Biggest badass, Statham in The Transporter is one. But my fave would be Willis in Die Hard. If we include TV, Al Swearingen on Deadwood.
Doesn't matter that we took him off that boat, Shepherd, it's the place he's going to live from now on.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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Scrappy - Oct 27, 2009 9:20:41 am PDT #4588 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 27, 2009 9:30:23 am PDT #4589 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Keanu Reeves, explained.
If anyone has Alan Ball's e-mail address, send him this link now.
le nubian - Oct 27, 2009 10:26:39 am PDT #4590 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jessica,
that link rocks my world. I am laughing and laughing and laughing.
Atropa - Oct 27, 2009 10:45:00 am PDT #4591 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Badass? Either Ripley from Aliens (the iconic loader scene!) or Bill Paxton's character in Near Dark, during the roadhouse massacre.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 27, 2009 10:47:20 am PDT #4592 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Bill Paxton's character in Near Dark, during the roadhouse massacre.
Oh HELL yeah!
"Finger lickin' good!"
"I hate it when they ain't been shaved!"
And decidedly NOT his character from Aliens.
Kathy A - Oct 27, 2009 10:56:13 am PDT #4593 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I always liked Vasquez from Aliens, too. She might have had her attitude shaken when the aliens took out her squad, especially Drake, but she kept it together (unlike Hudson) and maintained her badassness throughout. Even while she's writhing from pain after being sprayed with alien acid, she's still reloading her pistol, and even manages to go out with a badass quip, "You always were an asshole, Gorman."
msbelle - Oct 27, 2009 11:01:17 am PDT #4594 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
My initial gut feeling was to say Bette Davis or Joan Allen, but I can't tell you a specific film. DIfferent kind of badass certainly, but that's what comes to my mind.
Fred Pete - Oct 27, 2009 11:33:38 am PDT #4595 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Bette Davis -- I'm not sure "badass" really fits, but in In This Our Life, stealing her sister's husband is merely the appetizer.
And of course, there's Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
ETA: Maybe Barbara Stanwyck fits better, though I can't figure out a specific movie for her, either. She's more of a femme fatale in Double Indemnity.
megan walker - Oct 27, 2009 11:35:05 am PDT #4596 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
If Keanu were actually French, that would only make him a more perfect man in my eyes.
My initial gut feeling was to say Bette Davis or Joan Allen, but I can't tell you a specific film. DIfferent kind of badass certainly, but that's what comes to my mind.
All About Eve certainly comes to mind. Also, actually wearing the red dress in Jezebel, even it it backfired.
megan walker - Oct 27, 2009 11:36:49 am PDT #4597 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Maybe Barbara Stanwyck fits better, though I can't figure out a specific movie for her, either.
The Thorn Birds?