tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23015033.post5701376732384828982..comments2023-10-30T04:05:15.809-04:00Comments on Andrew Hamm: the Bipolar Express: My Ten Favorite Fictional CharactersAndrew Hammhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714127938846605400noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23015033.post-21679756416908877592010-01-21T16:24:58.692-05:002010-01-21T16:24:58.692-05:00I randomly ended up here weaving on the web lookin...I randomly ended up here weaving on the web looking for something...usually I don't post comments but your top 10 have some not so sung characters! I would have added most too! I must be the female version of you!!!!Cynthia Kimbrel-Jarrellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23015033.post-6518485634830672502008-06-09T21:56:00.000-04:002008-06-09T21:56:00.000-04:00Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought fiction mea...Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought fiction meant fake. It is a cruel sentiment to refer to someone in the political spotlight right now as a fictional character just because they are being a bit over-hyped.<BR/><BR/>I know that ever since Optimus Prime threw his hat into the presidential arena it has been nothing but hype, hype, hype from the media, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a human side. Being a robot means he doesn't have a human side. <BR/><BR/>But can you really blame the media for getting so into "Optimania"? It is admittedly hard to not get caught up in the fever of the prospect of having America's first robotic president that's also from space. (Second, if you count Rutherford B Hayes, who was more of darth vader-type character with the fleshy remnants of his original human body, but the all perks of a brand new robotic one.)<BR/><BR/>In the end, when you cut through all the hype and BS, Optimus is just an American like the rest of us. It is simply ridiculous to compare him to the likes of Hellboy, Hawkeye, or Hawkeye when he wakes up in the morning, drives to work, and fires giant rockets from him wrists at Predicons before turning into a firetruck. Just like every other hard working blue-collar American. But with lasers. <BR/><BR/>I hope I cleared up the definition of "fictional" for everyone. And, maybe convinced at least a few of you to vote OP in '08. Let's face it: McCain may be a Vietnam war vet, and Hillary may have a radical new plan for universal health care, but can either of them transform into a vehicle? OK, but can either of them complement Shia Leboeuf as the silver screen's greatest duo? Ever. I thought not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23015033.post-41288783931600437042008-04-17T09:03:00.000-04:002008-04-17T09:03:00.000-04:00I'm sorry, dammit, but I can't resist.Somebody nee...I'm sorry, dammit, but I can't resist.<BR/><BR/>Somebody needs to tell Barackstar that there was a time in American history when lots of people got bitter and clung to guns, religion and anti-trade sentiment. It was called the American Revolution.<BR/><BR/>[/politics]Andrew Hammhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714127938846605400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23015033.post-85951173207080458882008-04-17T08:53:00.000-04:002008-04-17T08:53:00.000-04:00Yeah, I just can't bring myself to believe in the ...Yeah, I just can't bring myself to believe in the myth of Barackstar Obamessiah, especially in the context of just how stupid and inconsistent his public statements have become recently. Seriously, I've kind of sworn off politics on this blog recently, but Obama is just SO easy to write about these days that I can barely resist...Andrew Hammhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714127938846605400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23015033.post-36435186968725676642008-04-16T18:54:00.000-04:002008-04-16T18:54:00.000-04:00Barack Obama is a fictional character eh? :Dlol......Barack Obama is a fictional character eh? :D<BR/><BR/>lol.... yeah... I suppose anyone who is being portrayed in the manner he is has to be a little 'fictional' to survive :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23015033.post-13581510074032611542008-04-14T16:26:00.000-04:002008-04-14T16:26:00.000-04:00Oh, and Newman is fascinated by Optimus' voice. I ...Oh, and Newman is fascinated by Optimus' voice. I think he is under the impression that the keychain is a dog toy.<BR/><BR/>Yeah. yeah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23015033.post-80590249258574476642008-04-14T16:24:00.000-04:002008-04-14T16:24:00.000-04:00Dude. I got an "Optimus Prime" keychain but inste...Dude. I got an "Optimus Prime" keychain but instead of saying "We must protect the Energon Cube" it says, imploring, "Bumblebee! Come in, Bumblebee!". I can't do the "We must protec-<I>we must protec</I>" groove.<BR/><BR/>Yeah. I'm great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23015033.post-82890029019164462692008-04-13T08:44:00.000-04:002008-04-13T08:44:00.000-04:00Tell us how you really feel, Frank. ;) Dude, you k...Tell us how you really feel, Frank. ;) Dude, you know my politics better than most. Trust me, <I>The West Wing</I> is far more than a seven-year love letter to Bill Clinton (though that is a factor).<BR/><BR/>Diana, I have utterly blown it. The more I think about favorite female characters, the more I need to write my own fabulous females piece. Mainly, I can't believe I forgot Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor, not to mention Amelie or Mathilda from <I>Leon (the Professional)</I>. I promise, my penance article will be up in a few days.Andrew Hammhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714127938846605400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23015033.post-30916977226391111282008-04-13T01:36:00.000-04:002008-04-13T01:36:00.000-04:00Loved your list but yeah... you certainly were ful...Loved your list but yeah... you certainly were full of the testosterone there. Here's my yin to your yang:<BR/>http://dianabotsford.com/?p=7No One You Knowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528388034825648598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23015033.post-76617921137083044212008-04-12T12:55:00.000-04:002008-04-12T12:55:00.000-04:00I'd be all day trying to do my own list, so I can ...I'd be all day trying to do my own list, so I can only comment on a few of these: Several I admire greatly (Ironman, Hawkeye Pierce, Samwise Gamjee), several I've never heard of, and at least one I don't like at all. I watched exactly five minutes of The West Wing during it's entire run. A series wholly devoted to deifying Bill Clinton interested me not one whit.<BR/><BR/>Bradley Whitford is, to me, the biggest pussy of an actor I've seen since David Caruso got his DOR in An Officer and a Gentleman. For me, the prototypical Whitford role was the classless nephew of Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman (in perfect fashion, Whitford gets his ass kicked by a much older blind man in that film). If we had cast Whitford in our upcoming production of The Seagull, he'd be Medvedenko: Whining, complaining, wishing for the love a woman but clearly never deserving of it. What a massive, worthless pussy. That's Bradley Whitford. Just my opinion, and probably not the majority one, but calling it like I see it - something a puss like Whitford would never do.Frank Creasyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302762603707230845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23015033.post-70653849996162976652008-04-12T12:35:00.000-04:002008-04-12T12:35:00.000-04:00Hm. It's somewhat surprising to me, as I look at t...Hm. It's somewhat surprising to me, as I look at this list, that it's all men. Dana Whittaker from <I>SportsNight</I>, Kaylee Frye from <I>Firefly</I>, Melissa Gold A.K.A. Songbird and Karla Sofen A.K.A. Moonstone from <I>Thunderbolts</I>, Ainslie Hayes from <I>The West Wing</I>, Evaine MacRorie from <I>The Legends of Camber of Culdi</I> and <I>The Heirs of Saint Camber</I>; all of these could easily have been on this list. I guess I was just feeling testosteroney.Andrew Hammhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714127938846605400noreply@blogger.com