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I'm sure he's awesome; he just doesn't look the part.: Cool Old Guy

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shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#27: Mar 24th 2011 at 7:23:55 PM

Images, not names.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
LenisJates from TO, Canada Since: Aug, 2010
#28: Mar 24th 2011 at 7:44:52 PM

http://ancret.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2rm4k7 Beware, some of the other panels have spoilers in them.

How about the one about halfway down the comic with the smoking monk?

edited 24th Mar '11 7:47:09 PM by LenisJates

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#29: Mar 24th 2011 at 7:49:21 PM

Colonel Jack O'Neill?

edited 24th Mar '11 7:49:36 PM by Ghilz

INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#30: Mar 24th 2011 at 7:51:38 PM

^That looks good. Graying hair, cool gun, clearly military.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#31: Mar 24th 2011 at 8:31:16 PM

Jack O'Niell works.

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Sackett Since: Jan, 2001
Catalogue A pocketful of saudade. from where the good times are Since: Sep, 2009
A pocketful of saudade.
#33: Mar 24th 2011 at 10:45:59 PM

I think we had this talk at another thread too. I'll look around.

The colonel works. Caption to Colonel Badass?


EDIT:

Here are the candidates from that thread:

NCIS

Stan Lee

Another Bill

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However, there were suggestions that we don't picture some old guy that looks badass. Cool Old Guy is broader than that; might as well try to find something that doesn't border on Badass Grandpa.

edited 24th Mar '11 10:51:29 PM by Catalogue

The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.
Atz Since: Jan, 2001
#34: Mar 25th 2011 at 7:28:31 AM

Kevin Flynn from Tron: Legacy? There are a few decent pictures of him posing, though unfortunately I'm having difficulty finding shots of him actually doing stuff: [1] [2] [3]

Also Forsythe from Advance Wars and Zaeed Massani from Mass Effect 2. Unfortunately all the non-natural lighting in ME 2 makes it a little difficult to find pictures of Zaeed which clearly show that his hair is greying.

Raso Cure Candy Since: Jul, 2009
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#35: Mar 25th 2011 at 7:40:57 AM

The problem with all the images is the have to show the fact that he is older than the rest of the cast if the cast is in their 20s or less a 30 to 40 year old counts but if the cast is in their 40s he doesn't it's a ratio between avg cast members age with the old guy being 20+ above that.

So it's got to show a few of the younger cast members in addition to the cool aspect of the trope.

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#36: Mar 25th 2011 at 8:22:46 AM

Totally support Stan Lee

AetherMaster Since: Sep, 2009
#37: Mar 25th 2011 at 9:13:17 AM

Could theoretically be JAFAAC. Stan Lee may be a Cool Old Guy, but he's sort of an atypical cool old guy in that you probably wouldn't find him in a ragtag group of misfits.

ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#38: Apr 11th 2011 at 1:11:41 PM

Okay, this is going nowhere fast, so I made a crowner.

Let's get this settled.

And someone lock this dupe thread please.

edited 11th Apr '11 1:12:02 PM by ThePope

suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
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#39: Apr 11th 2011 at 7:12:49 PM

As I remarked... somewhere, thought it was this thread, maybe we had another on the same topic?

Anyways, I think it's a good idea for the Cool Old Guy image to not look all that Badass. There's a lot of overlap between Cool Old Guy and Badass Grandpa, but I think we're better off not emphasizing that overlap with the trope images.

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#40: Apr 11th 2011 at 7:13:52 PM

^ Strongly agree. They aren't interchangeable.

ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#41: Apr 11th 2011 at 7:15:51 PM

I think the pic of Bill has a nice middle ground. He's not really kicking anyone's ass; he's just lighting a cigarette. And has a molotov.

I'm pretty sure Badass Grandpa is an older man who can physically beat the crap out of other younger characters. Bill isn't any more physically powerful than the other Left 4 Dead characters; he's just, well, cool. Which is what the image requires.

Catalogue A pocketful of saudade. from where the good times are Since: Sep, 2009
A pocketful of saudade.
#42: Apr 13th 2011 at 10:08:08 PM

[up][up][up] You did mention it, in another thread.

I support showing a cool old guy in a strictly non-combat sense. Perhaps someone like Bertrand Russell smoking his pipe with an obvious air of grandeur.

GIS-Fu (not that good, but still):

Russell with Pipe

Old cowboy on a laptop computer

edited 13th Apr '11 10:12:14 PM by Catalogue

The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#43: Apr 19th 2011 at 6:37:55 AM

It's been over a week and Bill's in the lead...call it?

ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#44: Apr 19th 2011 at 11:37:52 AM

If there's no major change by tonight, I'll probably say call it.

marheavenangel89 Captain Mimi from TEXAS!!!! Since: Mar, 2010
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#45: Apr 19th 2011 at 12:12:08 PM

Before everything is decided....might I just quickly suggest either...

Indiana Jones from the 4th movie

Or freaking Clint Eastwood???

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marheavenangel89 Captain Mimi from TEXAS!!!! Since: Mar, 2010
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#46: Apr 19th 2011 at 12:14:26 PM

I mean they may not win...but I'd thought I'd just throw out my two favorite old Bad Ass actors out there.

This is Mimi-don't let her cuteness fool you-she's got spunk.
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#47: Apr 19th 2011 at 6:42:40 PM

They're not getting a lot of love, but since they're there, we can leave this going for another day or two.

marheavenangel89 Captain Mimi from TEXAS!!!! Since: Mar, 2010
Captain Mimi
#48: Apr 19th 2011 at 6:45:44 PM

[up] Like I said, they're probably not gonna win, but I figured I'd throw them out there anyway...I came in late to the thread.

Do we have an imagelinks for this?

This is Mimi-don't let her cuteness fool you-she's got spunk.
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marheavenangel89 Captain Mimi from TEXAS!!!! Since: Mar, 2010
Captain Mimi
#50: Apr 19th 2011 at 6:56:38 PM

[up] Oh ok, I suggest we should get around to doing it, if only because (imo) we have alot of great examples.

This is Mimi-don't let her cuteness fool you-she's got spunk.

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11th Apr '11 1:05:07 PM

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