# Your cinematic crushes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 13, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655 "2016-08-13T06:46:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Magicicada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/1 "2016-08-13T06:46:38Z")
I’m not talking about actors, but specific characters you have a thing for. My big one is Paul Le Mat’s character in American Graffiti, the one who gets stuck with a 12-year-old Mackenzie Phillips all night. My sister and I were talking recently about how he’s the perfect boyfriend–a bit older, tough, cool, brooding, with a fast car, the bad boy who is actually good (and ultimately tragic, which adds to the romance). Who are you in love with? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/2 "2016-08-13T12:01:39Z")
Kaylee, from _Firefly_/_Serenity_. Total nerd, sexy in an innocent way, and oh, that amazing smile. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/3 "2016-08-13T14:28:55Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Kaylee, from _Firefly_/_Serenity_. Total nerd, sexy in an innocent way, and oh, that amazing smile. Oh, that’s a good one. As a kid, I had a total crush on Dottie Hinson from _A League of Their Own_. She was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/4 "2016-08-13T14:34:45Z")
Sara in _L.A. Story_. She is the only one who’ll ever get all of Harris’s jokes, it just takes her a while to really embrace the idea. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/5 "2016-08-13T16:04:09Z")
Donna Pinciotti–girl next door and A RED HEAD (but blond was nice, too). ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/6 "2016-08-13T16:18:34Z")
Marion, from _Raiders of the Lost Ark_, Adventurous, feisty, can drink you under the table and sexy as hell! Probably one of the reasons I saw Raiders 11 times in the theater the year it came out.😛 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/7 "2016-08-13T16:22:22Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > Marion, from _Raiders of the Lost Ark_, Adventurous, feisty, can drink you under the table and sexy as hell! > > Probably one of the reasons I saw Raiders 11 times in the theater the year it came out.😛 Just as good \*\*27 years later :eek: \*\* in “…Crystal Skull.” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/8 "2016-08-13T23:03:10Z")
Renee Soutendijk as the mysterious, alluring Christina Halsslag in _The Fourth Man_. 30+ years later, the fire is still strong. The eyes? Unflappably upbeat? ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/9 "2016-08-13T23:36:11Z")
Apropos of [this insightful post by **WordMan**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19540707&postcount=32), and hearkening back to my days as a young teenager, I’d have to say Wednesday Addams. And for nearly diametrically opposite reasons, Sally Solomon of _3rd Rock from the Sun_. (I also totally agree with **burpo the wonder mutt** about Donna Pinciotti. If I could slip, _Pleasantville_-like, into any fictional television universe, it would be Point Place, Wisconsin.) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/10 "2016-08-13T23:45:37Z")
**^** Man, Point Place was _full_ of skirts. Even Caroline. Sorta. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/11 "2016-08-14T00:32:08Z")
Kaylee, Natasha Romanoff and the Sundance Kid. Oh, like you’ve never thought of that. Robert Redford was _hot_ back in the day. I’m straight as an arrow and I’d still do [Sundance](http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/67/6716/DIKA100Z/posters/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid-robert-redford-1969.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![jasnooks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@jasnooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasnooks)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/12 "2016-08-14T00:45:17Z")
Sounds strange, but one of mine would be Debra (Patricia Heaton) from Everybody Loves Raymond. I’m not quite sure why, but I’ve always had a crush on her. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/13 "2016-08-14T01:15:09Z")
Oh, and Inga, from _Young Frankenstein_. **silenus** , I certainly agree that Black Widow is hot, but that’s mostly just because she’s played by Scarlett Johanssen. It’s not something distinctive to the character. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/14 "2016-08-14T01:37:09Z")
I had such a thing for Lt. Uhura from Star Trek. My comic-books lust/obsession/kink/fetish is for Spiral, the nasty lady with six arms in the X-Men comics. My God, those arms… ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/15 "2016-08-14T02:12:47Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Oh, and Inga, from _Young Frankenstein_. > > **silenus** , I certainly agree that Black Widow is hot, but that’s mostly just because she’s played by Scarlett Johanssen. It’s not something distinctive to the character. Hell yes, Scarlett Johansson. If you haven’t seen _Under Her Skin_ yet, do yourself a favor. Also, I get a little tingle every time Daisy Ridley appears as Rey in Star Wars VII. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/16 "2016-08-14T02:18:06Z")
Nurse Betty. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/17 "2016-08-14T03:34:53Z")
I’ve got a thing for James Hathaway, Robbie Lewis’s partner in the British cop series. He’s brilliant, nerdy, self-doubting, an ex-seminarian who plays classical/jazz guitar in a world music ensemble. He has impeccable manners and a sly, intellectual sense of humor. I watch the episodes over and over again just to hang out with him. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/18 "2016-08-14T05:17:36Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Just as good \*\*27 years later :eek: \*\* in “…Crystal Skull.” The only good thing in the movie. Back in the day, when I was a more appropriate age, Baby in Dirty Dancing. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/19 "2016-08-14T06:00:46Z")
Helen Schlegel from **Howards End**. Smart. Charming. Indepedent-thinking. Big dark eyes that could make me do anything. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655/20 "2016-08-14T06:05:43Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’ve got a thing for James Hathaway, Robbie Lewis’s partner in the British cop series. He’s brilliant, nerdy, self-doubting, an ex-seminarian who plays classical/jazz guitar in a world music ensemble. He has impeccable manners and a sly, intellectual sense of humor. I watch the episodes over and over again just to hang out with him. Oh, _Inspector Lewis_? Yes, it’s on Amazon Prime. Thanks… I’ve never recovered from Peter O’Toole in _Lawrence of Arabia_. Even then (on the big screen in its original release), I knew he wasn’t boyfriend material. But damn… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cinematic-crushes/762655.md?page=2)