What film character did you want to be when you were 10 years old?
Batman. But I think this has more to do with that fact that I was roughly ten when Burton’s Batman came out and there was Batmanmania.
I think the term at the time was “Batmania”. Yeah, I remember that.
Marty MCfly-Back to the Future (don’t ask why).
Probably John Connor or something.
Yeah Fredo, that was me too, but I bet I was a bigger fanatic. Did u also watch that awesome Batman animated series, you know, the good one?
Hahah – yeah, Batmania sounds better.
@Berjuan – bigger fanatic? Um, excuse me, I had the Batman wallet and used to eat Batman cereal every morning. And I don’t recall the cartoon (I do remember the Beetlejuice cartoon, didn’t really care for that) but I’m sure I watched that too – as long as it wasn’t on at the same time as the original Adam West Batman show. Because yeah, I watched that too.
Bastian from The Neverending Story of course! He saves Fantasia at the end.
(Besides, I had a huge crush on the Childlike Empress…)
Jesus Christ.
Fredo
Excuse you, but I had every single action figure from the Tim Burton movie, even the little yellow duck the Pinguin used as transportation and the Batmobile in its 3 forms. And you watched the original series but I watched the animated series which is way way way better, if you were as big a fanatic as I am then you would know what I was talking about. I bet you don’t even know who Clayface is!
Ages 2-4: Luke Skywalker/ Han Solo from Star Wars
Age 4: Danny from Grease (don’t ask)
Age 5-9: Indiana Jones from Raiders of the Lost Ark
Age 10-12: James Bond from Dr. No
Age 12-14: Rick from Casablanca
I guess Drew has the benefit of recent memory.
Popeye Doyle.
I always wanted to be a Ghostbuster when I was a kid, had a toy plasma pack/gun and so on.
Like Rich Uncle Skeleton, I, too, choose Steve McQueen, but in The Towering Inferno. At age 9 I always thought it was so cool ( … and never questioned the logic, or lack thereof …) that while nobody else could get off the top floor of the burning building, he must have made the trip up and back about six times, dropping in from helicopters, swinging in on a rope attached from other buildings, etc., and getting to play with all that fire and water and canoodling with Faye Dunaway.
I suppose, in retrospect, it’s a miracle we all didn’t become pyros.
@Berjuan – You’re right, I don’t know who Clayface was. But I did have all the Justice League action figures, include Batman when he was blue. And when Burton’s film came out, I got the black Batman along with the Batmobile and Batcave. Oh yeah! And I still have that stuff to this day – I play with them every night right before my mom makes me go to bed!
@Grey Daisies – Yeah, the Childlike Empress was hot. I was super bummed she wasn’t in the sequel.
I just wanted to drive that Trans Am in Smokey and the Bandit.
Let’s see, age ten would put me in the fourth grade & I was deep into loving monster movies at the time, so I probably wanted to be the Wolf Man or the Phantom of the Opera or the Frankenstein Monster …
>>I don’t know who Clayface was<<
Well, that’s just unacceptable.
Fredo
My nephew stole all my batman stuff if now I bet I would still be having problems with my mom during bed time, specially because all the actions figures had parts that glowed in the dark!
I remember about ten years ago thinking that life would be much better if I had Tom Cruise’s hair. Now my hair has sorted itself out and Tom Cruise has been through a series of PR nightmares. Take that Maverick…
Karen Black in Easy Rider
Rich Uncle Skeleton
There are some distinctive personalities coming through in these posts, and I think it would be great for shits and giggles (not to mention a little interesting) to see which film character everyone wanted to be when they were a kid. Myself:
Age 10: Steve McQueen in The Great Escape (1963)
I mean, honestly, that motorcycle chase is like crack for a 10-year-old. And the great thing is that the movie still holds up. There aren’t many films that you love as a kid that you still find an equal amount of enjoyment in as an adult (The Indiana Jones films have certainly faded, and The Sandlot, Lord knows I try.)