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Sentimental Pulse · June 24, 2012 9:36 pm

I voted for Ben and Martin which was particularly easy since I have no idea who any of these other people are

hepzibah · June 24, 2012 10:07 pm

Hey Janine
If you don't know who the others in the poll are, you are missing out on some fine examples of manhood

Colin Firth was the definitive Mr Darcy in the BBC production of Pride & Prejudice, and won an Oscar for The King's Speech

David Tennant was the 10th and best Doctor Who. There is a reason he and Benny are so close in the poll, both so hot, hot, hot

Tom Hiddleston is just some pretty boy (only kidding, Hiddles fans). He is in The Avengers Movie, also in War Horse with Benny (good friends apparently) and has a voice like melted milk chocolate (Benny's voice is dark chocolate to me)

Alan Rickman plays Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movies, was Emma Thompson's hubby in Love, Actually (you know, the movie that Martin was naked in most of his scenes), and his best movie of all - Truly, Madly, Deeply. He is quite a hottie in an odd way. But we like our odd hotties, don't we?

Colin Morgan and Bradley James star in the TV show Merlin. Nothing more to say about them, really

I hope this has expanded your knowledge of hot men, but you can't go back and change your vote

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Sentimental Pulse · June 24, 2012 10:42 pm

Hepzibah, oh yes I know Colin Firth..I forgot to mention that. The King's Speech is one of the best movies ever made. I loved it. yes the Tennent guy looks like he could float my boat. My boyfriend took me to the Avengers but i almost fell asleep. Next movie date is my turn, romance here we come. I would have voted for our boys anyway

hepzibah · June 24, 2012 10:50 pm

Janine, have you ever watched Doctor Who? If not, I woukd recommend starting with the series made in 2005 with Christopher Ecclestone as the 9th Doctor, the boyfriend would like them for the action/adventure side and you would like them for the hot men & love (sort of) story. If you are going to be an Anglophile you need to be familiar with Doctor Who.

kazza474 · June 25, 2012 3:59 am

Just voted again, don't be complacent & whine when your favourite loses. Current standings:

Benedict Cumberbatch 51.4%
Vs
David Tennant 48.6%

Martin Freeman 62.9%
Vs
Colin Firth 37.1%

Smoggy_London_Air · June 25, 2012 4:21 am

I think Benedict is going to win by a nose.

Smoggy_London_Air · June 25, 2012 4:23 am

Sentimental Pulse wrote:
Hepzibah, oh yes I know Colin Firth..I forgot to mention that. The King's Speech is one of the best movies ever made. I loved it. yes the Tennent guy looks like he could float my boat. My boyfriend took me to the Avengers but i almost fell asleep. Next movie date is my turn, romance here we come. I would have voted for our boys anyway

Tennant floats my boat. He has ever since I discovered he wasn't actually a slobbering psychopathic maniac. (HP GOF)

Sammy · June 25, 2012 8:59 am

Who's boat doesn't he float?

And if you're not into Sci-Fi you should totally check other movies/shows with him out, he's awesome in all of them. ;)

But in general, it's really hard to choose between male Brits. :/ They're all so amazing!

Sentimental Pulse · June 25, 2012 10:32 am

kazza474 wrote:
Just voted again, don't be complacent & whine when your favourite loses. Current standings:

Benedict Cumberbatch 51.4%
Vs
David Tennant 48.6%

Martin Freeman 62.9%
Vs
Colin Firth 37.1%

I like your attitude, kazza. That signature photo of mycroft is so perfect. I can just hear him telling Watson in a very calm and proper way indeed that he doesn't give a sh%t.

Sentimental Pulse · June 25, 2012 10:34 am

SLA and Sammy, yes these wickedly good looking men have such a stranglehold on us. Fortunately our guy Ben has captured our hearts and our votes.

jimella · June 26, 2012 7:37 am

hepzibah wrote:
Tom Hiddleston is just some pretty boy (only kidding, Hiddles fans). He is in The Avengers Movie, also in War Horse with Benny (good friends apparently) and has a voice like melted milk chocolate (Benny's voice is dark chocolate to me)

The reference to chocolate is perfect. LIKE!

Sammy · June 26, 2012 7:20 pm

I thought I should add this...

Yeah.

I love this picture. Ben is like: "Come here you!" *pulls him closer with left arm* and David is like: "Rawr, you sexy thing!" :D

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hepzibah · June 29, 2012 9:31 am

We have now moved on to the semi-finals, see the topic higher up the list.

Smoggy_London_Air · July 1, 2012 12:59 am

AGH THEY'VE GOT OUR BOYS AGAINST EACH OTHER. (Sorry for the all-caps. I was sparing the exclamation point.) What do we do?

Irene Adler · July 1, 2012 9:34 am

Smoggy_London_Air wrote:
AGH THEY'VE GOT OUR BOYS AGAINST EACH OTHER. (Sorry for the all-caps. I was sparing the exclamation point.) What do we do?

This is really, really, really unfair. I don't know if I can vote

Smoggy_London_Air · July 1, 2012 7:27 pm

Poor Martin is really lagging. I think I'll vote for him tomorrow.

Sherli Bakerst · July 2, 2012 12:29 am

I voted for Martin--my small attempt to make things more equal. But I may very well vote for Ben from another computer as I really think they are two halves of a whole.

SusiGo · July 2, 2012 7:05 am

I don't know how this worked but I just voted a second time and my vote was counted. Actually I just wanted to see how they do and then I just voted for Martin because last time I decided for Ben. But Ben's still in the lead with 57 %.

Davina · July 2, 2012 7:11 am

What I want to know Sherli is...which half is Ben and which half is Martin? Lol

jimella · July 5, 2012 11:17 pm

I tried voting again too. It went through :D But Ben is trailing now