Alycia Ripley

I’m not a real fan of people using the word ‘hot’ to describe anyone- it’s usually 1) way off base, 2) totally undescriptive, and 3) it’s just turned into this really generic term that bothers me and doesn’t give any information whatsoever. There’s a lot of pretty girls who are NOT hot and same goes with guys and then people who aren’t conventionally attractive who are somehow hot because of their persona. It’s all very complicated. (Meanwhile- a brief terminology history lesson. I was once sitting with my friend Mika and her family and someone described someone as hot and Mika’s dad goes “Well why would you describe her that way? That’s not good.” So I perked up because I knew just what he was getting at. Prior to the nineties, and maybe even the 80s, hot came from the term ‘hot to trot’ meaning a fast girl, someone with no self esteem who sleeps with guys to get somewhere in life, trampy, take your pick. It was pretty insulting and not something you’d want to be called. I’m not sure why hot became a good thing but I busted in and explained this to her dad. After nodding in agreement he then goes, “See Mika, back in our generation (and points to me) that wasn’t a good word.” And then she looks across the table with a look of exhaustion and exasperation and goes “Dad- she’s my age!” Now, this offers up further proof that I’m really conjoined with an era other than the one I currently and biologically belong to but I’ll leave that for now.)
So, as before I was talking about how great it is to have a PERSONA because it combines with looks to really be explosive, I decided to make a list (I love lists) of people who through their looks, their persona, or a combo of both, jump out at me as being hot and represent a time when it doesn’t bother me to use the term….There’s definitely people I know/have known in real life that qualify for this but they know who they are and plus, I can’t be giving EVERYTHING away.
Ok-…but let’s get the LOST people out of the way first because you KNEW they were coming….

Josh Holloway/Sawyer on LOST- Hot Southern mischievious charmer with dimples and a randy streak- the sweet person under the BAD GUY persona
Matthew Fox/ Jack on LOST- Hot sweaty doctor who cares about everything and always knows what to do, also- doctors are often hot because they’re sensitive and know how to fix you.
Terry O’Quinn/ Locke on LOST- Round faced, blue eyed, tan, dimpled older guy with great clown scar, HOT spiritual, faith based, super intense and a little creepy yet sweet island agent
Dominic Monaghan/Charlie on LOST- Hot sarcastic, athletic pouty and sweet, ex-heroin addict rock god, made extra great by the BLACK HOODIE that perhaps reminds me of Anakin Skywalker (I admit it, Lauren) because I seem to have this weird thing for people who are half really well intentioned and earnest and half really bad…
Desmond on LOST- Hot, mysterious ex med student turned Hatch worker, made extra appealing by the scratchy sounding brogue, heavy Hatch workouts, nice teeth, and enigmatic demeanor
ETHAN on Lost- Everyone knows I have this thing for intense, on the edge of badness, semi-weirdos and William Mapother’s Hot, Feral, superfighter, yet calm and sweet guy who looks cute from one angle and like a scary animal the next who happens to be medically inclined and have a thing for pregnant girls was Amazing..they need to bring him back ASAP.
Ron Livingston in Office Space- Hot, aggrevated, put upon office worker, ESPECIALLY when he’s got the suit on and is in the process of f#$%ing up the company in that scene in the middle
Robert Englund in The Nightmare on Elm Street movies- BEFORE HE DIED AND BECAME Freddy Krueger- when he was alive he had that Terry O’Quinn/young Dennis Hopper thing going on- kind of sinister, blue eyed slightly older guy with the scratchy voice and smooth moves- I love that guy! Plus, he dug teen girls and twentysomethings- NICE.
Brian Van Holt in House of Wax- I love him in everything but this is one of those villains who I wanted to just take over the entire movie. Forget about the fact that he plays dual characters- but Bo the Hot Southern dimpled, cleft chin guy who is both smooth and kind of menacing is one of my favorite sexy villains of the year. I ALWAYS love the bad guys….The scenes with he and Elisha Cuthbert in that movie, particularly when she gets taken down in the town square, or gets thrown into the chair while he puts the M Manson song on and she gets the super glue treatment, all register to me as some of the Hottest Scenes of the year. Love it.
Dennis Hopper in just about everything….enough said.
Jay Mohr in Cherry Falls- Hot, assertive but sweet English teacher who also moonlights as a raving psychopath killing virgins- this is a performance that needs to be seen to be believed. Awesome.
Christopher Walken in just about everything….also enough said.
Michael Madsen in just about everything…Whether he’s a psycho or a good guy, he’s got the superhot dark haired, blue eyed, dimpled and tattooed really intense, laconic guy perfect. I spent all of high school imagining I’d bump into someone like him- mentally unbalanced or not.
Johnny Depp way back in Nightmare on Elm St- Hot boy next door with sweet side and bad attitude, good with Mom, helpful with girlfriend, tough on villains. I wanted Glen for my high school boyfriend..this definitely didnt happen.
Paul Rudd in Clueless- hot, idealistic, supersarcastic stepbrother
Martin Sheen in Badlands- Hot, kind of well-intentioned yet psychopathic dreamer and drifter, wears white t shirts well, smooth voice, scary mentality.
Eddie Cabrian and Tyler Labine on Invasion- Hot, tough park ranger dad torn between old wife and new wife (torn, intense, mentalities are hot) and then crazy haired, beer bellied round cheeked, blue eyed Hot conspiracy theorist/pain in the ass brother in law. Love these guys.
JJ Abrams- Hot, Jewish, creative genius
Jack Nicholson in The Shining- Hot dad on the edge of being a psychopath, thrown over the edge by malicious hotel, this is Jack at his best- young, whiskey-voiced, shady, menacing and unpredictable.
Trent Reznor- superhot, aquiline featured, green-eyed, newly buff (but also hot back in the 90’s) and tan (Why do men get so attractive in their late thirties and 40’s???) superintense, sweet, soft-spoken, and intelligent musical genius- absolutely one of my favorite men of all time. If I could sit and just talk with someone- he’d rank high on the list.
Vincent D’Onofrio in everything….Hot supertall, large handed, brown-eyed bear who’s amazing when mentally off base both as a good character and a villain, specialty is person who is on the edge of both
Crispin Glover- just in general. Hot, dark haired, blue eyed, sharp featured yet soft voiced, intelligent, and very unconventional oddball- From Back the Future on, I just loved Crispin. I also need to say here that I had a huge thing for Michael J Fox when he was in this time period- cute, sarcastic baby faced do gooder yet rebellious muckraker.
David Cubitt in Rapid Fire- Superhot, round faced, hazel eyed, vodka voiced, pissed off militiaman against the government, not above attempting to seduce best friend’s girl (ill advised randiness and seduction is always hot if the person is) This guy is fantastic.
Chris Noth- back in the vintage Law and Order days- hot superintense Irish cop not above slugging out NYC councilmen….if you’re good hearted, Irish, have a bad attitude and are really tall- you’re practically THERE.
Christian Bale in everything, especially American Psycho for reasons that need not be gotten into..hot competitive man on the edge with bourbon voice and killer abs and teeth….
Christopher Meloni on SVU- Hot intense cop/family man, not above loving his female partner and having some random sexual tension, blue eyed, vigilante at heart, complete with navy tattoos…love him. OH, I loved him on OZ too when he was a raving nutcase pansexual as well…
Billy Campbell- on The 4400- Hot, shady wannabe leader of the 4400’s, smooth talking, well intentioned but not altogether on the level, keeps getting better with age.
Stephen King- can’t explain this one….back in the early 80s he looked like a big tough weirdly hot hard drinking creepy-smart bear- I love him.
Kyle Mc Lachlan- in the Twin Peaks days- hot super sweetnatured detective with doe eyes and a trusting nature, yet difficult to seduce, oddly innocent, loves coffee and pie.
Kiefer Sutherland in anything….great voice, shaky personality and morals…love it.
John C Mc Ginley- On Scrubs and that scaryass movie Intensity- whether he’s a hot raving but calm psycho or a hot super sarcastic angular faced doctor with a million barbs and a hard nut to crack personality- I always love this guy…
Tom Cruise in Collateral- yes he’s crazy these days and out of control but in this one movie I couldn’t even believe it was him- I loved the silver hair and the greyish purple clothes….Cruise is at his best when he’s slightly swarmy and like a tightly wound snake and this character was perfect- hot!
James Gandolfini in the Sopranos- hot, Marlon Brando with a Jersey twist voiced mob boss, also his small role in True Romance- amazing- his scene with Patricia Arquette might be sick but it’s still hot
James Garner in The Rockford Files- hot detective intent on solving only crimes that don’t put him in the line of fire, makes slight wussiness almost macho
HENRY ROLLINS- tough talking, tough moving, super smart, super into pop culture hardass softie….hilarious on I Love The 80’s….I LOVE THIS GUY.
John Cusack in Say Anything- Hot, earnest, idealistic paragon of sincerity who looks awesome in a sweaty Clash t-shirt and boxing gloves…one of the only people the dark hair pale skin, dark eyes really works in the favor of.
Jeremy Piven in PCU amongst other things….Before Entourage there was PCU and Cupid- this guy exemplifies the hot, charming, snarky, boisterous anarchist. Easily one of the most underrated sex symbols, he’s the Peter Sellers of this generation…
Hugh Laurie in House- Hot doctor but the anti-Matthew Fox kind- a little arrogant, aggrevating and aggrevatED, super smart limping blue-eyed flawed medicine man.
David Duchovny in The X-Files- Hot, super tall, superbrain who shows that quirkiness and intensity are ALWAYS the way to go….also, a huge purveyor of sexual tension hangups…
Skeet Ulrich in Scream- yet AGAIN, the whiskey voiced awesome boyfriend who looks great in a t-shirt and although randy, respects a girl’s sexual timeframe who turns out to be a raving psychopath- this one barely needs the hot explanation…
Dennis Quaid in The Big Easy- hot southern guy embroiled in a mess of problems with huge dimples and great teeth, DQ always reminds me of a human shark….
Treat Williams- Smooth Talk- hot southern psychopath who frequents outdoor bars before settling in on a teen girl who he proceeds to stalk on her own property in BROAD DAYLIGHT- the nerve alone is HOT.
Michael Keaton in his 80’s stuff- hot mischief maker with awesomely expressive eyebrows
Gene Hackman in The French Connection- hot charismatic rule-breaking cop with awesome speed driving skills
Timothy Olyphant in Go- hot drug dealer with an impressive knowledge of pop culture
Mark Harmon in Summer School- hot teacher with rowdy streak
Val Kilmer in Real Genius- hot super smart hard-partying nerd
Jeff Bridges in Jagged Edge- hot murder suspect/psychopath
Keanu Reeves in Speed- hot, sweet, sensitive and unbustable
Peter Krause in Six Feet Under- Hot, articulate, discontented funeral home director
Clancy Brown in Shoot To Kill- hot, gravel-throated psychopath
DB Sweeney in the Cutting Edge- superhot hockey player- every girl alive in 1991 knew about this one…
Cary Elwes in The Princess Bride- hot fable-guy who made laconic sincerity HOT
Luke Wilson in Home Fries- hot, well meaning goodball not above shooting a few people
Campbell Scott in Roger Dodger- hot, mojito drinking woman-player
Jared Leto in My So Called Life- hot high school, Visine using, vacuous dreamboat (I loved Jordan Catalano- I think there was a shrine to him in our high school circa 1995)
Adam Sandler in 50 First Dates- I can’t explain this one- I love Hawaii and supersarcastic guys who still care about people- Any tan guy with dimples who’s great with animals and can toss out barbs faster than me- HOT.
Michael Rosenbaum in Smallville- I hate WB shows but a young Lex Luthor is AUTOMATICALLY hot…snarky, smooth, up to no good yet kind of sincere…love it.
Sean Penn in Bad Boys- Sean in 80’s young earnest honorable criminal role= HOT.
Chad Michael Murray in House of Wax- Ok, I’m not usually into CMM and no I’m not nominating him because we’re both from Buffalo but in THIS PARTICULAR ROLE- he was hot. The black hoodie, the smooth voice, the bad attitude NO MATTER WHAT (I love bad attitudes) and in the face of whatever antagonist, the great curveball arm, the grumpy put upon bad boy with a good heart- this is the guy I’d want to be near if there was a crazed villain after me.
Sam Neill in Jurassic Park- hot Aussie paleontologist- love the eyes, love the accent, love the brains.
Clive Owen in Inside Man- hot sort of/not really bank robber with a master plan- superintense, super foxy good guy bad guy slant- doing bad for a good cause = HOT.
Tom Berenger in Someone To Watch Over Me- hot off-duty detective bodyguard
Adam Baldwin in My Bodyguard- Superhot highschool bodyguard of younger who’s getting picked on- Conclusion? BODYGUARDS ARE HOT.
Kurt Russell in Overboard- Good natured, sarcastic carpenter dad with a sneaky side and a heart of gold- this was Kurt at his best (aside from Escape from NY)- carpenters can be hot too
Michael Biehn in The Terminator and Aliens- superhot, soft-voiced warrior/guy next door who can fight all the bad guys- absolutely my crush of the 80s. Conclusion- Hot Guys with dimples who protect you from harm = HOT.
James Spader in Pretty In Pink and pretty much everything else- hot, rich yuppie “high schooler’ who really looks 34- loved the white suits with no shirt look he wore to ’school.’ Why weren’t there REALLY guys like that in high school? Shady demeanor, unruffled calm, bourbon-voiced, snotty yuppie prince.
Eric Bana in Chopper and The Hulk- superhot, dark-eyed, emotionally stunted and confused scientist (Hulk) criminal (Chopper) with issues to spare. If you’re hot- issues are even more attractive..I have no idea why.
Tom Sizemore- similar to M. Madsen- dark haired, blue eyed troublemaker- either a cop or a psychopath. But Sizemore AKA The Insane Tom Sizemore as Chris Rock calls him deserves to be on my list just for being hot and a LUNATIC. The heroin problems, the punching out of Heidi Fleiss, etc. He’s this sweet hearted guy who’s just NUTS and I love him for that.

Ok- I’m sure there’s a lot more, I just can’t type anymore. But in conclusion- looks are good, but the persona and the cultivation thereof is everything. And in terms of real life people, I’ll get to that at some point. But scientists can be hot, accountants can DEFINITELY be hot, Hartford employees who double as car restorers = HOT, as can be people who work at coffee shops (that whole Ethan Hawke circa Reality Bites thing- I can’t believe I forgot that guy), at banks, and at Bed, Bath, and Beyond.

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