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View Poll Results: Who is the King of the Action?
1a) John McClain (Die Hard) 21 60.00%
1b) Batman (Christian Bale) 15 42.86%
2a) Indiana Jones 12 34.29%
2b) James Bond (Connery) 21 60.00%
3a) Iron Man 12 34.29%
3b) Han Solo (Star Wars) 21 60.00%
4a) Wolverine 10 28.57%
4b) Terminator 24 68.57%
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Old 06-22-2009, 10:19 AM   #1
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Batman over JohnMcClane? I realize Batman is cool and the Dark Knight was a great movie, but could Batman really walk over broken glass? He'd probably need a gadget from his utility belt. And in Die Hard 4, where the bad guy shuts down all the computers in America Batman's crime fighting abilities would come to a screeching halt when the bad guy starts tracking down Batman.

John McClane, called a "dinosaur" in some circles, still fights crime the good old-fashioned way: with a clip of ammo and a witty remark.
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Old 06-22-2009, 11:58 AM   #2
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Batman over JohnMcClane? I realize Batman is cool and the Dark Knight was a great movie, but could Batman really walk over broken glass? He'd probably need a gadget from his utility belt. And in Die Hard 4, where the bad guy shuts down all the computers in America Batman's crime fighting abilities would come to a screeching halt when the bad guy starts tracking down Batman.

John McClane, called a "dinosaur" in some circles, still fights crime the good old-fashioned way: with a clip of ammo and a witty remark.
I disagree. Batman only got exceedingly high-tech in TDK. In Begins, he was a stealth-ass fucking ninja, largely. Sure, McClane can walk on broken glass and take out a building of clumsy German terrorists, but he was really obvious about it. Gruber knew who he was like halfway through the movie. Batman, on the other hand, took out Falcone's entire shipment gang and the big man himself and nobody saw a goddamn thing.

BAD. ASS.
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I disagree. Batman only got exceedingly high-tech in TDK. In Begins, he was a stealth-ass fucking ninja, largely. Sure, McClane can walk on broken glass and take out a building of clumsy German terrorists, but he was really obvious about it. Gruber knew who he was like halfway through the movie. Batman, on the other hand, took out Falcone's entire shipment gang and the big man himself and nobody saw a goddamn thing.

BAD. ASS.
Gruber only knew who he was because Harry Ellis tipped him off. And even after that McClane continued to kick ass.

McClane all day!
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Old 06-22-2009, 02:01 PM   #4
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I disagree. Batman only got exceedingly high-tech in TDK. In Begins, he was a stealth-ass fucking ninja, largely. Sure, McClane can walk on broken glass and take out a building of clumsy German terrorists, but he was really obvious about it. Gruber knew who he was like halfway through the movie. Batman, on the other hand, took out Falcone's entire shipment gang and the big man himself and nobody saw a goddamn thing.

BAD. ASS.
John McClane is just as stealthy as Batman, given his situation. Granted, he couldn't afford to spend years learning the ancient art of ninjitsu in a foreign land honing his body to become a human weapon, but for a man in the middle of a divorce who is caught in the crossfires of a German gang's plot to rob the Nakatomi plaza with only a handgun and WITHOUT HIS SHOES, I'd say he manages pretty well.
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Old 06-22-2009, 11:06 PM   #5
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John McClane is just as stealthy as Batman, given his situation. Granted, he couldn't afford to spend years learning the ancient art of ninjitsu in a foreign land honing his body to become a human weapon, but for a man in the middle of a divorce who is caught in the crossfires of a German gang's plot to rob the Nakatomi plaza with only a handgun and WITHOUT HIS SHOES, I'd say he manages pretty well.
Yeah, he manages pretty well. But then, for a rookie ninja fighting his insane mentor that has an army of super experienced ninjas at his disposal and a stolen weapon on a speeding train destined to blow up an entire city, I'd say Batman manages pretty well too. They're incomparable threats. McClane, in Batman's situation, would have been helpless against R'as Al Ghul. But Batman, in McClane's situation, would have had that building trussed up in no time and nobody would've had to die. Even if they were a smooth-talking, bearded douchebag.
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