Board 8 > Rate the Character Day 18: Will Smith (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)

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Welcome to the most must-see recurring thread on Board 8. I'm scarletspeed7, and this is Rate the Character. I'll pick a category, you pick a character, and every day we'll rate one character. You are the raters, they are the characters, you rate the characters. Boom.

Yesterday, Sabrina dropped in at 12th place with a 6.538 average.

All ratings are on scale of 1-10. You may rate any previous characters you have yet to rate at any point; please post them in the thread. No more than ten retro-ratings per day. View your ratings here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P47gZ8N7QcS-ShXYjvteOnd_aCJbv3AcJdipiUChhAg/edit?usp=sharing

Today's character is Will Smith, the main character on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.



Current Top Ten:
1) Scarecrow (DC Comics) - 8.333
2) Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones) - 8.117
3) James T. Kirk (Star Trek) - 8.111
4) Doctor Strange (Marvel Comics) - 8.091
5) Severus Snape (Harry Potter) - 7.947
6) Darth Vader (Star Wars) - 7.821
7) L (Death Note) - 7.659
8) Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy) - 7.328
9) Michael Scott (The Office) - 7.087
10) Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic) - 6.846

Previous Placement:
11) Boromir (Lord of the Rings) - 6.714
12) Sabrina (Pokemon) - 6.538
13) Poseidon (Greek Mythology) - 6.475
14) Link (Legend of Zelda) - 6.203
15) Donkey Kong (Super Mario) - 6.022
16) Phil Dunphy (Modern Family) - 5.885
17) John Cena (WWE) - 4.975
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8.5/10
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2 out of 10

Undeveloped character backed by very lazy writing. Just a star vehicle without much depth.
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8/10

3

Was never a fan of the show and he was probably my least favorite part of the show.

Bonjour écarlate.
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8.5

One of the first sitcoms I remember really enjoying, and it was largely because of Will
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7.5/10

dunno about all this stuff about poor writing and undeveloped characterization since I mostly watched this show as a kid but I liked him and the show a lot back then
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3.5/10

Couldn't really tell you a thing about his character off the top of my head.
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Snake5555555555 posted...

Couldn't really tell you a thing about his character off the top of my head.

Well. In West Philadelphia he was born and raised. On a playground is where he spent most of his days.
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8 out of 10
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James T. Kirk 6 out of 10
Doctor Strange 7 out of 10
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8
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7.
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9
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Never did bother to watch the show.
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1

Carlton was better.
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7
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Time for catch up

Cena - 3.5

I did actually rate this but my rating was missed it seems

Boromir - 7

Probably my favorite LotR character, and has always been that way since seeing the movies. Not really sure why-- guess it's just Sean Bean.

Michael Scott - 3

Reminds me a lot of Phil actually. Just kinda boring kinda wacky guy. Show is okay but who could possibly care about the character.

Link - 3.2

Decent, albeit generic, design. That's literally all he is though-- there's no real characterization here.

Kirk - 4

Original Star Trek is in this weird spot where it's sorta not sure if it wants to be super camp or whether it wants to be taken vaguely seriously from time to time, and Kirk is kinda the worst of this half-measure the show took. I don't care for it, or him.

Knuckles - 6.5

I've always liked Knuckles a bit. Part badass, part stupid, all man. Gets bonus points for mercs shenanigans.

Sabrina - 5

Probably my favorite Pokemon Trainer design, and design matters a lot to me, but ultimately held back by the fact that she's a Pokemon Trainer. Unless they're one of the few that was on the cartoon regularly, characterization and thus my ability to really have any attachment to her beyond the design, which itself is also limited by the fact that she's a Pokemon Trainer, is close to nil.
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7
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Will gets uhh

3.1/10

I guess.

This is Will Smith trying to be cool before he actually was cool, and it's kinda painful to watch him do this pretty often. This would actually be a pretty cool premise if it was acknowledged, but instead he's actually surrounded by even bigger nerds than he is.

The show actually holds up a lot better than most sitcoms of that era but it's not really because of Will. Geoffrey, Carlton, and Uncle Phil get most of the credit for that.
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This is a bump all about how Will Smith got picked from poll turned upside down, I'd like you to take a minute just sit right there, I'll tell ya how we rated a Prince in a town called Bel-Air.
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8.5
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6/10

It's an ok character. It hasn't aged well.
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7
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5

Meh
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Tyrion: 8. Very good but maybe a tad overrated and last few seasons have kinda soured my opinion on the character

Scarecrow: 9.

Cool villain design and fun to play in Injustice 2.

Donkey Kong: 7.

Decent dude I use him in Mario Party/Kart sometimes? Always getting kidnapped in the DKC games knocks him down a bit

Vader: 9.5

He's Darth Vader.

That's what I can think of thus far
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