Buddy! Didn’t you just draw the short straw award – 9 – Emil Antonowsky
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The next Short Straw Award no. 9 in the series goes to the category : The goriest reveal ever committed to celluoid – period. Having cornered Robocop in the Steel mill, Emil Antonowsky (played by Paul McCrane) drives straight for … Continue reading

Buddy! Didn’t you just draw the short straw award – 8 – Harry Ellis
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Todays Buddy! Didn’t you just draw the short straw award – no. 8 – goes to Harry Ellis (Brilliantly realised by Hart Brochner), the cocaine snorting, smooth talking, yuppie from Die Hard. Under a special subsection “I drew someone else’s … Continue reading

Buddy! Didn’t you just draw the short straw award – 6 & 7 – Biggs Darklighter & Jek Porkins
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The next two awards in the “Buddy! Didn’t you just draw the short straw award” series goes to the next sub category : Star Wars – No Hopers!. First up, we have Biggs Darklighter, childhood friend of Luke and fellow … Continue reading

Buddy! Didn’t you just draw the short straw award – 5 – Chip Love
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Today’s award goes to the aptly named, “Man in Ford” from No Country For Old Men played by Chip Love. Yeah! For real! Driving down the highway in his Ford Saloon, Man In Ford is pulled over by a cop … Continue reading

Buddy! Didn’t you just draw the short straw award – no.2, 3 & 4 – Terminator 2
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The next awards in the ‘Buddy! Didn’t you just draw the short straw’ goto a special sub category called “Wrong place, wrong time!” For three of the unluckiest individuals ever to grace the silver screen : Bespectacled mall backroom cleaning … Continue reading

Buddy! Didn’t you just draw the short straw award – no.1 – Commander Sonak
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This first award in this new series goes to Star Trek Vulcan Science officer never-to-be Commander Sonak. Who? You might ask. Sonak? Don’t you mean Spock? Hell no! Before Nimoy agreed to return as Spock and the Motion Picture was … Continue reading