Sex, Muscle, Humor, Thuggery: Who are your favorite BAD BOYS?

POSTED BY: ladyjayne
UPDATED: Monday, February 16, 2004 01:31
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CHANNAIN

Friday, February 6, 2004 9:10 PM

Another browncoat called this "the hubba-hubba factor." It's kind of like the weather in Minnesota - the one thing we can ALWAYS talk about.

*swoon* Rhett. Yeah, I never understood what Scarlett ever saw in Ashley. Ashley was a bloody poof compared to Rhett. That first shot of him at the base of the stairs? That ain't no movie magic, that was the real deal standing down there!

I'm a big fan of Clark Gable - especially ANYTHING he did in the early days in black and white. Ever seen "It Happened One Night?" He played newspaper man Peter Warne opposite Claudette Colbert's Ellie "Brat" Andrews - Now THERE is one FINE bad boy.

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
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MILORADELL

Friday, February 6, 2004 9:44 PM

Snake Pliskin. sigh...I just can't help it!!!

KALATHENA

Friday, February 6, 2004 10:42 PM

Not just a bloody poof, but a bloody INBRED poof to boot... Blech.

You know, I don't think I've ever seen all of IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT. I know I've seen part of it; caught it on Sunday afternoon TV once. I really should go track it down. Won't be hard: That's why the gods created Netflix. heh.

--Kala

KALATHENA

Saturday, February 7, 2004 2:26 PM

Now this one of my favorite Bad Boys is a real "man's man". Quite literally, matter of fact.

BRIAN KINNEY

He's an arrogant, egotistical, self-centered prick and he doesn't care who thinks that of him. He's lost in love because he is truly one who REFUSES to play games or by society's rules. And he's in advertizing. How dispicable can you get?

But I can't help but love this central character from QUEER AS FOLK. My adoration for him was solidified by the end of the pilot episode when he said to Justin, the young man who'd just confessed his love to Brian:

"I don't believe in love. I believe in f*'ing. You get the maximum amount of pleasure with the minimum amount of bu**'t. Love is something straight people tell themselves they're in so they can get laid."

And in a country of people who are so sex-phobic they talk about a woman's boob for more than a week, how can that NOT be true?

I find Brian very cathartic, actually. He gets to say what I want to say; do what I want to do; and flip off everyone I've ever wanted to flip off. Car salesmen, ultra-conservative businessmen (they did an AWESOME parody of Dominoes pizza founder Tom Monaghan in season 2), and stupid little angst-ridden boys who can't get over him.

Gale Harold does a wonderful job in this role. He is one of those "beautiful beyond imagining" men. Way prettier than I am. He has the unearthly beauty of a member of the Seeley Court. Brian's biggest problem is that he *knows* it.

If Brian ever wanted to change careers, he'd be a good addition to the old Wolfram & Hart team. I wonder if he needs a good secretary....

--Kala

FREMDFIRMA

Saturday, February 7, 2004 3:28 PM

My girl seconds that mention of Snake.

She "didn't see what the fuss was about" so I rented both 'escape' movies and played em back to back.

Good ole Kurt brings Plisken across in this huge, larger-than-life badass comic book kinda way that CANNOT be denied, and makes women just swoon...

The basketball scene was priceless, as was the "tijuana rules" gunfight, heh.

In her words "all chockfull of yummy badness..."

-frem
diefuxdie

KALATHENA

Sunday, February 8, 2004 9:42 PM

"You'd shoot a man in the back?"

"Well, it is the safest way."

ELAM GARAK

It's not for his rugged good looks or his outstanding body that I adore this "simple tailor". I've seen him without the spoon on his forehead. Not necessarily someone a woman's heart swoon's over at first sight. But there is an undeniable charisma about the Obsidian Order's former golden boy now exiled to Tarok Nor, ooops, I mean Deep Space Nine.

He's a different kind of Bad Boy. The others we have talked about have that unmistakable straight talkin', no bs thing going on. (Well, maybe not Brian Kinney...heh) You always know where you stand with our other bad boys. That's not exactly the case with Garak.

Come to think of it, no one *ever* knows where they stand with Garak. The only thing anyone is ever able to trust is that Garak can't be trusted. He's shrewd, an expert liar, frightfully intelligent, ruthless, and deathly charming. And that's why we love him.

He does get to say the things we always want to say, such as the above quote from "Our Man Bashir". He gets to deride Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR because what ruthless despot would NOT suspect that his closest comrades want him dead? All of Garak's certainly did. Even his own father.

Exile sucks and I would have to say that some of my favorite Garak moments were when you actually saw some of the truth. The stories were all lies, but the emotions were real. He hated being where he was. He loved Cardasia. And I still believe that he truly loved Zial.

--Kala

AERRIN

Friday, February 13, 2004 3:20 AM

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Originally posted by ladyjayne:
One of the best things about Bad Boys is that they can do the dirty work in order to keep the heroes clean....

SGT. CONSTANTINE BOTHARI

Even when I was a child, I liked space opera. Lois McMaster Bujold taught me how to love it as an adult. Her Miles Vorkosigan books are quite the favorites of mine. I actually started reading them long after they were published so I started in the time-line order rather than by date of publication.

I just have to give a shout out for the love of Bujold and completely agree - heck, at times Miles himself ranks right up there with the bad boys. Mmmm.

Note to all Browncoats: If you're craving some epic sci-fi due to FF withdrawl, go check out Bujold /now/. It's like a wonderfully surprising treasure, to find a series this good this late into the game. I'm amazed that every sci fi fan /ever/ hasn't been tied down and forced to read them.

KALATHENA

Friday, February 13, 2004 11:43 PM

Yeah, Miles sometimes comes close to being a Bad Boy, but I truly believe that he'd NEVER do anything to sully the brown-and-silver. Not intentionally anyway.

Hee hee! Speakin' of brown-and-silver my husband got me a Vorkosigan t-shirt at a con recently. It has the maple leaf & mountains crest on it and yes, the shirt is brown and the crest is silver. I LOVE it.

Now if only I could find someone to put that logo on the back of a bug. LOL!

Thanks for the Bujold nod, Aerrin. Been trying to convince these folks that it's awesome space-opera, but don't know if it's had any bites.

--Kala

AERRIN

Sunday, February 15, 2004 6:29 AM

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Originally posted by kalathena:

Thanks for the Bujold nod, Aerrin. Been trying to convince these folks that it's awesome space-opera, but don't know if it's had any bites.

--Kala

Anything for the Vorkosigan love! Come to think of it, a lot of what I love about those books are the same sorts of things that really hooked me on Firefly, and vice versa...

I'd think a good number of Firefly fans would really enjoy Bujold. Of course, I'm hard pressed to understand why anyone wouldn't.

KALATHENA

Monday, February 16, 2004 1:13 AM

Grrrrrrr! I just checked the Bujold Nexus ( http://www.dendarii.com/whats_new.html) and IRRESISTABLE FORCES has now been delayed until Fall of 2004. It was supposed to come out LAST February. It has "Winterfair Gifts" in it, a Miles novelette.

I'm so bummed. Was looking forward to buying it next month. :-(

--Kala

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