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Greatest leading character from TV shows
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Fuck this thread god damn
Anyway, i agree with Breaking Bad he is excellent. I also feel not enough love given to Coach Tyler from Friday Night Lights and also Adama from Battlestar. There are a lot of great leading actors though that carry shows. And also Dexter was the only reason i bothered with that show anymore in the later seasons. He was the only good thing about it.
Anyway, i agree with Breaking Bad he is excellent. I also feel not enough love given to Coach Tyler from Friday Night Lights and also Adama from Battlestar. There are a lot of great leading actors though that carry shows. And also Dexter was the only reason i bothered with that show anymore in the later seasons. He was the only good thing about it.
UnluckyKate
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You can tell what you want about those shows, but .... the protagonists are awesome
It took 36 post to get Greg here.
WTF Gaf...
The Elite
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How about this guy?
428 episodes so far.
That's a good one.
Fuck this thread god damn
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Easily my follow up behind The Doctor. It's close too. X-Files was my fave show in the 90s.
My number three would be:
Did this really take until page two GAF?
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He was on page one for me.
Canis lupus
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Tony Soprano from The Sopranos. One of the best leading characters imo. James Gandolfini as Tony was simply brilliant.
This.
Do swearengen or George count?
If not
Yeah that was the best acting job he ever did.
Eggplant Wizard
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Agreed, there's not enough opportunities for leading female roles on TV. Some of the greats (which haven't been mentioned):
Lindsay Weir
Carrie Mathison
I'm still really impressed by how great Anna Torv became on Fringe and I hope she gets a chance on a less messy show once it's over.
ZombieTimeMachine
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Eggplant Wizard said:
Seriously.
Several Mulder mentions, and absolutely no one thought to mention Scully?
The_Hitcher89
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Seriously.
Several Mulder mentions, and absolutely no one thought to mention Scully?
Probably because she's not as good a character as Mulder?
BrokenEchelon
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Is that a joke?
In a show like BSG or GoT there really isn't a "leading" actor. Adama Sr. was the easy choice. Adama Jr. went through a much more interesting character growth.
That isn't to say that the old man isn't a legend.
Broder Salsa
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Well i guess no one is really the lead actor of Six Feet Under but Ruth Fisher is really awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PGfgeValJM
http://youtu.be/ncwC7-1ueRg
JehutyRunner
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God I miss this show.
Without a doubt:
A lot of favs already mentioned, not sure if I saw a mention for Jack Bauer, so yeah.
EDIT: I see one. Still, not nearly enough!
Jack Bauer.
/endthread
The_Hitcher89
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Howard Moon
Davey Cakes
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John Sheridan. Not on the level of Jean-Luc Picard (in my opinion) but still a damn fine captain.
Tony Soprano from The Sopranos. One of the best leading characters imo. James Gandolfini as Tony was simply brilliant.
Can't imagine it being anyone else.
I also love Jon Hamm as Don Draper, but Tony Soprano is king.
I hated him because he was responsible for the deaths of a couple of really likable characters
Is Jack Bauer never not holding a gun?
Does he order cheese fries at gunpoint?
Does he order cheese fries at gunpoint?
Is that Famke Janssen? What show is that from? Really like her as an actress.Alicia Florrick
These characters better have gotten mentioned or I will flip my shit.
The_Hitcher89
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He also had no backstory, no ulterior motives, no quirks, no interesting infrastructure to run and no personality
I really need to get around to watching Millennium. I bought the seasons on DVD years back but haven't watched them. I am afraid that that it won't live up to the hype my friends give it.Do swearengen or George count?
If not
The_Hitcher89
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The Barksdale crew was amazing. All of them had real depth to their characters, especially String and D'Angelo
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You'd be hard pressed to call him a leading character though, you could probably say the same about all characters from the wire actually.
It's an excellent show, it is just inconsistent, each season had different show runners and it shows. Season one is basically Se7en the TV show, season two verges into prophecy and secret societies and season three becomes a bit of a boring FBI procedural.
That sounds incredibly interesting.. Any other shows based around secret societies/prophecies? That stuff fascinates me.
Not sure, I actually enjoyed that stuff myself, just season 3 veers away from both the previous seasons completely. The prophecy stuff though was mostly based around Y2K so some of it may not have the impact now that it had then.
AngmarsKing701
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The_Hitcher89
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Captain Edmund Blackadder
Witty, scathing, cowardly, petty, sarcastic, abusive, pathetic, bullying, and as shown in the final episode, a bit decent. Fantastic character. As was everyone else in Blackadder Goes Forth
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- Walter White/Heisenberg
- Vick Mackey
- Dexter (in Seasons 1, 2, and 4 at least)
- Vick Mackey
- Dexter (in Seasons 1, 2, and 4 at least)
Captain Edmund Blackadder
Witty, scathing, cowardly, petty, sarcastic, abusive, pathetic, bullying, and as shown in the final episode, a bit decent. Fantastic character. As was everyone else in Blackadder Goes Forth
Ah I forgot black adder. I think we can sorta lump black adders 2, 3, and 4 together given how similar they are to each other personality wise.
The_Hitcher89
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I thought about doing that, but for some reason I prefer Captain Blackadder to any of the other iterations. probably cos the last episode is the only time it strays from comedy and gives him a some realistic tendencies
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Tony Soprano from The Sopranos. One of the best leading characters imo. James Gandolfini as Tony was simply brilliant.
Yep. Gandolfini made this show.
I prefer to think that the show ended on the last episode of season 2.
My wife had fond memories of the show growing up, so much so that she even got the Millennium symbol from the show as a tattoo. This past winter we watched the whole series. Season 1 is great, season 2 is good, and like I said before I prefer to think that season 3 doesn't exist. It's not that it's bad exactly it's just that it takes the show in an entirely new direction. Actually, you can say the same about the last part of season 2 as well. I would have liked it if they would have kept the same plotlines and mood as in season 1.
Also, if you do watch the show make sure you watch the tie-in episode of X-files as well. It happens after Season 3 of Millennium and brings closure to the character of Frank Black.
Fuck this thread god damn
Anyway, i agree with Breaking Bad he is excellent. I also feel not enough love given to Coach Tyler from Friday Night Lights and also Adama from Battlestar. There are a lot of great leading actors though that carry shows. And also Dexter was the only reason i bothered with that show anymore in the later seasons. He was the only good thing about it.
Can't believe it took page 2 for this guy.
Definitely Agree with Walter White and Spike Speigel though.
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God I miss this show.
He's pretty much unbeatable. Even during the low points (especially Season 6), Jack Bauer still made 24 pretty damn watchable.
Its not 2008.
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