Afterparty of Champions

You heard me. Champions. You all banded together as heroes yesterday, one and all, and served up cold justice to a mind-boggling barrage of bad guys. Well done. I'd like to thank Jerry once more for the inadvertently inspirational title that got my wheels turning, and Rey for being a good sounding board as always as I worked out the notion forming in my brain. Most of all, I'd like to thank EVERYONE who participated. With nearly 100 visitors to my “house” alone, I'd call my first Blog Party a rousing success, and I definitely plan to host more in the future. Some will be top fives; others will be decidedly different memes that I'm still mulling over. I suspect some of you may be hosting your own B.P.'s in the future—with some it's more certainty than suspicion—and you can definitely count me in when the time comes. This is a quality bunch of neighbors.

Now then, as promised, on to the after-party review. Sometimes I thought the topic was too limited and people felt limited by the lack of the words “and more” at the end of the question I posed, while in other cases it seemed too broad. I wasn't the only one who had a hard time narrowing down a list but at the end of the day, there were some interesting choices. There were overlaps and second-guessing and some humorous creativity. Hopefully I haven't missed anyone; one person wrote in today and perhaps more will be fashionably late. As the great philosopher Homer once said, “It's a party Marge! It doesn't have to make sense!”

Rey of the Bible Archive rang in first:
1. Thanos
2. Leto II, God Emperor of Dune
3. Grand Admiral Thrawn
4. Hannibal Lecter
5. Arvin Sloane

I pity the fool who didn't read what Snowball02 of Mr. T had to say:
5. The Joker
4. Commodus
3. The T1000
2. Leatherface
1. Darth Vader

Some jerk posted nearly 30 characters in the guise of the following five:
Angelus
Freddy Kreuger
Thanos
Joker
Megatron (II)

Kev, patriarch of the Bayer Family Blog, had these to add:
5. Hector
4. Joker
3. Kurgan
2. Mayor Richard Wilkins III
1. Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker tied with Angelus, and then I reminded him of Megatron II, so it's either a three-way tie or Megs eliminated the other two. Ask Kev.

Run his name through your favorite search engine and you'll find the inimitable Jerry “J-No” Novick, most recently of The Write Jerry fame. Here were his choices:
Iago
Mystique
Syndrome
Kendall Hart
Cypher

The above AverageJoe, guardian of the Omniverse had these for us:
Dr. Hannibal Lektor
Davros
Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker
Lex Luthor
Parallax/Hal Jordan

Who could forget Curt the Happy Husband? (Me apparently, since he pointed out this morning I'd left him off and this is an edit):
1. California Assemblyman James A. Hayes
2. John F. Kennedy and William Jefferson Clinton
3. Elizabeth Taylor and Larry King
4. Reality Television
5. Pornography

Grant of Stu's Rants ranted and rolled with a list of cinematic sinisters:
1. Hannibal Lecter
2. Darth Vader
3. Jaws
4. Predator
5. Agent Smith

Sarcasmo of Sarcasmo's Corner sincerely said:
1. Iago/The Joker
2. Jack the Ripper
3. Malificent/The Master(from Doctor Who)
4. Vincent Price as Edward Lionheart, Prospero, Charles Dexter Ward, Joseph Curwen, Frederick Loren...
5. The Killer Klowns from Outer Space
6. Asaji Washizu

IWantitAll of I Want it All wanted:
Lex Luthor
Michael Myers
Hannibal Lecter
Dracula
Professor Moriarty

Wendy, half of the fantastic Film Geeks, picked:
Gargamel
Majin Buu
Carnage
HAL
Randall

I've tried unsuccessfully to locate Peachwater, Tx. on a map but it must exist, because resident Jeff had this funny addition to the party:
1. Tinky-Winky
2. Dipsy
3. Laa-Laa
4. Po
5. Barney

Kev Bayer's better half Rubi reflected upon:
5. Kenneth Irons
4. Caleb
3. The Goa'uld
2. Jasmine
1. Angelus

Darrell, the other Film Geek and a Southern Conservative, gave us this list:
5. Darth Vader
4. “Sideshow” Bob Terwilliger
3. Dr. Doom
2. Amon Goeth
1. Tommy DeVito

Last but not least, Michael, or Big Orange Michael, chimed in with:
6. Locutus of Borg
5. Angelus
4. Professor Moriarty
3. Khan Noonian Singh
2. The Scorpion
1. The Daleks

Wow. That took longer to compile than I thought it would. Be sure to let me know if there are any participants I’ve left out. It was great to see such a wide range of choices, as well as which characters popped up more than once. Darth Vader, Hannibal and Angelus seemed the most common. I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one who had trouble with five. I think WITHIN this theme there are many subthemes to be explored at future parties. There will be more, although right now I need to clean up my yard. Anakin drove his speeder bike into my garage door, Hannibal ate all the fava beans, and Angelus had WAY too much to drink...it's not pretty.

Good night, neighbors! Be seeing you...