Progressive Boink

[Nicholas]

i don't disagree, but in this instance i'll take the trailblazing gunblazer

[Shamrock]

the shootist and the quiet man are better than anything clint eastwood has ever done

Good/Bad/Ugly, Mystic River, Unforgiven.

Plus, according to wikipedia, he inspired the Gunslinger from Dark Tower, Master Chief and Boba Fett.

[Randy Jones]

unforgiven's really the only one in the same league as those two, though

[emily]

And Mystic River is AWWWWWWWWFUUUUUUULLLL.

[Randy Jones]

it so is but the red sox won the world series so suddenly boston is the most awesome place in the world for a movie and all movies set there are instantly a billion percent better

[Dollo]

Both are indirectly responsible for people doing horrible impressions of them and their 'catchphrases'.

Modern day Clint Eastwood pisses me off with the collective directorial circle-jerk that occurs around him during award season. But on the other hand, I don't like me ANY John Wayne films.

Voted Eastwood.

[Bismark]

it so is but the red sox won the world series so suddenly boston is the most awesome place in the world for a movie and all movies set there are instantly a billion percent better

yes, thank goodness for the red sox so movies could start being made in boston for the first time

[B]

the shootist and the quiet man are better than anything clint eastwood has ever done

holy shit, qfe

he inspired Master Chief

Did Clint Eastwood play Samus at some point?

[Rusty Cooledge v2]

My friend has the middle name Wayne as a tribute by his father to Mr. John Wayne.

And Good Ol' J. R. loves John Wayne, so, I dunno. John Wayne.

[Kristen]

Didn't John Wayne get people black-listed? Voted for Clint.

[Justin]

I guess the reason I would say that I like Clint Eastwood better is that he holds up a lot better. John Wayne was tough and John Wayne was strong and John Wayne would beat you up to save some dame or whatever but he almost always did the right thing fairly straightforwardly (definitions of "the right thing" may vary but it is probably the one that involves shooting people). By the time Clint Eastwood rolled around, people'd realized that "character who always does right thing" is pretty boring, so Clint made his fame off of being a morally questionable squinty-eyed badass. I tend to think that gives him a lot more character than a guy who is basically a conduit for DO THE RIGHT THING.

clint eastwood would feed his baby formula.

[Jon]

Eastwood. This is an easier vote than Lincoln-Oprah.

[James]

clint eastwood would feed his baby formula.

he'd also give him a cigar to chomp on and mess up his eyes so he's got a permanent squint at 2 months

[Kristen]

I am a little bit surprised that so many people would vote for a self-described white supremacist.

[Randy Jones]

it so is but the red sox won the world series so suddenly boston is the most awesome place in the world for a movie and all movies set there are instantly a billion percent better

yes, thank goodness for the red sox so movies could start being made in boston for the first time

after the sox victory movies made and set in boston are critical darlings, regardless of how terrible they may be (mystic river)

[Nicholas]

Mystic River was made in 2003.

[Alan]

I am a little bit surprised that so many people would vote for a self-described white supremacist.

at least he's honest about it

[AudeSapere]

John Wayne was targeted for assassination by Joseph Stalin

I might not vote for him, but that's pretty bad-ass. And pretty American.

I would like to thank Folby for creating this contest so that I can learn fun new facts about celebrities from the Internet.

[B]

I like how Kristen (or whoever) can find a problem with any American hero. You'd have to put, like, Danny Tanner in there for her to not find a problem with him. And then she'd just go "HE COULDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE MARRIAGE TO VICKY VOTED (whoever)"

[Rusty Cooledge v2]

I am a little bit surprised that so many people would vote for a self-described white supremacist.

its time like this cultural relativism comes in handy