Amentep 6,073 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 James "The Amazing" Randi 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Azdeus 1,909 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 ****, I will miss him. Loved hearing from him when he popped on the Skeptics Guide to the Universe, and his talks were amazing. 2 Quote Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to post Share on other sites
Malcador 7,808 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Sean Connery https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/10/sean-connery-dies 5 Quote Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to post Share on other sites
Keyrock 9,445 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 R.I.P. Zed 4 4 Quote I wonder if there is beer on the sun Link to post Share on other sites
Malcador 7,808 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 He was the best Russian on film Quote Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to post Share on other sites
Guard Dog 9,875 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 (edited) Goodbye Mr. Bond. Daniel Craig was good. But nobody was better than you! Edited October 31, 2020 by Guard Dog 1 Quote "The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys. Power, like a desolating pestilence, pollutes whate'er it touches; and obedience, bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth, makes slaves of men, and of the human frame a mechanized automaton." P.B. Shelley Link to post Share on other sites
Darkpriest 793 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Bond series dies and so does the person, who gave life to the character on the big screen. 2020 F U. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gorth 3,563 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 12 hours ago, Keyrock said: R.I.P. Zed I think I'll dust off my Zardoz dvd and watch it again 4 Quote “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to post Share on other sites
LadyCrimson 4,332 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 omg, just the other day we were talking about movies and his name came up. I said something like "he's still alive." NooOOooooOooooo.... Thanks for all the wonderful characters. RIP 1 Quote “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to post Share on other sites
ComradeYellow 394 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Glad to see I'm not the only cult fan of Zardoz. R.I.P. bro. Quote “If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.” -Ulysses S. Grant Link to post Share on other sites
Azdeus 1,909 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Seriously. **** 2020. He will be missed. Quote Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to post Share on other sites
Agiel 1,821 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 5 hours ago, Malcador said: He was the best Russian on film Lithuanian, you mean. 1 Quote Quote "Turned wrong way round, the relentless unforeseen was what we schoolchildren studied as 'History,' harmless history, where everything unexpected in its own time is chronicled on the page as inevitable. The terror of the unforeseen is what the science of history hides, turning a disaster into an epic.” -Philip Roth, The Plot Against America Link to post Share on other sites
Gromnir 7,907 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 3 hours ago, Agiel said: Lithuanian, you mean. at the end o' the movie, captain ramius reminisces that there is a river near vilnius which is much like the one where the red october is being hidden... taught to fish by his grandfather on that river. movie ruined. is no river anywhere near vilnius which could accommodate an alpha class sub much less an oversized typhoon. HA! Good Fun! 1 Quote "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to post Share on other sites
Guard Dog 9,875 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Alex Trebek passes away at age 80 6 Quote "The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys. Power, like a desolating pestilence, pollutes whate'er it touches; and obedience, bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth, makes slaves of men, and of the human frame a mechanized automaton." P.B. Shelley Link to post Share on other sites
ShadySands 7,921 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Norm Crosby My grandpa was a big fan 1 Quote Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to post Share on other sites
Keyrock 9,445 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 56 minutes ago, Guard Dog said: Alex Trebek passes away at age 80 45 minutes ago, ShadySands said: Norm Crosby My grandpa was a big fan Not the Daily Double I was hoping for. 2 Quote I wonder if there is beer on the sun Link to post Share on other sites
ComradeYellow 394 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 He has reached Final Jeopardy. Quote “If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.” -Ulysses S. Grant Link to post Share on other sites
LadyCrimson 4,332 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 I know someone who said a couple of his friends recently qualified to be on Jeopardy ... but now, if they get called to be on the show, there will be no Trebek... Such a TV/gameshow icon .... you will be missed. RIP. 1 Quote “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to post Share on other sites
Gfted1 6,244 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Ken Spears. Quote "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to post Share on other sites
algroth 3,311 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Maradona just died. RIP to an absolute legend. 1 Quote My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Fallout 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Gorth 3,563 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 8 hours ago, algroth said: Maradona just died. RIP to an absolute legend. Best handball player ever! Just kidding, it was impossible to not gawk at the screen when watching him play. So completely in a class of his own. Napoli never got close to winning Serie A again I think. Quote “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to post Share on other sites
Raithe 22,420 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 (edited) BBC - David Prowse, Aged 85 Edited November 29, 2020 by Raithe 4 Quote "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to post Share on other sites
LadyCrimson 4,332 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 11 hours ago, Raithe said: BBC - David Prowse, Aged 85 On another forum, a thread went "Darth Vader passes away!" or something like that, and half the reactions were "I thought you meant James Earl Jones!" Anyway ... RIP to the man behind the mask. Quote “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to post Share on other sites
Raithe 22,420 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Tell me about it. UK Twitter was trending Michael Cain. Only when I checked did I find it was because of the Muppet Christmas Carol, and not because he had died. 1 Quote "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to post Share on other sites
Gorth 3,563 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 It always felt a bit a odd that he would cast Christian Hayden as Anakin. Compared to David Prowse, he's a little "twerp" with his only 183cm. Prowse was tall (198cm) and was cast for that very reason as Darth Vader. Roughly 6ft vs 6ft6 Hayden would stare at Prowse's chest if they were put next to each other. Quote “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to post Share on other sites
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