UPDATE: Atticus advanced to the Elite Eight. I won’t be doing any more full posts on voting for him, but I will do “bottom links.” Thanks for voting and for bearing with me.
The good news: Y’all rock. Atticus beat out Belle (Beauty and the Beast) to advance to the Sweet Sixteen of Clay Morgan’s March Movie Madness tournament.
The bad news: Atticus is now facing Mr. Star Wars himself, Han Solo, in the quest to be Best Hero.
In case you haven’t see what Han Solo look like since he became zombie-fied, here he is:
Four reasons why Atticus deserves your vote (and Han Solo doesn’t):
- Atticus doesn’t yell at a large furry sidekick.
- Atticus isn’t trying to sleep with the main character’s sister.
- Atticus doesn’t need droids to change society.
- Atticus doesn’t defend Tom Robinson in order to get Imperial Galactic Credits.
The voting is open now until Saturday at noon EST.
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Meanwhile, if you wish to witness some of my attempts at being funny, feel free to hop around the web to see the mischief I’ve wrought:
- 9 Reasons Why Being a Mom Qualifies You To Work in a Brothel (NickMom) #5 is “You’re accustomed to things being very hard.”
- Why Children Love Babysitters (Calgary Herald humor column)
Haha, have I mentioned how hilarious you are. Love that you’re zombifying your cinematic opponents. It’s certainly an epic matchup. They all are really. This round is going to the hardest one yet. [Insert funny reference to your Nick column here.]
Vote accomplished. I hate zombies because I have to wear unflattering helmets when they rampage. Atticus shall prevail!
You almost convinced me…but I have a shot at winning the secondary contest and I picked Han to win it all. Atticus is a great hero though. I even named one of my cats after him.
Sorry – not into Star Wars or Trek or whatever, and I didn’t care for To Kill a Mockingbird. I’d have voted for almost any John Wayne character, though.
Atticus Finch = hero. Voted for! 🙂
Going to vote now. I’ve decided to let all the Bonds kill Ferris so I can work on my WIP. 😉
Off to vote.
I would so chose Atticus over a zombified Han Solo. You’ve got a tough battle ahead of you. May the Force be with you. 😉
I voted Atticus.
Can you possibly swing a vote Sam’s way?
I can’t stress enough that I will not say who I voted for. However, I may have a Tequila Mockingbird tonight with dinner. hehehe
I was planning to vote for Han Solo. And then I read this. Your writing skills have won me over, Leanne. Atticus it is!
I will “scout” it out and vote!
I love that babysitting column. I’m a “just kind of there” parent too. LOL…
This could be the first time that “have-not-seen-star-wars” comes in handy… it usually gets me thrown out of parties and nerd discussions.