EW list of 100 greatest characters past 20 years

Horrible list, but they do name 5 video game characters, can you name them and who do you think is missing?
BTW,  How terrible is this list...Hancock, the Will Smith movie character is #91. 
 
#17

Umm...link to the list maybe? 
 
Either way, WOW.

Where the hell is Mario?

Laura Croft's story arc was that she had big tits. So number 17 on EW seems perfectly logical.

" Where the hell is Mario? "

That's pretty terrible. Any one of the three that tied for number 93 could have been at 17. Even MChief was better than Lara Croft...

That's just ridiculous.  Not only do they have questionable taste in game characters, but movie characters as well.  Hancock?  Seriously?

Andrew Ryan is easily one of the best video game characters to date. I can see where they were coming from for Nathan Drake. He's alright, but I wouldn't consider him the best. And Kratos would have been a good choice until GoW3 came out. Like so many others believe, Kratos was just a dick by the end of the game. How can you be THAT angry, man?! Also, Tommy Vercetti > Niko Bellic. Though, that's just personal preference, really. Also, Master Chief? Really?
One more thing, please don't tell me that EW actually spelled Lara Croft's name "Laura" Croft...

" Where the hell is Mario? "

@h83r: Dood, whether we like it or not, Master Chief absolutely deserves to be on that list.  He's been the face of a new generation of gamers, and moreover, he helped revolutionize first-person shooting for consoles.  Above that, he's actually an incredibly deep character, but you have to go beyond just the games to find that out.  Personally, despite my hatred for Halo 3, it would've been a glaring omission if he HADN'T been on the list. "

" Where the hell is Mario? "

" @h83r: Jakob's right, the Master Chief embodies Halo and Halo is the force that made Microsoft relevant in gaming.  
 

" @Barrock said:

" Where the hell is Mario? "

What specifically makes Mario a great character? His wits? His charm? His funny banter with Luigi? Honestly he's not that great of a character. In fact he's sort of a blank slate, filled with different costumes that give him personality. "

Nathan Drake and Niko are the only 2 that deserve to be there. Master Chief's claim to fame is a wildly popular shooter and badass armor. No depth, he doesn't talk, the only backstory you get is if you read the SUPPLEMENTAL book. Kratos is just pissed and wants to kill shit, and Lara Croft just has big tits.

" @mylifeforAiur:   "How appropriate. You smell like a cow." Was that it, I can't remember. "

Here's the list:  
 
I can't check all of them, but #1 Homer Simpson first aired in 1987, 23 years ago, #87 Tony Stark first appeared in 1963, 47 years go and #36 Gollum was first published in 1937, 73 years ago.  I personally think this invalidates a list of characters from "the past 20 years".

1. Homer Simpson
2. Harry Potter
3. Buffy
4. Tony Soprano
5. The Joker
6. Rachel Green
7. Edward Scissorhands
8. Hannibal Lecter
9. Carrie Bradshaw
10. Spongebob Squarepants
11. Cosmo Kramer
12. Mulder & Scully
13. Jack Sparrow
14. The Dude
15. Shrek
16. Bridget Jones
17. Lara Croft
18. Sue Sylvester
19. Morpheus
20. Ally McBeal
21. Roseanne
22. Cartman
23. Austin Powers
24. Felicity
25. Woody
26. Kavalier & Clay
27. Frasier
28. Madea
29. Vincent Vega & Jules Winnfield
30. Stephen Colbert
31. Forrest Gump
32. Beavis & Butt-head
33. Sara Connor
34. Cher (from Clueless)
35. Dexter Morgan
36. Gollum
37. Keyser Soze
38. Elmo
39. Gob Bluth
40. Ron Burgundy
41. Harold & Kumar
42. Sydney Bristow
43. Cal Stephanides
44. Jack Bauer
45. Stewie Griffin
46. Jerry Maguire
47. Corky St. Clair
48. Red
49. Vivian Ward
50. Pearl the Landlord
51. Omar Little
52. Annie Wilkes
53. Edward Cullen
54. Juno
55. Tracy Jordan
56. Barney Stinson
57. Clayton Bigsby
58. Thelma & Louise
59. Master Chief
60. Mary Jones
61. Vic Mackey
62. Jimmy Corrigan
63. John Locke
64. Maximus
65. Lorelai & Rory Gilmore
66. Allie & Noah
67. Borat
68. Miranda Priestly
70. Mary Katherine Gallagher
71. Det. Alonzo Harris
72. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
73. Catherina Tramell
74. Don Draper
75. David Brent
76. Tyler Durden
77. Mimi Marquez
78. Patty Hewes
79. Elphaba
80. Gorillaz
81. Amanda Woodward
82. Tracy Flick
83. Jen Yu
84. Dr. Gregory House
85. Daniel Plainview
86. Karen Walker & Jack McFarland
87. Tony Stark
88. Napoleon Dynamite
89. Wikus
90. Marge Gunderson
91. Hancock
92. Christopher Boone
93. Game Boys (Nathan Drake, Kratos, Niko Bellic)
94. Truman
95. Wilhelmina
96. Bernie Mac
97. Violet Weston
98. Lisbeth Salander
99. The Bride
100. Tim Riggins

Hmm. A big, wide open list for something so subjective. I can't seem to track down a complete tally on-line, but it seems to be missing some glaring literary creations (that I think were created within the last twenty years).
 
As for Master Chief being that high - I suppose he has some draw and a big fanbase, but yea, he's essentially one of the most vapid characters in the history of gamingdom.

Goddamn... These lists are always stupid, but really? Buffy at #3? Really? And Pearl the Landlord is a from a three minute internet video! Jesus.
 
And I haven't played enough Halo to know for sure, but isn't Master Chief a silent protagonist in-game?

I think I saw this article. Was #1 Homer Simpson?

I bet Jack Sparrow is number one. 
 
EDIT: Never mind, 12 off is still horrible. 
DOUBLE EDIT: Edward Scissorhands at 7 and The Joker at 5 is just as bad, if not worse.

That list is terrible.

Lara Croft is a lady, that's pretty much all there is to her character.
 
Niko Bellic shouts "Rrrrraaaaaaaaaarrrrrrr don't fuck wit me." when you shoot.

Having seen that list in its entirety, I can safely and confidently assume that the person(s) that wrote it are of the same ilk that enjoy reality TV, don't know Cormac McCarthy from Chuck  Palahniuk (if they've ever heard of either), and through ignorance are incapable of understanding the term "derivative".

Carrie Bradshaw? I just have malice over the current look of Sarah Jessica Parker though, but after reading the panning critics of Sex and The City 2, it should have been a lot lower down?

" Carrie Bradshaw? I just have malice over the current look of Sarah Jessica Parker though, but after reading the panning critics of Sex and The City 2, it should have been a lot lower down? "

" @ThePhantomnaut said:

" Carrie Bradshaw? I just have malice over the current look of Sarah Jessica Parker though, but after reading the panning critics of Sex and The City 2, it should have been a lot lower down? "

There's a lot of that. Tony Stark but no Spider-Man? Will Smith's Hancock, but not Christian Bale's Batman?  "

" @Sir_Ragnarok said:

" @ThePhantomnaut said:

" Carrie Bradshaw? I just have malice over the current look of Sarah Jessica Parker though, but after reading the panning critics of Sex and The City 2, it should have been a lot lower down? "

There's a lot of that. Tony Stark but no Spider-Man? Will Smith's Hancock, but not Christian Bale's Batman?  "

The only reason I can find out of Tony Stark was associating his movie version with Robert Downey Jr.'s battle with addition. Bad for good reasons. Spider-Man (still odded by 3) and Batman in their current visions are heavily developed where they had to make very complicated decisions. "