A-holes of SCIFI
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RobertScorpio
Pariah
Jean-Luc Picard. Maybe not an asshole, but definately an arrogant SOB sometimes...
Rob
Rob
Oldman and Willis practically made that film, which is interesting considering that neither of them really met each other in the story.
Calling Capt. Jean Luc Picard an asshole should be treasonous!
In all seriousness though, I nominate Starbuck fron nuBSG, (although c*nt is more appropriate) Colonel Telford from SGU, any of the company people from the Aliens universe, Mal Reynolds (at times) and Rygel (although he was a lovable a-hole).
In all seriousness though, I nominate Starbuck fron nuBSG, (although c*nt is more appropriate) Colonel Telford from SGU, any of the company people from the Aliens universe, Mal Reynolds (at times) and Rygel (although he was a lovable a-hole).
MeanJoePhaser
Admiral
Cigarette Smoking Man aka Cancer Man from THE X-FILES, a total asshole.
And of course the Major Asshole of sci-fi films...
And of course the Major Asshole of sci-fi films...
Captain Jellico was a grade-B prick. Senator Kinsey was a grade-A prick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4TLto-nKfU
Dr. Rodney McKay on Stargate Atlantis. His heart was generally in the right place but that didn't stop him from belittling everyone else's intelligence whenever he got the chance.
Eric Cartman on South Park (such an outlandish show that it must qualify as sci-fi). The character is pure id. He is the embodiment of every conceivable human vice.
Gaius Baltar on (the new) Battlestar Galactica. He sold out humanity for a piece of Tricia Helfer poon-tang.
Dr. Owen Harper on Torchwood.
Dr. Kurt Mendel on Odyssey 5.
Ronny Cox should get a special award for being an a-hole. So should Michael Ironsides. They are just great at what they do.
I think Dean Stockwell was a snot on BSG.
Kevin Sorbo-for helping screw up Andromeda even more than it was already screwed.
George Lucas for giving us Jar Jar Binks and not being man enough to kill him off.
Paul W. Anderson-for multiple crimes, including AVP.
Daniel from the original V.
Jayne Cobb from Firefly/Serenity, but in a lovable way.
Jack O'Neill, from SG-1; he just got too damn snarky for me toward the end.
Alvin Kersh, from the X-Files.
Abe Ellis, from Stargate Atlantis.
Rodney McKay, from SG:A.
Dr. Rush, from Stargate Universe.
I think Dean Stockwell was a snot on BSG.
Kevin Sorbo-for helping screw up Andromeda even more than it was already screwed.
George Lucas for giving us Jar Jar Binks and not being man enough to kill him off.
Paul W. Anderson-for multiple crimes, including AVP.
Daniel from the original V.
Jayne Cobb from Firefly/Serenity, but in a lovable way.
Jack O'Neill, from SG-1; he just got too damn snarky for me toward the end.
Alvin Kersh, from the X-Files.
Abe Ellis, from Stargate Atlantis.
Rodney McKay, from SG:A.
Dr. Rush, from Stargate Universe.
Picard from the very first TNG novel...Ghost Ship from TNG, I think.
Jellico: He covered up Troi's T&A, the only interesting thing she had going for her.
The ENTIRE government we saw in Starship Troopers: If you're not in the millitary, you have no rights. And using WW2 style propaganda to make enlisting look like some glamours thing. And being in the millitary gives you all these political rights and so on....yet the life expectancy of the typical Starship Trooper, upon leaving for the front, can be measured within weeks, if not days....there's hardly anyone left to benefit from those 'rights'. Only good job to get in that universe is an ubdertaker.
Plus I BET you that the humans were invading the insects' territory.
UNIT (Of the current Dr. Who): The UNIT from the classic series, under Lethbridge Stewart, did recognize human rights, now it's more of a regime that Dick Cheney would give Dick Cheney a hard-on.
Dick Jones and Bob Morten of OCP: Bob deliberatley had the police departments restructured so that there'd be alot of mangled cops, just so he could get the Robocop project done within a 90 day deadline. Dick Jones making friends with Bodicker, and killing Bob, just cause Bob made him look bad in front of the old man. The Old Man, while he was the ONLY guy, except maybe Johnson, who had any shred of decentcy in the entire company....though the old man was made into almost as bad as the rest of OCP in the second film, and in the HORRIBLE third film, Johnson was made into an asshole as well, though not AS bad as any of the others.
Davros: Gave the Daleks the short end of the stick. Thanks to Terry Nation's insistence that all post-Genesis Dalek stories must have Davros, pretty much wrecked the Daleks' image in the 1980's. Nation said Davros would make the Daleks "More interesting"....BUT....each Dalek story after Genesis of the Daleks were horrible...the story centered on Davros and making the Daleks into pretty much mindless drones. The line in Destiny of the Daleks of, "A race of robots" could pretty much be truth, since the Daleks, who were rightful terrors from The Dead Planet to Death to the Daleks, were reduced to nothing to a gang of trouble makers getting their asses kicked, and being slaves to logic. The Daleks from the early 60's to the mid 70's showed the Daleks being very capable of independent and clever things, plus they actually had personalities, especially the early Dalek stories. Rememberance of the Daleks was good, until that IDIOT Davros, playing a wannabe emperor (For a GOOD emperor Dalek, read the 1960's Dalek comics, the Golden Emperor in it was a real leader.), caused Skaro, the Dalek homeworld, to be destroyed simply because the Doctor made him have a temper tantrum. Davros should have STAYED dead after Genesis of the Daleks.
The Jedi: Yes. All of them were a bunch of uppitty-puppity jerks living in an old fashioned, outdated, dogmatic fashion....neither showing flexibility, nor change. And they could not tell who the real threat was, who was literally a next door neighbor...and they treated Anakin like a knock-out freak...which in turn helped make Anakin the villian he would later become. The only Jedis I like were Qui-Gon...he was not your typical pompus asshole Jedi...he was quite likeable and had the balls to speak his mind. Young Obi-Won in the same story was likeable as well....he started becoming the typical holier than thou Jedi in Ep2. Luckily he mellowed out as he got older...but lying to Luke about his father was below the belt.
Buzzwang from Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers: Only flaw in an otherwise excellent series.
And the worst asshole of Sci-fi.....
~Drum roll~
That useless bitch, Miss Mary Whitehouse. Anyone from the UK will know what I'm talking about.
Jellico: He covered up Troi's T&A, the only interesting thing she had going for her.
The ENTIRE government we saw in Starship Troopers: If you're not in the millitary, you have no rights. And using WW2 style propaganda to make enlisting look like some glamours thing. And being in the millitary gives you all these political rights and so on....yet the life expectancy of the typical Starship Trooper, upon leaving for the front, can be measured within weeks, if not days....there's hardly anyone left to benefit from those 'rights'. Only good job to get in that universe is an ubdertaker.
Plus I BET you that the humans were invading the insects' territory. UNIT (Of the current Dr. Who): The UNIT from the classic series, under Lethbridge Stewart, did recognize human rights, now it's more of a regime that Dick Cheney would give Dick Cheney a hard-on.
Dick Jones and Bob Morten of OCP: Bob deliberatley had the police departments restructured so that there'd be alot of mangled cops, just so he could get the Robocop project done within a 90 day deadline. Dick Jones making friends with Bodicker, and killing Bob, just cause Bob made him look bad in front of the old man. The Old Man, while he was the ONLY guy, except maybe Johnson, who had any shred of decentcy in the entire company....though the old man was made into almost as bad as the rest of OCP in the second film, and in the HORRIBLE third film, Johnson was made into an asshole as well, though not AS bad as any of the others.
Davros: Gave the Daleks the short end of the stick. Thanks to Terry Nation's insistence that all post-Genesis Dalek stories must have Davros, pretty much wrecked the Daleks' image in the 1980's. Nation said Davros would make the Daleks "More interesting"....BUT....each Dalek story after Genesis of the Daleks were horrible...the story centered on Davros and making the Daleks into pretty much mindless drones. The line in Destiny of the Daleks of, "A race of robots" could pretty much be truth, since the Daleks, who were rightful terrors from The Dead Planet to Death to the Daleks, were reduced to nothing to a gang of trouble makers getting their asses kicked, and being slaves to logic. The Daleks from the early 60's to the mid 70's showed the Daleks being very capable of independent and clever things, plus they actually had personalities, especially the early Dalek stories. Rememberance of the Daleks was good, until that IDIOT Davros, playing a wannabe emperor (For a GOOD emperor Dalek, read the 1960's Dalek comics, the Golden Emperor in it was a real leader.), caused Skaro, the Dalek homeworld, to be destroyed simply because the Doctor made him have a temper tantrum. Davros should have STAYED dead after Genesis of the Daleks.
The Jedi: Yes. All of them were a bunch of uppitty-puppity jerks living in an old fashioned, outdated, dogmatic fashion....neither showing flexibility, nor change. And they could not tell who the real threat was, who was literally a next door neighbor...and they treated Anakin like a knock-out freak...which in turn helped make Anakin the villian he would later become. The only Jedis I like were Qui-Gon...he was not your typical pompus asshole Jedi...he was quite likeable and had the balls to speak his mind. Young Obi-Won in the same story was likeable as well....he started becoming the typical holier than thou Jedi in Ep2. Luckily he mellowed out as he got older...but lying to Luke about his father was below the belt.
Buzzwang from Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers: Only flaw in an otherwise excellent series.
And the worst asshole of Sci-fi.....
~Drum roll~
That useless bitch, Miss Mary Whitehouse. Anyone from the UK will know what I'm talking about.
Cigarette Smoking Man aka Cancer Man from THE X-FILES, a total asshole.
And of course the Major Asshole of sci-fi films...
this one's in my all time top 3 fav films!
"my god, i'm SURROUNDED by ASSHOLES!!!"
Maggie Beckett from Sliders certainly counts as one, it was so bad they had to soften her up in later seasons to make her bearable.
Cat from nuBSG and Ana Lucia from Lost are two other candidates.
Another vote for Jellico, I would've put in for a transfer is that AHole came onboard the Enterprise.
Agent Broyles on Fringe started off as one but became more humane as the series progressed.
Cat from nuBSG and Ana Lucia from Lost are two other candidates.
Another vote for Jellico, I would've put in for a transfer is that AHole came onboard the Enterprise.
Agent Broyles on Fringe started off as one but became more humane as the series progressed.
If this had been an avatar contest, MeanJoePhaser would have won.
where's Tim Kring?
everyone in District 9 except for Christopher's kid(& even he threw a lolipop at Wikus' face.)
darkwing_duck1
Vice Admiral
Some not yet mentioned:
Richard Woolsey from Stargate SG-1
Major Samuels from Stargate SG-1
Col Maybourne from Stargate SG-1
nuG Starbuck
nuG Tigh
Ham Tyler from the original V
Richard Woolsey from Stargate SG-1
Major Samuels from Stargate SG-1
Col Maybourne from Stargate SG-1
nuG Starbuck
nuG Tigh
Ham Tyler from the original V
Nowhere Man
Commodore
Stripe from Gremlins
I will also name Donald Lydecker from Dark Angel.
I also nominate everyone *else* from nuBSG. Except for Adama.
Not to start a Starship Troopers debate, or a film vs. novel thing, but practically everything here is wrong.
Can we include fantasy? If so, I want to include Feanor. I guess it's really the Valar's fault for not establishing a better legal system governing derivative works or the ownership of common goods like the light of Laurelin and Telperion. If Feanor had been required to sign some kind of contract with the Valar giving them the right to reclaim the silmarils in the event of the destruction of the Trees, all kinds of nastiness could've been avoided.
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