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You'd think after a few decades I would have that down

Tahlvin wrote: ↑Sun Feb 27, 2022 3:40 pm AFI top 50 movie villains, #30:
Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro), Taxi Driver, 1976

Why is this 30? This is one of the greatest.

Tahlvin wrote: ↑Mon Feb 28, 2022 3:36 am AFI top 50 movie villains, #28:
Max Cady (Robert Mitchum), Cape Fear, 1962

On the other thread we were talking about Robert Mitchum and my first encounters with his acting were unpleasant or threatening characters, and that aura carried over to Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, where he plays a hero instead, but still a complicated enough hero, and in inherently threatening situations, that you might worry about whether he really turns out to be good? Anyway, he's a fun actor to watch in general, kind of like De Niro.

I have just had an insight like a lightning bolt from the blue at this late age and stage of life:
I could never understand why my parents were so confused about who was who in The Godfather movies. I thought Robert de Niro was really good looking when I was younger and so I kept trying to figure out which character he was playing in The Godfather movies, because I wasn't old enough to have seen all of them and understood what was going on. They kept showing me Marlon Brando and acting like this was the character I was talking about, and I was so confused and repulsed - like NO, that is definitely not the guy! But they were like yes, 100%, that's who played Vito Corleone! I believe they consulted other people for confirmation so I was just lost. I remember thinking, how on Earth did Robert de Niro come into this thing? Did I just imagine him there? No! There's a good looking version of Vito Corleone, so where is he in this movie? They absolutely knew what they were doing because they knew that I thought Robert de Niro was good looking and that I didn't understand the difference, and it was all so very amusing to them. It's like when people give their children another word to use instead of "mouthwash" and then the child is 27 and discovers their friends don't call that stuff vodka.

Early to bed.

AFI top 50 movie villains, #21:
Mrs. Eleanor Iselin (Angela Lansbury), The Manchurian Candidate, 1962

Early to rise.

...Makes a grown person cry.

Boom! Saved the thread again!

You're welcome.

Kyle's top 10 numbers between 0 and 11, #8:

9

AFI top 50 movie villains, #20:
"Man", Bambi, 1942

Kyle's top 10 numbers between 0 and 11, #7:

1

Man! Though 1 would be in the top 5 for sure

One is the loneliest number.

AFI top 50 movie villains, #19:
Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton), Mutiny on the Bounty, 1935

Kyle's top 10 numbers between 0 and 11, #6:

3

One more time!

Kyle's top 10 numbers between 0 and 11, #5:

6

AFI top 50 movie villains, #18:
The Shark ("Bruce"), Jaws, 1975

I can do this all day long.

Bruuuuuuuuce

Theeeee Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaark

Kyle's top 10 numbers between 0 and 11, #4:

5

AFI top 50 movie villains, #17:
Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), Misery, 1990

Don't worry, baby birds, I got you.

Here's Johnny!

Another miraculous save!

Natural 20!

AFI top 50 movie villains, #16:
Noah Cross (John Huston), Chinatown, 1974

By the skin of our collective teeth!

Kyle's top 10 numbers between 0 and 11, #3:

7

AFI top 50 movie villains, #15:
Amon Goeth (Ralph Fiennes), Schindler's List, 1993

Saved!

Kyle's top 10 numbers between 0 and 11, #2:

2

I can't wait to see who is #1!

AFI top 50 movie villains, #14:
The Alien (Bolaji Badejo), Alien, 1979

Awww, game over, man. Game over.

AFI top 50 movie villains, #13:
HAL 9000 (Voice of Douglas Rain), 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968

Tried to figure out why 9000. It's probably not a software version, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning numbers like that back then were more associated with hardware versions, ala Atari 2600, or the UNIVAC 1101. My guess is it's the 9th series of Hal? Sorta like a 9.0 -- which would explain both the power and the bugs.

Kyle's top 10 numbers between 0 and 11, #1:

4

AFI top 50 movie villains, #12:
Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell), A Clockwork Orange, 1971

Kyle's top 26 letters in the Latin Alphabet, #26:

X

I thought X would have been higher. It's so versatile.

Not today, Death!

AFI top 50 movie villains, #11:
Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), The Godfather Part II, 1974

Kyle's top 26 letters in the Latin Alphabet, #25:

V

It's alive!

Kyle's top 26 letters in the Latin Alphabet, #24:

Q

Bullshit! Q should be ranked higher for sure. Like 12th at least. Just because it almost always needs a buddy shouldn't bring it down /this/ much.

It's personal. Q went to senior prom with Kyle, but then left with another person. Kyle's never gotten past it.

It's got to be difficult! When u are just sitting there thinking you've got it locked up and a walks in and just swoops them off their feet. I get it.