Comments on: Man crush

By: Phil Plait

Phil Plait — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:24:19 +0000

genR (139): Um, did you happen to notice the date on this post?

By: genR

genR — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:06:18 +0000

i can not believe that Matt Smith did not get a single mention… i mean all the ones for the 9nth and 10nth doctors and #11 did not even get a single mention… how sad for Matt
anyways i would have to say for hanging out and having a beer with
David Tennant, Hugh Laurie, Gavin Rossdale and i suppose i will say Matt Smith so he is not lonely XD

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:08:40 +0000

Does Data count as a man crush? It’s that darn positronic brain!

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:03:25 +0000

Yeah… some of your mancrushes look just a little to buff for me, but for a guy… I guess buff is good? Well here are my various crushes…
Girl Crushes- Amanda Tappings
Rose tyler(I don’t think anyone who watched the show didn’t have the teeniest little crush on her)
Girl who played the 2nd Dr. Wier on Stargate Atlantis… forgot her name.
I’m going to count John Barrowman becase he’s gay AND married… twice the untouchable
For the guys…
Duh, the 9th and 10th doctors (mostley 10)
Zachary Quinto (who, sadly, may also be gay. lets us girls hope net, eh?)
Chris Pine (one inevitably leads to the other)
Milo Ventimilga (DUH!)

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Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:24:32 +0000

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By: Kevin Ryan

Kevin Ryan — Sat, 24 May 2008 09:22:24 +0000

Oh come on! How can Daniel Craig not be anyone’s man crush?

So here we are…

Daniel Craig
Anderson Cooper
Matt Damon
Edward James Olmos
William Hurt

By: Hannah

Hannah — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:01:15 +0000

I have to say (even though I’m a girl) that Chirstopher ecclestone is one of the hotest/lovelyest acctors in UK. Just take a look at him in “28 days later”. RAWR!
( One name I must add to the list of hit men is: Christian Bale..)/ Hannah

By: Lars

Lars — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:49:37 +0000

Hm. Richard Dawkins is the only man whose child I’d want to have… if I was female.

Sorry Phil, your genes are probably also very good, but there is something about that old fanatic that make my genes want to merge.

As a heterosexual man, yes the fact does gives me a certain creeping feeling of dread & panic, but I’m man enough to admit it anyways.

Anyone here who knows if Dawkins has some sisters (preferably much younger)?

By: Cookie

Cookie — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:52:21 +0000

I have man crushes on several guys, but one who is the top of the top is Martin O’Donnell. Never heard of him? Well lose your life and play more video games.

Ever played Halo (or one of the games in the series)? Try playing it with no sound. It, honestly, isnâ€™t that fun. However if it wasnâ€™t for â€œMarty the Elderâ€, Halo wouldnâ€™t have any sound. Everything from the music (which he co-wrote) to the vocal goes through him.

I love the guy.

Anyways, some honourable mentions include;
DNA (Hitchhikers for the win!)
Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan is cool)
Alec Guinness (The Orginal Obi-Wan is cooler. Yes, I know heâ€™s dead and hated being known as Obi-Wan Kenobi the whole time)
The Mythbusters crew (for obvious reasons)
Shane Bourne (Aussie comedian. Most wouldnâ€™t know him)
Red Symons (*GONG*)

By: Shiny! « Communion Of Dreams

Shiny! « Communion Of Dreams — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:41:50 +0000

[...] BTW: Alan Tudyk: on my ManCrush list. [...]

By: gar

gar — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:49:31 +0000

Hmm. ManCrush, huh? Well, some might disagree, but I think I have to disqualify myself from ManCrushes ’cause I’m a gay guy. But I do have to credit Phil on his good taste. The Ninth Doctor is quite worthy of your adulations.

By: Skander

Skander — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:42:02 +0000

I have a friend who definitely does not have a man crush on Kurt Russell, because he’s about the same age as Kurt and associates him with The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, etc. Too bad – he’d love Big Trouble In Little China otherwise, but I can’t get him to watch it.

By: Squidbert Gruntfuttock

Squidbert Gruntfuttock — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:04:27 +0000

A few guys to hang out with and share a beer: Jimi Hendrix, Richard Harris, Penn & Teller, Sir Patrick Moore, Rich Hall, argh, too many to condense into this list…

By: DCup

DCup — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:42:52 +0000

You’ve seen my partial list – it’s far-ranging and ever-growing. And it encompasses men and many of the women listed here.

It’s as much character (as in who they play in many cases) and personality as it is physical, definitely.

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By: Bill Samuels

Bill Samuels — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:19:06 +0000

Let’s see — it’s okay for a straight guy to have a “crush” on another guy, but God forbid if a gay guy has a REAL crush on a guy … Actually, why even use the term “crush,” since you’re just talking about friendship, who you’d want to hang out with. In that sense, even gay guys can have “man crushes” on other men that they like but don’t want to screw. I guess I just object to the term “man crush” — it sounds as if you’re saying gay guys have “unmanly” (i.e. sexual) crushes, which is pretty old-fashioned thinking.

Having a “man crush” on someone doesn’t mean that you’d want to date/screw that person if your orientation were different. If that were the case, gay men would only be friends with guys they want to have sex with, and that is not the case at all.

By: BlacKats

BlacKats — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:30:14 +0000

This doesn’t count because he’s dead but James Cagney.

As for alive ManCrushes (in no particular order):

Hugh Laurie, Matt Damon, Harrison Ford, Ray Bourque, Tom Brady, David Morse, Paul Oakenfold, Michael Clarke Duncan, Brad Pitt, Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Norton… the list goes on and on…

By: KLCtheBookWorm

KLCtheBookWorm — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:51:05 +0000

Since you like Doctor Who so much, I thought I'd share these two strips from Home of the Strange. When Friday isn't coming soon enough, I reread them and giggle madly. Home on the Strange: Who is Your Savior? and Home on the Strange: Who is Your Savior? (Regeneration Remix)

By: Senritsu

Senritsu — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:02:51 +0000

For actresses, my girl crush is Kate Winslet. I’ve liked her for quite a while, but after I saw her in Extras, she moved to the top of the list.

By: Mari

Mari — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:11:16 +0000

Dame Maggie Smith! Old enough to be my mother (at least), but still..

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:01:51 +0000

Okay, yes, I’m a girl, but if we’re talking about completely platonic crushes, then mine’s on linguist/social commentator Noam Chomsky.

By: John Paradox

John Paradox — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:52:56 +0000

Okay, if anyone scrolls down this far:

previously mentioned: Robert A Heinlein (I will NEVER sell my autographed copy of Stranger)
Joseph Campbell (mythologist)
Patrick Norton (The Screen Savers from TechTV before G4 bought/killed it to ‘The Tacky.. er Attack of the Show, now DL.TV)
Thomas Jefferson

J/P=?

By: gopher65

gopher65 — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:59:53 +0000

Adrian Paul (the guy who played Ducan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod in Highlander: The Series. If I were going to call any man beautiful, it would be him.

Captain Jack Harkness from Doctor Who. He just seems so… self confident:P.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:40:11 +0000

Nathan Fillion from Serenity. How can you beat Han Solo meets Clint Eastwood with dialogue written by Joss Whedon?

By: The Dread Polack

The Dread Polack — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:37:27 +0000

I think it’s actually time for another reminder of what a real man-crush is. Looks may be a factor, but we’re not talking about a physical or romantic attraction. That would be a ‘normal crush’, not a ‘man-crush’. Oh- and that would make you gay. (or at least bisexual, to some extent).

Agree? Disagree?

The Dread Polack