Avatar Contest for the week of Oct. 11, 2006

[StoneGold]

Theme this week: Two Fisted, Death Dealing Vigilantes.


And I'm too lazy to copy and paste that other crap in.

[Michael P]

I'm not! :)


The person who wins the last contest picks a theme, the posters all make an avatar according to what fits the theme. Come Tuesday of the next week, we vote on whose is the “best”. The only prize is that the winner gets to pick the next contest.

Please don’t suggest avatars! People like thinking stuff up themselves and it’s frowned upon. If you think of a neat Avatar idea, why not take it yourself?

[Ray R.]

I'm in....

[borateen]

I'm in with the boogey man for all two-fisted, death dealing vigilantes:

The Saint of Killers.

[HomerJay]

"In 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team."

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/HomerJay64/a-team-1.jpg

Not exactly death-dealing, but they taught me at a young age that the forces of douchebaggery can be defeated if you:
- Have clever disguises
- Have enough automatic weapons that don't actually kill anyone
- Can build any kind of apparatus if you have enough junk laying around

[Slam_Bradley]

Dibs on Greg Sanders

http://www.proudrobot.com/hembeck/vigilanteww.jpg

[Ed Cunard]

I'm going to go with the Internet Tough Guy. While he may not actually be two-fisted or death-dealing, he likes to think of himself as such--and he'll, like, totally rip your arms off and beat you with them if you think he won't!

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/par40b.jpg

Shrink, please?

[thomas_catbiscuit]

I'm going with my fav Vigilante The Punisher

[thomas_catbiscuit]

gooodd damn the double post god!!!!

[Tages]

What the hell, I'll join up.

Can someone shrink this down to av size?

http://costa.kofeina.net/uploads/recenzje/v_for_vendetta-screen01.jpg

[Michael P]

I picked someone else, so ignore this.

[Michael P]

The joke doesn't work now that I edited my other post.

[Ray R.]

I'm going to go with the Internet Tough Guy. While he may not actually be two-fisted or death-dealing, he likes to think of himself as such--and he'll, like, totally rip your arms off and beat you with them if you think he won't!

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/par40b.jpg

Shrink, please?

Dick move, man. You know I can look up your address from your ISP, and come to house and thrash you. So watch your step or I bring the pain.

You're playing with fire, pencil neck.

[Tadhg Adams]

Here you go Ed.

[Joe Rice]

Tages and Ed:

[Joe Rice]

Dan Clowes' ultimate Superhero vigilante, the Death Ray.

[borateen]

I'm going to go with the Internet Tough Guy. While he may not actually be two-fisted or death-dealing, he likes to think of himself as such--and he'll, like, totally rip your arms off and beat you with them if you think he won't!

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/par40b.jpg

Shrink, please?

What's he typing with?

[Michael P]

What's he typing with?
His tangible sense of self-satisfaction.

[Mac Danny]

Do NOT approach this man with a Screwdriver, Pillips head or otherwise.

Bernie Goetz!!

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/2/20/200px-BernieGoetz.jpg

[Winslow]

I'll go with Rorschach . . .

That part of the Watchmen where he deals with the kidnapper and his dogs was gruesome.

[Jade_GL]

I'm going with the JLU version of the Question. He is more of a vigilante badass than JLU Batman, for crying out loud. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jade_GL/question.jpg

[StoneGold]

I'm going with the JLU version of the Question. He is more of a vigilante badass than JLU Batman, for crying out loud. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jade_GL/question.jpg
Not so good at dealing out the death though...

[Cei-U!]

Not so good at dealing out the death though...

Can't say that about my pick.

"The weed of crime bears bitter fruit! Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?


THE SHADOW KNOWS!"

Cei-U!
I summon the twin .45s spitting leaden death!

[Spackling Compound]

I'm in this week with BROCK SAMSON from The Venture Brothers.

http://ffmedia.ign.com/filmforce/image/brock2004812-05_1092303677.jpg

This guy is out of control, rocks a mullet, chain smokes and still can be nanny to two clone boys.
What more would you want in a government trained special ops assassin?

[Sanagi]

Dibs on The Spirit...

[Jade_GL]

Not so good at dealing out the death though...

He tried to kill Luthor. He was going to, but had no idea Luthor was uber at the time.

I think his intent speaks for itself. :)

But I can change it if you don't think it fits. It's no big deal. :)

[Sanagi]

I really wanted the avatar to include one of the series' trademark stylized titles, but the image didn't look good reduced, I thought. Attached for comparison...

[JolietJake]

You don't get much more psychotically vigilante-ish than Travis Bickle!


http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PF/PF_919427~Taxi-Driver-Posters.jpg

[Bouncing Boy]

Nothing says Two Fisted Death Dealing Vigilante like El Mariachi, the vigilante hero of Robert Rodregez's flicks, El Mariachi, Desperado and Once Upon A Time in Mexico.

[Tadhg Adams]

When you want to talk about someone taking the law into their own hands and dealing death, none beat Judge Death.

The crime is life, the sentence is death.

http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/sputnik/53/death_he.jpg

[Mike Smash!]

Holy shit.. Not only have you guys made it hard for me to think of someone, you're going to make it hard for me to decide who to vote for as well..

Excellent choices...

[dougputhoff]

Dibs on The Spirit...

But did The Spirit ever kill anybody?

[Michael P]

Hey kids! Obscurity!

This here is Crimson Phantom Vengeance, a contestant from Todd Nauck's Wildguard: Casting Call. He had a whole Dark Avenger of the Night thing going on, but was just trying to hard. He did eventually get to lead a team of mind-controlled rejects against the twenty semifinalists, though, so that ain't too shabby.

[StoneGold]

http://www.rgstewart.com/static/2/classimgs/Batman%20Pistol%20Shelly.jpg

[Sanagi]

But did The Spirit ever kill anybody?
Dunno. I just figured he was close enough. (Almost said "in the spirit of the theme if not the letter..." but stopped myself! And then added this note telling you about it anyway!)

Weird, I miss my Link avatar now, and I didn't even use it for very long.

[StoneGold]

Dunno. I just figured he was close enough. (Almost said "in the spirit of the theme if not the letter..." but stopped myself! And then added this note telling you about it anyway!)

Weird, I miss my Link avatar now, and I didn't even use it for very long.
Actually, the death dealing thing is pretty important. Otherwise, hell, you could use Link, given that he had no official Hyrulean authority to go after Gannon.


Actually, you could use Link anyways. He killed stuff.

[Royal]

http://www.sobrecarga.com.br/images/news0406/remo_film.JPG

Remo Williams, the living embodiment of Shiva. The Destroyer.

And Chiung.

(shrink please?)

[StoneGold]

http://www.sobrecarga.com.br/images/news0406/remo_film.JPG

Remo Williams, the living embodiment of Shiva. The Destroyer.

And Chiung.

(shrink please?)
Yeah , except Remo is the opposite of a vigilante. He works for the president. He has federal sanction.

[Royal]

Yeah , except Remo is the opposite of a vigilante. He works for the president. He has federal sanction.

Damn!

Mac Bolan? AKA Mackenzie Bolanov AKA The Executioner AKA Stony Man AKA The Punisher

http://www.beedeebooks.com/shop_image/product/005821.jpg

[StoneGold]

Damn!

Mac Bolan? AKA Mackenzie Bolanov AKA The Executioner AKA Stony Man AKA The Punisher

http://www.beedeebooks.com/shop_image/product/005821.jpg
I haven't read any Executioner, but if Castle is as ripped off of him as I've heard, he'd more than work.

[thehod]

Don't mess with a man who's just trying to get home.

Yep its William "D-FENS" Foster, from Falling Down.

[Tages]

Tages and Ed:
Macintosh. Thank you, though.

Can someone tell me how to av-ize that?

[Perry Holley]

Dibs on the Spider (the pulp hero that makes the Shadow look positively pacifistic by comparison).

[Perry Holley]

As promised, the Spider, Master of Men! (http://homepage.mac.com/cdkalb/spider/)

[Greg Hatcher]

Well. Royal got Mack Bolan and Perry got the Spider and Kurt got the Shadow.

I guess that leaves me with Richard Benson. The Avenger.

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/j/justice1.jpg

[Mac Danny]

Don't mess with a man who's just trying to get home.

Yep its William "D-FENS" Foster, from Falling Down.


Awsome.. great choice.

[Sanagi]

Actually, the death dealing thing is pretty important. Otherwise, hell, you could use Link, given that he had no official Hyrulean authority to go after Gannon.


Actually, you could use Link anyways. He killed stuff.
Meh. The spirit avatar didn't turn out the way I wanted anyways. I'll withdraw.

[K'Nort]

Shek Chi-Wai. Tragic Hong Kong ghost cop and based in part on the Spectre.

http://home.earthlink.net/~rkkman/frames/charpage/chr_shek1.jpg

[Royal]

I thought Shek was the totem of Hong Kong Cinema in general?

[K'Nort]

I thought Shek was the totem of Hong Kong Cinema in general?

I don't understand the question.

[Royal]

I thought Ellis based Shek on the popularities of Hong Kong Cinema of the 90's. The Killer meets A Chinese Ghost Story.

[K'Nort]

I thought Ellis based Shek on the popularities of Hong Kong Cinema of the 90's. The Killer meets A Chinese Ghost Story.

That too, certainly. Mostly, even. He just also acknowledged it was a way to work in the Spirit of Vengeance angle at the same time.

[Fish Sauce]

I choose Sin City's Marv, played by Mickey Rourke. He has a penchant for trenchcoats, and trenchcoats are awesome.

[Mac Danny]

It's tuesday so It's time to vote.

My vote goes to thehod for the Falling Down Avatar! Haven't we all wanteed to shoot up a fast food resteraunt because of how crappy the food looks?

No?? Just me?? CRAP!

[Michael P]

I, too, will vote for thehod.

[Fish Sauce]

Ah, what? Someone did Falling Down? I was thinking of that but I couldn't remember the movie well enough to determine whether he was a vigilante or not. I guess I would've been too late anyway.

So yeah, my vote goes to thehod.

[Ed Cunard]

I'm gonna vote for Rice.

[Cei-U!]

thehod, tambien.

Cei-U!
I summon the bad day!

[Slam_Bradley]

Ray Rivard. Bronson was tough.

[Winslow]

Mac Danny - Bernie was the first real vigilante I remember.

[Ray R.]

Ed Cunard's Internet Tough Guy.

[Joe Rice]

Cunard's wins for me.

[Perry Holley]

Cei-U, for his choice of The Shadow, pretty much the classic death-dealing vigilante.

[HomerJay]

Holding with my policy of voting for the avatar that makes me angry at myself for not thinking of it first, I go with Winslow's Rorshach.

[Night]

Bouncing Boy

[Tadhg Adams]

Cunard for its relevance to our society.

[Donald M.]

Another vote here for Ed Cunard.

[Bouncing Boy]

I'm voting for Fish Sauce's Marv Avatar, "Is that all you've got?"

[Paradox]

Perry Holley. The Spider's a MEAN cuss!

[dougputhoff]

I have to go with Mac Danny and Bernie.

[StoneGold]

I'd go with Ray, if he had picked a better pic of Bronson. But he didn't. So I'm going with thehod.

[Donald M.]

The Tally:

Joe Rice, Cei-U, Bouncing Boy, Perry Holley, Fish Sauce and Ray Rivard all get one vote.

Mac Danny got two.

Ed Cunard got an impressive four votes, but our winner this week with five big votes is . . . .

thehod!

Congrats man!

[thehod]

Bugger me.

I'm away from the keyboard for a few days 'cos of beachball size tonsils and look what happens.

Right, I'll next the next contest up quick smart...