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ost_uid0]Damn, Scooter, you got me there. Arnie dies in each and every one of the Terminator movies, but I if those movies show anything it's that he's no pushover. Besides, he was a killer robot every time, which paradoxically seems to make him weaker - I still stand by my claim that End of Days is the only time he died playing a human character. You might get more semantic and say that the Terminator units were destroyed, not killed.
Sean Bean, on the other hand? He simply bites it. Boromir, Alec, Partridge...and Spence, who probably wished he was dead instead of losing his job *that* way. The point is, he's a redshirt, sacrificed for the greater good of the plot. And none of those characters ever stood a chance, either. Boromir? Screwing with hobbits gets you no sympathy points. Alec? Man, he's up against James Bond. Hope your life insurance is paid up, buddy. Partridge? That guy actively sacrificed himself to prove a point, and let's face it, Christian Bale opened up a major can of kick-keister on pretty much everybody. He kills a dozen cops to save a dog! For one of the few guys who is actually supposed to feel something, Cleric Preston racks up a pretty impressive bodycount. And Spence - he was just plain stupid. Yeah, let's put two snipers directly opposite each other. Friendly fire ain't friendly, man.
*ahem* Concluding, I believe it's fair to say that Sean Bean is perhaps the most high-profile redshirt I've seen. And I hope that settles it, wouldn't want to clutter up this thread any more.
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