He’s a fascist, a racist, a misogynist, a transphobe, he’s friends with sex traffickers, he tries to silence marginalised people while uplifting the voices of other fascists, racists, misogynists, transphobes and sex pests.
His money (that came from his ancestors’ emerald mines in apartheid South Africa) bought him a hair transplant, but it can’t buy him the personality transplant he really needs.
New? Wait really? People didn’t don’t read up on famous individuals lives in order to judge them in a positive or negative attitude? (I think this is just a me thing )
I don’t assume we’ll get another new ET, let alone a Celebrity one, but off the top of my head I’d wishlist Conan O’Brien. Maybe plus Andy Richter in a cameo or as a second target.
He would have been a good choice (in terms of crosspomotion potential) this year actually, after his well-received travel show on Max and his appearance on Hot Ones.
So much to unpack here. Please pardon me, mods, while I momentarily do a slight derail of the thread:
He is absolutely afraid, like every spotlight-grubby wealth whore. He’s afraid of looking incompetent (which he is), he’s afraid of losing the spotlight, and he’s afraid of progress in the world that doesn’t come from him because it might lead to someone taking his money away through taxation.
He is not flowing with any form of dominance. He had one decent idea, had other people put it on the market, has told other people what to invent since then and bought anything his people couldn’t make for him, and gets inaccurately lauded as a genius as a result at the expense of other people who are actual geniuses that don’t sign the checks (for the record, these exact same words can be used to describe Steve Jobs).
All billionaires are the same. All of them. All of them had help; there is no such thing as a self-made anything, and certainly not a billionaire. Every one of them got their wealth through unethical and immoral means, whether directly or inherited, just from the fact that they are billionaires and have people working for them to keep supplying that wealth, nevermind the rest of the shit they do. All of them claim to oppose big government, which is why they both support and oppose the conservative right (look how that works out), but also don’t want to pay taxes on their wealth or be busted for shady practices in stock market trading, which is why they both oppose and support the liberal left (look how that works out).
Elon Musk is not funny. He’s not clever, he’s not witty, he’s not interesting. He’s an awkward loner who suddenly has money and attention and has no idea how to act like a normal human being (for the record, these exact same words can also be used to describe Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and to a lesser degree, Bill Gates. I don’t include Trump only because he’s not a real billionaire). He cursed his own child by giving them a fucked up name, solely as a stunt where everyone will know that is Elon Musk’s kid, while showing no faith in his child to be able to achieve their own greatness or differentiate themselves. He bought Twitter, gave it a stupid name, and is running it into the ground solely because people on it were allowed to make fun of him, but he wasn’t able to say anything back in such a way that didn’t break the rules of conduct that could get him suspended, so he decided to just buy it so he could make the rules. And now every idea he’s had and every company he owns is on the decline, because he got lucky once in his life and has no idea how to keep repeating it.
I would also love to have him as an ET, just so I could do what Hitman does, to him. But, I also don’t want any of my money to go to him from my entertainment, so I’m fine with just keeping that wimpy loser Tim Quinn from the latest ET, who thinks he’s a badass when he’s not, as the closest proxy.
Here are my ideas. Maybe I’ll expand them into proper write-ups later.
Dr. Eleanor Martell (Rachel Weisz) - an ill-tempered, drug-addled gynecologist working at GAMA, accused of unethical experimentation and sexual assault by her past patients. Her sister Beatrice, also a gynecologist, placed a hit on her to gain full control over their birthing center, to prevent Eleanor’s erratic behaviour from sabotaging their deal and to prevent their incestous relationship from being exposed.
Professor William Trumpington (Jeremy Irons) - an Oxford archaeology professor and president of the Trumpington Archaeological Society, accused of illegally stealing artefacts and either hoarding them or selling them on the black market. Having collaborated with a Swazi general to overthrow the Eswatini government, Trumpington is currently buying Swazi artefacts from the general in Paris, Marrakesh or the Ark Society.
Reginald Carlisle (Hugh Grant) - Alexa Carlisle’s cousin, a Member of Parliament going into hiding in Thornbridge Manor after being accused of the murder of an intern.
Nancy Burnwood (Dame Helen Mirren) - The mysterious Chairwoman of the ICA board, holding a board meeting in Chongqing.
Violet “Jinx” Lewis (Ella Purnell) - An English arsonist and bombmaker recently recruited into the Private Militia, either in Colorado or Ambrose Island.
Sister Clarissa Huntsman (Sophie Thatcher) - A Mormon missionary and suspected serial killer proselytizing and helping out around Whittleton Creek.
John Milton Sr. (Bryan Cranston) and John “Jack” Milton Jr. (Jesse Pinkman) - a chemistry professor turned cocaine manufacturer and his cocaine smuggler son, recently employed by the Delgado Cartel.
Walter Perry (Bob Odenkirk) and Lydia Flynn (Rhea Seehorn) - Dawood Rangan’s lawyers, in Mumbai to consult him on a sexual harassment lawsuit.
Summer Bennett (Taylor Swift) - Pop star sensation and black widow, responsible for killing several of her ex-boyfriends. Currently holding a concert in Sapienza or Whittleton Creek.
Those ideas are all absolutely brilliant, and while there were a few unknowns among those celebrities, the ones I did know sound perfect for the targets you created for them.
Edgar Prince (Anthony Starr) - a former CIA agent, who has finally been declared rogue after several civilian massacres during his missions. Currently laying low in Berlin.
Chester Blackwell (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) - CEO of CICADA, plotting to spark war in the Middle East.
Ronald Harrington (Daniel Radcliffe), Henry Rothchester (Rupert Grint) and Joanne King (Emma Watson) - English jewel thieves. Best friends since Eton, Harrington and Rothchester joined the Metropolitan Police but went on the run after falsifying a warrant to raid a museum, during which they killed the curator and several tourists. King, an MI6 agent, was sent after them, but decided to join them. The trio are now planning a heist at the Ark Society.
Thomas Mulligan (Andrew Scott) - Irish-born fashion designer for Sanguine. Steals designs from rival designers, even resorting to murdering one of them when caught.
Lady Katherine Fitton (Gemma Atherton) - a noblewoman philanthropist who drove a classmate into suicide in boarding school. In Mendoza.
Ashley Andrews (Maya Hawke) and Melissa Matthews (Natalia Dyer) - Ghost hunters, who became world famous after being the sole survivors of an alleged ghost attack that killed everyone else in their sorority house, which came at a convenient time as the sorority was being investigated over their hazing rituals. Silvio Caruso hired them to exorcise his mother’s spirit from his villa.
Anna Po (Jessie Mei Li) and Alice Po (Jessica Henwick) - The Oxford-educated daughters of Sun Po, the sisters are also Khandanyangan intelligence agents responsible for the bombing a US passenger plane. In recent years, they spend most of their time travelling around the world gambling their budget away, so they are in Paris to recoup their losses by selling intel to IAGO.
Moonflower (Hoyeon Jung) - North Korean agent, plotting a bombing at the Global Innovation Race in Miami.
I really want to see Bigmooney get an Elusive Target of his own. I think if youre going to pick ONE guy to represent the community while i mean no disrespect to the speedrunners like Urben, Atrioc, CJgarof, etc. or some of the classic Hitman content creators like AuzzieGamer or Manyatruenerd I think BigMooney just represents someone everyone likes. I hope they do manage to get him, now I dont know if they will because I think the purpose of Celebrity ETs is to reach beyond the bubble of the Hitman fanbase and get people into the brand but I do think the guy deserves it for being a great guy and a fun creator
I’m imagining a new kind of Elusive target: the Community Elusive Target. IOI can choose one of us and transform it into an ET. It’s just a little fantasy crossing my mind. Nothing serious obviously
I’m putting my 2 cents in where each cent represents one ET. I’ve already mentioned them, so I’ll repeat that: Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. In my head, they should be two true-crime podcasters, who actually stage the crimes they discuss. They’d appear in Dubai, and would be VIP’s that’d meet with Sheikh or other VIP. I’d probably go even further than them just voicing them: I’d probably let them to be written or co-written by themselves. I think their style of black comedy and writing would fit with Hitman series.
Ooh true-crime related people would fit perfectly into this game.
Is there some forensic expert that gets interviewed a lot and is as a person quite unique? We have such a person in Germany but I guess he plays no role somewhere else.
Yeah sure but I meant true crime. That is a TV show that is based on actual crimes from the point of view of the detectives. Either as a movie with actors or as a series of interviews of the actual police who worked on the case, forensics, witnesses etc.