Reply With QuoteJB: You know what ol' Jack Burton says at a time like this?
Thunder: WHO??
JB: JACK BURTON. ME.
:D
Snake Plissken (Escape from New York, Escape from LA)
Jack Burton (Big Trouble in Little China)
Gabriel Cash (Tango and Cash)
Lieutenant McCaffrey (Backdraft)
Captain Ron (Captain Ron)
Wyatt Earp (Tombstone)
Colonel O'Neil (Stargate)
Sergeant Todd 3465 (Soldier)
So of all of the bad-asses Kurt has played, who was the baddest? If there was a Royal Rumble, who would win? Not voting for favorite part or movie, BTW, just bad-assitude of a character as Kurt acted him.
JB: You know what ol' Jack Burton says at a time like this?
Thunder: WHO??
JB: JACK BURTON. ME.
:D
"You die first, get it? Your friends might get me in a rush, but not before I make your head into a canoe, you understand me?"
"You gonna do somethin'? Or are you just gonna stand there and bleed?"
Best Wyatt Earp ever.
I went with Earp because man, what a badass. It's completely unfair to an extent, though, because Doc was the king of that movie.
My favorite character was Jack Burton, but I think he was most bad ass as Sgt Todd.
No option for "Jungle Boy" from Gilligan's Island? Crap poll!
Big Trouble in Little China is close and one of my favs, but Earp wins with one line which I will mangle:
Tell 'im Wyatt Earp's comin' and Hell's comin' with him!
I get chills every time.
I'd say Rutger Hauer was the consummate badass, but maybe that's just me.
I believe this was said in the first person: You tell'um I'm coming and Hell's comin' with me.Originally Posted by Tyjenks
Tombstone is the only film on this list I've seen, and I don't even remember Kurt Russell...
That's more like it. I'll still screw it up the next time it comes up. I am sure. Thanks.I believe this was said in the first person: You tell'um I'm coming and Hell's comin' with me.
That is how good his Earp was.
Kurt Russell was actually fighting the battle of Tannhauser Gate, while Rutger Hauer merely watched C-beams glitter in the dark nearby.
- Alan
All you curs voting for not-Earp disgust me. Tombstone had TWO enacting bloody vengeance montages. TWO! Just because Kilmer was great as Doc Holliday in the same movie doesn't mean you should vote for freaking Snake Plissken. Actually, Biehn was an awesome badass too. "I want your blood and I want your soul and I want them now!" What a great movie.
Okay, what wiseass voted for Cash?
Jack Palance had the best and worst line in that movie all-in-one:
He Tangos in and he Tangos out with all of my Cash.
Snake may have edged ahead if Escape from L.A. had not canelled New York out.
Sorry, I will not vote. His best badass was R.J. MacReady from The Thing
Question 1:
Who is the best badass actor of all time?
The obvious choices are Russell, Gibson, and McQueen. Who am I missing? De Niro?
Which leads into
Question 2: Best badass character of all time:
Porter
Max Rockatansky
Snake Plissken
Wyatt Earp
The Bride
Creasy
Doc McCoy
Sam(from Ronin)
Neil McCauley
I didn't do this as a poll because I'm interested in more nominations than declaring a winner. After all, it's Porter. Any other answer indicates you haven't seen Payback or you wouldn't know a badass if he blew up your car with a discarded cigarette.
So you guys are saying that I should watch Tombstone?
Clint Eastwood
Where's the option for Herb Brooks? :)
And I've got to go with those who say yeah, Russell's Wyatt Earp was really good, but Val Kilmer's Doc Holliday fucking owned the movie.
"I'm your huckleberry."
BobJustBob, run, don't walk, and watch Tombstone. It's really, really good.
And ydejin is right that Clint is the king of all badasses.
These would have been my next two options in the poll (a third addition would have been Dr. Grant from "Executive Decision", a movie which was great because that faggot Steven Seagal DIED IN IT) but an old rumor has it that polls with more than eight options get all jacked up, so I didn't want to take the chance. It was a toss-up between MacReady (The Thing) and McCaffery (Backdraft), but I remember him being pretty tough in Backdraft so I played it safe there.
My choice: Sgt. Todd from "Soldier".
What I want to know is what clowns picked Captain Ron? I mean great role and all, but definitely not a badass. I consider that the "SHIT BONERZ!! FACK NO, YOU JOKE ME!!" option in the poll. Heh.Scared woman: "What are you going to do?"
Sgt. Todd: "I'm going to kill them all, sir."
Umm. What was his name in Swiss Family Robinson? He totally caught a tiger and used it to kill pirates. He also made an elephant his bitch.
By Russell you mean Russell Crowe right?
He'll kick your ass, with his MIND!
I'd have to peripherally second that. Matt Damon's Bourne and Crowe's character in Proof of Life were some tough hombres and better, they were believably tough.By Russell you mean Russell Crowe right?
I picked Russell's Earp because he is a badass from the time he slaps that horse-wrangler on. MacReady evolved into a tough guy nicely, but in the beginning, when the Swedes are shooting at them, he slips around and nearly falls on his ass. Plissken, as mentioned, is done in by Escape From LA, where he parodies himself. Big Trouble as a film is badass, but Russell's character dwells in the shadow of LO FUCKING PAN, my friend. I liked McCaffrey, but I'm just so very annoyed at Backdraft for blowing my balls off the first 30 min to a half hour and then drudging up some really fucking awful plot twist. Tell Ron Howard FIREMEN ARE ALREADY BADASS YOU DO NOT NEED KILLER FIREMEN AND WHATNOT TO MAKE THEM MORESO. Also, his character's brother is a lesser Baldwin, which means his gene pool is suspect.
Not to get all "sensitive" and crap, but does this word make anyone else cringe? It's a nice little thread about badasses and then I read that and it just kinda spoils it...
Crowe's only had two actual badasses, Maximus and his guy in Proof of Life. Bud White, I guess, but he wasn't so much as badass as an asshole.
Damon, again, nice badassism in his Bourne role, but Will Hunting or Mike McD weren't exactly about to stare down Josey Wales.
Tom Berenger's character in Platoon was pretty badass. Obviously, Aliens needs to get some sort of handicap factor because it includes a squad of ultimate badasses.
But Porter from Payback is just worlds above the rest.
"He'll kill me!"
"What do you think I'm going to do? Worry about me."
Captain Aubrey was pretty badass if you ask me.
State of the badass art, man!Obviously, Aliens needs to get some sort of handicap factor because it includes a squad of ultimate badasses.
Also, someone needs to mention that Frenchman who always plays badasses. The lead character in Ronin, what's his name?
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