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Tag: Byronic hero

Episode 93: Antiheroes

Posted on November 13, 2012 by upturnedtable_sx8obi

“In the roar of an engine, he lost everything. And became a shell of a man, a burnt out, desolate man, a man haunted by the demons of his past, a man who wandered out into the wasteland.”
– The Road Warrior

The selfish rogues, the emotional voids, the cold-blooded killers. These are the antiheroes of literature, TV and the movies. We’ve all played these characters at some point or another, but are we doing it right? Listen up to find out.

Posted in All Podcasts, General (RPG), UncategorizedTagged 300 (movie), Batman (comic book character), Byronic hero, Chinatown (movie), Chris Carter (show runner), Christian Bale (actor), Cyberpunk 2020 (RPG), David Duchovny (actor), Dungeons and Dragons (RPG), Gary Gygax (game designer), Han Solo (movie character), Hector (hero), Hocus Pocus (novel), Holden Caulfield (novel character), Kurt Vonnegut (author), Leonidas I (king), Leverage (TV), Mad Max (movie), Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (movie), Michael Keaton (actor), Rifts (RPG), Robert Redford (actor), Scarlett O'Hara (movie character), Shadowrun (RPG), Star Wars: X-Wing (miniatures game), Takers (movie), The Candidate (movie), The Chocolate War (novel), The Count of Monte Cristo (novel), The Good the Bad and the Ugly (movie), The Guardian (TV), The Man with No Name (movie character), The X-Files (TV), Vampire: The Requiem (RPG)Leave a comment
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