The IMDb Daily Poll Discussion Thread: The Manliest Man on Television?

What is your favorite Cate Blanchett performance?

As Marissa in Hanna
As Marion Loxley in Robin Hood
As Daisy in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
As Irina Spalko in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
As Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth (and/or its sequel)
As Jude in I'm Not There.
As Jeanine in Hot Fuzz
As Sheba Hart in Notes on a Scandal
As Lena Brandt in The Good German
As Susan Jones in Babel
As Tracy in Little Fish
As Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator
As Jane Winslett-Richardson in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
As Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings trilogy
As Magdalena Gilkeson in The Missing
As Cate/Shelly in Coffee and Cigarettes
As Veronica Guerin in Veronica Guerin
As Philippa in Heaven
As Petal in The Shipping News
As Charlotte Gray in Charlotte Gray
As Kate Wheeler in Bandits
As Annie Wilson in The Gift
As Lola in The Man Who Cried
As Meredith Logue in The Talented Mr. Ripley
As Connie Falzone in Pushing Tin
As Lady Gertrude Chiltern in An Ideal Husband
As Lucinda Leplastrier in Oscar and Lucinda
As Lizzie in Thank God He Met Lizzie
As Susan Macarthy in Paradise Road
As Rosie in Parklands
As Vivian in Police Rescue

 

As Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator

 

Queen Elizabeth (the 1st film - haven't seen the 2nd so can't comment)

 

The Aviator. Although it's a fairly solid resume.

 

Who is your favorite bespectacled TV character? (Suggested by "ElMaruecan82")

Daria Morgendorffer from "Daria"
Betty Suarez from "Ugly Betty"
Johnny Bravo from "Johnny Bravo"
Carl from "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius "
Simon from "The Alvin Show"
Mr. Garrison from "South Park"
Peter Griffin from "Family Guy"
Meg Griffin from "Family Guy"
Brainy Smurf from "The Smurfs"
Horatio Caine from "CSI: Miami"
Steve Urkel from "Family Matters"
Dexter from "Dexter's Laboratory"
Ned Flanders from "The Simpsons"
Waylon Smithers from "The Simpsons"
Paul Pfeiffer from "The Wonder Years"
Professor Farnsworth from "Futurama"
Velma from "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"
Milhouse Van Houten from "The Simpsons"
Stevie Kenerban from "Malcolm in the Middle"
Leonard Hofstadter from "The Big Bang Theory"
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew from "The Muppet Show"
Tina Fey as Sarah Palin from "Saturday Night Live"
Liz Lemon from "30 Rock"
Geordi La Forge from "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
The character I would have selected is not on this list.

 

Off that list?
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I've got to go Muppet.

 

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"Getting the brain out was the easy part. The hard part was getting the brain out."

 

Dexter from Dexer's Lab. Second place is something like a ten way tie.

 

Can I say Scott Summers from X-Men: Evolution? I love that show. I prefer it greatly to the 90's X-Men TAS.

 

Ben Linus of course.

 

What is the best Harry Potter film to date? (Suggested by "red_identity")

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

 

Deathly Hallows Part I by several miles. A terrific film with some beautiful scenes.

 

Prisoner of Azkaban, no contest. Although Deathly Hallows has potential to equal it (pending the quality of the 2nd part).

 

POA.

 

Definitely POA

 

I don't think any are outstanding, but, then, I'm very hard to impress. POA introduced me to Remus who is awesome. I believe OOP gave me the sad history between Snape and Dumbledore. Thus, they are the ones that left inmpressions. I thought DH I was awful. I hope the finale is much better. Think it's sad that *everyone* I found interesting will die in part II...oh, well.

 

Prisoner of Azkaban. Cuaron is the only dead-set genius to tackle the franchise, and it shows. Half-Blood Prince is very close behind, and then there's daylight.

 

Only PoA deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence with Deathly Hallows Part I. The rest trail very far behind. DH Part I is such a terrific film, and I will no doubt see it again many times.

I know I'm in the minority, but Deathly Hallows Part I was a great film that happened to be about Harry Potter. The others are Harry Potter films.

 

While I think Half-Blood Prince is a great film, Deathly Hallows I is the only Harry Potter film I can see myself watching in twenty five years.

 

Here's the reported shortlist of directors for The Wolverine; whom would you most like to see behind the camera?

Antoine Fuqua (Training Day/Shooter)
Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity/Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
Justin Lin (Fast Five/Better Luck Tomorrow)
James Mangold (Knight and Day/Identity)
Gavin O'Connor (Pride and Glory/Miracle)
Jose Padilha (Elite Squad)
Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo/Never Let Me Go)
Gary Shore (an up-and-coming commercials director)

 

Mangold could possibly make it work, he's much better than any other option on this list.

 

Romanek would far and away be the most interesting choice on the list. Certainly the most stylistically driven of the bunch. Mangold lost me with the risible Knight & Day.

 

What is your favorite recent TV show featuring a "Saturday Night Live" player? (Suggested by user "kj_wiebe")

"Community" (Chevy Chase)
"Rules of Engagement " (David Spade)
"30 Rock" (Chris Parnell, Tracy Morgan and Tina Fey)
"The New Adventures of Old Christine" (Julia Louis-Dreyfus)
"The Simpsons" (Harry Shearer and Phil Hartman)
"Parks and Recreation" (Amy Poehler)
"Portlandia" (Fred Armisen)
"The Middle." (Chris Kattan)
"Weeds" (Kevin Nealon)
"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (Jimmy Fallon)
"Sports Show with Norm MacDonald" (Norm MacDonald)
Leave the rest. I'll take "Saturday Night Live" itself!!!
The show I would have selected is not on this list.

 

Mark Romanek would be an awesome choice. I am kind of disappointed Afronsky dropped out though as I want to see him tackle a comic book hero.

If we are basing it on who we like best in the respective series, Phil Hartman's time on The Simpsons is miles above any one else on that list. I also kind of get the feeling Parks and Recreation is being shoved down people's throats IMHO

 

What is the main way in which you stay connected with IMDb? (Suggested by "nnameirr")

Desktop computer
Laptop computer
Tablet (iPad, etc.)
Smartphone (iPhone, Droid, Blackberry)