A question aimed at Browncoats over 20 years old...

POSTED BY: chrisisall
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CHRISISALL

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 1:47 PM

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:

Oh and BUFFY of course. Just because it was about friends saving the world!

Buffy was in your formative years? You must be younger than I thought, Som!

Ancient Chrisisall

THESOMNAMBULIST

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 3:52 PM

Sadly no... I just got all carried away.

ZEEK

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 4:34 PM

Luke Skywalker and Bilbo Baggins. Other than that I don't think other fictional characters were really role models. They were more "that's cool but not for me" type things. Sadly I never found the ring of power nor have I been able to use the force (not that I haven't tried).

Funny story actually in high school our AP Chem teacher was trying to start a scifi club and he needed memebers so one day he told the class we were all honorary members. Some people were a little put off by that and then he went "fine if any of you can tell me you haven't tried to use the force at some point then you can be excluded from the club". Everyone sorta averted their eyes and the discussion was over.

SICKDUDE

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 5:19 PM

Sadly, the only one that comes to mind is Patrick McGoohan. I wanted to be like him.

"Your gratuitous jello awaits." - Dr. Helen Magnus, Sanctuary

LESTER

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 11:51 PM

well, im only 21 but i guess i can awnser, right?:)
the first one that comes to mind is of course mal renyolds. he showed us that even if the people on your team suck, if they are in trouble( when simon and river were about to get burned at the stake) you help them out. with guns.
Snake Plissken-the last five minutes of Escape from LA were almost perfect. the man just wanted to be left alone, and he took down the whole planet get what he wanted.Perfect.
and lastly, the harold lauder, Larry Underwood, and stu redman characters from stephem king's The Stand. Harold was what i was ( and am still) afraid of becoming, stu redman was the man i wanted to be, and as larry underwood was always a man in search of redemption and a way to better himself, was the man i ended up becoming.

Lester Rocks!

FWBBROWNCOAT

Sunday, October 26, 2008 11:25 PM

Well lets see here:

I think growing up it was Captain Picard. He was such a gentleman, he was intelligent and well-mannered, but, still knew how to handle himself in a fight.

Fox Mulder - I wanted to be an FBI agent until I started working for the government thanks to Mulder. And I was always a believer :)

Mal Reynolds - All about his crew and convictions, no matter how bad things seemed, he always had a positive outlook, and was in it for the greater good. And ya know, the money.

THATWEIRDGIRL

Monday, October 27, 2008 1:46 AM

Two major ones:

Wonder Woman - Strong, peace loving, equality not superiority, and she was pretty

Charlie Brown - He never gave up, never. Even when more rational people would say, "oh come on!" he kept at it.

Other ones came and went...Spock, Anne Shirley, Nancy Drew, and I may have thought the Edison Twins were freakin' awesome!

But my biggest role model (other than parental) wasn't from pop culture. It's my Aunt Julie who has survived two cancer diagnoses. She's still a goofball.

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Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?" Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night."
-- Charlie Brown
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BRIGLAD

Monday, October 27, 2008 2:46 AM

Johnny and Roy.... Emergency!

Made me want to be a Firefighter and Medic.

I did it too, I was a Volunteer firefighter for 13 years and an advanced level EMT (IV and manual Defib) for 12. I could even do the "pop the caps" trick with the big 100 cc syringes.

Brian

NCBROWNCOAT

Monday, October 27, 2008 4:03 AM

I had such a crush on Johnny! When I see them now in shows it makes me realize how old I am.

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JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, October 27, 2008 8:57 AM

My first thought was Col Steve Austin - Lee Majors did many of his own "stunts", the moves they just did in slo-mo. He kept in good shape, and that lead to my concepts of physical fitness and the balance between mental/physical fitness.
Ditto for Heath Barkley.

I thought the XO on 20,000 leagues was more thoughtful than Basehart.

Joe Friday, Johnny and Roy, and McCord & Martin on "Adam 12" seemed straight shooters.

Glenn Ford was a good moral compass, when John Wayne wasn't available.
I don't know how Darrin McGavin helped me, but I enjoyed him.

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