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James Bond named as Hollywood's top hero

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James Bond has beaten Superman, Spiderman and Indiana Jones to be crowned Hollywood's top hero.

Ian Fleming's fictional British agent was voted number one by movie fans in the Entertainment Weekly 'Top 20 Heroes' survey.

Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones was second, while the list also included Alien heroine Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver, Robin Hood, Spider-Man and Die Hard's John McClane. Ford's Star Wars character Hans Solo also made the list.

The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard Of Oz came first in a related 'Top Villains' survey. The green-faced wretch beat Darth Vader and Hannibal Lecter to be crowned the most evil movie character in history.
Website: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a151 ... -hero.html
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CaptainLewis wrote:
James Bond has beaten Superman, Spiderman and Indiana Jones to be crowned Hollywood's top hero.

Ian Fleming's fictional British agent was voted number one by movie fans in the Entertainment Weekly 'Top 20 Heroes' survey.

Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones was second, while the list also included Alien heroine Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver, Robin Hood, Spider-Man and Die Hard's John McClane. Ford's Star Wars character Hans Solo also made the list.

The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard Of Oz came first in a related 'Top Villains' survey. The green-faced wretch beat Darth Vader and Hannibal Lecter to be crowned the most evil movie character in history.
Website: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a151 ... -hero.html
Predictably, the Digitalspy article has a pic of Daniel Craig to go with the article. :cuss: He's not Bond.
Bring back Bond!
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I sort of skimmed the article in EW.They had a picture of Seannery there, though :up:
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carl stromberg wrote:
CaptainLewis wrote:
James Bond has beaten Superman, Spiderman and Indiana Jones to be crowned Hollywood's top hero.

Ian Fleming's fictional British agent was voted number one by movie fans in the Entertainment Weekly 'Top 20 Heroes' survey.

Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones was second, while the list also included Alien heroine Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver, Robin Hood, Spider-Man and Die Hard's John McClane. Ford's Star Wars character Hans Solo also made the list.

The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard Of Oz came first in a related 'Top Villains' survey. The green-faced wretch beat Darth Vader and Hannibal Lecter to be crowned the most evil movie character in history.
Website: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a151 ... -hero.html
Predictably, the Digitalspy article has a pic of Daniel Craig to go with the article. :cuss: He's not Bond.
In pantomime mode :
Oh yes he is.
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Seannery is the embodiment of Bond for me.

( I like Rog,Tim,George and Pierce too,don't get me wrong :lol:)
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katied wrote:Seannery is the embodiment of Bond for me.

( I like Rog,Tim,George and Pierce too,don't get me wrong :lol:)
You loved Craig to, untill you joined this forum. And realised the only way you could possibly hope to fit in, is deny it.
How sad of you.
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The joy of this place is that it's a place to get away from the Stepford Bond sites :lol:
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CaptainLewis wrote:
James Bond has beaten Superman, Spiderman and Indiana Jones to be crowned Hollywood's top hero.

Ian Fleming's fictional British agent was voted number one by movie fans in the Entertainment Weekly 'Top 20 Heroes' survey.

Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones was second, while the list also included Alien heroine Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver, Robin Hood, Spider-Man and Die Hard's John McClane. Ford's Star Wars character Hans Solo also made the list.

The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard Of Oz came first in a related 'Top Villains' survey. The green-faced wretch beat Darth Vader and Hannibal Lecter to be crowned the most evil movie character in history.
Website: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a151 ... -hero.html
id say teh idea of Bond is bigger. Well as far as constantly identifiable presence goes. The other movies make more mmoney though (Indiana jones, Star wars) but as a franchise bond has longevity adn probably a bigger total income....
Well what the hell it was any hero, Tv or movie :?
1. James Bond
2. Indiana Jones
3. Superman
4. Harry Potter
5. Ellen Ripley (Aliens)
6. John McClane (Die Hard)
7. Han Solo (Star Wars)
8. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
9. Robn Hood
10. Spider Man
11. Mad Max
12. Captain James T. Kirk (Star Trek)
13. Foxy Brown
14. Will Kane (High Noon)
15. Dirty Harry
16. Jack Bauer (24)
17. Nancy Drew
18. Batman
19. Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird)
20. Sydney Bristow (Alias)

Top 20 Villains
1. The Wicked Witch of the West
2. Darth Vader (Star Wars)
3. Hannibal Lester
4. The Joker (Batman)
5. Alex DeLarge (A Clockwork Orange)
6. Mr. Burns (The Simpsons)
7. Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct)
8. Voldemort (Hary Potter series)
9. Dracula
10. Nurse Ratched (Over the Cuckoo Nest)
11. J.R. Ewing
12. Norman Bates(Psycho)
13. Frank Booth ( Blue Velvet)
14. Annie Wilkes (Misery)
15. Snow White’s Queen
16. Hans Gruber (Die Hard)
17. Michael Myers (Halloween)
18. Gordon Gecko
19. Alex Forrest (Fatal Attraction)
20. Jack Torrance (The Shining)
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