Mal in daily IMDb poll.

POSTED BY: IamJacksUsername
UPDATED: Friday, October 30, 2009 00:57
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IAMJACKSUSERNAME

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:08 PM

http://www.imdb.com/poll/

After 3106 votes he's just behind Dexter.
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Vote early, ish.

FILLYGIRL

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:38 PM

Not anymore he's not.....

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

Do not bother dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal

BYTEMITE

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 2:25 PM

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I don't like the idea of criminals being written as protagonists.

Why, we can't have shows exploring the problems in the day-to-day lives of criminals to provide commentary on the human condition and struggles for survival! Greyscale morality just leads to evil, deviancy, and imitators! Won't someone think of the impressionable children?!

ALL SHOWS MUST BE ABOUT FLUFFY PINK BUNNY RABBITS SO THEY DON'T OFFEND MY IMPOSSIBLY JUDGMENTAL PIETY!

Seriously, WTF? Why is that even a votable option?

ECGORDON

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 2:27 PM

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Originally posted by Bytemite:
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ALL SHOWS MUST BE ABOUT FLUFFY PINK BUNNY RABBITS SO THEY DON'T OFFEND MY IMPOSSIBLY JUDGMENTAL PIETY.

You got something against Anya?

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ZEEK

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 2:36 PM

Wow I didn't expect Mal to make #2 behind all those characters from more mainstream shows. Shiny.

BYTEMITE

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 2:55 PM

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You got something against Anya?

Who in the what now?

No, I just chose something that seemed exaggeratedly inoffensive. The other options were ponies, or unicorns, or maybe bear plush-toys, but they'd all been done.

I take this to mean rabbits have been done as well.

It's not that I have a problem with intentionally inoffensive shows, like children's shows. I was just pointing out what an odd voting option that is to include about a list of criminal television characters. And it's also phrased an odd way: "I don't like criminals being written as protagonists."

I'll grant you that murder, and theft, and abuse and rape, those are bad things. But it's kind of loaded, think of the reverse question: "Do you like criminals who are written as protagonists?" The "do you like criminals" part is unqualified, fictional versus non-fictional is unspecified. "Who are written as protagonists" could then be taken to suggest that fictional and non-fictional criminals aren't protagonists, they're only written that way. Which is how I initially took it.

There's an implication here, a blanket statement, almost suggesting a perspective that in the theoretical real world, no criminal could have protagonist-like qualities, and that it's wrong to like any criminal written as a protagonist.

IAMJACKSUSERNAME

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 3:28 PM

ecgordon was referencing a character from one of Joss' other shows.

I personally don't have a problem with bunnies, I think fuzzy bunnies are nice: http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/97/Mar/fuzzy.html but please don't blaspheme The Invisible Pink Unicorn (bbHhh).

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Sharp, ish.

BYTEMITE

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 3:53 PM

Ah, see, I've seen Firefly, but I haven't seen Buffy or Angel.

Yeah, sorry about that, that particular poll option just seemed odd to me, and my joke was my attempt to comment on it, but I guess it fell flat.

PHOENIXROSE

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:55 PM

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Originally posted by Bytemite:
my joke was my attempt to comment on it, but I guess it fell flat.

I giggled

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BYTEMITE

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:58 PM

:)

RAHLMACLAREN

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:16 PM

Kick it up Browncoats, we're behind again.

MUSH!

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BYTEMITE

Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:57 AM

Soup in hair, coming right up!

RIK4051

Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:38 AM

Hi all - new here, but love FF.

I also noticed Mal in the poll today and placed my vote. He's still at #2 behind Dexter. We need more votes!

RICKKER

Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:04 AM

Still #2. Against all the other names on the list I'm glad the only one he's behind is Dexter.

BYTEMITE

Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:07 PM

Hi there! Welcome and enjoy your stay.

And yes, votes.

RIK4051

Friday, October 30, 2009 12:57 AM

Final results and not a bad showing at all!

Who is your favorite criminal protagonist on TV? (Suggested by "collins0302" with additions from others)

http://www.imdb.com/poll/results/2009-10-28

Votes
Dexter Morgan from"Dexter" 3172 (23.3%)
Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds from "Firefly" 2716 (20.0%)
Tony Soprano from "The Sopranos" 1750 (12.9%)
Sawyer from "Lost" 1480 (10.9%)
The criminal protoganist I would have chosen isn't on this list. 1146 (8.4%)
Nancy Botwin from "Weeds" 628 (4.6%)
Walter White from "Breaking Bad" 440 (3.2%)
Vic Mackey from "The Shield" 424 (3.1%)
I don't like the idea of criminals being written as protagonists. 416 (3.1%)
Most of the major characters from "Oz" 374 (2.8%)
Kate from "Lost" 355 (2.6%)
Jax Teller from "Sons of Anarchy" 186 (1.4%)
Nathan Ford from "Leverage" 152 (1.1%)
Neal Caffrey from "White Collar" 136 (1.0%)
Hannah Baxter from "Secret Diary of a Call Girl"
113 (0.8%)
Ray Drecker from "Hung" 105 (0.8%)