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SIDEKICK TOURNEY FIRST ROUND -- Literary/Mythical Region (bottom half)

Discussion in 'Contest Forum' started by DrAstroZoom, May 29, 2008.

Vote for one in each matchup

Poll closed May 31, 2008.
  1. Felix Leiter (6)

    23 vote(s)
    57.5%
  2. Smee (11)

    15 vote(s)
    37.5%
  3. Dr. Watson (3)

    31 vote(s)
    77.5%
  4. Friday (14)

    7 vote(s)
    17.5%
  5. Renfield (7)

    20 vote(s)
    50.0%
  6. Sancho Panza (10)

    17 vote(s)
    42.5%
  7. Samwise Gamgee (2)

    23 vote(s)
    57.5%
  8. Short Round (15)

    17 vote(s)
    42.5%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. DrAstroZoom

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    Felix Leiter (6)
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    Sidekick to: James Bond
    Advantages: Stealth. Intelligence-gathering. Toughness.
    Disadvantages: Bad luck. (He’s been fed to a shark and had his wife raped and murdered.)

    vs. Smee (11)
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    Sidekick to: Captain Hook
    Advantages: Oddly genial for a pirate. Versatile.
    Disadvantages: Somewhat stupid. Greedy.

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    Dr. Watson (3)
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    Sidekick to: Sherlock Holmes
    Advantages: Skilled physician. Capable, brave and successful with women.
    Disadvantages: Intellect appears ordinary, even dull, in comparison with the brilliant Holmes.

    vs. Friday (14)
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    Sidekick to: Robinson Crusoe
    Advantages: Loyal and competent servant.
    Disadvantages: Cannibalistic tendencies.

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    Renfield (7)
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    Sidekick to: Dracula
    Advantages: Physically strong. Intelligent, if bat**** crazy.
    Disadvantages: Aforementioned craziness. Eats flies, spiders and birds, leading to social awkwardness.

    vs. Sancho Panza (10)
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    Sidekick to: Don Quixote
    Advantages: Loyal. Longsuffering. Firm grasp of reality.
    Disadvantages: Always stuck riding the burro.

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    Samwise Gamgee (2)
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    Sidekick to: Frodo Baggins
    Advantages: Unswerving devotion. Courage. Gardening skills.
    Disadvantages: Inescapable homosexual innuendo has brought criticism (though he marries at the end of “Return of the King.”

    vs. Short Round (15)
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    Sidekick to: Indiana Jones
    Advantages: Driving, gambling and martial arts skills.
    Disadvantages: “Annoying kid” factor.
     
  2. DrAstroZoom

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  3. Firesole

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    Go Short Round!



    "you crazy, Docta Jones!"
     
  4. DrAstroZoom

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    Dr. Watson the early powerhouse.
     
  5. quelonio

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    Sancho Panza should win this one. He is the only one that is from a bona fiede legendary book that changed literature.
     
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  6. Sethdaddy8

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    shortround drew samwise??? cmon shortround!!!
     
  7. Sethdaddy8

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    With characters from authors like Stoker, Doyle, Tolkein, Defoe, and Fleming...I don't know about that. All these guys had massive impacts on literature and the arts as a whole.

    But for Latin American lit...yes you're right.:up:
     
  8. quelonio

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    Yeah, but the thing is Don Quijote is to Spanish language literature what say Shakespeare is to English literature, not only that it is considered the only modern novel ever to be written, and the first department from traditionalist ideas in what literature should or could accomplish..... (which is faaaaaaar more important in the history of literature than Stoker, Doyle, Tolkien, Defoe and Fleming, which to most literature people are mainly nice little, nitch writers not enourmous literature accomplishments)
     
  9. Sethdaddy8

    Sethdaddy8 Well-Known Member

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    Im curious...so says your NYU professor? i dont know that that is the common literary sentiment. Its easy to secularize and romanticize the term "novel" , and discredit many wonderful literary masterpieces in the process. That's your school of thought, and you're entitled to it.

    Again, to call these guys "nice little nitch writers" is insulting, especially to Tolkein. Mind you, not Peter Jackson, but Tolkein. His books have reached more readers throughout the modern printing era than almost any other author. A tremendous percentage of young girls and boys grew up with his book in their homes.

    I agree though, to Spanish lit. Quijote is a juggernaut.(and im not saying it isnt a tremendous contribution to world-wide lit.) i just think you were selling these other guys short.
     
  10. DrAstroZoom

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    By the way ... for more information on Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote, look here.

    Gotta say, Q has a decent point.
     
  11. Sethdaddy8

    Sethdaddy8 Well-Known Member

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    He does, but do you throw away the whole competition because "Horatio" is one of the contestants?
     
  12. quelonio

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    I was just pointing out my favorite and the reasons I am voting for this. As for the literary importance of everyone I am going here on the basis of literary criticism and theorics. I understand the importance of characters like Sherlock and novels like the lord of the rings. But they don't take away from Doyle being a police novel writer (a very good one), Tolkien being a fantasy writer, Fleming being an adventure writer and Stoker being a horror/erotica writer. They have influenced said genres very much, but in the overall world of word play and literature, their works are minor.

    Tolkien might have created a incredible world, and his novels are utterly enjoyable. But you don't hear Tolkien's name mentioned in the same breath as Joyce, McEwan, Faulkner, Steinbeck, Philip Roth, Henry Roth, Tony Morrison. Their importance in popular culture are amazing, their importance in literature itself... not that great.
     
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