Zoraptor 3,551 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Anakin did get both his legs amputated after overestimating his power and trying something he really shouldn't have, so direct height comparisons between the actors are a bit moot. The Emperor could make Darth Vader as tall or as short (Dark Helmet canonical when, Disney?) as he wanted, because his legs were mechanical. That does make me wonder how many actors they could have picked to play Anakin that would match Prowse height wise. Not many, I'd think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gorth 3,210 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 The downside of doing your first (casting) job too well? 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
majestic 2,297 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 I'm pretty sure the height difference is from the retractable roller skates in Darth Vader's boots: Not sure if an obituary thread is appropirate for the funny, but anyway... Quote We all have signed the pacts, we knew so well nothing was left We are being born at the sound of ends, and yes we still believe in beauty It used to be the pride of Man, now a flame put out by the cold in his hand Link to post Share on other sites
LadyCrimson 4,106 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 10 hours ago, Gorth said: It always felt a bit a odd that he would cast Christian Hayden as Anakin. [ ... ]Hayden would stare at Prowse's chest if they were put next to each other. Isn't Natalie Portman like, 5 foot three or something like that? Maybe any taller than 6 foot male lead would make it too difficult/PITA to get her and him in easy scene-framing and shoulder-resting/kissin' distance. They probably had her standing on a box occasionally (or at least platform heels out-of-frame) as it was. 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 20,800 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 It also probably worked in part because they wanted to cast someone who could be both the teenage version and the young twenty-something Anakin. I seem to recall Hayden mentioning that when they did the final scene with him actually being dressed as Vader, his boots did have lifts in them.. Quote "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to post Share on other sites
Malcador 7,356 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 17 hours ago, LadyCrimson said: Anyway ... RIP to the man behind the mask. Sebastian Shaw? 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
Amentep 5,861 Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 11 minutes ago, Malcador said: Sebastian Shaw? Died in 1994, at the age of 89. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malcador 7,356 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 12 minutes ago, Amentep said: Died in 1994, at the age of 89. Well RIP still applies. 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
Amentep 5,861 Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 Yes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Azdeus 1,813 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Hugh Keays-Byrne. You shall ride eternal. Shiny and Chrome! 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
ShadySands 7,686 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Squiggy 1 Quote Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to post Share on other sites
Malcador 7,356 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Chuck Yeager 3 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
Raithe 20,800 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Lord of the Rings' Viggo Mortensen Says His Horses are Dead (gizmodo.com) Quote "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to post Share on other sites
majestic 2,297 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 6 hours ago, Raithe said: Lord of the Rings' Viggo Mortensen Says His Horses are Dead (gizmodo.com) Well that was a shock, for a moment there I thought Lucifer has died. Quote We all have signed the pacts, we knew so well nothing was left We are being born at the sound of ends, and yes we still believe in beauty It used to be the pride of Man, now a flame put out by the cold in his hand Link to post Share on other sites
Amentep 5,861 Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 Artist Richard Corben. Possibly best known in pop culture for DEN which was adapted into one of the segments for the HEAVY METAL movie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Keyrock 8,990 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 "Tiny" Lister 2 Quote I wonder if there is beer on the sun Link to post Share on other sites
Gorth 3,210 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 13 hours ago, Amentep said: Artist Richard Corben. Possibly best known in pop culture for DEN which was adapted into one of the segments for the HEAVY METAL movie. 1 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
Amentep 5,861 Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Keyrock said: "Tiny" Lister RIP. One of those actors who seemed to pop up in all sorts of movies, a lot of times in small roles, but occasionally larger ones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hurlshot 8,165 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 7 hours ago, Keyrock said: "Tiny" Lister Very sad, he was only 62. This is likely another covid-related death. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amentep 5,861 Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 Charlie Pride 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guard Dog 9,309 Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 12 hours ago, Amentep said: Charlie Pride Aw no. He was great: Quote Get off my lawn! Link to post Share on other sites
Amentep 5,861 Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 John le Carré Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gromnir 7,660 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 anne reinking. 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
Raithe 20,800 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 (edited) On 12/13/2020 at 11:10 PM, Amentep said: John le Carré I'll always remember an anecdote Hugh Laurie told a few years ago. He was invited to John le Carre's birthday celebration at a fancy restaurant in London. During the meal, one of the waiters pulled him aside to make a request... Apparently the restaurant had a tradition of surprising any birthday celebrations with a cake, and since they knew Hugh was a piano player, they asked if he wanted to play "Happy Birthday" when it was about to come out. Of course, they didn't actually tell anyone there that part of the trick was that shortly after the music started they'd switch the lights out briefly as the cake with candles emerged from the kitchens. What had slipped the restaurants mind, was that a large portion of the guests attending happened to be senior members of assorted Embassies - French, German, USA, even Russian (*cough* Intelligence Agencies *cough*) and all their bodyguards. Armed bodyguards. Hugh starts playing. He can see the door to the kitchen open, the cake appears, the lights go off... Lots of startled sounds. When the lights switch back on, a portion of the guests are under the tables and another portion are standing there with pistols in hand and some rather surprised waitstaff are holding a trolley with the cake. Edited December 15, 2020 by Raithe 1 Quote "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to post Share on other sites
Malcador 7,356 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Jeremy Bulloch, actor for Boba Fett 1 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
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