10) Han Solo. My original "I wanna be him!" fascination. Loses points for his creator turning him from a loose cannon pirate with a heart of gold to pretty boring guy who only fires when fired upon. That and the whole carbonite thing. Being frozen for a year doesn't equal fun to me.
9) Michael Knight. Who WOULDN'T? "Oh, no, I don't want to be a super secret bad ass with a fully automated talking sports car. Let someone else do that." Yeah right.
8) Angus MacGyver. Any pulled out of your ass jerry rigged contraption is referred to as being "MacGyver-ed" for a reason. He hated his name, but when it was revealed, I thought it was cool. Of course...I'm named Bart. Angus is a step up.
7) Bartholomew Jojo Simpson. Beyond being perpetually 10 or whatever, when dumbasses go "derr, are you named after Bart Simpson," I could say "I AM Bart Simpson." Then hit them in the face with a rock from my slingshot and skateboard away.
6) Spider-Man. Not Peter Parker though, his life SUCKS.
5) Daniel Ocean/Robert "Rusty" Ryan. I'd be uber-handsome, slick as shit, and capable of stealing billions. Again...who wouldn't?
4) S.D. Robert "Snake" Plissken. Who cares if it's a Clint Eastwood impersonation in a post-apocalyptic world. HE'S BAD ASS. Welcome to the human race.
3) James Bond. See #5, and multiply by infinity, and add bad ass to the equation. Sean Connery or Pierce Brosnan edition, please.
2) Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce. Either the Donald Sutherland, or
the Alan Alda editions. Why? The inexplicable pimpness. For some reason, this cat was the cock of the walk at the 4077th. Couldn't have been only his insane sense of humor. The Sutherland version looks like a weenie...hell, so does the Alda with that weird hair thing that my elementary school phys ed teacher emulated so well. But not only did pretty much everyone love him, but Hawkeye always "won."
1) Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. This man has it freakin' all. Brilliant. Good looking. Handy with a gun AND a bullwhip. Looks good in a fedora. Cool nickname. Gets to kick Nazi ass. Says ridiculously cool things like "its not the years, it's the mileage." Sean Connery is his pops. Plus, it's kinda neat that my list bookends with Harrison Ford roles, before he starting phoning it in.What about you guys? Who'd you want to be?
Wow, bart, I'm liking you more than ever. Kurt Russell has been a favorite since his Disney film days and all the rest of them are just too cool.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm... No clue, off the top of my head, who I would want to be. I would really have to give that some thought. Upcoming blog fodder perhaps...?
ReplyDeleteI loved Rusty's character in Ocean's Eleven. =) And I agree that Pierce Brosnan & Sean Connery made the best Bonds. Fun list!
I'm Batman.
ReplyDeleteI have to object to your #2 choice, simply because you do not need "lots of ladies" - you only need one, and you already have her.
ReplyDeleteHaaaaa! I thought your post was kinda' neat, 'til I read the queens response - she's just completley up-staged you, my friend! Looks like you're well matched..snigger.
ReplyDelete(What I really meant was, what's this class act doing hanging out with you? Worship her well, my friend!)
Chewy -
ReplyDeleteOh yeah. There's been times where I've wanted to grow my hair long and wear an eyepatch for no reason.
Dawn -
ReplyDeleteDid you know that the whole eating thing that Rusty does in the first movie was because Brad Pitt wanted the character to have a 'tick' and he happened to be eating at the time?
dan -
ReplyDeleteAlso used that joke, but I really don't want to be Batman. I mean, yeah...tons of money, and bad ass, but he's kinda mental.
Jessie -
ReplyDeleteYou know what I meant honey...right? Don't leave me...
Carol -
ReplyDeleteSlumming, bless her.
hmmmm.... I guess I would want to be The Bionic Woman.
ReplyDeleteI thought I'd stop by seeing as how you tugged my heart strings on Shrinks site with your jealousy bit :))
Cool site!
Slainte~
Rachelle
(I could talk about this topic forever)
ReplyDeleteYeah I wouldn't want to be Batman. Sure, he may be filthy rich, good looking, everyone likes Bruce Wayne, etc. But his parents died before his own eyes and he doesn't sleep. And he is partially schizo. So no Batman for me.
I guess I could be The Dude. I wouldn't be into that whole brevetiy thing
Ok, you snapped up a lot of the Movie chracters and thats cool . . . have em all greedy!!!
ReplyDeleteBlade was kick ass though, i'll say that before i move on.
I always wanted to be either a Pro Wrestler or a Football (soccer) Player!
Thats where the limelight was for me.
The Rock
HHH
Steve Austin
Bret 'The Hittman' Hart
You know this list goes on! I guess there wernt ever as cool as actors though. After all it is also one of the most rediculous professions.
Where on earth am i going with this?
Rocky was cool, but that latest film was shabby and he had one too many fights before that.
OK, I'll stop now.
...do cartoon characters count?
Bart...
ReplyDeleteYou sure know how to pick them! Most of these were my faves too! Can we do female favourtie characters instead? Cool idea, will do it for my next post....
:)
Hi Bart
ReplyDeleteThanks for making your contribution to YesBut’s Images. Your captions have been superb. The first think I do every morning is to read the captions - it’s a great way to start the day.
You might have seen on my blog that I have started a new competition, inviting visitors to YesBut’s Images to vote on the best caption.
I gave long thought on whether to start the competition. There were +vs. and -vs.
-vs. - each caption is good, and there shouldn’t be any differentiation between one and another.
+vs. - it might encourage more people to participate, and it gives visitors to the site the opportunity to make a contribution, even if they might not want to submit a caption.
So let’s see how it goes.
I hope you will continue to post your captions. I’m also asking a big favour, will you please, through your blog, encourage your readers to post captions, AND towards the end of next week encourage them to vote.
p.s.
I am going to start another web site. NO! NO! NOT ANOTHER! Yes another which will be dedicated just to posting each week’s winning caption.
rachelle -
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by. I hope it's the first of many visits for you.
The 6 Million Dollar man would be on my top 25, for sure. nanananananananaaa.
Dan -
ReplyDeleteI'm ordained in the Church of Dude. I have the certificate on my wall.
Of course, I'm also ordained for realsies in Spiritual Humanism. Anyone need an officiant?
Ak-man
ReplyDeleteOf course cartoons count. I put one in my list, didn't I?
Cec-
ReplyDeleteOf course you can! Go for it, sister, I'd be honored if this was inspirado for others.
yesbut -
ReplyDeleteYou got it.
Great characters, but I'd go for Biggles... well he got up to a lot in his time
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