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I was watching a Death Wish marathon the other day and got to thinking about the whole Chuck Norris thing. I'm going to be honest here, Charles Bronson is much more of a Bad Ass in real life as well as in his movies than Chuck Norris. I mean really, In five movies he is a rich revenge bent killer. Pretty much the only redeeming light is that he loved his daughter and we can sympathize a little bit. Plus the Dirty Dozen, Hard Times, Once Upon a Time in the West, etc vs Breaker! Breaker! and Walker, Texas Ranger.

Thoughts?

CombatController wrote:I was watching a Death Wish marathon the other day and got to thinking about the whole Chuck Norris thing. I'm going to be honest here, Charles Bronson is much more of a Bad Ass in real life as well as in his movies than Chuck Norris. I mean really, In five movies he is a rich revenge bent killer. Pretty much the only redeeming light is that he loved his daughter and we can sympathize a little bit. Plus the Dirty Dozen, Hard Times, Once Upon a Time in the West, etc vs Breaker! Breaker! and Walker, Texas Ranger.

Thoughts?

Gave you back your "=" sign.

I will agree with all that has been said. But there is only one thing that Bronson didn't have. A weekly series that showed a roundhouse to be equal to a gun helps Chuck stay in popular culture.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW1tIpE95kc

SA

I'm with CC. Bronson is the epitome of badassness.

Just to add to the list of BadAssness;

Mr Majestyk

Breakheart Pass

Rich wrote:

Gave you back your "=" sign.[/quote]

LOL, I wish I got that joke but I am slow today....

CombatController wrote:

Rich wrote:
Gave you back your "=" sign.

LOL, I wish I got that joke but I am slow today....

Just a snide dig, CC. Your original Bronson url was missing the equals sign. One of the other Mod's must have fixed it. Feel free to take pot shots my way if you wish.

I read somewhere that Bronson wanted to be known as a serious actor. I guess he got typecast, but hey, it paid the bills. I remember seeing him with Elizabeth Montgomery in a Twilight Zone episode early in their careers.

To be fair to Chuck Norris, he's done a lot over the years--the first thing I remember him in was Good Guys Wear Black, back in the '70s. I always liked Code of Silence, which was more of a cop movie than a chop sake film.

Geez, he's 70 years old!:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Norris

Bronson. 'Nuff said.

I agree, Bronson was more of a badass in his characters, but he may not be one currently. He shed this mortal coil over 7 years ago.