Joe Pace
Favorite Fictional Characters, #65: Mark Watney
There are two reasons I love The Martian. First and foremost, it's a great story. Fresh, original, somehow weaving dense science into a...
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Joe Pace
Mar 4, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #64: Groo the Wanderer
Sergio Aragone's Groo is a childish, ludicrous figure. He is irredeemably stupid, slovenly, and clumsy, an intentional homage to Conan...
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Joe Pace
Mar 3, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #63: Ellen Ripley
Let's face it - Ripley is a badass. She's not getting rescued by the hero, she's the hero doing the saving and surviving. All of this has...
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Joe Pace
Mar 2, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #62: Rhett Butler
My attachment to Gone With The Wind stems largely (though not entirely) from a 1989 viewing in the balcony of the late, lamented Ioka...
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Joe Pace
Mar 1, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #61: Papa Smurf
Let's face it, we all know Smurf Village is a Communist enclave. It's not even a Democratic Socialist society, with elements of regulated...
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Joe Pace
Feb 29, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #60: Dana Scully
I was slow to warm to The X-Files. I eventually started watching it because Jen was a faithful devotee, and if she was making this list,...
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Joe Pace
Feb 28, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #59: Basil Fawlty
Basil Fawlty owns a hotel. At least, his wife Sybil does, and she allows him to think he does too. Running that hotel would be a joy to...
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Joe Pace
Feb 27, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #58: Haymitch Abernathy
I'm not a huge fan of the Hunger Games books or movies. Katniss is a bit too Mary Sue for me, and Jennifer Lawrence's portrayal a bit too...
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Joe Pace
Feb 26, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #57: Victor Frankenstein
In 1816, young Mary Shelley and her lover Percy Shelley visited Lord Byron at Lake Geneva. Byron suggested they write ghost stories. Mary...
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Joe Pace
Feb 25, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #56: Barney Stinson
How I Met Your Mother was a great show, then a decent one, before descending into mediocrity for the last third of its run. Most viewers...
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Joe Pace
Feb 24, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #55: Marion Ravenwood
Indy's true love, Marion was a throwback to the tough-broad school of 1930s Hollywood serials, less damsel in distress than land mine in...
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Joe Pace
Feb 23, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #54: Philippe the Mouse
Ladyhawke is an underrated classic. The plot is simple and effective, the cinematography is consistently beautiful, Rutger Hauer is at...
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