Red Mosquito

McParadigm wrote:

bada wrote:I'm of two minds about that Norm story. On one hand it's an incredibly sweet story about a really nice man. On the other side you could view it as someone who needed to be liked so much that he would put on a show for a complete stranger for validation and maybe even sadder so for a few minutes he wasn't alone with his own thoughts. I'm probably reading too much into it but it makes me sad.

I think the survivor's guilt was all about poor Rufio.

ha!

Hook has quite a few lines about life and death in it. Really only seems poignant in light of his death, but it was kind of surprising (Hook also threatens to kill himself to Smee).

I watched World's Greatest Dad. I thought it was absolutely horrible, but RW was great in it, and as details emerged about his death I couldn't help but draw parallels with that movie.

theplatypus wrote:I watched World's Greatest Dad. I thought it was absolutely horrible, but RW was great in it, and as details emerged about his death I couldn't help but draw parallels with that movie.

nobody seemed to appreciate mentioning those parallels for some reason

theplatypus wrote:I watched World's Greatest Dad. I thought it was absolutely horrible, but RW was great in it, and as details emerged about his death I couldn't help but draw parallels with that movie.

I wasn't going to say anything, but I watched it the night we all found out, and yeah it was pretty terrible. The final scene with him swimming in the pool kind of got to me, though.

theplatypus wrote:He was much more capable of conveying warmth and humanity than so many full-time "serious drama" actors. Ridiculous levels of charisma. But beyond all that, it's just a shame it had to end this way.

I've noticed through my small experience with actors that people who mostly do comedy are generally more intelligent and interesting vs. those who say they are only "dramatic" actors. Completely anecdotal but I find it interesting.

BigRedLedbetter wrote:My favorite scene from my all time favorite movie.

This scene played in my head as I drove home from getting the news. This movie is really something to me and this scene, well it speaks for itself.

appeared on a Dublin street this morning...they caught his energy perfectly i think:)

It's beautiful.

Initially I thought it looked like Scottie Pippen. It's the nose.

Strat wrote:WHY IS THIS GIVING ME THE FEELS?!

I'd bet you are just a feeler

This is going to be one of those rare non-family deaths that make you stop and think about how fast your own life is passing. How many of us just this year found ourselves saying, "Jesus Christ, that was 20 years ago!"

It's not doing that for me at all. It's more like learning that Winnie the Pooh committed suicide.

Williams always broadcast a very personal and unprotected kind of sadness, but his manic playfulness made him seem inhuman...a person capable of channelling pure and unintimidated joy. If it had been Paul McCartney who took his own life, it would still have been less shocking than Robin Williams.

daft twat wrote:This is going to be one of those rare non-family deaths that make you stop and think about how fast your own life is passing. How many of us just this year found ourselves saying, "Jesus Christ, that was 20 years ago!"

Cobain?

McParadigm wrote:like learning that Winnie the Pooh committed suicide

Biff Pocoroba wrote:

daft twat wrote:This is going to be one of those rare non-family deaths that make you stop and think about how fast your own life is passing. How many of us just this year found ourselves saying, "Jesus Christ, that was 20 years ago!"

Cobain?

Right. Michael Jackson is another one. I heard that single with Timberlake on the radio this summer and thought it's weird hearing new music from him two years after he died. Except it's been 5 years already. I just think down the road Robin Williams will draw a similar reaction for me.

The Marc Maron podcast is really nice.

But of course they are.....

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08 ... 78444.html

Sad to hear that RW was suffering from early stage Parkinsons.

So about three thousand people turned up to the screening of Dead Poets Society tonight in a park in Dublin..everyone stood for the Oh captain my Captain scene at the end..it was beautiful..

that would have made me cringe

cutuphalfdead wrote:that would have made me cringe

Yeah, seriously.