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Posted on 5/16/13 at 11:23 am to Zap Rowsdower
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Posted on 5/16/13 at 11:26 am to DelU249
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The Shield's Vic Mackey - omnipresent in the series - he is in about 60% of the screen time of the 7 seasons and is relevant to about half the remaining 40%.
Gul Dukat in DS9 - the most fully developed villain in science fiction history, and perhaps television history - a 4 dimensional character that was fully explored during the series run.
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I haven't seen some shows like the wire, BB and Mad Menand I feel like there hasn't been alot of character exploration or characters that arent just cutouts until the last 15 years
The Shield's Vic Mackey - omnipresent in the series - he is in about 60% of the screen time of the 7 seasons and is relevant to about half the remaining 40%.
Gul Dukat in DS9 - the most fully developed villain in science fiction history, and perhaps television history - a 4 dimensional character that was fully explored during the series run.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 11:33 am to Sparky36
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Peter Griffin, anyone?
Not even close. Everything you need to know about Peter Griffin is provided in the first episode.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 11:36 am to Ace Midnight
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in television history
y'all seem pretty rooted in the 80's-present period.
What about...
Arthur Fonzerelli
Archie Bunker
Rerun
Capt. Kirk?
tv has been around a long, long time...
I saw Rerun at Racetrac on Hooper last week
ETA: and any character from M.A.S.H.
Frank Burns, Col Potter, Hawkeye...Trapper John even had his own spin-off..
This post was edited on 5/16/13 at 11:38 am
Posted on 5/16/13 at 11:37 am to DelU249
Londo Mollari from Babylon 5
Almost the entire cast of The Wire could arguably make the list..
Almost the entire cast of The Wire could arguably make the list..
Posted on 5/16/13 at 11:42 am to 19
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y'all seem pretty rooted in the 80's-present period.
Well, a lot of early TV didn't really explore characters because of the need to reset the universe every episode. Shows were designed to not have stories or characters change, so you could watch any episode at any point and not get lost. The Fonz is a classic character, but he's not really a real person. He's a cartoon who resets every 30 minutes, much like the Road Runner. Given the time of the show, they could hint at certain things, but actual growth is nigh on impossible in the old formats.
It wasn't really until the 90s in which over-arching plot lines and developing characters were allowed to thrive. Also, there were certain rules about what was allowed in a character that no longer exists. Heroes had to be heroic.
And Captain Kirk was only on TV for 3 seasons. Really, he's not even the most explored captain in the Star Trek universe. Maybe the least, honestly.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 12:02 pm to Zap Rowsdower
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Jax Teller
Pretty solid answer right there. We've been on a roller coaster with him, and we get to hear his Manifesto that nobody else gets a glimpse of.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 12:38 pm to Baloo
Disagree, after 15 years cartman has become something of a character study. If you asked me, tell me about this character...I'd still be going after an hour
Posted on 5/16/13 at 12:45 pm to DelU249
I'd add pretty much every main character from 6 feet under to that last.
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