Bullz-Eye’s Badass Bracket: Final Four
A martial artist, a superhero, a gladiator, and…a college professor? The temptation to cue the “Sesame Street” song, “One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other,” has never been stronger, but as has been proven week after week, it doesn’t pay to underestimate anyone in this bracket. (It seems like a lifetime ago that Indiana Jones entered the competition as the low-seated underdog; somehow, we never saw it coming that he’d take that omnipresent bullwhip of his and use it to whip the asses of all comers.)
These four guys have fought a lot of hard battles to get to where they are today, but after several weeks of sparring, we’re finally down to the four biggest, baddest badasses of the bunch, and it’s anyone’s guess which pair will end up in that final match. Batman and Lee would certainly appear on the surface to be the more evenly matched – two masters of hand to hand combat, each with their own arsenal of bad-ass moves – but as far as Indy versus Maximus…well, we’ve seen brawn triumph over brains in the past, but, then, we’ve also seen Indy triumph over everybody.
In the long run, there are no guarantees who’ll come out victorious…but we sure can’t wait to see who finally does.
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(#2) Maximus vs. (#16) Indiana Jones
(#7) Lee vs. (#8) Batman
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This is ridiculous.
Indiana Jones SHOULD NOT be beating Maximus.
if i’d known indiana would do so stupidly well i wouldn’t have given this competition a second thought.
the only reason i did was because chuck norris got voted out in round one. if he had lasted any longer he WOULD have won and it would have been just another bullshit chuck norris page.
but even that would have been better than johnes making it to semi finals.
I’m stumped. Really, truly stumped. Indy over Maximus? Come on….
seriously, if indi wins this, i call this competition void. maximus should be taking this 1 home.
right from the start iw as expecting it to come down to maximus and rambo. maximus and batman or lee? sure, fair enough. but INDI against batman/lee and i’m going to have to call shenanigans
Are you thinking straight people? Indy – his name is legendary! He is a friggin’ legend people! Maybe you can’t realise it, but people vote and obviously want to have Indy in the great finale!
Void? Void my a*s. If you don’t like it – don’t vote!
Indiana Jones is the greatest action hero of all time. Saying otherwise is blasphemy.
Ummm… no he’s not.
And even if he was, that has nothing to do with how much of a badass he is.
Simply put, there’s no way in hell that Indy would beat Maximus in a real fight.
Jack Bauer? Maybe. James Bond? Probably. But this is just getting out of hand.
Conan would have taken Maximus and Indi together… -,-
This isnt just about fisticuffs at damn, its a clash of legendary status, and all the ingredients of what makes that character.
I daresay one of the ingredients is the actor and their other roles as well…with Harrison Ford in Blade Runner and the original Star Wars…even Russell Crowe should be worried.
This has nothing to do with Blade Runner and Star Wars. It’s Indiana Jones vs. Maximus.
Well, it should be, anyway.
It’s simple: Indiana Jones rocks. Doesn’t need to brutally bully people. He uses his HEAD. People are more often attracted and prefer this type of hero, rather than a macho fool who runs around in a skirt.
Indiana Jones!! He is TOTALLY BADASS!!! Watch an Indy film and he is the coolest guy on Earth for those 2 hours, and then he stays part of your imagination forever afterwards! He is the definition of lovable rougue (along with han solo)and has more coolness just in his hat than Maximus does altogether.
Being badass isn’t just about being the best fighter or having the biggest muscles. It’s about being the coolest Badassest person!! And Indy does kick Nazis asses too!
Maximus is pretty Badass, and is a great fighter, but nobody stops Indy. Has everyone forgot MAXIMUS DIES IN HIS ONLY MOVIE?? INDY KICKS ASS FOR 3 MOVIES, AND IS COMING BACK FOR MORE AT64!!! Indiand Jones is the clear winner of this contest. Search your heart, you know it’s true…
REMEMBER: THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL FIGHT LIKE CELEBRITY DEATH MATCH. IT’S ABOUT WHO IS THE MOST BADASS!!
DONT BASE YOUR VOTE ON MUSCLES AND FIGHTING ABILITY ALONE! VOTE FOR THE ULTIMATE COOLEST BADASSEST GUY!
MAXIMUS IS DEAD, AND HE’S GOT NO COOLNESS! NO SENSE OF HUMOR, AND NO WHIP! EVEN THOUGH HE’S GREAT AT FIGHTING, HE STILL DIED! INDY WOULDV’E GOT OUT OF IT ALIVE SOMEHOW! HE ALWAYS DOES!
VOTE INDIANA JONES!
Indy is the greatest badass ever! Maximus is only like the swordsman in “Raiders of the Lost Ark”…
I couldn’t have said it better myself johnson.
Being a badass isn’t just about brawn and muscles. Indy survived snakes, swordsmen, nazis, and the WRATH of GOD! Now THAT’S a badass!!
Dr. Jones, I think I love you!!! (Of course, my first love is the ORIGINAL. LOL.)
C’mon ppl, This contest was MADE for Indy. Indy has saved the world several times from Nazis. Who has Maximus saved? Himself? I think not, he dies at the end of the movie. Tragic hero…definitely. Bad ass…definitely. But GREATEST BADASS of all time? no. Indy uses his head, gets out of worse predicaments than Maximus ever has, uses a freakn whip and cool revolver to tackle Nazis and sword weilding freak shows, saves the world, AND gets the girl(s). This contest was over before it began. Indiana Jones IS the greatest badass of all time. Who can ride a horse AND render a tank out of order WHILE being harassed by truck-fulls of Nazis AND STILL keep a classy fedora on their head? Indiana Jones can. The fact is, the man is an icon. If you saw a silloette of Indy you could immeadiatly identify it as Indy. Maximus could be confused for any number of people. Those who think otherwise can go have their still beating hearts ripped from their chests by a fanatical cult leader…and then be lowered into a molten vat of magma.
What about Marv from Sin City? He could own everybody!!!
yeah… marv, leonidas, riddick, sergeant horvath, aragorn, mr. blonde etc. sure they all are big badasses, but still indiana is the biggest. even batman is weaker. indy 4ever!
Who’s sergeant Horvath ans Mr. Blonde?
HUZZAH for getting a statement referenced on the competition front page!!
Maximus is cool, but it’s Indiana Motherfucking Jones. He’s unstoppable.
just like his creator’s lust for treasure and gold
sergeant horvath = tom sizemore (saving private ryan);
mr. blonde = michael madsen (reservoir dogs)
I’ll be the first to admit Lucas sucks dick, but that has nothing to do with how unbelieveably fucking cool Indiana Jones is. Everyone remembers Indy from when they were a kid. The man’s a legend.
What bull. Maximus is such a bigger bad ass than Indiana freaking Jones. Maximus was the general that was the sword of the Roman Empire, almost became emperor, evaded an execution carried out by two elite prartorians, fought his way through arena fights back to Rome, defeated the Grand Champion of Rome PLUS two tigers then kills the Emperor himself, while WOUNDED in a duel and he loses to INDIANA freaking JONES!?
Give me a break, what a joke.
Let’s break it down…Maximus needed a legion of soldiers to beat primative Germans, Indiana Jones whooped the Nazis twice (technical advanced Germans!). Secondly, Indiana faced off against a swordsman…whopped his ass too…WITH A PISTOL! He’d shoot it in the air and maximus would tremble at Indiana’s terrible thunder magic! Additionally, Maxi-wuss would keep thinking about his dead family, while Indiana wouldn’t think twice about the girls he slept with…after the fight he’d just go find another one…cause he’s the real MACK! Maximus got killed with armor on, Indian has survived on leather and cotton! Plus, Indian summoned the power of the Kali stones to waste a guy who rips out hearts for a living! All that while dragging around a host of incompotent idiots on his quests…who’d Maximus have to drag around…a goofy african slave…big deal…Indiana Jones is the ultimate badass! Maximus was lucky he got half as far as he did. PERIOD.