Right, won"t keep you all waiting.
1 - Bear Grylls v
Ray MearsDon"t get me wrong, Bear Grylls is great and Born Survivor is brilliant. But it"s fake. Whilst Bear does a great job of constructing a hammock out of "discarded" fishing net and hauling himself into the trees I simply get the impression that Ray Mears would fashion a neat three-bed detached house with running water using nothing more than a sharpened stick and a cliff face. All whilst fraternising with the local populace with understated charm. Ray Mears is one cool dude.
2 - Bulmers v
MagnersNothing better than some nice cool, crisp cider on a hot summer"s day, trick is in the colour. Bulmers has a stronger golden colour but if you"re really lucky you might get a pint of Magners that almost looks salmon pink in the sun. Then you know you have a good one and a perfect tasty pint that can"t be better.
3 - Lister v
RimmerI love Red Dwarf. Lots. The whole basis of the books and tv show is the relationship between Lister and Rimmer. They both need each other to make the show work, but Chris Barrie is just an exceptionally funny guy and imo Rimmer is the best character by far. But he"s nothing without Craig Charles" Lister, so it"s a close one.
4 -
Live v Online
Though anyone who"s played me might assume I have a style honed by the internet, nothing could be further from the truth. Online has never really grabbed me and my true passion lies in live poker and the banter/camaraderie that entails. Volume, ease, sheer amount of money and the ability to play naked (unless you"re in a really good live game) keeps online close, so no domination here.
5 - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels v
SnatchI know Lock, Stock is generally the most popular, but I"ve always preferred Snatch. One word - Bricktop. So much better than Hatchet Harry. Snatch also helped spawn this:
And I prefer the soundtrack too
6 - Phil Hellmuth v
Phil IveyI"ll come straight out with this, this is not the domination. Too obvious gentlemen. Whilst Ivey is the best player on the planet and is one cool mother****er, the game needs people like Hellmuth. Ivey has that stare and a certain charisma to him, but if all poker players had the same mannerisms as Ivey poker would be so bloody awful to watch. I do believe Hellmuth, whilst slipping further behind a number of players, is still underrated as a whole. Yes he wins tournaments against weak fields in the main, but being a bumhunter can make you a lot of money. In tournaments, few are better than Hellmuth at this. And it"s fun to watch people take the piss mercilessly!
7 - Ricky Gervais v
Peter Kay [DOMINATION]I don"t like either. But Peter Kay did do the John Smith"s adverts and can be funny without being a self-satisfied, arrogant, egotistical, unfunny prick like Ricky Gervais. I could smack Peter Kay for walking like a twat whilst shouting about Amarillo, but I would happily beat Gervais repeatedly in his smug face until my fists fell off.
8 -
Sean Connery v Daniel Craig
Yeah, ok, easy one. Connery is Bond. Daniel Craig is playing a different style of Bond to the others and doing it very well imo. Plenty of time to continue to impress, and he did Layer Cake which I also love. Connery did The Rock however which is an epic film (even if he is overshadowed by Ed Harris). And my mum still fancies him at 80-whatever he is - I"d take looking like that at 50.
I therefore make Colin (thinsy) the "winner" - congratulations on being the only person to pick the domination - over to you for the next one.
Though kudos to JP for the Red Dwarf geekness! I"d definitely be thinking of Wilma.
