REAL LIFE ODDWORLD CHARACTERS
 

Ok, so where to start...Do you know of any similar real life characters(actors) that reminded you on Oddworld characters?? Like Munch or Abe, or Sligs...

George Bush reminds me of Lady Margaret.

Can we count ourselves? If so I remind myself of the Interns.
...Mr. T reminds me of the Outlaws, lol.

Bush is pure Mullock !!!

My Dad's friend's surname is Gabbit.

Bush isn't cool. smart or evil enough to be a Gluckon

Bush is more like Elum, just plain retarded.

Hahaha Bush jokes, nice going guys, they're really good. Keep 'em coming.

I'm pretty sure Abe is Nicholas Cage.

Abe is Schindler.

I think Bush isn't Molluck... I think Bush is Lulu or a Junior Executive. And Molluck and Sekto a sort of Hitler.

Just because they're evil leaders, it doesn't make them like Hitler?

They are dictators anyway. Maybe they aren't as evil as Hitler. But they are dictators.

An insult to Elums Oddworldwide. That is the closest comparison yet, however. About half as smart as an Elum, and a 10th as quick witted.

Sekto is Hitler? I'm sorry but I see absolutely no connection there whatsoever worth meriting.

Sorry. I haven't even played SW and so I don't know Sekto. I mentioned him just because I watched some SW's movies and I thought it was as evil as Hitler.

Molluck is not a dictator, he is the chairman of the board of Rupture Farms right? that means he has to listen to the views of the other board members thus he does not have the total power needed to be called a dictator.

Whoever heads up Vykker labs = Mengele however. Pure evil.

I can't beleive I'm saying this but I find that Bill Gates and Mullock are the closest pair. Abe is Spartacus.

No, I'm Spartacus.

I really don't think that Gates is that similar to Molluck. Some of Microsoft's actions may have been questionable at times but never completely amoral. Plus, Billy-G does some very good philanthropic work.

The fact is that the plight of the Mudokons was based on real world examples of slavery - I think Lorne mentioned the African diamond cartels - and, frankly, the companies that do practise such immoral actions tend not to call attention to themselves so you would not be able to name the CEOs.

Gandhi seems Abe O_o
he was so thin...

Abe may not carry weapons, but he’s the militant leader of an armed revolt, not to mention a terrorist who has killed hundreds. Gandhi he is not.

Although both Sekto and Bush have been mentioned here, nobody’s put them together yet. Just think, Sekto has invaded the Mongo River to take their natural water resources for himself, to sell at inflated prices to consumers across Oddworld. To do this, he has committed genocide, bombing native villages and temples to the ground, destroying lives and culture.

There are probably urban legends in Oddworld’s consumer hubs that Wolvarks encounter plate‐sized Bolamites in the desert that eat live flesh and run as fast as Shock Jeeps.

I live with a Lulu, if anyone's interested. And not the rich one.

That's quite a thought. One Man's freedom fighter is another mans terrorist.

I've had that thought nagging at me since I first heard Abe described as a "terrorist" in AE.

Yes, it’s a powerful idea. Shortly after 9/11, when the world was still in shock and everyone was leaving messages registering their shock on the Internet, including on OWF, it occurred to me that Abe is a terrorist. I didn’t get as far as predicting the demonization of terrorists to justify invasion of foreign countries, let alone thinking about how such actions would exacerbate terrorist ideas, but I did realize that the terrorists did what they did because they had a cause and a need. Don’t for a second think I will justify any form of terrorism, but I will say that fighting back against people isn’t going to cause them to lay down arms. The final connections were made in my head after Lorne promoted September 12th at GameCity, and I played it myself.

I don’t wish for this thread to turn into a pure discussion of Earth politics, but this is one part of Oddworld that has helped shape the way I think about the world through its ‘cracked mirror’ reality.

On the other hand, Abe has only killed people who were attempting to commit genocide (Even in Munch, with the Gabbits.) A bit different from killing people for a personal beleif.

Can: open. Mudflubs: everywhere.

Except for when a person believes that someone is committing genocide. Most suicide bombers believe that they are fighting an oppressive aggressor.

I think that Hitler is Molluck

I would say a slog is my sister, eats too much, and snarls whenever you talk to her. XD

Why does everyone keep saying Hitler?

There isn't anyone on Oddworld comparable to Hitler.

Lulu is Prodi :D!!!

LOOOOL Awesome, lulu seems Prodi!

Who the heck is Prodi?

What the heck is Wikipedia?

Prodi is Italy's shame, believe me. And Lulu was Magog Cartel's shame before he became a Glockstar. And Italian politicians look like all the other Glukkons in the Auction Room of Vykker Labs.

LOL I know this is an old topic but I just had to reply to this..

-General Dripik = G.W.Bush

Idk why none of you mentioned this. It's pretty clear you all have a less then positive view of Bush, although im not here to argue about him, I must admit you guys were way off, his more like Dripik then anyone else.

Both of them are not too bright, Dripik makes mistakes in his speeches like bush does, both of them have large military forces under their command, and both of them have the back bone (or just plain stubborn) to stick with their plains dispite the current situation.

No one likes the war in iraq, and anyone with a large enough IQ would know Abe was a big enough threat, but both Bush and Dripik continued to do things their way, only difference is Bush won't end up being killed for his mistakes.

Except Dripik has never gone to war, never thought of attacking another land, never commanded his troops to invade another land for his own benefit, and never raised an issue about terrorism (or any, for that matter) even when Abe did his job at Rupture Farms. Sekto seems really accurate, even more so that Sekto raised a non-existant problem about the natives to get what he wanted.

You bring up some very interesting points here, and I'll do my best to relate this to Oddworld.

First you say that Gen. Dripik has "never gone to war, never thought of attacking another land, never commanded his troops to invade another land for his own benefit"

Let's think about this one for a moment. His in command of the Slig Barracks. Every greedy or seedy expansion into Oddworld would require security that his Barracks would supply.
Everytime these greedy corperations invade land, capture Mudokons, these military forces were being provided by him. Just because he sits in an office and doesn't hang out on the field doesn't mean he isn't any less responsible.

How do you think Dripik has all his medals? Profit increase from organisations that hire his sligs, or he may even supply weapons and pants. (pants for sligs of course lol) You also said that Sekto seems to be the more accurate one and you go on to say that, "Sekto raised a non-existant problem about the natives to get what he wanted".

Problems are only non-existant when they don't affect you. Iraq is just one of many places in the world that required assistance from other countries long before 9/11. The issue you raise here is that Bush sent in the US military to get what he wanted, and helping out Iraq is just a secondary objective.

Well, I can agree with that. But let's be realistic here, since when has the majority of large scale organisations done anything for anyone without getting something out of it?

This is my own personal opinion here, but I don't think Bush is calling the shots like the media claim to be. If you have ever seen or read about the Kennedy tapes during the cuban missle crisis you'll know that people within the whitehouse have tryed to go around the president to get what they want.

This is why I find Gen. Dripik to be more like Bush, his concern is profits and he has the Sligs to achieve this. The real question you have to ask yourself here is if there is ever a moment in time when the 'profit' or goal becomes more important the lives of your soldiers..
For Dripik im sure thats never been an Issue, but for the United States, maybe.

Maybe Iraq isn't a huge mistake, or a cover-up. Maybe theres more to all of this then we know, or maybe not. Untill it's all over and we find out the truth, each to their own I say.

You’ve clearly put a lot of thought into this, Sleeping Slig. I have no doubt in my mind that Dripik is inspired by military politicians whose paranoia and/or greed drives them to command armies. Whether Bush fits this description I won’t comment. But Slaveless is right: the Slig Barracks have never been used in a war, and they don’t provide Sligs. Sligs are owned by the security companies run by the Slig Queens like Skillya, and leased directly to the Magog Cartel companies.

Oh.. well that destoryed my arguement then.

I thought all sligs were sent to the Slig Barracks before they got employment.
So the Slig queens own the security companies and they provide all the sligs..

So how does the Slig Barracks fit into this? And how did the Slig barracks make any money? Im lost now.. lol

It’s never really been explained. Dripik makes profit, so my guess is that Sligs pay to train at the Barracks, or companies pay to have their employees undergo training.