{"id":34043,"date":"2009-10-29T20:23:15","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T01:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=34043"},"modified":"2009-10-29T20:23:15","modified_gmt":"2009-10-30T01:23:15","slug":"empire-who-did-you-vote-the-greatest-characters-of-the-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/10\/29\/34043-empire-who-did-you-vote-the-greatest-characters-of-the-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"EMPIRE: Who Did You Vote The Greatest Characters Of The Decade?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2461-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Empire Magazine: Aragorn Cover\" title=\"Empire Magazine: Aragorn Cover\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-34044 no-lazyload\" \/>From <strong>EMPIRE<\/strong>: Some are mad, bad and dangerous to know. Some you could safely bring to visit your granny for afternoon tea. But all of these ten characters are icons, the colossi who bestrode the last decade and gave us some of its most memorable moments. We asked you to vote; you answered in your thousands &#8211; and here are the top ten results, who will appear on ten special covers of the next issue of Empire magazine, presented in alphabetical order. Why not numerical? Well, when you&#8217;ve got characters this ace, why on Earth would you want to quibble about who&#8217;s best? We&#8217;ll be revealing the covers over the next few days, so keep an eye on this page to choose your favourite and decide who to buy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#1 Aragorn<\/strong><br \/>\nInside the issue: A few of the reasons Viggo made the perfect Aragorn &#8211; by Ian Nathan<\/p>\n<p>Others on the cover: James Bond, Jason Bourne, The Bride, The Joker, Maximus, Harry Potter, Shaun, Jack Sparrow, Wolverine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From EMPIRE: Some are mad, bad and dangerous to know. 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