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Bill Paxton Dies at 61

Started by SGOS, February 26, 2017, 12:24:57 PM

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SGOS

http://people.com/movies/bill-paxton-dead-complications-surgery-age-61/

Apparently, complications from some kind of surgery.  I don't usually post death notices, but I always liked him.  I thought he had a knack for play devious characters.  Not the real badass types, but just guys that seemed like they were hiding some self serving motive.  He was good at it.

Gawdzilla Sama

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Munch

That's a shame :(, I know it's corny but I always liked twister, the setting and goofy physics of it.

Really hope this year isn't as brutal as last year was to celebrity deaths.
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trdsf

Quote from: Munch on February 26, 2017, 12:49:40 PM
That's a shame :(, I know it's corny but I always liked twister, the setting and goofy physics of it.

Really hope this year isn't as brutal as last year was to celebrity deaths.
Oh yeah, speaking as a NWS spotter, the 'science' in Twister was bullshit and any chasers who acted like that team did would have been thinly spread over vast swathes of Oklahoma.  But as a rollercoaster ride of a movie it was a ball, and the dialog was hilarious.  And Paxton was fantastic in it -- my favorite scene being him nodding yes while saying no to using his new SUV to chase storms.  :)

But yes, 2017, you're on notice, you're not pulling the same shit 2016 did.
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Gawdzilla Sama

At least we know he's not on an express elevator to Hell.
We 'new atheists' have a reputation for being militant, but make no mistake  we didn't start this war. If you want to place blame put it on the the religious zealots who have been poisoning the minds of the  young for a long long time."
PZ Myers

Baruch

Quote from: trdsf on February 26, 2017, 06:51:01 PM
Oh yeah, speaking as a NWS spotter, the 'science' in Twister was bullshit and any chasers who acted like that team did would have been thinly spread over vast swathes of Oklahoma.  But as a rollercoaster ride of a movie it was a ball, and the dialog was hilarious.  And Paxton was fantastic in it -- my favorite scene being him nodding yes while saying no to using his new SUV to chase storms.  :)

But yes, 2017, you're on notice, you're not pulling the same shit 2016 did.

Night of the Twisters was scarier.  My ex wife's first parish, was not too many miles from Wakita OK, where Twister was filmed.
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Sorginak

I had to look up who he was and I still did not recognize him. 

Gawdzilla Sama

Quote from: Sorginak on February 26, 2017, 09:21:16 PM
I had to look up who he was and I still did not recognize him. 
Never seen "Aliens"? "How do I get out of this chickenshit outfit?" "We're on an express elevator to Hell!"
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PZ Myers

SGOS

Quote from: Sorginak on February 26, 2017, 09:21:16 PM
I had to look up who he was and I still did not recognize him. 
He's been in a lot of movies, including a lot of TV.  You may not recognize him, but it would be unusual to say the least if you have never seen him.

Unbeliever

I loved his movie, A Simple Plan, and I kept hearing him say, during the whole last election "Why don't you put her in charge?"
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Solomon Zorn

My favorite Bill Paxton movie, is also the first one he directed: Frailty. Matthew McConaughey co-stars.
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Unbeliever

Alas, I've seen far too few of his movies. I've never been disappointed in the ones I have seen, though.
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Cavebear

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Gawdzilla Sama

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PZ Myers

Cavebear

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