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RE: Adam or Tom? - Adam Carter - 24-12-2009 05:48 PM
I don't think Adam was arrogant. Confident? Yes. Arrogant? No.
I tend to think Tom, especially in Series 2, really let his emotions and his hopeless romanticism get in the way of being an effective leader. He was always short with the team and really lost sight of the importance of team rapport.
RE: Adam or Tom? - YourFutureMuse - 24-12-2009 05:57 PM
I think there is a thin line between confidence and arrogance
( I should know I often cross it :/ )Not that I didn't love Adam I just thought Tom was more believable as a character.. probably because of his emotions and hopeless romanticism LOL
RE: Adam or Tom? - Kirayuki - 24-12-2009 06:04 PM
I thought Adam came across a little too "I'm gorgeous so believe me" undercover a lot.
I'm really trying to come up with a good explanation for my choice here but i fear it will be a while in the making.
RE: Adam or Tom? - AdamCarter - 04-01-2010 11:48 AM
Tom became involved with two of the most attractive women in the series. Ellie Simm and Christine Dale.However Adam gets the vote.
John
RE: Adam or Tom? - Saratita - 29-01-2010 07:13 AM
I loved Tom because he was the first chief of section D and had to deal with having a personal life (which is, as we understand as the series develop, impossible for anyone - except for Adam + wife... but we all know how that ends up...) Then it took me some time to like Adam, who's more invicible, kind of a US type of character (cf Kiefer Sutherland in 24). To sum up: Tom more real, Adam more indesctructible but less real...
I'm always very disappointed when a character disappears (often by sudden death
in the series and resent the "replacement" for some time, and when I finally get to love them (ie Adam, post Tom), they end up... dead. Spoiler: show
RE: Adam or Tom? - HellsBells - 29-01-2010 12:16 PM
I agree with you, Saratita, Tom seemed far more real. The fact he tried to have a personal life made him seem more 'ordinary'. Adam just seemed too perfect to me - intelligent, great leader, beautiful wife, wonderful son. I guess I prefer my heroes a little more vulnerable.
Adam was an excellent leader but I don't think I would want to work for him !
RE: Adam or Tom? - age1021 - 29-01-2010 01:27 PM
Is there a thread about whom do we prefer?
Tom, Adam, or Lucas....
RE: Adam or Tom? - i luv lucas - 29-01-2010 01:32 PM
Nope Age1021!!! Not at the moment, we could start one tho!!!
Adam for me I think, but it is a close call!!
RE: Adam or Tom? - Nia M - 29-01-2010 04:35 PM
Adam beats Tom for me
RE: Adam or Tom? - TygerBright - 29-01-2010 05:06 PM
(29-01-2010 12:16 PM)HellsBells Wrote: I agree with you, Saratita, Tom seemed far more real. The fact he tried to have a personal life made him seem more 'ordinary'. Adam just seemed too perfect to me - intelligent, great leader, beautiful wife, wonderful son. I guess I prefer my heroes a little more vulnerable.
Yep, same here. Since I had gone about this retro-watching a bit AOT (starting with 8, then 7, then 6) I "met" Adam before Tom and while I liked him well enough he could never hold a candle to Lucas (in my book.. and that's nothing at all to do with the preference in actors). But now that I have all seasons and am going about it proper, I watched the whole series 1 and liked Tom from the very beginning. Looking foward to character development in series 2 (and I heard Adam's better before series 6 so I'm looking forward to first "meeting" him.. one of these "what-spook-are-you" quizzes described him as "level-headed".. chucking chairs around?!?)
If Tom really was mentored by Lucas I can actually see the two of them being as close to friends as spooks can be.. I imagine the "old" Lucas could have been somewhat like Tom.
So Adam/Tom choice - Tom all the time. Of course, if you bring in Lucas it's a no-brainer