Perhaps you, not the country, have been transformed by something.
“Hogan” of Hogan’s Heroes and “Hawkeye” of MASH both were supposed to be these lady killers - ugh!
I hated “The Beaver” - I liked goofy Wally better.
“Jack” on Three’s Company was amazingly annoying to me (as were most - no - all of the regular characters on the show).
The (F***in’) Fonz.
“Mrs. Garrett” on that boarding school show.
“Arnold” (whatchu talkin’ 'bout Willis) - I hate mugging!
Pee on it all you like metaphorically (do it any other way and you’ll be arrested…and I’ll be laughing as they take you away). It takes nothing away from him, but a great deal away from you.
Sponsoring the murder of nuns takes away nothing from me, but a great deal from him.
Wow, I’m deep just like you! Yeehaw!
-Joe
I do. I like him a lot. He’s my 3rd-favourite Discworld character.
I don’t get all the love for Perdita/Agnes Nitt, though.
Must be a lot of fat Goth chicks out there in fandom.
Top Gun’s Maverick ticked me off.
The Ice Man was waaay cooler and managed to make it through training without killing his own gunner.
And ice was the top gun. Just because Mav performed well in combat doesn’t give him the right to assume an honor that he failed previously. Jerk!
Let me join the pile-on on Scarlett O’Hara. She’s a ruthlessly pragmatic scheming bitch with respect to anything material, and doesn’t give a flip about a single human being that she’s theoretically close to - not Ashley, not Rhett, not Melanie, not her children, not anyone. She’s a total user.
Considering that I’ve always had the same opinion of Reagan, that is a silly comment. And what “something” are you referring to ?
And what could possibly justify all the evils he committed ? “Fighting Communism” isn’t a justification; fighting evil with equal or greater evil is pointless.
> TWEET! < :::Moderator blows whistle:::
This forum is Cafe Society, and the OP is asking about “characters.” Real-life people, whether Pope or President, are not “characters” – well, OK, but not in this sense. Please keep politics out of it.
Oh, man, I am so glad someone mentioned Tweety. That little yellow bastard creeps me the eff out.
Roseanne. Ok, ok, the character, not the “actress.” What a miserable excuse for a life. Jeez, I can’t believe I actually used to watch that wretched show. And I wasn’t the only one.
Ok, since now I’m not supposed to name scum like Ronald Reagan and Mother Teresa, I’ll go with…
Holden Caufield - I hated him the moment he said he hated movies. I wished much ill on him after that.
Muppets - Kermit, Miss Piggy, all of them…any Muppet, anywhere, anytime, in any capacity, in any show. I HATE MUPPETS! Always have. I have the highest respect and regard for Jim Henson as a person and creative being and mourn his untimely passing, but lord, do I hate Muppets.
Yes, but she does some amazing things all by herself–delivering Melanie’s baby, getting to Tara and running it during the war, killing a Yankee, running the store and mills. More amazing when you realize she was in a time when a woman doing anything by herself was scandalous. As much as she “used” people, Scarlett could always stand on her own two feet by herself when she had to.
But does that count Yoda?
-Joe
When the Muppets were on the first season of Saturday Night Live, the writers hated them so much they use to pay other people to write sketches for them. Except for Michael O’Donoghue who, when told by head honcho Loren Michaels to come up with a Muppet sketch, replied: I won’t write for felt.
I’ve always loved that line.
I bet today’s SNL writers (and those for the last 14 years or so) would KILL to “write for felt”.
-Joe
Well, they sure do evidently like reading about him.
I don’t think Scarlett O’Hara should be in this thread. She’s not a widely beloved character that you personally can’t stand. She’s never presented as a loveable mischevious scamp that we’re supposed to like. She’s presented as a scheming cast-iron bitch who manipulates and ruins everyone around her. Yes, the CHARACTERS in GWTW are all in love with Scarlett O’Hara, but the reader/audience is supposed to see through her schemes, not chuckle along with them. If we develop an admiration for Scarlett it’s only through realizing that her scheming and cheating and nastiness are what enables her to survive the war and reconstruction while weaker and “nicer” people fail.
It seems to me that WAY too many people love Vivi from That Horrible Ya-Ya Sisterhood Book. Dumbass Rosie O’Donnell named her baby after her, for Christ’s sweet sake! Okay, fine, she had a minute or two of being a fun, lively young girl, but she was mainly a damaged, child abusing shrew.
Not really, I don’t think. There are only about four/five books that even have Rincewind in them. The vast majority of Discworld books are about other characters completely.