who is your favourite among these celebrated ppl named on ilx site new answers?

Tempted to vote for Ian Hislop, since he's the only one I've never heard of.

It's between Ian Hislop and Jean Luc Godard.

oh man this is hard. Don't know who Ian Hislop is so will probly go for Godard, RDJ, Kelis or Hitch.

aphex by a country mile

I'm voting for Godard cos he will be cruelly under-represented I suspect.

Wd vote for "Mike Tyson in his Wolves shirt" but, y'know, the other stuff.

Aphex Twin but only because I'm so boringly heteronormative I don't actually want to have sex with Kelis.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/content/images/2009/08/21/tyson_wolves_203_203x152.jpg

Get that right up ya, Man City's Ricky Hatton

tyson

Ugh metapoll.

I'm afraid that Finnish phenomenologist Ugh Metapoll doesn't feature on the current Site New Answers page.

Great poll idea.

Aphex > Franzen > Kelis > Hislop > MIA > Gyllenhaal > Godard > Taylor Swift >>>> Hitchens >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tyson.

Godard is low because I've never seen one of his films but I don't actively dislike him either.

metapoll, drinkapoll.

Actually maybe swap Hislop and Gyllenhaal arround.

hitchens vs godard for me, kind of by default

jean luc godard - used to like
mike tyson - not so much
aphex twin - never been fully keen on this dude
jonathan franzen - not read! shameful
mia - conflicted
ian hislop - no
kelis - legacy rnb singer iirc
jake gyllenhaal - seems nice enough
christopher hitchens - legernd
taylor swift - not knowingly heard

jean luc godard - totally ignorant of him
mike tyson - rapist
aphex twin - awesome
jonathan franzen - overrated in literary terms, not in this company as he's v enjoyable
mia - great music, awful persona
ian hislop - maybe
kelis - grebt
jake gyllenhaal - seems nice enough
christopher hitchens - lol Iraq
taylor swift - no interest whatsoever

t-swizz is an ANGEL & u homos dont know shit about shit

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tempted by jake but he's not as hott as he used to be

kelis obv also pretty great

one vote for Franzen cos he won my poll

Wd go to the pub with Aphex for an hour of wacky stunts and then retreat to the other bar with Ian Hislop where we can go "ok, that guy is a bit much, right?" and grouse abt all facets of British politics for a few hours, with me going home if he really is as Tory as everyone else says

(nah, have to vote Aphex for sheer impact on Where I Am Today - ok, What My Record Collection Is Today - and extended and concentrated bursts of awesomeness; enjoying a little more distance meaning I can enjoy the dude without feeling like I am also subscribing to all his weak imitators and offputting fan-nutter communities. though I did, at the time, and don't entirely recant)

Could never, ever go to pub with Aphex. Not even for the weirdo fan hysteria but because I wouldn't trust myself to not spend the entire time going "can I lick you?" every 30 seconds "No, really, can I lick you, I want to see if you taste of gingerbread" and he calls the cops like two minutes later. :-( OK that is the very definition of weirdo fan hysteria I guess.

(Actually not true at all. I would do the same thing I always do when confronted with persons I really really idolise, i.e. sit there in silence glaring at them and occasionally snapping at them and contradicting them voiciferously only to silence myself forcibly until they are left with the distinct impression "I thought Kate was a fan, she acts like she really really doesn't like me!" not that this has ever happened to me before oh no never ever ever...)

Nothing like a throwaway quip about licking boys to bring a thread to a clanging halt... :-P

Aphex would be awesome fun in the pub, Gyllenhaal and Franzen would probably be okay to bro down with as well. Would totally go drinking with Kelis and you know Hislop would have amazing gossip.

Surprised myself by voting Godard!

Gyllenhaal would probably be okay to brgo down withon as well

fixed

Have actually had a drink with at least one of the people on this list, mind you.

think hitchens and gyllenhaal wd have the best gossip (from my pov)... wkiw mia

jean luc godard - Never seen his movies, plus he's not Robert H. Goddard.
mike tyson - Good memories of Mike Tyson's punchout. Remember where I was the night he bit dude's ear off.
aphex twin - Mostly really good.
jonathan franzen - Hate novels about college professors who have affairs with students.
mia - Like her novelty songs.
ian hislop - Never heard of him
kelis - Only knew that one song.
jake gyllenhaal - His sister gets the first google result for a reason, plus he looks like a damned puppy dog these days.
christopher hitchens - Haven't experienced him much but he seems like a blowhard.
taylor swift - The next FLEETWOOD FUCKING MAC as far as I'm concerned.

If it comes down to having a drink with:

Hitchens >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everybody else

Hrrrmmmm. Not with you on that, Lex.

http://renegonzalezonline.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/jake-gyllenhaal_shirtless.jpg

No, not my type. Even unshaven, he's too clean cut. Needs to be more shaggy to be appealing.

Franzen is one of those guys who I am never ever gonna have any interest in reading

hahahaha and I know which one, having engineered it. xpost

that picture is amazing

xp

Thread needs topless pic of Ian Hislop for balance

From the collarbones down, maybe. But his neck and his eyebrows are too thick, and his hair to... just not right.

his eyes! he has an amazing face.

though he looks kinda gross in the prince of persia pictures :/

Would prefer if hair were more like...

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/292963/Aphex+Twin.jpg

I have, however, never seen Mr D.James shirtless, so we cannot compare. Alas. He seems like the type who might be a bit chubby and mantits would feature on the agenda. However, you know my worship of the experimental sound belly.

Hitch! The fuss around Hitch-22 is brightening my days at the mo. Will be standing in WH Smiths at lunch to read Eagleton's slag of it.

Runners up, for making things I've enjoyed - Godard > RDJ > Kelis.

Socially, Franzen I could manage book chat with, but I think I'd ask him something stupid (Possibilities i.'cmon you must The Corrections is a little bit overrated'; ii. 'Do many people get you mixed up with Lethem and/or Chabon?') and it would get awkward

jake is buff as all hell in 'prince of persia'

Even our Joel thought Prince of Persia was boring shit and he's the target audience ffs

xp: Yes, but he looks like a buff spaniel.

But if it's that awful horrible over-pecced Hollywood buffness that afflicted attractive men like, say, Hugh Jackman, then I'm not having it. There's nicely toned and then there's that "can't... put... his... arms... down..." look that male movies stars get when they acquire personal trainers which is SO not hott.

buff is good to an extent, but looking like you're on roids = not hott

I mean, compare the above photo, with this:

http://cdn.buzznet.com/media/jj1//2008/08/gyllenhaal-shirtless/jake-gyllenhaal-shirtless-prince-of-persia-04.jpg

^^^^^^^^^^^^^this is just so NAGL. You don't want to put your hands on his chest, you want to get an angle grinder and sand him down.

he basically looks neanderthal there

That's Persian-ist

Thing is, he doesn't even look the slightest bit Persian, either!

he puts on an english accent!

to fit in with all the other english actors in the film

it's rubbish

I mean, give me Darius in Alexander any day of the week, wearing more eyeliner than Erol Alkan on a good day, phwoar, now that is Persian. The Persians, they oiled their hair and curled their beards, they dressed *fierce* for battle.

Shd have based the movie on the first game imo

Half-hour set piece of Jake tip-toeing up to wobbly floor panel then stepping back then fluffing his jump

This is the look I like my Persian princes to rock:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews32/a%20alexander%20final%20cut%20stone/08Alexander_BD_darius.jpg

Now I'm going to have to go off and find that pic of Aphex rocking the Persian beard stylee.

Half-hour set piece of Jake tip-toeing up to wobbly floor panel then stepping back then fluffing his jump

God that used to drive me fucking mad.

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/292974/Aphex+Twin.jpg

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/38394663/Aphex+Twin+rdj61.jpg

A bit uncurled there, though. Ed, when you finally get the rabbit he owes you, can you please give Persian prince beard-maintainace tips, pls? Thanking you.

rocking the rapha
http://files.myopera.com/Holo3D/albums/1814671/jake_gyllenhaal%2Briding%2Bbike%2BBrentwood.jpg

Half-hour set piece of Jake tip-toeing up to wobbly floor panel then stepping back then fluffing his jump

Looking forward to DVD commentary, 10 minutes of the director screaming "the button, I pressed the fucking button!" and throwing boom mics at the camera

See, all they had to do was listen to us and this movie cd've been 1000 percent improved

Half-hour set piece of Jake tip-toeing up to wobbly floor panel then stepping back then fluffing his jump

All cod-Eastern 'waap waap' character death music rendered in authentic 8-bit and pumped through giant surround sound multiplex speakers

Okay I say we pitch this as the sequel

god why do you people like christopher hitchens >:[

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Come on, more votes for the good Rev, even if we've still never got to see his furry ginger six pack...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4649885088_3393a84a97.jpg

haha where is that from?

Wales, apparently.

Via Sainsburys.

And a little tiny bit of Photoshop's magic. ;-)

The *real* Rev James looks something like this, but I couldn't resist:

http://twitpic.com/1s42m7

maybe i shdn't have included afx, this was supposed to be for ppl of only moderately high local popularity

for that reason i didn't include ronaldinho because he'd probably get 50% of votes thanks to his super high reknown in the crucial football enthusiast and novelty kitchenware fan demographics

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that's a lot more skewed to jlg/afx then i wd have guessed

really tho, this should have been another 'Who would win in a fight' poll/thread

I demand a recount. Mr. D.James wuz robbed.

Why is Jake so bad and hated?

Because he bulked up and got all weird and lumpy looking.

gd i h8 u ppl

feel bad for jake... people prefer mike tyson apparently