Most Macho Death Scene

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2002-10-13 03:46pm

Alsoi from 40K:

Sanguinius: He know's he can't defeat Horus, but he fights to the end and it was probably the opening in Horus' armouir that he made that allowed the Emperor to kill him.

Rogal Dorn: Went on a mad boarding frenzy through a Chaos fleet taking out the bridges on most of them and even after his retinue was gonew he continued to the last, biggest, baddest shp in the fleet and died taking out the bridge! All that reamained of him was a hand IIRC.

Ferrus Mannus: Primach of the Iron Hands. Went to Isvaan V with 4 other legions and his own to take on Horus' legion. Upon landing 3 of the legions accompanying him turned traitor (IIRC), leaving 2 loyal space marine legions against 4 traitor ones. Like all primachs he fought to the last, buying time for the few survivors to escape.

40K is full of macho deaths and my army commander seems to have one every 3 games

Also from SW

Borsk Fey'la: Redeems himself for wrecking the NR by going out in style, taking (IIRC) 25000-50000 Yuuzhan Vong with him including the commander of the ground forces

kheegster · Post by **kheegster** » 2002-10-13 05:13pm

Does real life count? Mine would be NYFD firefighters circa Sept 11 2001. But I've got a strange liking for kamikaze pilots as well

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KG

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-10-13 05:17pm

kheegan wrote:Does real life count? Mine would be NYFD firefighters circa Sept 11 2002.

KG

I'd certainly call that brave, but no real life doesn't count. Real life incidents that have been made into movies or something along those lines count.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2002-10-13 05:32pm

As far as recent SW goes, the deaths of Anakin and Ganner have to take the cake. True bravery in the face of danger.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2002-10-13 06:27pm

Sean Connery in The Untouchables. For sheer stubborn hardbastardness in the face of bullets.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2002-10-13 07:48pm

If we're using books too, then Chewbacca's death in Star Wars Vector Prime. That bastard tried saving Anakin and those crazy people. In the end he howls a warriors cry at the moon.

ID4 Dennis Quads character ramming the mother ship right up the...heh.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-10-13 08:33pm

The Ghost in the Armigo cut scene in Star Craft comes to mind. Scared shitless but still manages to nuke the station.

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2002-10-13 08:50pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:The Ghost in the Armigo cut scene in Star Craft comes to mind. Scared shitless but still manages to nuke the station.

I don't think that guy was a ghost. Ghosts are highly trained covert opratives with much bigger guns. He looked more like a armed civilian, a miltiaman. A ghost would of been calm, set that fucker on a time, cloaked, got the hell out while the marines were slaughtered, get to the ship and away before the bomb blew.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-10-13 08:53pm

No he was no ghost, probably one of the ones they toss in an SCV but no certinly no ghost, maybe not even a marine

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2002-10-13 08:55pm

Wait me and Bean agree?

Fuck the universe is colap...

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-10-13 11:58pm

I really have no idea, Ghost was just a guess. But the gun was very similar to the one Ghosts are seen to have in brief glimpses when you have them selected

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2002-10-14 12:56am

I agree with DW's assessment of the soldiers in Black Hawk Down.

I also would like to nominate King Arthur, who "died" while sailing back to Avalon, having been mortally wounded by Mordred, and who had killed Mordred in the process.

Other good candidates include: Ganner Rhysode, Beowulf, and the almost everyone in Platoon.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-10-14 02:02am

Well he has appeared in movies, but how about the RL death of Atilla the Hun (Cracked skull after suffering a Heart attack while banging the newest teenager in his Harem.) I mean if that isn't a MANs way to go out.....

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-10-14 02:43am

Just about everyone from the first Highlander movie went down fighting.

The best though are Ramirez taking a sword to the gut, spitting in Kurgan's face and still protecting Macleod by not letting Kurgan know that he's around.

Kurgan, just had his ass kicked and been beheaded but he still goes out with one last swing of the sword.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-10-14 04:50am

James Cagney in White Heat talk about a blaze of glory, getting blown of the face of the earth by a refinery tank and G-Men firing on you from Below. and yelling "Top of the World MA!" it was cool, it was kick ass for it's time. And while it's been redone too many times since then, the original defiant Gangster death still rules.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 2002-10-14 10:04am

Grand Admiral Thrawn

"But it was so artistically done"

Shadow WarChief · Post by **Shadow WarChief** » 2002-10-14 01:27pm

Rampage and Depth Charge: Transformers: Beast Wars: Nemesis part 1

*with an energon blade in his hand, attempting to push it into Rampage's chest*

Depth Charge: Pure energon, right through your twisted spark. Take it! Take it straight to the pit you sickening piece of slag!!

Rampage stops resisting the Blade. Depth Charge is visibly surprised, and his face melts to a look of realization.

Rampage: MUHAHAHAHAH

Eyes still looking forward, he raises the blade, and with a scream shoves it into Rampage's supposedly invincible spark.

The resulting Quasi Nuclear explosion kills them both.

Damn good death.

Hendrake · Post by **Hendrake** » 2002-10-14 02:01pm

Movies: either Connery on The Untouchables or the guy in Dr Strangelove who dropped off riding the bomb.

Books: I formally nominate Fingolfin. It takes gut to stand up angainst a Vala.

Larz · Post by **Larz** » 2002-10-14 02:46pm

Hmm, heres a couple...

Spike Seigels one man army attack on the syndicite and Vicious

Asuka versus 10 angels (Neon Genisis Evangelion)

The psycho riding the nuke

thats all the macho ones I can think of right now, more later (maybe)

Hyperion · Post by **Hyperion** » 2002-10-14 05:33pm

i'd have to go with:

death of Capt. Marcus and the destruction of the Resolute (Exosquad)
Russel Casse flying the plane into the beam emitter of the alien ship (ID4) (though i liked it better in the book, strapping a missile to his old biplane and ramming the ship with it)
that oil driller guy in Armageddon who detonates the nuke himself
Boromir at the end of FOTR, he just kept on swinging and even afterwards took a good while to die

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2002-10-14 06:30pm

About Spike's death, the very first episode of Cowboy Bebop I ever saw was the one where Spike dies. Pissed me off to no end.

Anyway. I nominate:

Fenix: Goes down kickin' ass

Sean Connery is The Man Who Would Be King: Stranded on a bridge, knowing he's about to die, he stands and takes it like a man.

Hobbs: Blows himself and a huge bomb up to save 50+ amorphs

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Surrounded by soldiers, wounded, they nod, load their guns, and go down shooting.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2002-10-14 06:43pm

Oh, and let's not forget the death of the Captain. That was a great passage.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2002-10-14 06:56pm

Cyril wrote: Fenix: Goes down kickin' ass

Is that fenix as in Starcraft? if it is then he doen't go down kicking ass. His blades fail before he even starts fighting and he gets killed by a hydralisk.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-10-14 07:02pm

has anyone mentioned leon aka the professional and his ring trick yet?

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2002-10-14 07:04pm

Is that fenix as in Starcraft? if it is then he doen't go down kicking ass. His blades fail before he even starts fighting and he gets killed by a hydralisk

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Naw. He comes back as a dragoon and then Kerrigan's minions kill him for good.