I've always been one to enjoy a good Anti-Hero. I got to thinking of them all which one was the best. Who did wrong for the right reasons, right for the wrongs reasons or just plain wrong in a broadly identifiable manner?
I think that I've come up with the best but in hopes to get some conversation going before laying the grand-daddy (or grand-momma) of them all on ya I'm going to hold off for a while.
Who's your favorite?
Best Anti-Hero
Best Anti-Hero
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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You may have heard me mention him before...Bronson
Or a real life one? Lenny McLean
A musical one? John Martin
Literature? John Rebus Jack Frost and Endeavor Morse
Or a real life one? Lenny McLean
A musical one? John Martin
Literature? John Rebus Jack Frost and Endeavor Morse
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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That guy in V for Vendetta.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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David Lister.
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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Scarlett O'Hara. She did right for the wrong reasons (taking care of Melanie and her baby as a means of staying close to Ashley), wrong for the right reasons (marrying without love to get enough money to pay taxes and keep a roof over the heads of her family), and just plain wrong (using convict labour and putting on a helpless female act to cheat the customers of her lumber mill).
"The dildo of consequence rarely comes lubed." -- Eileen Rose
"Colonialism is not 'winning' - it's an unsustainable model. Like your hairline." -- Candace Linklater
"Colonialism is not 'winning' - it's an unsustainable model. Like your hairline." -- Candace Linklater
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Dr Tony Hill, 'Wire in the Blood'.
Procedures and protocols are sometimes put aside in order to get the right result.
Procedures and protocols are sometimes put aside in order to get the right result.
Bah!
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Oh, that's in my Netflix queue. I'll probably start watching it right after I finish watching the available episodes of Waking the Dead. Speaking of which, DS Peter Boyd is a pretty good anti-hero.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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I prefer the "Wire in the blood" books (written by Val McDerrmid,) to the TV show. But then again, I prefer the books in 99.99999% of cases. A good call for a topic I think!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader
Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction
Winston 'The Wolf' Wolfe, is a close second.
Pancho Villa, as himself.
Spike, from Cowboy Bebop.
The seventh samurai.
Cerebus the Aardvark.
Wedge Donovan (John Wayne) in 'The Fighting Seabees'.
Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) in 'O Brother, Where Art Thou'?
Jack Sparrow, nuff' said.
Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction
Winston 'The Wolf' Wolfe, is a close second.
Pancho Villa, as himself.
Spike, from Cowboy Bebop.
The seventh samurai.
Cerebus the Aardvark.
Wedge Donovan (John Wayne) in 'The Fighting Seabees'.
Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) in 'O Brother, Where Art Thou'?
Jack Sparrow, nuff' said.
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And now....
(drum roll).....
My answer...
....(continuing drum roll)
D-FENS (he never had a name)
Something cathartic abut seeing someone do everything you would do if you didn't have to worry about surviving the day.
"We are not the same.... I'm an American.... You're a sick asshole."
(drum roll).....
My answer...
....(continuing drum roll)
D-FENS (he never had a name)
Something cathartic abut seeing someone do everything you would do if you didn't have to worry about surviving the day.
"We are not the same.... I'm an American.... You're a sick asshole."
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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Oh, I thought with the mention of grand-momma, you were gonna say;
Dr. Mrs. The Monarch
Dr. Mrs. The Monarch
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What no comments? you all shamed that you forgot about Poor D-FENS?
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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Never bloody hear of him/her/it?
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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From the Movie Falling Down Strop. Michael Douglas' character.
Now watch in amazement as this suddenly turns into a Catherine Zeta-Jones appreciation thread.
In 5...4...3...
Now watch in amazement as this suddenly turns into a Catherine Zeta-Jones appreciation thread.
In 5...4...3...
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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Can't stand Michael Douglas. Mind you he is shagging.....
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Kirk Douglas' son, produced the film 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (1975).
Star of one my favorite thrillers, 'The Game'.
Star of one my favorite thrillers, 'The Game'.