***Geek Movie Character Draft*** HellToupee OTC

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5.5 Tommy DeVito - Goodfellas

Bad Guy

@BeenHereBefore

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5.6 Clarence Worley- True Romance - Wildcard

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@jerryskids

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30 minutes ago, BeenHereBefore said:

5.6 Clarence Worley- True Romance - Wildcard

nice, such a great movie

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Just now, Herbivore said:

nice, such a great movie

Thanks and yea probably in my top 5 all time.

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1 hour ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Thanks and yea probably in my top 5 all time.

I remember watching it thinking is this the best movie of all time? so many great scenes.

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41 minutes ago, Herbivore said:

I remember watching it thinking is this the best movie of all time? so many great scenes.

Yea seen it at the theater twice when it came out and actually a lot other draftable characters in it.

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12 hours ago, 5-Points said:

5.5 Tommy DeVito 

 

 

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5.7  John Wick, Keanu Reeves, Hero 

6.1  Paul Crewe, The Longest Yard, Sports

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6.2 Martin Riggs - Lethal Weapon - WC

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16 hours ago, Herbivore said:

4.7 Hans Landa Villain

 

Somehow I have never seen this movie.  But as luck would have it, it came up in my Netflix recs because 11/30 is the last day they will carry it.  So I've started watching it.  I spend about 15 minutes each day slow watching a show (usually a series) while I stretch, so I should end around that date.   

15 hours ago, 5-Points said:

Sorry, the brunch thing captured my attention. Great pick! 

Thanks.  I'm really enjoying your team so far.  Josey Wales kinda threw me for a loop.  That's probably my favorite western, but at that point in the draft I was focusing on what I'd consider more "chalky" picks.  Now I'm sad that I'll never get Josey.  But it made me rethink my approach to the draft. 

On a related note, I took a 2 hour class/presentation last week on Clint Eastwood's westerns which was incredibly educational.  We learned about his early days doing bit roles for Universal (they didn't renew his contract because he spoke through his teeth and squinted too much, heh heh).  Then a part in Rawhide which led to being cast in Fistful of Dollars.  Fistful was a throw-away movie:  a studio from Italy teamed with one in Spain to shoot two films (saving money on props).  I don't even remember the name of the "main" one.  But Fistful was the first western by Sergio Leone, and he created this concept of the western anti-hero.  They chose Clint because he was known to American audiences from Rawhide, but wasn't a star to command a large salary.  But as they say, the rest is history.

Leone also pioneered the "less-is-more" tension of the shootout.  To that point, most shootouts were a few seconds, maybe 30 tops.  The shootout at the end of Good Bad Ugly, though, was 6 minutes long.  Not a word is spoken.  We watched the whole thing, I forgot how good that was.

Clint liked to do different takes on classic western themes.  Josey Wales, for instance, was inspired by the John Wayne movie The Searchers, which I just learned from Wiki was AFI's pick for best western ever.  In that movie, Wayne was also a confederate soldier who lost some of his family to a raid, but by Comanches, not soldiers.  The movie centers around Wayne's journey to find and rescue this family members who were abducted, killing the Comanche chief in the end.  In Josey, the Comanches are NOT the bad guys, and it explores if white folk can co-exist with them.

 

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2 hours ago, jerryskids said:

Somehow I have never seen this movie.  But as luck would have it, it came up in my Netflix recs because 11/30 is the last day they will carry it.  So I've started watching it.  I spend about 15 minutes each day slow watching a show (usually a series) while I stretch, so I should end around that date.   

Have you started it yet?

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2 hours ago, jerryskids said:

Somehow I have never seen this movie.  But as luck would have it, it came up in my Netflix recs because 11/30 is the last day they will carry it.  So I've started watching it.  I spend about 15 minutes each day slow watching a show (usually a series) while I stretch, so I should end around that date.   

Thanks.  I'm really enjoying your team so far.  Josey Wales kinda threw me for a loop.  That's probably my favorite western, but at that point in the draft I was focusing on what I'd consider more "chalky" picks.  Now I'm sad that I'll never get Josey.  But it made me rethink my approach to the draft. 

On a related note, I took a 2 hour class/presentation last week on Clint Eastwood's westerns which was incredibly educational.  We learned about his early days doing bit roles for Universal (they didn't renew his contract because he spoke through his teeth and squinted too much, heh heh).  Then a part in Rawhide which led to being cast in Fistful of Dollars.  Fistful was a throw-away movie:  a studio from Italy teamed with one in Spain to shoot two films (saving money on props).  I don't even remember the name of the "main" one.  But Fistful was the first western by Sergio Leone, and he created this concept of the western anti-hero.  They chose Clint because he was known to American audiences from Rawhide, but wasn't a star to command a large salary.  But as they say, the rest is history.

Leone also pioneered the "less-is-more" tension of the shootout.  To that point, most shootouts were a few seconds, maybe 30 tops.  The shootout at the end of Good Bad Ugly, though, was 6 minutes long.  Not a word is spoken.  We watched the whole thing, I forgot how good that was.

Clint liked to do different takes on classic western themes.  Josey Wales, for instance, was inspired by the John Wayne movie The Searchers, which I just learned from Wiki was AFI's pick for best western ever.  In that movie, Wayne was also a confederate soldier who lost some of his family to a raid, but by Comanches, not soldiers.  The movie centers around Wayne's journey to find and rescue this family members who were abducted, killing the Comanche chief in the end.  In Josey, the Comanches are NOT the bad guys, and it explores if white folk can co-exist with them.

 

Useless Factoid- Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds auditioned for the same a part in a movie. The producer told Clint his Adam’s Apple was to big and told Burt he couldn’t act

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6 minutes ago, BunnysBastatrds said:

Useless Factoid- Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds auditioned for the same a part in a movie. The producer told Clint his Adam’s Apple was to big and told Burt he couldn’t act

Actually they were fired from the studio for those reasons. As they were walking out together Burt told Clint that he felt really bad for him. Clint said, "Why? You got fired too." Burt responded "Yeah, but I can learn to act. But you cant do a damned thing about that Adam's Apple."

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26 minutes ago, Herbivore said:

Have you started it yet?

Yes.  Landa is at the farmhouse and just told the farmer that he understands how Jews think.  I suspect that he is going to find the family under the floor soon, and hilarity will ensue.   

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6.3 Jake LaMotta - Raging Bull 

Sports

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I briefly considered joining this but at the end of the day I felt like it was really long for a topic that spans all of cinematic time and i've got nothing for pre 80's movies. I was more interested when I saw some chatter about NFL or MLB draft. 

But I do find this interesting so i've been following along. Hope you don't mind some early analysis

• I would have had a hard time not picking Indiana Jones in round 1 for hero but thats my bias. Of heroes I think Jerry made the right pick with Bond. I just think I lean toward a character who CAN be associated with just one actor even though it's not an actor draft. Makes me more invested in the pick. 
• Vader was a great round 1 pick for villian, I would definitely have him over Montana
• Probably have Joker #2 villian
• As much as I love Jaws and Quint, that was the obvious pick that didn't belong in round 1  (jmho)

 

• if I were Jerry, I pass on Lecter and go with the HeroHero strat with Bond and Jones. Auto win of the category. 
• Sports seemed early in round 1 but Biff made it work by snatching McClain for hero in round 2 (Dirty Harry would have also worked)
• The dude is a reach

 

General observations

• There are a few characters I am interested to see not only where they go but what category they get used for
• I don't understand the punchable face category. Seems too subjective
• Overall, sports feels like one to wait. 

 

when this is over and everyone has their 28 character roster, depending on how depleted the pool is and how many of the characters I have in mind are gone, I may try to make a 28 character roster based on leftovers and see how it stacks up (which won't be well because the heaviest hitters will be gone, but just for fun)

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My next pick could go into Hero or Villain category, but for this draft I will put him as a villain. 

 

6.04 - Calvin Candie - Django Unchained 

 

 

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2 hours ago, jerryskids said:

 

Thanks.  I'm really enjoying your team so far.  Josey Wales kinda threw me for a loop.  That's probably my favorite western, but at that point in the draft I was focusing on what I'd consider more "chalky" picks.  Now I'm sad that I'll never get Josey.  But it made me rethink my approach to the draft. 

On a related note, I took a 2 hour class/presentation last week on Clint Eastwood's westerns which was incredibly educational.  We learned about his early days doing bit roles for Universal (they didn't renew his contract because he spoke through his teeth and squinted too much, heh heh).  Then a part in Rawhide which led to being cast in Fistful of Dollars.  Fistful was a throw-away movie:  a studio from Italy teamed with one in Spain to shoot two films (saving money on props).  I don't even remember the name of the "main" one.  But Fistful was the first western by Sergio Leone, and he created this concept of the western anti-hero.  They chose Clint because he was known to American audiences from Rawhide, but wasn't a star to command a large salary.  But as they say, the rest is history.

Leone also pioneered the "less-is-more" tension of the shootout.  To that point, most shootouts were a few seconds, maybe 30 tops.  The shootout at the end of Good Bad Ugly, though, was 6 minutes long.  Not a word is spoken.  We watched the whole thing, I forgot how good that was.

Clint liked to do different takes on classic western themes.  Josey Wales, for instance, was inspired by the John Wayne movie The Searchers, which I just learned from Wiki was AFI's pick for best western ever.  In that movie, Wayne was also a confederate soldier who lost some of his family to a raid, but by Comanches, not soldiers.  The movie centers around Wayne's journey to find and rescue this family members who were abducted, killing the Comanche chief in the end.  In Josey, the Comanches are NOT the bad guys, and it explores if white folk can co-exist with them.

 

Thanks. Your team has some heavy hitters, for sure. 

I'm more or less drafting characters from some of my favorite movies rather than the most iconic characters in history. Your's is a who's who of most memorable characters of all time. I like it. 

Josey Wales is prolly my favorite western. Although, there are a couple of others that could compete for the top spot on any given day. I always liked the "Man with no name" movies but Josey is better than all of them imo.

I haven't seen The Searchers. But it just made my short list. Thanks!

 

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51 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

Yes.  Landa is at the farmhouse and just told the farmer that he understands how Jews think.  I suspect that he is going to find the family under the floor soon, and hilarity will ensue.   

what a scene

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