Originally Posted by _____V_____ (Post 943879)

Turns out the longer tournament idea has a huge scope to be epic.

I hope you all are a patient bunch, voters. A gigantic tournament is headed your way soon.

Originally Posted by _____V_____ (Post 943902)

Quick question - if you are listing the characters from a film/series, do you list the creatures/robots/machines in the films under characters as well?

For e.g., for 2001: A Space Odyssey, we have the character David Bowman (and other minor characters). Is HAL 9000 a character too?

Originally Posted by hammerfan (Post 943903)

If you're asking me, personally, and not as a rule, yes, I would. Not sure what the rule would be.

EDIT: I went to IMDB. Using your example of 2001: A Space Odyssey, they do list the actor that provided the voice for HAL9000.

Originally Posted by realdealblues (Post 943906)

I was actually going to suggest maybe a best "killer" (or in general) Robot/Cyborg/Machine tournament...but perhaps you have something similar/better in mind V :)

Yes, I would definitely consider HAL9000 to be a character.

Originally Posted by _____V_____ (Post 943908)

Thanks, guys.



Providing a voice is different, don't you think?

We can judge the performance of an actor, but can we judge the performance of a machine/creature character? What about emotion? Does a machine emote? Does it have "character" to be considered as an actual character?



What about Wall-E, then? Would it be a character too, even though it's animated and has someone providing voice for it?

That's a nice idea, realdeal. I am working on something more comprehensive. 25% through the source material and I have 700+ shortlisted candidates! :eek:

Originally Posted by hammerfan (Post 943909)

Yes and yes. :D

Originally Posted by _____V_____ (Post 943908)

We can judge the performance of an actor, but can we judge the performance of a machine/creature character? What about emotion? Does a machine emote? Does it have "character" to be considered as an actual character?