Ultimate Death Match!

[Villano]

Okay, I'll nominate:

Blackbeard
Odd Job (Goldfinger)
Lone Wolf (Lone Wolf & Cub)
El Santo (masked wrestling hero)
John Matrix (Commando)

 

[Angel Tarragon]

3) All potential contestants can not be aided by cybernatics, magic, psionics, super powers, super-science, or any non-existing technology.

Just to clarify this you didn't say 'Supernatural' so I'm guessing that Vampires and werecreatues are safe. To clarify the difference between Magic and the Supernatural; Magic is the warping of natural laws to create a desired effect and the Supernatural is most often associatied with myth and the divine. So in theory, includable options should allow for fictional characters such as Conan, Xena or even deities portrayed in a mortal frame.

I'd also like to think that the supernatural is seperate from super-powers as it is the purview of the divine and that the soul itself just uses the body like a symbiote and in many cultures and religions is considered immortal and that it is possible to tap into ones own soul to accomplish that which seems impossible, such as buddhist monks purpotedly capable of achieving limited flight.
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Therefore I pitch the following:

Clancy Brown as Victor Kruger/The Kurgan (Highlander, The Movie)

Dennis Hopper as King Koopa (Super Mario Bros.)

Christopher Judge as Teal'c (Stargate SG1)

Lucy Lawless as Xena (Xena, Warrior Princess)

Kevin Smith as Ares, God of War (Xena, Warrior Pricess)

 

[Aeson]

I'm only signing up names right now... once I get a decent sized list then I'll make a poll.

Is it like a basketball bracket? One winner from each group moves on to the winner from another?

 

[Aeson]

Maximus Decimus Meridius(Gladiator)
William Wallace
Hulk Hogan
Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan

 

[Relique du Madde]

For me the difference in magic and the supernatural is this:
The supernatural tends to be limited in what it can do and is often based on cultural expectations. IE. A monk can live for thousands of years if they meditate, eat right, and live a life of celibacy and devotion were as magic can do that with a flick of the wrist.

Superpowers are like the supernatural, however even when their abilities are set they are highly fluid and up to interpretation. This means that even though superman has a generally accepted range of powers, new powers and abilities can be added in or taken out depending on the need of the film. IE. Superman was able to travel back in time in one movie but not in the next.

Aeson, that was sort of what I planned. Depending on the number of "contestants" we get I was going divide the contestants into several equal numbered groups and have each group battle it out. The winners then are divided once again and set after each other and the process would continue until there are two people left who would battle it out to the title of Ultimate Bad Ass.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

For me the difference in magic and the supernatural is this:
The supernatural tends to be limited in what it can do and is often based on cultural expectations. IE. A monk can live for thousands of years if they meditate, eat right, and live a life of celibacy and devotion were as magic can do that with a flick of the wrist.

So, are my nominees safe?

 

[Relique du Madde]

So, are my nominees safe?

Yeah.

 

[megamania]

Many shall enter... but only one will live...

Which 5 characters from TV or the Movies do you think should be entered into the ultimate death match?

Requirements:
1) All potential contestants must be human and must have existed in a "live action" movie or television series.
2) All potential contestants must have existed in a present-day, modern, or historical context/setting.
3) All potential contestants can not be aided by cybernatics, magic, psionics, super powers, super-science, or any non-existing technology.
4) Iconic characters are represent by the most bad-ass portrayal of the character.
5) Iconic actors will only be represented once. Ie. Clint Eastwood may only appear as "Blondie" or "Dirty Harry" but not as all three.
6) Historical individuals that appeared in movies do qualify.

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1) Chuck Norris
2) Steven Segal
3) HGR (if he is allowed to set up the arena)
4) Elektra (ninja skills..... supernatural only at the end of her movie)
5) Marv (Sin City) with a close stand-in- The Russian from Punisher and another fill -in Jaws from James Bond.

 

[megamania]

oh lordy-

how I can forget Jason Statham from Transporter or Martin Riggs from lethal weapon or MaCaine from Diehard?!?

 

[Relique du Madde]

The Contestants Thus Far:

1. Ares, God of War
2. Ash (Army of Darkness)
3. Jack Bauer
4. Noah "HGR" Bennet
5. Blackbeard
6. James Bond
7. The Bride
8. "Dirty" Harry Callahan
9. Conan
10. Electra
12. El Santo (masked wrestling hero)
13. Hulk Hogan
14. Indiana Jones
15. King Koopa
16. Victor Kruger/The Kurgan
17. Mike Lowrey
18. Lone Wolf (
19. MacGyver
20. Marv
21. John Matrix
22. John McClane
23. Maximus Decimus Meridius
24. Chuck Norris
25. Odd Job
26. The Russian from Punisher
27. Martin Riggs
28. Steven Segal
29. Jason Statham
30. Teal'c
31. William Wallace
32. Jules Winnfield
33. Xena
33. Callisto
34. Ripley
35. Ian Pascoe
36. Vilos Cohaagen
37. Paul Sarone
38. Worf
39. Mr. Spock
40. Batman
41. Westly
42. El Mariachi
43. Harry "the Bigfoot"
44. Lara Croft
45. Jaws (from Goldfinger)
46. Snake Pliskin