P-C's right. Sorry, I didn't mean to be inscrutable. I was just being lazy.
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Burrell - Oct 26, 2009 5:40:32 pm PDT #4544 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
DavidS - Oct 26, 2009 6:19:49 pm PDT #4545 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Quick poll.
Who's your cinematic badass? And what's their most badass scene?
Just go with your gut here.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 26, 2009 6:31:15 pm PDT #4546 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Chow Yun Fat - opening scene of Hard Boiled.
megan walker - Oct 26, 2009 6:31:59 pm PDT #4547 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It's cliché, but I'd say Clint Eastwood, in almost anything. If I had to pick a scene, either "Do you feel lucky?" or the final shootout in A Fistful of Dollars.
Favorite badass characters? Terrance Stamp in The Limey, Alain Delon in Le Samourai, and Anne Parillaud or Jean Reno in Nikita. Runner-up goes to Michael Caine in Get Carter, only because I didn't really like the movie overall.
javachik - Oct 26, 2009 6:32:22 pm PDT #4548 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Terence Stamp in The Limey. But no specific scence.
javachik - Oct 26, 2009 6:33:01 pm PDT #4549 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
HA!! Most excellent x-post!
Aims - Oct 26, 2009 6:33:36 pm PDT #4550 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Geena Davis, Long Kiss Goodnight. The scene with her tied to the water wheel thingie.
Cashmere - Oct 26, 2009 6:36:40 pm PDT #4551 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
1. Snake Plissken--any scene.
2. William Munny--"We they should've armed themselves."
3. Jason Bourne--fighting an armed man with a rolled up magazine.
DavidS - Oct 26, 2009 6:45:36 pm PDT #4552 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Good answers! I remember watching Chow Yun Fat blowing away people on the escalator because they were in the way!
Damn, I guess I better see the Limey.
This question is partly motivated by just watching Clive Owen in Shoot 'Em Up.
But (trusting my gut):
Clint Eastwood in The Unforgiven
Bruce Lee with nunchuks
Aragorn facing down the Uruk Hai at Amon Hen
Michael Caine giving the "I do this every day" speech" in Get Carter
Val Kilmer in Tombstone: "I'm your huckleberry."
Buffy stopping Angelus' sword two inches from her face
Brock Sampson turning an anal cavity search into mayhem.
Daniel Craig in Casino Royale in the opening parkour chase.
Cochise (the bigger black guy) of The Warriors in the bathroom scene, and also against the Baseball Furies.
Matt Damon as Jason Bourne in the Paris apartment scene from Bourne Identity.
DavidS - Oct 26, 2009 6:46:15 pm PDT #4553 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ooh, Cash is with me on two.
Good call on Geena.