Harry Cooper vs. Rhodes

[RustyHicks]

I still say Rhodes was the greatest a-hole of the whole series. His only concern was himself, anyone else could go to hell. He loved power and control, that's why he liked his men, but when push came to shove did he help his other soldiers like the buddies they were suppose to be. He left them high and dry and he'd do the same thing too if there wasn't a zombie plague. Just to save his own behind.

[acealive1]

rhodes sees u as a threat,u just upped ur chances of him having ur back

[darth los]

So i guess the consensus is that the bigger ahole was rhodes. There seems to be more sympathy for cooper because we believe that he was just scared, in imminent danger and was just looking to protect his family. Rhodes had no such excuses. But i'll tell you guys something. There's not a more memorable character in the series imo. The performance delivered by pilato was incomparable. Who would have thought he could do that after seeing him in dawn. I think he was absolutely awful in that film. He must have took some acting lessons because in day he stole the show. You have to be really good in order to make people genuinely hate your character.

[mista_mo]

he was the best actor in the entire dead series imo...he without a doubt, pulled off Rhodes flawlessly, and his last lines were amoung, if not the most, memorable ones in the entire series (i remember it along with when theres no more romm in hell....etc.). I wanted to see his character dead and i haven't been so hateful towards a character in any movie i've seen.

[darth los]

I wanted to see his character dead and i haven't been so hateful towards a character in any movie i've seen. I think that any actor would take that as a tremendous compliment.

[sandrock74]

I said it before and I will say it again...Capt. Rhodes is my favorite villain from the Dead series!

[darth los]

I said it before and I will say it again...Capt. Rhodes is my favorite villain from the Dead series! I think it's a pity that no one could deliver a similar performance in land. I think that would have helped the film tremendously. Everyone in land seemed too bland or jaded for my taste.

[mista_mo]

yep he did it great..made his character seem dumb (come on, if someone uses cuss words so much it makes it seem like they are of subnormal intelligence), hateful, remoarseless, and generally a prick, who puts up a show of being the man in charge and being "unbreakable". However, when the platform with the zombies came down, all of that melted and you could see the terror in his face. He is part of the reason why i think Day is the best movie in the dead series.

[sandrock74]

I forgot to mention this... In the series Marvel Zombies by Marvel Comics, when Magneto is attacked and eaten by the zombified heroes, he shouts, "Choke on it!" as the zombie Hulk rips his leg off and eats it. A sad end to a good villain....but a clear refference to Rhodes.

[darth los]

yep he did it great..made his character seem dumb (come on, if someone uses cuss words so much it makes it seem like they are of subnormal intelligence), hateful, remoarseless, and generally a prick, who puts up a show of being the man in charge and being "unbreakable". However, when the platform with the zombies came down, all of that melted and you could see the terror in his face. He is part of the reason why i think Day is the best movie in the dead series. I think the constant curse-a-thon was one of the charms of that movie. You would think that it would get monotonous after a while but it seemed nescessary and fit the situation perfectly. I forgot to mention this... In the series Marvel Zombies by Marvel Comics, when Magneto is attacked and eaten by the zombified heroes, he shouts, "Choke on it!" as the zombie Hulk rips his leg off and eats it. A sad end to a good villain....but a clear refference to Rhodes. It wouldn't be the first time that people "paid homage" to gar in a film or book.

[Philly_SWAT]

But i'll tell you guys something. There's not a more memorable character in the series imo. The performance delivered by pilato was incomparable. Who would have thought he could do that after seeing him in dawn. I think he was absolutely awful in that film. He must have took some acting lessons because in day he stole the show. You have to be really good in order to make people genuinely hate your character. I dont see how you could say that he was "absolutely horrible" in Dawn. He had about the smallest part possible, which no chance to "show" us anything. I think it's a pity that no one could deliver a similar performance in land. I think that would have helped the film tremendously. Everyone in land seemed too bland or jaded for my taste. Well, I think that Joe Pilato was just doing his won thing, which GAR is famous for letting an actor do. Land had a big "Hollywood" involvement, and I'm sure the actors there didnt want to take a chance on trying to stand out, in case that attempt failed and they looked bad. I think the constant curse-a-thon was one of the charms of that movie. You would think that it would get monotonous after a while but it seemed nescessary and fit the situation perfectly. I dont know about everyone else, but if I was in that situation, I highly doubt that I would be on my best polite behavior. I'm sure that I would be cursing up a storm.

[coma]

I dont know about everyone else, but if I was in that situation, I highly doubt that I would be on my best polite behavior. I'm sure that I would be cursing up a storm. And of course its really, really unusual for a soldier to use foul language "Curse like a sailor" anyone?

[mista_mo]

I ment how he said f*ck every sentance. it made his character seem uneducated (which it does to people in real life as well)

[darth los]

I ment how he said f*ck every sentance. it made his character seem uneducated (which it does to people in real life as well) That's somehow funny to me. It's the only reason i watched jay and silent bob at all. That cursing just because you can thing is hilarious. I think gar used it to accent the stress of the situation.

[mista_mo]

oh, i know that, but i'm saying it also made rhodes come off as uneducated.