Oddly enough, it appears that the most represented actress is Milla Jovovich.

Did you count Godzilla as Asian or Animal? Also, we're pretty sexist. I think there were, what? Four female characters?

In any event, now that Osiris has gotten himself suspended, I guess this is on hold pending his (unlikely) return? I can't say I'm surprised; I found him argumentative in this thread, but at the time I was still hoping to win this thing so I tried not to make a big deal of it.

The real shame is that I think some of us really did have some thoughtful discussions of characters along the way. Yes, most of this was just "I'm picking [character]" in this thread and mostly "[character] is awesome/sucks" in the voting threads, but there were some fun spirited discussions peppered in along the way. I'd like to thank those with whom I conferred.

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I did have Norma Desmond on my short list but cleaver selected her first. I thought about the Wicked Witch of the West but I did not want to overlap since the Cowardly Lion was selected too.

I guess I should have selected Jessica Rabbit for my final pick -- probably would have been better than my selection of Alan Swann.

I'd like the record to state that wishbone transposed my final vote total in the results...I received a DVD Draft Talk Game record 53 first round votes. I believe this record will stand for a long time.

I was pretty pleased with my list, then I got the least amount of votes for the entire round.

Thanks wishbone for the correction.

Holy God I missed all the fun in the feedback forums over the past couple days

I voted for you.

sauce07
1. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver, Alien franchise, 1979-97)
2. Tony "Iron Man" Stark (Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man franchise, 2008-present)
3. John Malkovich (John Malkovich, Being John Malkovich, 1999)
4. Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton (Paul Giamatti, Private Parts, 1997)
5. Col. Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds, 2009)
6. Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas, Wall Street & Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, 1987-2010)
7. Major T. J. "King" Kong (Slim Pickins, Dr. Strangelove, 1964)
8. The Grim Reaper, a.k.a. Death (various actors, various films, 1950-present)
9. Saddam Hussein (Matt Stone, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, 1999)
10. Casey Ryback (Steven Seagal, Under Siege 1 & 2, 1992-1995)

I thought Ripley was a great choice, especially since it added one of the few bona fide female characters to your roster. I gave you kudos for Malkovich, too. I've not seen a lot of the movies on your list, but I will say I thought you had the weakest selection in the entire game with Saddam Hussein.

He's not particularly appealing, and has been portrayed in other films (such as Hot Shots!, as noted when you drafted him). By specifying the caricature of him in South Park, you linked your selection with what is essentially a TV show parody version of a real person.

The Grim Reaper/Death was an interesting choice, and one I briefly considered when I compiled my own list of characters to draft. But the problem is that the character has appeared in so many incarnations over the years in all kinds of films that, while you had intended to pick the one from Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, I think a lot of voters were really just unsure what to make of him. No singular version really stood out to voters who were oblivious to the selection thread, when you'd made your case for which version you meant.

I don't mean to dump on you for it, of course. I took a lot of heat for selecting Optimus Prime--enough that he singlehandedly seems to have cost me victory.

Mods: please ban him for talking bad about my picks....I kid, I kid

Mods: Please ban him for joking about banning me for talking bad about his picks!