Oerwinde Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 So we had Miguel Ferrer, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, Mary Tyler Moore, and now John Hurt. 2017 seems to be off to a bad start. 11 The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity.
Blarghagh Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Bah. 2016 was the gift that keeps on giving it seems. 1
algroth Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) Jaki Leibezeit also died earlier this week. He was one of rock's greatest drummers and performed with a number of great pioneers in the scene, and was a founder of Can. To those who don't know the band, go check it out, it's fantastic. R.I.P. to one of the greats. Edited January 28, 2017 by algroth My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
algroth Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) They keep coming... http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/emmanuelle-riva-french-star-hiroshima-mon-amour-amour-dies-age-89 Emmanuelle Riva, in my opinion one of the greatest actresses of all time and best known for Amour and Hiroshima Mon Amour, just died. Of course she was of a very advanced age by now, but all the same it's sad news. R.I.P. Between Leibezeit, Hurt and Riva, this week's been devastating. Real shame, but as I've mentioned elsewhere, what with the 50s through 70s having presented such a huge boom in the arts it's only likely that we'll experience more of these huge losses in the coming years. Edited January 28, 2017 by algroth My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
Amentep Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 Beyond the above listed individuals, I'll add that William Peter Blatty author of THE EXORCIST, author of the book it was based on and director/screenplay writer for the great, strange philosophical film THE NINTH CONFIGURATION (aka TWINKLE, TWINKLE, KILLER KANE) passed away on the 12th. And Mike Connors. Probably best known to US TV audiences as the lead in MANNIX (or if they're old enough, they might remember his days as a basketball player at UCLA). Possibly best known to Fallout fans as the small-time criminal who survived the post-apocalypse in Roger Corman's THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED (one of the many listed influences, IIRC on Fallout). We also lost Barbara Hale, probably best known as Della Street in the long-running Raymond Burr TV version of Earl Stanley Gardner's seminal lawyer-as-detective character, PERRY MASON. She had a long career, although primarily in small roles before taking the Street role. She originally wanted to be an animator and worked as a model for Roy Ketcham's comic strip RAMBLIN' BILL (aka BOWLEGGED BILL) And lastly, but not least, Alman Brother's Band drummer Butch Trucks has also passed away. He was #71 on Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time with the bands other drummer Jaimoe Johanson. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Guard Dog Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 Well, at least the folks we've lost in '17 have been elderly who lived long happy lives. Still sad but less so than when 2016 was devouring young and old alike. 3 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
algroth Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 Beyond the above listed individuals, I'll add that William Peter Blatty author of THE EXORCIST, author of the book it was based on and director/screenplay writer for the great, strange philosophical film THE NINTH CONFIGURATION (aka TWINKLE, TWINKLE, KILLER KANE) passed away on the 12th. True, I'd forgotten about that. The Ninth Configuration is excellent, and The Exorcist III, which he directed, is second in the series only to the original film (which may not be saying that, but it's still a very good film). My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
Amentep Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 More people should see The Ninth Configuration. In fact I should re-watch it again myself, its been a few years. Weirdly as much as I liked the original THE EXORCIST, I've never seen any of the sequels, including Blatty's 3rd. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
algroth Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) More people should see The Ninth Configuration. In fact I should re-watch it again myself, its been a few years. Weirdly as much as I liked the original THE EXORCIST, I've never seen any of the sequels, including Blatty's 3rd. Best to avoid Boorman's Exorcist II: The Heretic, it's a travesty in every way. Haven't seen the rest I think, but all I've heard points to them being little better. For the sake of getting more people interested in The Ninth Configuration, here's the scene I watched that made me want to check it out in the first place: Edited January 30, 2017 by algroth My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
Amentep Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 The reputation of Exorcist II: The Heretic is part of why I never proceeded with watching the rest. Boorman has made some genuinely great films (IMO), but its my understanding that Excorsist II was made under the conditions ripe for bad film making - the script was still being re-written while they filmed. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
algroth Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) The reputation of Exorcist II: The Heretic is part of why I never proceeded with watching the rest. Boorman has made some genuinely great films (IMO), but its my understanding that Excorsist II was made under the conditions ripe for bad film making - the script was still being re-written while they filmed. Oh yeah, this is not indicative of Boorman's overall career or my opinion of him, just that the film is a notorious flop even amidst fans of the director and the saga. I have my gripes with Boorman myself, I think his disparagement of the more, err... Fantastical genres (to my awareness at least) are visible in the films he's made in each (The Heretic, Zardoz, Excalibaur), and I do think these feel like very lazy films because of it. Deliverance, Hell in the Pacific and Point Break are all very good though. Edited January 30, 2017 by algroth My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
Amentep Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 Geoff Nicholls, keyboardist for Black Sabbath from 1979 to 2004 - http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/geoff-nicholls-black-sabbath-keyboardist-dead-at-68/11867262 Not sure if these really count as 'celebrity' deaths, but... Comic Artist Dan Spiegle; I mostly knew him from various Gold Key titles (including the first Doctor Spektor with Don Glut), his work in Blackhawks and the Eclipse comic Crossfire with Mark Evanier http://www.newsfromme.com/2017/01/30/dan-spiegle-r-p/Namco founder Masaya Nakamura; originally the business was Nakamura Manufacturing before changing their name to Namco. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/business/pac-man-masaya-nakamura-dead.html I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
algroth Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 John Wetton, bassist and vocalist for several bands including Family, Asia and most notably King Crimson, died today. Given the right band at least he was a monster. R.I.P. My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
Amentep Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 Wetton was a founding member of ASIA and U.K., IIRC. RIP 1 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
algroth Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) Wetton was a founding member of ASIA and U.K., IIRC. RIP You recall correctly. I am slightly ashamed to admit I've only ever seen him live in the context of Asia, but even in that live show (and with a formation that essentially could have been a prog supergroup, including Carl Palmer, Steve Howe and Geoff Downes) they played a handful of tracks from their most reknown bands respectively and absolutely killed on each. No Tomorrow, U.K., Atomic Rooster or Crazy World of Arthur Brown though, unfortunately. ;_; (Not that I was expecting any though.) Edited February 1, 2017 by algroth My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
algroth Posted February 6, 2017 Posted February 6, 2017 Legendary music artist and producer David Axelrod died today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTztKbN0Mro R.I.P. My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
Amentep Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 Richard Hatch, actor best known as Apollo in the original BATTLESTAR GALACTICA has passed away. http://ew.com/tv/2017/02/07/richard-hatch-dead-battlestar-galactica-actor-dies/ 1 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Zoraptor Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 I'd suspect at this point most would know him better as Tom Zarek in the remake rather than Apollo in the original. Probably more effective as a villain than any of the cylons, and if he and Gaeta had flushed all the self righteous gits out of an airlock in S4 I would have cheered.
Raithe Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 (edited) Edited: Someone beat me to it. Edited February 8, 2017 by Raithe "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Guard Dog Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 Oh no, Apollo died? The REAL Apollo, not the whiny Jamie Bamber version. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
algroth Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 Lino Manfrotto, photojournalist, inventor and founder of Manfrotto, died today. http://nofilmschool.com/2017/02/lino-manfrotto-passes-away-80 My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
ShadySands Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 Mike Ilitch died the other day. I don't know anything about him other than he was a Marine, owned some teams, and a pizza joint Free games updated 3/4/21
Gromnir Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 Mike Ilitch died the other day. I don't know anything about him other than he was a Marine, owned some teams, and a pizza joint kinda weird. a friend o' ours passed away a few years ago. he owned a half dozen little caesars franchises and he were a former head coach of the atlanta flames hockey team. weren't a marine, 'cause he were, y'know, kanadian. anyway, the hockey + little caesars connection made us recall the passing o' a good friend. "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)
algroth Posted February 16, 2017 Posted February 16, 2017 Jiro Taniguchi, manga artist/author responsible for, among other things, The Walking Man, Summit of the Gods and Icarus (alongside Jean Giraud) died earlier this week. My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
Amentep Posted February 16, 2017 Posted February 16, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/12/arts/music/al-jarreau-singer-who-spanned-jazz-pop-and-rb-worlds-dies-at-76.html Al Jarreau, Jazz, R&B & pop singer passed away Sunday. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
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