OT: The Best TV Characters of 21st Century bracket (The Ringer)
The Ringer put out a traditional March Madness style bracket of 64 of Best TV Characters of 21st Century bracket (according to them) earlier this week. It's been decided by fan voting for whom advances. It's currently in the Elite 8, and the voting ends each evening.
Here's a screen-shot of the final 8
A few thoughts:
-Don Draper as a 5 seed was bullshit. Should've been a 1 seed . Swap him with #1 seed Tyrion Lannister.
-Stringer Bell should've been in the tournament. Randy Marsh probably too.
-I bet the winner of Omar Little and Michael Scott will win the whole thing.
-The Millennials region is pretty damn week, especially when Fleabag and Seth Cohen got knocked out in the first round
Soprano vs Walter White should be the finale
Yea they both had to be in the same region with how they did it with the regions specified to the characters. I also forgot to mention that there's a limit of 3 characters per show. Otherwise possibly Gustavo Fring maybe would've been on the list, but perhaps they could've just got around that since Better Call Saul just has two character (Saul Goodman and Kim Wexler) and he's in that
Also think Joe MacMillion from Halt and Catch Fire deserved to be on this list, but that show had such low viewerships that that may have gone into consideration somewhat in making the list, even though it should've have.
Eric Cartman should have been a 3 seed at worst. Not a 15.
I’m just here to complain about how Dr. Gregory House didn’t make this tournament!
... unless I missed his name, and in that case I’ll see myself out...
Its clear whoever made this clearly isn't a fan of animated shows. Archer, and not even a single Simpsons or Family Guy character made this list.
Thats just mind blowing.
I love The Simpsons (I still watch every new episode ) but some of may have just been because of how much it peaked in the 90’s. Like I said, I still watch new episodes and enjoy , but that’s be honest Homer was way better in the 90s. That being said, I wouldn’t have minded if he was still on there and would’ve blindly voted for him
Charlie Kelly should also be a top 5 seed
Whoever made this bracket can fight me in the pit of death
We love Charlie
I miss playing night crawlers frank
We can play nightcrawlas, chawlie!
Walter White meeting Tony Soprano in the elite 8 is bullshit.
This is the REAL championship
Both characters were cast and performed to perfection.
Fuckin A Right!
Though Michael Scott may have made it a game in the Final Four...
Any bracket without Dr. Percival Cox from the tv show scrubs is a SHAM!
GO BLUE
Preach.
Unpopular opinion: Breaking Bad wasn't good and there isn't a single strong character in the show.
I held off on watching it forever - not really intentionally, I just didn't watch it live, and never got around to binging it.
Fast forward to now, having a lot of time at home I decided to binge it, and......wtf you guys? People liked this show? It was really, really mediocre for 4 seasons. The final season was better, but I'm not sure if that was just relative to the first 4 seasons. The finale wasn't very good.
Pinkman is the best character in the show, and even he exhibits very little growth and is fairly shallow. I just didn't get the interest in the show at all. Wouldn't recommend it over the shows that are the best of the last couple years, let alone the best of all time.
Better Call Saul is honestly a much better and deeper show. Breaking Bad was "cool" -- but it was more shock-value than real art. Except for "Ozymandias." That was art.
I love both shows about the same as both are in my top tier of all-time favorite shows, but I will say one thing Better Call Saul has an advantage over Breaking Bad is it has an extremely strong and well-developed female lead (Kim Wexler), which Breaking Bad never had (although I never hated Skyler as much as others did, but that's a whole different side-topic)
Wow UofM people talking about Breaking Bad as "ART"... now I know why you fail.
Not only was the writing piss poor, the acting was horrible, cinematography was horrible, and nothing about it was prolific in any sort of way. It was just like 99% of the garbage fed to low borns on a daily basis via the TV....shock value, that's it. It's akin to Jerry Springer...
LMAO... Liberal Arts doesn't mean Performing Arts... M ain't known as an arts school ladies.
Completely wrong. M has some of the top-ranked performing arts programs in the country.
But you do you, and keep talking straight out of your ass.
But your comment makes zero sense. I was the only person who mentioned "art", and my comment was aligned with yours. I'm at a loss. Also -- and I hate to break it to you -- M is one of the best schools for that too, my man.
I'll do you one better: Mad Men is just too damn boring -- and I am a guy that likes boring. I watched the first four seasons with my wife, and it was a damn slog the whole way.
The first season was soild enough I guess, but all of the characters are (somehow) boring sociopaths. Many of the episodes end with an anticlimatic thud-- which apparently no one notices because of the great soundtrack.
The other issue: too many bad actors in key roles. January Jones might be the worst actor in the world. I've never understood how Elizabeth Moss gets any starring roles; she's possibly the most bland actress I have ever seen.
The worst, though, is John Hamm. He's been OK in some other roles, and he does have a few good moments in this show, but he's basically a wooden plank for most of the show. His idea of showing "Emotions" is looking constipated-- the more emotional, the more stopped up he looks.
I DO NOT understand why this show was or is beloved.
Damn, I disagree with everything you said to the max, but I guess I'll just agree to disagree.
I am with you on this one. Jon Hamm on Madmen was awesome. But his post Madmen roles have been pretty underwhelming.
Never watched Mad Men. Just have zero interest in it.
Agreed.... I tried hard to see the greatness of madmen that so many people were saying it was but I just couldn't find it.
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I'm with you here. It was a fine show, but, for me, the most overrated show of all time. Mad Men was another disappointment.
FWIW, The Office, The Wire, The West Wing, GoT, The Sopranos, Southpark, Family Guy, Frasier, Martin, Fresh Prince, Narcos (seasons 1 &2), Parks & Rec, Curb...those are probably my favorites. Saved by the Bell was a childhood fave.
Love The Office and Parks & Rec, in my top shows for sure. I like Curb, slowly starting to watch that more (huge Seinfeld and Larry David fan, just never started Curb until now).
Never got into GoT or Narcos. I had zero desire to watch GoT whatsoever, after years of holding out my wife finally got me to watch a season, and the first season did nothing for me. Kind of the same with Narcos - I finally caved to see why everyone liked it and it just did nothing for me. Not sure why, but the drug cartel shows just don't excite me.
Wow... both/all complete garbage, and trash TV (Office / Parks Rec), it's really dry and low born humor... I guess if that's your thing it would be amazing, but most of it is cringe worthy at best.
Well the first season was probably the worst one. Once you get to season 2 the special effects, new characters and storylines start to make it a truly epic show.
+1
I've never understood the show, the hype around the show, or the cult-like following of Breaking Bad. If I was stuck on a deserted island and could only watch Breaking Bad or The View, I'd watch Breaking Bad, but otherwise, I just don't get it.
Al Swearengen losing in the first round? To "NoHo Hank"?
Just wrong.
I saw that. Yea that's BS. I like the character of NoHo , but that was definitely the definition of recency bias. I also personally think Sally is the best character on Barry anyway.
It is outrageous. The voters are clearly imbeciles with no taste.
I don't know two thirds of the characters.
Some of my various favorites since year 2000 that would never make such a list:
-- Count Olaf (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
-- Moss (The IT Crowd)
-- Oliver (Legion)
-- Titus Pullo (Rome)
-- Atia (Rome)
-- Joe MacMillan (Halt and Catch Fire)
-- Sterling Archer (Archer)
-- Killface (Frisky Dingo)
-- Henry VIII (The Tudors)
-- Master Shake (Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
+1 for Titus Pullo in particular.
also +1 for Joe MacMillan (Halt and Catch Fire). Incredibly underrated show and underrated character. I am just glad AMC continued to let go and last for 4 seasons.
Yes, agreed. I originally gave up after the first season but I came back to it after hearing praise for the show, and I have to say that each season was better than the one before it.
honestly, I look at your list and can't be certain any of these are real characters or shows.
During the zombie apocalypse, you can check some of those series out. They are very good and outside the realm of Dr. Lawyer Cop, MD.
Rome is a high-budget HBO series about Rome from the time of Julius Caesar onward. Marvelous actors. Well written. Lots of ribaldry (it's an HBO series, after all). Lots of plot action. Not hugely historically accurate -- is sort of to Rome what Sopranos is to the mafia.
The Tudors is a Showtime series cast in the HBO mold about Henry VIII: high budget, excellent actors, well written, highly entertaining, lots of plot action, too adult to watch with kids around, etc.
Halt and Catch Fire is a marvelous fictional series with characters who wind their ways through all the significant events of the microcomputer revolution.
The IT Crowd is a hilarious British comedy, loved by people who ever had any exposure to IT work. It's sort of like The Office, but specifically around IT.
A Series of Unfortunate events is quirky. It's sort of a kids' show (sort of because it's got all kinds of stuff for adults in it as well) -- but Neil Patrick Harris is just freaking amazing in it. I watch it for his performances.
Legion is a trippy science fiction/fantasy show unlike just about anything else. People who don't like weird things won't like it. If you like David Lynch films, 1st season Twin Peaks, Terry Gilliam films, weirder anime, etc., you might love it.
Archer is an animated series. Hilarious if you like snarky humor. It's from Adult Swim. Same for Frisky Dingo and Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
Will always upvote Master Shake aka The Drizzle aka The Fume.
Bomb Disposal:
[referring to the bomb disposal robot] I'm just having a couple of problems with it.
Moss:
What kind of operating system does it use?
Bomb Disposal:
It's er... Vista.
Moss:
We're going to die!
Omar comin'.
Loves me some Omar. Let's hope in this case it isn't true that a man has to know his limitations.
Also, Cersei? The Hound, Jaime, and Bronn are way more interesting.
Oh you have to be joking. I loved each of those other characters, but she was correctly referred to throughout the series as a "monster." Start naming the list of "bad guys" ever to bring to fruition more thoroughly devastating vengeance than Cersei in Season 6 ... after being in the absolute gutter at the end of Season 5.
She is the most-evil member of one of the most conniving and dastardly families in TV history ... not to mention that each of her incest-spawned children dies a shocking death, with her picking herself back up and trudging on ... because all that matters to Cersei is Cersei. She may be the most ruthlessly self-obsessed person in TV history. I'd say that's interesting. (Despicable, but captivating.)