{"id":60877,"date":"2017-03-27T17:42:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T17:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/03\/27\/clash-of-characters-update-rambo-needs-a-rally-to-reach-semifinals\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:53:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:53:52","slug":"clash-of-characters-update-rambo-needs-a-rally-to-reach-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/special-projects\/battle-bracket\/2017\/03\/27\/clash-of-characters-update-rambo-needs-a-rally-to-reach-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Clash of Characters update: Rambo needs a rally to reach semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two Army pop-culture stalwarts are about to exit our search for the greatest on-screen fictional military character ever, unless late voters <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/battle-bracket\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/battle-bracket\">say otherwise<\/a>.<br\/><br\/>Both John Rambo and Capt. Benjamin Franklin &#8220;Hawkeye&#8221; Pierce are on the losing ends of close quarterfinal-round matchups that lead off the last full week of <a class=\"\" title=\"Link: null\">Battle Bracket: Clash of Characters<\/a>. Voting for the round of eight will conclude Wednesday at 3 p.m. Eastern. Here&#8217;s a peak at the regional-final vote totals as of late Monday morning:<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/> <b>Rambo&#8217;s reckoning?:\u00a0<\/b>Sylvester Stallone&#8217;s Rambo may have  <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/franchises\/chart\/?id=rambo.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/\">grossed nearly $730 million<\/a> in worldwide box office over four films, but that take hasn&#8217;t translated into votes this time around\u00a0\u2014\u00a0he&#8217;s under 47 percent in his Action Heroes regional final against Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson). &#8220;The Patriot&#8221; was the fifth-highest grossing R-rated film in 2000,  <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/yearly\/chart\/mpaarating.htm?rating=R&amp;yr=2000&amp;p=.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/yearly\/chart\/mpaarating.htm?rating=R&amp;yr=2000&amp;p=.htm\">per BoxOfficeMojo.com<\/a>, edging out the Jim Carrey classic &#8220;Me, Myself and Irene.&#8221; <b><br\/><\/b> <b><br\/>Empire vs. Emmys: <\/b>Lord Darth Vader may add another TV icon to his kill list\u00a0\u2014\u00a0after downing NCIS agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs in the round of 16, the man in black has a slim lead (53.23 percent to 46.77 percent) over &#8220;Hawkeye&#8221; Pierce this time out. Despite the galaxies that separate the two characters, they are creatures of a common timeline\u00a0\u2014\u00a0the &#8220;MASH&#8221; TV finale, which averaged more than 105 million viewers, aired on Feb. 28, 1983, and &#8220;Return of the Jedi,&#8221; the final chapter in the original &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; trilogy, hit theaters less than three months later.\u00a0\u00a0 <div>  \u00a0 <\/div> <b>Gunny going forth:\u00a0<\/b>Barring a late surge from the Robert Duvall Fan Club, R. Lee Ermey&#8217;s Gunny Hartman will march into the semifinals over Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore. The Marine is leading by nearly 60 percentage points and remains a heavy favorite to take the Clash of Characters title come early April. &#8220;Apocalypse Now&#8221; fans may find some solace  <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/articles\/apocalypse-now-video-game-creators-seek-help-from-military-veterans\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/articles\/apocalypse-now-video-game-creators-seek-help-from-military-veterans\">here<\/a>. <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>D-Day domination:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capt. John Miller may lack the immediate name recognition of his fellow quarterfinalists, but Tom Hanks&#8217; performance in &#8220;Saving Private Ryan&#8221; remains a clear audience favorite. Miller has racked up nearly 72 percent of the vote against\u00a0Col. Nathan Jessep (Jack Nicholson, &#8220;A Few Good Men&#8221;) and is on pace to clash with Darth Vader in a semifinal nobody would&#8217;ve predicted\u00a0\u2014\u00a0like South Carolina vs. Gonzaga, but with rifles and light sabers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>Remember, polls close Wednesday; when you&#8217;re done voting, use the hashtag #BattleBracket on social media to campaign for your favorite. 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