Who do I admire list

[Barcik]

No probs.  

[Matt Brown]

I had no idea the ronoldo was such a shity guy, I just admired him because he was a great soccer player from brazil. I usually dont follow european soccer, as its hard to get games and stats about it here in the states.

With that, knowing that he is such a crap head, I shall replace him with my second fav. brazilian soccer player, roberto carlos.


I still think he's good good though. loads of fun to watch.

[Barcik]

Well, I don't like him either so you will have to remove him.



Well, seriously, he does annoy me, but at least this pick I can accept.

[Nacho]

Response to MR. PANDA

Well... Roberto Carlos also annoys me, but just because he is in Madrid and I am a Barça fan   Thanks for changing your vote Mr. Panda... It means quite for some of us who felt betrayed by Ronaldo.

For the people whose contry is being envolved in famine, terrorist strikes, war or disease... for the people with REAL problems, feeling so bad about a football player can suck... but I´m just a Catalan guy whose only way to show its patriot pride is to see Madrid crushed by Barcelona.

It is very sad for me seeing that the best players of the word (some of them former Barcelona players) are being bought by Madrid, just for their greed.

Many people will say... Hey! Real Madrid earned that money... It has the right to buy them, but they don´t know the real situation... Barcelona has allways been the best economy-healthed club in Spain, Europe and the World, followed close by ManU. But since the Popular Party win, in 1996, the things had "misteriously" changed. Real Madrid was allowed to hire players in spite of the huge debts, while Barcelona was crushed by unfair laws. As an example, let me tell that Madrid received 300 million Euros just for the re-qualyfing of the terrain of ¡Two football eath ends! in the outskirts of Madrid.

Real Madrid has been aided during whole history by fascists or conservative regimes... Notice that I preffer the conservative economy managements rather than socialists systems, but one thing is talking of economy and one most different is to meddle in sport matters.

And all that has been because you´ve changed your vote to one that I like most than the previous... Imagine which post could I write if you changed your voto to one like... FIGO!  

Don´t mind me, mate  

[Matt Brown]

nah, I would have prob. picked carlos anyways.


we have that kind of problem here in the states. Its called the new york yankees...who buy all of baseball. thats why I hate it now

[Las Naranjas]

Well, several people here have cited a man who deployed troops against the Suffragettes [lets see you get the vote now bitch!], as well as striking unionists. A man who through his own folly and arrogance in a leadership he got only by right of birth, led thousands of men to death in the Dardanelles and who advocated chemical warfare against the Mesopetamian tribes (now Iraq) as a way of making them subservient to the Mandate.

All heros are villians. If there's someone to admire, they sure ain't in politics.

[plasticman]

sure, but he drank half a bottle of whiskey every morning right after waking up. i guess that counts.

about villains, heros and politics :
i kind of agree, but would your comment apply to someone like sub-commander marcos ? because i could honestly say that i admire him

[m0ds]

Here goes.

I just want to say I've admired a lot of people over the past but I can't really remember them all. For example, I've admired people I've read about etc but their names escape me now.

> Steven Spielberg. He made Jurassic Park, I would have loved to have directed it He's a satisfactory director but I admire him more for his place in the top directors.

> Jim. My former next door neighbour, he had a great sense of humour that I could never match but I wish I could, and he always had the right answers when it came to ladies!

> Timmy Mallet. I wish I could be as insane as him and get away with it.

> The creators of LBA and LBA II. Thats the kind of game I wish I had made.

> Helm. His artistic abilities outstound me, and his art makes me jealous

> Beth. Because she has so many friends and if I was a girl I'd want to be her! LOL

I'd like to admire weather too, but its not a person.

m0ds

[Scid]

Political: Nelson Mandela, Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Raoni, Baby Jesus.

Music: Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Muddy Waters.

Comedy: Kamagurka, Monty Python, Matt Groening.

Sport: Maradona, that guy who ran the first marathon and died, Pele, Mohammed Ali.

Movie Characters: The dude, Sam from LOTR, and Oscar Schindler's accountant.

[Bluke4x4]

OK.

George Lucas: Guy who made Star Wars and helped with Indiana Jones and made Lucasarts which made Monkey Island.

Mike Judge: Made one of the best movies ever: Office Space! Also the creator of Beavis and Butthead and co-creator of King of the Hill

Michael J. Fox: For starring in the best movie series ever: Back To The Future!!

Any Telemarketer or Spammer: For not getting their a** kicked for the crap he or she does.

Chris Jones: If you don't know who this guy is get out of this forum. Right now!

Adam Sandler: Best actor of all time!

John Cleese: For starring in the Monty Python films and Rat Race and Fierce Creatures, and A Fish Called Wanda.

Weird Al Yankovic:Check this out.

William Gaines: The (dead) founder of MAD magazine.

[Ben]

Frank Black, Musician -- One of the most influential musicians in the 80s and 90s.

John Lennon, Musician -- All the Beatles are great, of course, but I think Lennon had the most talent.

Jimmy Carter, President -- Bad politician, good human being

Martin Luther King Jr, Ghandi, Activists -- For civil disobediance and changing peoples' lives.

Kurt Vonnegut, Writer -- Unique, interesting stories that mean something

Bill Watterson, Charles Schulz, Cartoonists -- For growing roses among all the horse shit out there

I know there's plenty I've forgotten. I'll add more later..

[Sylpher]

http://www.sylpher.com/Heros.html

[Robert Eric]

-Robert Eric

And that's about it.

[PeaceMan]

God- The absolute power.

John Lennon- He had the talent but McCartney tried to take the fame. Believed in world peace too.

Bob Dylan- Great song writer.

Forrest Gump- If you think about it he looks on life in a better way than some.

Edit: I'm adding these I just thought of

George Orwell

Johnny Cash

[Ben]

I was actually going to put Forrest Gump on my list  
but I decided to only use real people.

[Gonzo]

Jimi Hendrix (musician) - little needs to be said, he was a genius. As well as being a truly fantastic guitar player, also remember his constant quest for interesting new sounds and production, it was this adventurousness which made the Experience debut album one of the most influential ever. But one of the other great things about him for me is his lyrics, he was wonderful with them. 'Castles Made Of Sand' is a good example. This guy never made a bad album - well, he only made the 3 studio albums, but they were all incredible.

The Beatles (musicians) - The Beatles were fantastic and I admire all of them greatly. Paul has always been my favourite, but it was the fusion of those four personalities which made it work, no doubt about it.

George Lucas (director) - Most of my friends hate 'Star Wars' but those films (the originals) are special to me. Also they made a lot of the other stuff I like possible - Indiana Jones for example, and LucasArts games.

Harrison Ford (actor) - as Han Solo and Indiana Jones, he was the king of cool in two of my favourite movie trilogies. 'Nuff said really, he's just great.

The Simpsons writers (comedy writers) - They created the funniest and best thing to ever grace a television screen, so hats of to them. IMO, The Simpsons is still going strong, not many think so though...

The Python crew (comedians/writers) - they were pretty funny. I think 'The Meaning Of Life' is an all-time great.

There are a few other people who I actually know who I kind of admire, but that's about all I can think of right now.

[MonkeySpank]

quite a lot of people pop into my mind, but I'll just write down the ones who probably affected my life a lot.

David A. Gemmell - writer
Timo Tolkki - guitarist/songwriter
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - guitarist/songwriter
Chuck Schuldiner - a legend

[Nine Toes]

Hmm... this is tough... well lemme start with the basics...
Dimebag Darrel - Guitarist.  This guy has the know how and skills when it comes to guitar... I'd sell my soul for a chance to be able to play like him.
Bill Gates - basically cuz he started his life as a nobody, like all of us do, and now a few decades later, his net worth is something like 40 billion...
Ron Jeremy - Porn Star. Come on, look at this guy... he looks like a troll... but he's slept with some of the most attractive women in the world, he's set a couple records, multimillionaire, get's more booty than Hugh Hefner (oh yeah, he's another one too...).  Ron Jeremy is proof that anyone, has a chance.
George Romero - Film Writer/producer.  This man is responsible for the original black and white Night Of The Living Dead.  It doesn't seem like there are any people out there besides this guy that are as obsessed with zombies as me (John Russo helped with the movie, and is responsible for the newer Living Dead movies, but what's with the whole "brains" thing?)
Albert Einstein - Physicist, astronomer; hell, what didn't this guy get into?  This man's theories on relativity are brilliant.
Steven Hawking - Genius.  I think he's the smartest man in the world, which is cool, but it sucks cuz he's in a wheel chair and uses a computer to speak.
Plato - Philosopher. The father of modern thought.  "I think, therefore I am."
Michaelangelo - Artist.  Come on, give this guy some credit... he painted the entire ceiling of some stupid church with a giant mural, and he wasn't afraid to push the envelope, think of David.
I suppose that's all the better I can do...

[plasticman]

i wouldn't stake my life on it, but from what i remember it was Descartes who said cogito ergo sum...

[Las Naranjas]

Russo didn't really have that much with Return of the Living Dead, since Dan O'Ban realised that he was shit and rewrote the script, doing an absolutely brilliant job too, and essentially barring him from the whole creative process. Russo's sole contribution was a licence (luckily).

Russo did do a bit with Return 2, which is why it was dreadful, along with the 20th anniversary special edition of Night, which was awful.

And plastic man is right.