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Saving123
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Well I guess the title says it all, I was just wondering who ya'll thought were the most active 'forumers' in this part of the AG forum. Opinions, that what this Forum is going to be, pure opinions, and yes you can say 'Me'.

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Kyouzou
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Ah, I don't know who that is...but I'm guessing he's a major political/military figure?

knight_34
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I was about to suggest Che Guevara but I was unsure of venturing outside of cartoons.

Guevara was a major figure of the Cuban Revolution. Argentinian Marxist revolutionary.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/CheProducts.jpg

From what I instantaneously recall..

Just read this please. Some of it.

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If only more people knew more about what he did in Congo, his head might not be plastered everywhere...

Wait- What the-? There's seriously a freaking doll of him? What?

Kyouzou
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Talk about iconic, I've seen his face on so much stuff yet never realized who he was T.T

knight_34
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I figure he's become such a figure that what he actually did is overshadowed by what we perceive him to be.

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I just recalled something about the Tom and Jerry movie. Watching the Nostalgia Critic's review made me remember the last time I watched it.

With Tom and Jerry having voices, it really was butchered. The silent quality of the original shorts are very marvelous indeed.

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*shurgs* thats your opinion... and umm define awesome... ill just quote something random from a tv show.

I reject your reality, and substitute my own
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Mythbusters. Oh, I love that show. Jamie Hyneman's funny.

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Bill Clinton is a great pop-icon.

The most awesome pop-icon though is Batman.

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With Tom and Jerry having voices, it really was butchered. The silent quality of the original shorts are very marvelous indeed.


I remember the bulldog could talk... Or am I watching newer episodes?

Question:
How do you define "iconic", in terms of popculture? Is it based primarily on the prevalence of one's image, or one's ideas?

For instance, if it's image, the Che is an Icon. Ideas, not so much, as Kyouzou demonstrates.

On the other hand, other people such as Phillip K Dick* might be iconic for their ideas, but I doubt anyone would recognize his picture (or maybe even his name).

And then you have to consider audience. What may by iconic in the Trekkie community might by reltatively unkown by, say, Hannah Montana fanatics. So, in order to be a Pop Culture Icon, does something (or someone) need to bridge multiple genres?

*The guy who wrote "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"**.

** The book Blade Runner*** is based off of.

*** The movie with the robots and Harrison Ford. (Not Starwars)

He also wrote Minority Report and A Scanner Darkly.
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Mythbusters. Oh, I love that show. Jamie Hyneman's funny.


I love mythbusters!! i am suprised at how long that show has been running. usually shows like that will end after a season or two
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The mythbusters are extremely popular, they even did a cameo in a CSI Las Vegas episode.

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@XVERB

Seven years.

For something to be considered a pop culture icon it has to be well known throughout society as a whole, it has to personify something and it also needs to be recognizable.

Things which cater to a specific niche can't be called pop culture icons.

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Mythbusters are awesome!

The guy who wrote "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
Off topic Question but is that a good book? I might want to read it....
Kyouzou
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Mythbusters are indeed awesome, there is nothing more entertaining about science that explosions

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