless he wants you inducted. They're sitting out there waiting to give you their Hall of Fame vote! Are you gonna take it? Are you man enough to take it?
(to Dawson) "What's the problem pal? You. Dawson."
Dawson: "You're such a hero, why you coming down here and waste your time on a bunch of bums?"
Dawson: "You're such a hero, why you coming down here and waste your time on a bunch of bums?"
(Blake sits and shows Dawson a 1993 Andre Dawson Finest Refractor)
Blake: "You see this card?"
Dawson: "Yeah."
Blake: "That refractor cost more than a Gem Mint '10' of your rookie card. You see, pal, that's who I am. And you're nothing. Nice guy? I don't give a shit. Good father? Fuck you -- go home and play with your kids!!
(to everyone) "I can go out there tonight with the materials you got, and buy up every remaining copy of Andre Dawson's 1993 Finest Refractor on eBay not already in Andre Dawson's personal collection! Tonight! In two hours!"
"Can you?"
"Can you?"
"You wanna get elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Close!! The votes are out there, you pick it up, you're in. You don't -- you're going to be shining my shoes."
Blake takes out large stack of red index cards tied together with string from his briefcase)
Blake: "These are the new ballots. The Glengarry 2009 Hall of Fame ballots. And to you, they're gold. And you don't get them. Because voting for you is just throwing them away."
(Blake hands the stack to Peter Gammons) "They're for closers."
CharlieAddict
nekomimi rocks!!!
kyser_soze said:
and russell crowe gets in? the piss head that gets punchy after a few cans of shandy?
oh c'mon, the guy had his head kicked in by some kiwi in suit at a pouncey restaurant!!
double standards or what...
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Hmm, maybe Harvey in Bad Lieutenant...
Actually fair play on that one...OK, I plump for Alec Baldwin as Blake in Glangarry Glen Ross.
Or maybe Gabriel Byrne in The Usual Suspects...fuck, there's too many...
Actually fair play on that one...OK, I plump for Alec Baldwin as Blake in Glangarry Glen Ross.
Or maybe Gabriel Byrne in The Usual Suspects...fuck, there's too many...
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Fruitloop said:
'This is a snakeskin jacket, a symbol of my individuality, and belief in personal freedom.'
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
Well I'd go for either
John McLean
Riddick
or - and I no he doesn't immediately appear to be an alpha male but I reckon he is
Verbal Kint (or is he?)
John McLean
Riddick
or - and I no he doesn't immediately appear to be an alpha male but I reckon he is
Verbal Kint (or is he?)
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
OOOO...Verbal as Alpha Male...well as me...mebbe...but Keaton for sure...
Vin Diesel can never be an Alpha Male, even in Fast & The Furious.
Vin Diesel can never be an Alpha Male, even in Fast & The Furious.
CharlieAddict
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if we're gonna go for vin diesel, we might as well go for ross fuckin' kemp.
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
kyser_soze said:
Aahhh - was thinking of the end of film i.e Verbal as you!
What is wrong with Vin (well apart from being a bit of a shit actor). He's pretty alpha as Riddick I'd say (at least in "Pitch Black"). Though I am not going to mention "The Pacifier"
Ooh and a late entry. Do modified males count?
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
CharlieAddict said:if we're gonna go for vin diesel, we might as well go for ross fuckin' kemp.
Oh come on - Vin would whoop Ross Kemps ass. Poor old Ross was beaten up by his wife for gawds sake!
CharlieAddict
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QueenOfGoths said:
but ross has traveled the world and hung out with the hardest gangs.
and he's been to afghan.
CharlieAddict
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actually, i think the list would be incomplete without Anton Chigurh - he is possibly the most alpha male character in fiction.
Structaural
in Chatsubo
CharlieAddict said:
That's 'cos he's a short arse, he loses on that for me.
http://www.bigheadedpygmies.com/Russell_Crowe_height.html
This guy, not only will he win, he'll eat you too:
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