{"id":55540,"date":"2017-03-17T20:31:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T20:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/03\/17\/clash-of-characters-update-big-names-near-elimination-vote-now\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:00:21","slug":"clash-of-characters-update-big-names-near-elimination-vote-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/special-projects\/battle-bracket\/2017\/03\/17\/clash-of-characters-update-big-names-near-elimination-vote-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Clash of Characters update: Big names near elimination &#8212; vote now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March Madness might be less than a day old, but unlike that other bracket where you can only watch as your selections go down in flames, Military Times&#8217; Clash of Characters lets you have your say on the outcome.<br\/><br\/>And as Round 2 nears the midway point (vote <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/ec.militarytimes.com\/battle-bracket\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>; voting closes Monday), there are plenty of outcomes in doubt, including some familiar names who could fail to make the final 16. Five quick bracket facts in our search for the greatest fictional military movie or TV character ever, with vote totals as of Friday afternoon:<br\/><br\/><b>1. Captains crash? <\/b>Steve Rogers and James T. Kirk have time to rally, but both have ground to make up: Captain America has less than a third of the vote in his battle with Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson, &#8220;The Patriot&#8221;) while Capt. Kirk has about 46 percent of the vote in his contest against another captain, &#8220;Hawkeye&#8221; Pierce.<br\/><br\/><b>2. Get serious. <\/b>Charlie Sheen&#8217;s Lt. Topper Harley (&#8220;Hot Shots!&#8221;) is barely out of the starting block against\u00a0Maj. Alan &#8220;Dutch&#8221; Schaefer (Arnold Schwarzenegger, &#8220;Predator&#8221;), with below 20 percent of the vote total. Bill Murray&#8217;s John Winger (&#8220;Stripes&#8221;) has fared a bit better against\u00a0Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore (Robert Duvall, &#8220;Apocalypse Now&#8221;), but still trails with about 35 percent of the vote.<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=5f8f60b5-2725-480b-a525-9bccd55a2c88\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Military Times launched its Clash of Characters Battle Bracket and asked attendees of AUSA Global Force in Huntsville, who their favorite on-screen military character is. (Daniel Woolfolk\/Staff)<br \/><br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>3. Landslide alerts.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s never too early for a comeback, but fans of Lt. Cmdr. 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Star power.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If trends hold, the final four characters in the Big Names and Blockbusters region will have been portrayed by a casting agent&#8217;s dream team: Jack Nicholson, Sean Connery, Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks. Closest to slipping: Cruise&#8217;s Lt. Pete &#8220;Maverick&#8221; Mitchell (&#8220;Top Gun&#8221;), who is fending off a late surge from Lt. A.K. Waters (Bruce Willis, &#8220;Tears of the Sun&#8221;). And speaking of stars, Brad Pitt&#8217;s &#8220;Wardaddy&#8221; Collier (&#8220;Fury&#8221;) has the early edge over Maj. Scott McCoy (&#8220;Delta Force&#8221;), which could leave the bracket Chuck Norris-less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still haven&#8217;t weighed in? 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