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ConfidenceMan wins! ConfidenceMan beat The Counteragent 22 to 15
Han Solo is cooler than Indiana Jones
The Counteragent said
I'm going to preface this with the fact that it's not about who's hotter or who could physically win in a fight, because it's obvious that Harrison Ford was in better shape for the first 3 Indy movies. Rather, I simply believe Han Solo is cooler. He flies the Millenium Falcon, is best friends with a Wookie, pretty much steals from Jabba the Hutt, and is a total pimp with Princess Leia. Indy's a history nerd who's afraid of snakes.
ConfidenceMan said
You put me in a quandary, Counteragent! A quandary! You know that I love both of them.
Well, all Palpatine=Hilter references aside, you are correct in guessing that I would call Indy "cooler". Indiana Jones has the classic super hero alter ego: school professor Henry Jones Jr. by day, Indiana Jones by night and school observed holidays! The premise of an alternate identity definitely adds a cool factor.
Indy proves that you can have a PhD AND be a badass.
The Counteragent said
Sorry for the extended response time. I was busy watching Empire Strikes Back on repeat and drooling.
While I love your point that Indy has the classic super hero thing going on, I really don't think either Indiana Jones or Professor Henry Jones Jr. could get away with "I know" or "I'm a nice man". Ooooo, that scruffy looking nerf herder.....
Han Solo went back and helped Luke take down the Death Star, just because he's a baller. If he hadn't done that, Imperial fighters would have shot down Luke and the movie would have ended with the bad guys killing all the good guys. Which would have meant no sequels, and therefore no ESB. I would never want to live in that world.
Indy wouldn't have gone back to help anyone with anything unless there was an ancient artifact involved. Wuss!
ConfidenceMan said
True, Han has his one-liners, but Indy has plenty of his own. "I WAS the next man" and "NO TICKET." Professor / Archaeologist / Tomb Raider / **** Fighter= Win
I definitely count Sallah from The Last Crusade as the "Wookie" kind of sidekick. "Sallah, I said NO camels. That's FIVE camels. Can't you count?"
I have to touch on your "Han is a pimp" argument. Indy easily has at least one girl in every country in
Western Europe - Han has Leia, and having your girlfriend played by Carrie Fisher isn't necessarily ballin' in my book, simply due to the crazy factor. In any case, Indy gets way more tail than Han.
Know what would have happened if Indy wasn't around? The ****'s would have become IMMORTAL from the Holy Grail. THAT is at least the equivalent to the Death Star prevailing if not worse.
Having cool space-age guns are great, but I think it takes more talent to WHIP YOUR ENEMIES TO DEFEAT. Indy also has way more epic chase scenes.
Also, Han doesn't have theme music!
The Counteragent said
Alright. This has gone on more than long enough, and it's clear I'm not going to win in the voting game. However, here is where I get you on my side:
Sawyer is the Han Solo of Lost.
Oh yeah, I went there. And if anyone on Lost is Indy, it'd be Ben. Yeahhh, suck on that!
ConfidenceMan said
...ohh, you ****. Now you've gone and distracted me. Mmph. Sawyer.
Josh Holloway in an Indiana Jones outfit? I would hit that like the fist of an angry god. <3
There we go, there's my argument to finish it off - Indiana Jones' outfit is way hotter.
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HoneyBunny 05/01/08
this is a great Throwdown!
Indiana Jones is cooler to me because I've seen more of him so I feel I've seen him survive more situations while still retaining his cool. He bleeds, loses his hat, is afraid of snakes, feels awkward around his dad, defeats ****, rides a horse/motorcycle/jeep like a champ, fights with his fists/guns/whips, plus he is a bit of a nerd yet college girls flirt with him!
Han Solo is like a one trick pony compared to Indy.
randomlove36 05/01/08
I vote Indiana Jones because you just want to be him, he has such an adventurous life and he's such a badass, which I guess describes both characters, but he just has a different air about him that seems cooler, plus he has those little human flaws that make him more real
HoneyBunny 05/02/08
I didn't know saying the N-word (the agents who worked for ****) was offensive. Holy Cow! I can't believe they bleeped that out.
HoneyBunny 05/02/08
Aw heck! I didn't know the censors would bleep out the name of the tyrant who started WWII Come on guys! This is history!
RobGrizzly 05/02/08
This is a great throwdown. Until Hans Solo gets his own movies, I'm voting Indiana Jones also.
OzzieAlThor 05/02/08
Chewbacca > Indiana Jones > Han Solo.
charinator 05/02/08
I gotta go with Han on this one. In addition to being able to pilot the Millennium Falcon, Han has the edge in all other categories of coolness:
Weapons: Lightsaber > Whip
Occupation: Smuggler > Archaeologist
Sidekicks: Chewie > guy from Transformers
However, Indy does have the edge over Han in fashion, but that's all:
Stuff they wear every day or have an endless collection of: really cool hat > black shoddy vest
4:1 Han
Discussion over.
double_agent 05/02/08
no no no.
GeekyMommy 05/02/08
Gotta go with Han Solo on this one. He so much more of a smart **** than Indy and he's got that cocky/sexy thing going on. Indy's more civilized = less fun.
jkcampbell 05/05/08
Best. Throwdown. Ever.
Han Solo is cool, undoubtedly. Dude could do the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs.
However, Indiana Jones is smart, making him ultimately cooler.
bluetenille 05/08/08
Like the movie trailer shows. Indy is recognizable is shadow alone. That's cool. Iconic all on his on.
bluetenille 05/08/08
crap. in shadow alone.
skramy 05/08/08
Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones wins my vote because he managed to play a regular guy who stumbles into a hero role almost by accident and gets that befuddled look on his face that says, "now how did I get myself into this?"
ConfidenceMan 05/19/08
Whoops, meant to have the plural version of the members of the Third Reich, not the possessive form. And I still can't get over that word being censored.
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