There Are Just Some People Who Define Their Roles - Like Davy Jones, Batman And Snake

[POS Industries]

Originally Posted by The Gunslinger

David Tennant is The Doctor

You seem to have misspelled "Tom Baker." Easy mistake.

Originally Posted by Eldezar

Quacky Duck is Batman.

I believe you mean Plucky Duck.

Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

Well considering Davy Jones wasn't really a character in anything else(Davy jones being a reference to the seas/god of the seas) I don't know what lese you would think of in relations to Jones.

Well....

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Originally Posted by POS Industries

You seem to have misspelled "Tom Baker." Easy mistake.

It's so easy that you also misspelled "Jon Pertwee".

Well....

You could have also gone here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL7jjt-xDIk

[CelesJessa]

Originally Posted by Osterbaum

Only for crazy MGS fans.

Shush you.

It's not like anyone ever remembers Hayter for any of his other roles.

One thing that I always think is interesting is when voice actors/actors really get into their role. Like Vic Mignogna wrote songs inspired by the series he's in, and David Hayter is a huge dork.

[POS Industries]

Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

It's so easy that you also misspelled "Jon Pertwee".

I'm perfectly willing to believe that both are acceptable spellings.

You could have also gone here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL7jjt-xDIk

I suppose I could have but I no idea what I'm looking at here.

[krogothwolf]

Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

It's so easy that you also misspelled "Jon Pertwee".

Really SMB, Really? You need your polarities reversed! Tom Baker is Doctor Who!

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Originally Posted by POS Industries

I suppose I could have but I no idea what I'm looking at here.

Davy Jones was the original stagename of Bowie. But I can't think Bowie without thinking Bowie's in Space.

[tacticslion]

Originally Posted by krogothwolf

When I see Superman, I think Christopher Reeves. I still do even after all these years.

Oh, heck yes. I mean, Reeves is really the high-mark of Superman anyone would have to successfully overcome to be Superman on the silver screen. They tried it with Brandon Routh in Superman Returns, and it didn't work out that well, although I thought Kevin Spacey did a great job with Luthor. It doesn't matter that the last two were absolute garbage - Reeves was magnificant in all of the movies as Superman. He truly defined the role.

Also, although he's a great actor who I could see in many other roles, Robert Downy Jr. is probably the only Tony Stark for me from now on. Seriously, he's a great Stark. It's not just the first person to play the part, either: MacGuire's a good spiderman, but I think it could be done better by someone else, in a different film series. I would not, however, want the same continuity. That would be awful.

Two actors who are defined by their roles are Spock and Harry PotterSpock Leonard Nemoy and Harry Potter Daniel Radcliffe (the latter who, I'm embarrassed to admit, I actually had to look up just now because I momentarily forgot his real name). Nemoy spent years trying to get people to think of him as anything other than "Spock", even writing the book "I Am Not Spock". Eventually he had to give up and wrote "I Am Spock" (among others that self-identified him with Spock). Daniel Radcliffe is undergoing a similar situation, attempting to seperate himself from the Harry Potter character while mantaining his bond with the Rowling mythos. It's sad: a few months back, while perusing Barnes and Noble, I came across a kids book that explained why Daniel Radcliffe was not the same person as Harry Potter ("he has his own, unique style"). Shortly thereafter at the grocery store, I saw a magazine (maybe People?) while checking out that listed reviews of stars (across the top, with pictures): Miley Cirus (in Hannah Montanna garb), Robin Kenny (with an image from a music video), two or three other actors and singers with roles they were famous for, and... Harry Potter. Not Daniel Radcliffe. I had to look up who the heck Robin Kenny was, but they listed Radcliffe as Harry Potter, with no mention of his real name. I understand any drive or need he may feel to seperate himself.

It's not just the first person to

As far as Batman: Kevin Conroy. No. Way. Around. It. He looks nothing like Batman (meeting him was really cool), but his voice is too iconic for my wife and I for anyone else to come close. Keaton just never looked the part for me, while Bale just seems... I dunno either too much or too little. And Adam West never played anyone other than Adam West playing X as Adam West.

Similarly to Conroy, Hammil is forever the Joker's voice (and Luke Skywalker). That said, I was impressed both by Nicholson's live Joker and Ledgers'. I've heard the arguments for both, but ultimately, they're very different Jokers. Nicholson makes a Joker that fits in with the comics a bit more, visually and vocally, but his personality divurged in odd ways from the apparent tone of the film. Ledger seems to have been the better actor of the two, and his personality fit far better into the Nolanverse.

Speaking of Star Wars: Ford is Han Solo. No one could ever play Han Solo after Ford. Really, it's that simple. Ford is also Indiana Jones. No one could ever play Indiana Jones after Ford. Also that simple. Ford managed to define both roles - two very iconic, very different roles* (one is a semi-womanizing action-hero rogue-smuggler who settled down with a tough brunette after a lifetime of adventures, while the other is a semi-womanizing action-hero ranger-scholar who settled down with a tough brunette after a lifetime of adventures! Totally different!) while managing to hold his own career very seperate from either.

Really, I think it comes down to, "is X-as-Y iconic enough for a large population to instantly think of X when they think of Y" and that happens with different people in different times. Enter the Doctor Who discussion...

[Seil]

It's not like anyone ever remembers Hayter for any of his other roles.

Part Human, Part Alien, All Hero.

[Nikose Tyris]

Originally Posted by POS Industries

I'm perfectly willing to believe that both are acceptable spellings.

Really, cause neither of those look like Sylvester McCoy, or Ecclestone.

I'm actually quite torn. McCoy is the better Doctor but doesn't have the sex factor of Ecclestone.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Mccoy is pretty good but I never really got Ecclestone.