OT: The Greatest Leading Men

This new stand alone release based on the legendary War in the Pacific from 2 by 3 Games adds significant improvements and changes to enhance game play, improve realism, and increase historical accuracy. With dozens of new features, new art, and engine improvements, War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition brings you the most realistic and immersive WWII Pacific Theater wargame ever!

Moderators: wdolson, MOD_War-in-the-Pacific-Admirals-Edition

User avatar
Bullwinkle58
Posts: 11297
Joined: Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:47 pm

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by Bullwinkle58 »

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

I don't know what the definition is. This is loose and casual topic. I wasn't sure whether you were being serious or not (now I know; but I wasn't disparaging Groucho Marx, I'm just not very familiar with him).

Half of each. [:)]

Groucho is underrated. One of my favorite quotes of all time: "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
The Moose
User avatar
RevRick
Posts: 2615
Joined: Sat Sep 16, 2000 4:00 pm
Location: Thomasville, GA

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by RevRick »

John Wayne
Jimmy Stewart
Laurence Olivier
Robert Mitchum
Anthony Hopkins
"Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer
User avatar
SqzMyLemon
Posts: 4239
Joined: Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:18 pm
Location: Alberta, Canada

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by SqzMyLemon »

Burt Lancaster and Steve McQueen.
Luck is the residue of design - John Milton

Don't mistake lack of talent for genius - Peter Steele (Type O Negative)
Hiltibrant
Posts: 28
Joined: Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:12 am

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by Hiltibrant »

I second James Stewart. If you are asking for an actor who single-handedly defined the movies he was in and made those movies great, I think that he is my top choice. So many great movies that were simply great because he was the lead actor in them.
User avatar
jeffk3510
Posts: 4143
Joined: Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:59 am
Location: Merica

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by jeffk3510 »

John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Gregory Peck, and Russell Crowe are my favorites.
Life is tough. The sooner you realize that, the easier it will be.
User avatar
Canoerebel
Posts: 21099
Joined: Fri Dec 13, 2002 11:21 pm
Location: Northwestern Georgia, USA
Contact:

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by Canoerebel »

Okay, you guys are in trouble. I just spoke with my mother, who is about to celebrate her 83rd birthday. She's smart, she's classy, she's funny, she's given to the worst verbal goofs I've ever heard ("hyponemic durdle" and "Ingledink Hunkleburt" being my two favorites of all time). I didn't tell her about this little excercise, but I had told her about my daughter's "Bridge On the River Kwai" episode yesterday. Thus prompted, my mom opined that Cary Grant is the greatest leading man of all time. She says Grant in Arsenic and Old Lace was just about perfection.

Truly, Grant may be the greatest leading man of all time. Anybody care to argue with my mom?
"Rats set fire to Mr. Cooper’s store in Fort Valley. No damage done." Columbus (Ga) Enquirer-Sun, October 2, 1880.
User avatar
geofflambert
Posts: 14887
Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:18 pm
Location: St. Louis

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by geofflambert »

+1 Stormwolf on Robert Duval, he's one of the greatest actors I've ever seen.

How did you forget Charles Laughton? Captain Bligh and the Hunchback.

Or Robert Newton? Everyone in the world knows his Long John Silver, "Arrrrrrrrr".

Was Al Pacino on the list? Peter Sellers? Dustin Hoffman? James Dean?

Here's one that excelled in two categories: Drama, "Forbidden Planet" and Comedy, "Naked Gun" - Leslie Nielsen

I like Robert Mitchum a lot, but I won't say the greatest. Marlon Brando is real strong.

I've got to mention Denzel Washington, too. And frigging Sydney Poitier!

Was Tom Hanks on the list?

User avatar
geofflambert
Posts: 14887
Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:18 pm
Location: St. Louis

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by geofflambert »

Oh, and since we're only talking about leading MEN, what about Sigourney Weaver in "Alien"? [:D]

User avatar
Canoerebel
Posts: 21099
Joined: Fri Dec 13, 2002 11:21 pm
Location: Northwestern Georgia, USA
Contact:

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by Canoerebel »

I've edited the list as nominations have come in. The list is huge! There have been a heckuva lot of memorable leading men.

I will say, though, that the vast majority of these are clearly not in the "elite" class. I think the truly elite might number around 10. Then you can argue number one. (But I think mom may be right....)
"Rats set fire to Mr. Cooper’s store in Fort Valley. No damage done." Columbus (Ga) Enquirer-Sun, October 2, 1880.
User avatar
geofflambert
Posts: 14887
Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:18 pm
Location: St. Louis

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by geofflambert »

Alec Guiness? Peter O'Toole?

User avatar
Canoerebel
Posts: 21099
Joined: Fri Dec 13, 2002 11:21 pm
Location: Northwestern Georgia, USA
Contact:

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by Canoerebel »

The List of those Who Shall Not Be Nominated: Ben Affleck, Donald Southerland, Robin Williams, Bill Paxton, Brendan Frazer, Val Kilmer, Leonardo DiCaprio
"Rats set fire to Mr. Cooper’s store in Fort Valley. No damage done." Columbus (Ga) Enquirer-Sun, October 2, 1880.
User avatar
geofflambert
Posts: 14887
Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:18 pm
Location: St. Louis

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by geofflambert »

Rasil Bathbone?

User avatar
Canoerebel
Posts: 21099
Joined: Fri Dec 13, 2002 11:21 pm
Location: Northwestern Georgia, USA
Contact:

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by Canoerebel »

Oh, yeah. He needs to be added. He's charming and fun in the Sherlock Holmes movies.
"Rats set fire to Mr. Cooper’s store in Fort Valley. No damage done." Columbus (Ga) Enquirer-Sun, October 2, 1880.
User avatar
geofflambert
Posts: 14887
Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:18 pm
Location: St. Louis

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by geofflambert »

Anthonius Quinnius.


I see you mentioned Archibald Alexander Leach. What about Maurice Joseph Micklewhite?

Oh, and as a proxy for Michelle Bachmann, John Wayne Gacy.

User avatar
Encircled
Posts: 2097
Joined: Thu Dec 30, 2010 3:50 pm
Location: Northern England

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by Encircled »

Paxton?

Third best thing in Aliens after Ripley and the big alien!

"Game over, man, game over"
User avatar
TulliusDetritus
Posts: 5581
Joined: Thu Apr 01, 2004 1:49 am
Location: The Zone™

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by TulliusDetritus »

My first choice is Groucho. He would be leading his hordes to er... chaos, but who cares [8D] A necessarily bold commander on my book.

My second choice is obviously Jack Sparrow.
"Hitler is a horrible sexual degenerate, a dangerous fool" - Mussolini, circa 1934
User avatar
Canoerebel
Posts: 21099
Joined: Fri Dec 13, 2002 11:21 pm
Location: Northwestern Georgia, USA
Contact:

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by Canoerebel »

Edited to Omit
"Rats set fire to Mr. Cooper’s store in Fort Valley. No damage done." Columbus (Ga) Enquirer-Sun, October 2, 1880.
User avatar
adsoul64
Posts: 277
Joined: Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:16 pm
Location: Milan Italy

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by adsoul64 »

CR, how can you find the time for your job, your family, one or more AE games (OK, maybe not right now [:(]) and for movies as well? I strongly suspect days in CSA are 26-27 hours long [:D]
Anyway, Dustin Hoffman is of the same class of the "original five" you have mentioned. Well, I'd say he's at the top of the list, much better than Harrison Ford. My two cents...
danlongman
Posts: 584
Joined: Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:36 pm
Location: Over the hills and far away

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by danlongman »

Marx was good until he went into politics.
"Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it." - George Bernard Shaw
User avatar
Canoerebel
Posts: 21099
Joined: Fri Dec 13, 2002 11:21 pm
Location: Northwestern Georgia, USA
Contact:

RE: OT: The Greatest Leading Men

Post by Canoerebel »

I have time for two reasons: At work, much of my time is spent typing - either writing or editing. If I do that non stop, eight hours a day, I go crazy. So I take breaks to run or ride or play games. At home, we don't have television, so I read, watch old movies, and harrass the cat.
"Rats set fire to Mr. Cooper’s store in Fort Valley. No damage done." Columbus (Ga) Enquirer-Sun, October 2, 1880.
Post Reply

Return to “War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition”