When Was the Replacement Character Better Than The First?

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19 Sep 2014, 3:28 pm

Curly replacing Shemp (The Three Stooges)

Bobby Simone replacing John Kelly (NYPD Blue)

Sheridan replacing Sinclair (Babylon 5)

female Starbuck replacing male Starbuck (Battlestar Galactica - new incarnation vs. the original)

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20 Sep 2014, 10:37 am

Mila Kunis replacing Lacey Chabert as Meg Griffin on Family Guy. Not that Meg is as fun as a lot of the other characters but familiarity and all that.

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20 Sep 2014, 10:44 am

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Curly replacing Shemp (The Three Stooges)

do you mean Curly Joe, who replaced Shemp, who replaced Curly? i never really cared for Curly Joe - he always seemed like just a caricature of the original, most awesomest Curly

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20 Sep 2014, 10:53 am

Hi_Im_B0B wrote:

ScrewyWabbit wrote:

Curly replacing Shemp (The Three Stooges)

do you mean Curly Joe, who replaced Shemp, who replaced Curly? i never really cared for Curly Joe - he always seemed like just a caricature of the original, most awesomest Curly

Shemp was there first, although he only appeared in one movie before being replaced by Curly. Then when Curly had a stroke, Shemp came back. Then it was Joe followed by Curly Joe.

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23 Sep 2014, 3:08 pm

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10 was better than 9 in Doctor Who (still loved 9!!).
Do actors count? Michael Gambon was a better Dumbledore than Richard Harris.

I disagree. I'd have liked to see Harris' character get darker as the series drew on, but Gambon needed to draw more from him IMO.

I thought the following have outperformed William Hartnell as The Doctor:
Patrick Troughton, John Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davidson, Paul McGann, John Hurt, Christopher Eccelston, David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Peter Capaldi.

I also thought the following outperformed their direct successor: Patrick Troughton, John Pertwee, Tom Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, either John Hurt or Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith, and probably Peter Capaldi

Here's a logic puzzle for you: is it possible to determine who my favourite Doctor is from the information provided? What about least favourite?

Is your favourite Tom Baker and your least favourite Colin Baker? However, because there is no 13, Capaldi might be your favourite, but I'm going to stick with Baker because of your "probably"

My least favourite is Colin Baker, yes, and you can deduce that logically, but you can't logically tell my favourite. I clearly prefer Tom Baker to any of the other first seven, but there's no reason I can't prefer McGann and all who followed him to TB.

I actually don't know who my favourite is right now... top four of TB, DT, MS and PC (some unfortunate initials there) but it's hard to separate them. I suspect Capaldi might be the clear winner by the end of this series though.

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07 Nov 2014, 9:51 pm

Ziva, who replaced Kate on 'NCIS'.

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07 Nov 2014, 10:04 pm

11 really felt like "my doctor". Not that I dislike the rest but I had such a strong connection to Matt Smith's version. Doesn't hurt he's in my favorite episode, Vincent And The Doctor. That's easily in my top 5 episodes of all time.

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08 Nov 2014, 1:34 pm

Though I really liked Doctor Ellingham's first aunt ("Doc Martin"), his SECOND aunt KILLS IT (in a GOOD way)! !! PLUS, she's an Aspie!! !

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08 Nov 2014, 3:19 pm

Peter Capaldi is better than all the other actors that has played the Doctor in my opinion.

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10 Aug 2016, 2:49 pm

First, lemme just clarify for anyone new to this thread / site.....

You can put either a CHARACTER or an ACTOR----for instance, "Becky", the CHARACTER did NOT change on "Roseanne", the ACTRESS did. In shows like M*A*S*H, the CHARACTERS changed----like, when "Frank" was no longer on the show, and they got "Charles".

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12 Aug 2016, 12:15 am

Seven of Nine replacing Kes on Star Trek Voyager.

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12 Aug 2016, 5:36 am

Mark Ruffalo replacing Edward Norton as the Hulk.

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