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Jabba the Hutt

Jabba should be a grand quest-giver to the Star Wars legacy. I see the Hutts, in their best iteration, as the mob bosses to whom all the great bounty hunters begin. There is a galactic chess game being played in the Star Wars underworld - power being accrued, enemies being eliminated, pieces pushed on a board for reasons known only to the players and not the pawns. Jabba is iconic and memorable because he summons up a visceral representation of the greedy, manipulative leaders of an old-time underworld.
Rating: 58/100

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

hombad46 posted...

Killer Croc

I have never really found a satisfying grasp of Croc as a character. I think he best serves the comic universe as a secondary member of a villain team or a one-off antagonist between larger story arcs. A palette cleanser might be the best descriptor for him. Not every villain has to wow me with insight into the ways we subjectively interpret human emotions as insanity. Croc represents a monster in Gotham, and that's not something easily created. Primal nature is represented by Ivy, and for the flora side, we must complement things with the fauna. Croc reaches back to the notions of dragons and the need to slay them. I just don't have to particularly care about the character while I do it.
Rating: 53/100

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/birds_of_prey_2020

89% through 66 reviews thus far. I had optimistic expectations given Ewan McGregor was playing Black Mask, but I certainly expected a mid-range rating. DC really has started to carve its own niche into superhero cinema once again. This really piques my excitement for Gunn's Suicide Squad 2 as well.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

hombad46 posted...

Joseph Joestar (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/4/43/JosephJoestar123.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/985?cb=20170521193900

Looks like the sort of wish fulfillment character onto which people who watch anime would glom.
Rating: 20/100

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

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the guy whose hand Obi-Wan cuts off

Not rating characters without names.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

hombad46 posted...

Doctor Hiriluk (One Piece)

The further you dive into the secondary players of One Piece, the more poorly written and derivative they are. That's not good news for our good doctor and his wacky Patch Adams "I don't play by any rule except First Do No Harm" mentality. Motherfucker was offed by an illiterate reindeer. How embarrassing.
Rating: 50/100


Snake5555555555 posted...

Seriously. So good!

Kyle Schneider/Black Ninja (Metal Gear)

I've played every Metal Gear game (except Survive and Acid), and I had to look this guy up. Truly a sign of unremarkability.
Rating: 38/100


IfGodCouldDie posted...

Alright, Kirk Lazarus.

A brilliant satirical dissection of the insane lengths actors go to validate their sense of art. Ultimate, Kirk Lazarus is the wisest character in Tropic Thunder, but this wisdom is mired in the marsh of Hollywood's self-arrogance, a society that has become more and more walled off from the rest of the world, poisoned by a self-obsessed industry.
Rating: 88/100


Fastbreak posted...

"Fresh Squeezed" Orange Cassidy

Easily my favorite character in AEW, Orange Cassidy took the simplest wrestling concept and has turned it into a versatile role that has bottomless creativity on constant display. Cassidy also airs that old school sense of coolness, a James Dean-like economy of emotion and action that makes his every movement matter.
Rating: 86/100


Lopen posted...

"Spanish God" Sammy Guevara

The star of my favorite story arc on AEW. Someday he will win the heart of Vanessa Hudgens. Guevara is far from the most interesting character, but his ringwork can be quite entertaining, and he is a fantastic secondary antagonist. I just don't see room for him in a starring role.
Rating: 67/100

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

hombad46 posted...

Crocodile (One Piece)

I am (according to Ermine) close to the end of his arc, and yet Crocodile has yet to prove himself a remotely compelling villain. This has proven true of nearly every villain in the series thus far, save one. 120 episodes in, I think the greatest flaw of this show is the lack of villains worth remembering.
Rating: 51/100


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Madison (Zombieland: Double Tap)

An absolutely fantastic addition to a cast that felt fairly stale in its second outing, Madison is exactly the sort of shot-in-the-arm injection that Last Man on Earth consistently provided in order to maintain the excitement of that similar post-apocalyptic series.
Rating: 74/100


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Marionette (Erika Manson) (Watchmen)

She was my new comic character of the year in 2018 for a reason. Between Marionette's insane comedic antics and her innate chemistry with Mime, Geoff Johns struck gold with this combination that was one part Watchmen, one part Charlton Punch and Judy, and one part functional Joker/Harley. Marionette is never anything less than a captivating star.
Rating: 94/100

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

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Bart Simpson

As mentioned twice previously, I do not enjoy The Simpsons. The jokes are the most obvious possible options on any given subject, and the characters are particularly one-note. Add to Bart the dull mainstream 90s sensibility, and you have something I really don't care about.
Rating: 44/100

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

hombad46 posted...

Gilderoy Lockhart (Harry Potter)

For my money, the greatest character in Harry Potter. An absolute charlatan, the natural charisma of Lockhart is played counter-intuitively to great effect. Witness Harry's clarity on the subject of Lockhart (buttressed by Ron's less-than-subjective opinion) and know that the way to create a strong protagonist is to allow them to earnestly question the opinions and attitudes of a rigid society already demonstrated as one plagued with poor decisions. Lockhart is a con artist, one who takes great advantage of a culture that should have so many ways of presenting frauds, and be impressed at just how simple his ruse is, and yet how far he is able to climb on the back of one easy trick.
Rating: 96/100


PumpkinCoach posted...

Columbo

Never trust a man who you can't look in the eye.
Rating: 62/100


Zigzagoon posted...

Captain Carue

QUACK! Not necessarily an earth-shattering superstar character, but Carue is certainly a touch of flavor that only enhances his arcs of One Piece.
Rating: 64/100


ertyu0078 posted...

Aya brea

A strong anchor to a series that is fairly devoid of good writing, Aya Brea is a character that overcomes story.
Rating: 83/100


Hbthebattle posted...

Kirby

Yet another "I LIEK DESIGN" nomination, Kirby is all fluff and no real substance. Generally speaking, I'm not a fan of mute, two-dimensional characters, and while I enjoy Kirby games for their gameplay, Kirby himself is pretty much the definition of uninteresting to me.
Rating: 8/100

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

MetalmindStats posted...

Gary King (The World's End)

Both simultaneously cool and uncool, my argument is that Gary King is the end result of a Dwight Schrute's life if Dwight was raised in a household with electricity and public schooling.
Rating: 79/100


Underleveled posted...

Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)

Gaston's greatest moments are his darkest ones; LeFou best highlights Gaston's comedic qualities, and that's a damning indicator of how bad Disney is at presenting an overly masculine character on their own merits. When Gaston turns into a jealous and greedy manipulator of a city, that's where the real depth comes. The wild-eyed rabble-rousing of Gaston reminds me of the Twitter accounts that inspired the marches in Charlottesville.
Rating: 74/100


WickIebee posted...

All-Might (My Hero Acadamia)

Having never watched this show, I find the hairstyle absolutely horrendous, and my gut reaction is that this is some form of skewering superheroes, which generally leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Rating: 44/100


VeryInsane posted...

Benoit Blanc (Knives Out)

dont know if you have seen that movie but it seems up your alley

Daniel Craig's less flamboyant version of Truman Capote is enjoyable enough, but I was always waiting for some sort of grander reveal full of panache that would really endear him with me. It never came.
Rating: 70/100


Lolo_Guru posted...

Poochie (Yoshi)

Ugly and uninteresting. I cannot think of a single interesting moment from Poochie, but that's to be expected from these sorts of "ME LIEK DESIGN" nominations.
Rating: 31/100

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

Snake5555555555 posted...

Lady Blackhawk (Zinda Blake) (DC Comics)

An absolutely adorably throwback character, Zinda Blake is a perfect companion character for Oracle - all action, little to no foresight, and a capacity to live in the moment. Lady Blackhawk is worldly in the best possible way, and she remains one of my favorite hidden gems in the DCU.
Rating: 98/100


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Satan (Paradise Lost)

Every time you nominate this character into these topics, I drop the rating a little bit. Get some new material!
Rating: 64/100


trdl23 posted...

Morte (Planescape: Torment)

Morte consistently dirties up the story of Planescape: Torment, serving as a perfect mouthpiece for the somewhat stoic Nameless One throughout his journey. Morte keeps the story grounded by focusing on the tangible, simple aspects of the story while simultaneously dragging the setting into a bizarre, topsy-turvy horror world of disembodied undead heads. It's a difficult balance.
Rating: 72/100


Raka_Putra posted...

Mia Fey

Deserved everything she got.
Rating: 68/100


IfGodCouldDie posted...

Lincoln Osiris

Lincoln Osiris is boring. Now, if you want to talk about Kirk Lazarus, I'm all for it. But Lincoln Osiris himself has what? Three lines at the start of Tropic Thunder?
Rating: 22/100

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

It definitely does not feel like WWE to me. It feels like 1998 WCW.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

Never once did you make that close to clear that that was your point

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

Give me all the Warren Ellis

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

Tom Bombadil posted...

perhaps this is our disconnect because I would argue that all those geeks did in fact get squashed by getting chucked out like Santino

In about 95% of matches anymore, someone gets thrown over the top rope, and in half of those matches, they go on to win.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

Snrkiko posted...

I got World War Z because apparently that's some sort of amazing production.

It absolutely is. Highly recommended!

I personally go out of my way to get Stephen Fry-read audiobooks whenever I can. He has one of the best narrator voices in the game right now.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

Snrkiko posted...

btw someone remind me

is it yoofie of yuffy

https://youtu.be/m04yjX-Q6Lc?t=163

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

It's filmed onstage at Rodgers. I really don't see a way to get something that would actually make the Hamilton movie experience anything more than just a lot of close-up shots of the same stage production.

Maybe I'm biased because I listen to The West Wing Weekly and I've heard Miranda talk about his influence from the West Wing a ton for this show. I can see so many of the process numbers giving great walk-and-sings.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

Cait Sith is actually being given an entire story arc of going to Scotland and fighting against Edward Longshanks in Episode 3.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

I've really never seen a simple shot-for-shot stage adaptation work well, and I think Hamilton really should have been produced by John Wells or someone who was part of that legacy that inspired Hamilton initially. A flat set like the original production doesn't do this amazing show any benefit. Actual three-dimensional scenery and single-camera work rather than the expected multi-camera bullshit would be really, really welcome.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

There is no bottom tier.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

The entire soundtrack is great, start to finish. For its time, absolutely phenomenal.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

davidponte posted...

They could release it in 45 parts and I'd be happy if this was the case. I feel like looking at each episode as an incomplete part of an entire game when theoretically they will each have more content than your average game out there seems like the wrong way to go about things.

I agree. There are definitely cases of extending price tags to squeeze nickels and dimes out of gamers, but from what I've seen, this doesn't feel like the case with FF7R.

LeonhartFour posted...

give me multiplayer FFVII Party (with playable characters from other games) and I'll pay full price

On board for this.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

If the quality of each episode is high and the expanded amount of content is significant, I don't mind paying full price for each one at all.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

I call dibs on making topic #2.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

RIP Kobe Bryant

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

The people who are bothered by other people's opinions on the Super Bowl.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

Catch the third episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm this season to see Dario Cueto!

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

I have to think about this ranking.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

I definitely fall into the category of being put off by significant amounts of interference, so that makes sense.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

Definitely agree with Ospreay/Romero, but I actually didn't enjoy the White/Ishii match, and that's coming from ME. I will go out of my way to find the Kento match since I watched their Champion Carnival match and greatly enjoyed that one; T-Hawk is pretty cool also, so sticking that onto my list as well.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

I think I would replace Bianca with Daniel Bryan for somehow getting more attention in a loss to the Fiend than the Fiend got in a win.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

For a game like FF7, which is only likely providing "new" content in the form of sidequests, I'd rather find out the opposite!

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

ninkendo posted...

F10 ends up being the KH3 of the series

They have to go to F12 to run out of function keys.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

Do people really look at large RPGs and ignore sidequesting as a part of the game length? Does anyone really say "Skyrim is 3 hours"?

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

ninkendo posted...

Now they announced like 3 years ago that F10 would be the last one in the series

I wonder if thats still the plan

They already have another spin-off in the works, so I imagine it may only be the end of Vin Diesel's story.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

I have no idea what that post says.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

Johnbobb posted...

Scarlet how fucking dare you

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2474024/ratings?ref_=tt_ov_rt

Don't call me out and leave out a majority of people who think it is, at best, unremarkable.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

3/5 for me, and I would likely rank Shingo/SHO higher, personally, but I'll have to check out the NOAH for sure.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

Pretty sure the new boss character is just Laurel from Arrow

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

Leonhart4 posted...

I mean he is an Xbox owner

So he lives his life by Netflix timed exclusive releases?

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

Corrik7 posted...

Let me know when it's 2021.

You have a phone for that sort of calendar work surely.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

I'm surprised I've seen three of these so far. I assume I'll get some crazy obscure stuff later though!

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

So, 12 more Ospreay matches to go?

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

Vengeful_KBM posted...

He wasn't when he said it. The top 10 is quite recent, true, but everything since Umbrellas of Cherbourg has been REALLY close in point value to #8-10 and were all from the 70s or earlier.

And yet, I'm right nonetheless. Writing was already on the wall!

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

Christ, that's like Tom Cruise's injury from the last Mission Impossible levels of delay.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

It was pretty serious, wasn't it?

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

Don't worry we can still judge both on the quality of Death Note.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

https://www.ign.com/articles/netflix-officially-announces-one-piece-live-action-series

Let the controversial takes commence!

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful

Sting shouldn't wrestle any more.

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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful