Topic: The new obituary thread (Read 74547 times)

Thad · « **Reply #40 on:** March 19, 2008, 11:23:41 PM »

Wired's Clarke Elegy quotes a handful of sci-fi authors, including professional douchebag Harlan Ellison, who starts off with a tangent about how much he hates the expression "sci-fi". (Which is fair, because Clarke was hardly immune to tangents himself. Did anybody read 3001? Remember the circumcision tangent, or the bit about how people who write viruses are the scum of the Earth?) Best part:

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Arthur really did not like stupid people, but he would always talk to them as if they were Nobel laureates. I asked him where he got the patience, and he would answer that it's not nice to kick cripples.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #41 on:** April 05, 2008, 08:49:08 PM »

Now we may get the guns from his hands

Fredward · « **Reply #42 on:** April 05, 2008, 09:10:13 PM »

He's gone to the big Soylent Green factory in the sky.

i cant be the only one who liked that movie

Brentai · « **Reply #43 on:** April 05, 2008, 09:49:24 PM »

THEY FINALLY DID IT!

Büge · « **Reply #44 on:** April 06, 2008, 06:25:48 AM »

[Insert joke referring to cold dead hands and taking guns thereof]

Brentai · « **Reply #45 on:** April 06, 2008, 09:36:43 AM »

But we... we already...

TIME PARADOX!

Dude, why are you in 8-bit?

TIME PARADOX!

Okay, okay, I get it.

Zaratustra · « **Reply #46 on:** April 06, 2008, 11:09:34 AM »

He who pulls the gun out of Charleton Heston's dead hands shall be the next president of the NRA.

Koah · « **Reply #47 on:** April 06, 2008, 02:53:35 PM »

But if the gun breaks, will they have to get another one from the Rambo of the Lake?

Brentai · « **Reply #48 on:** April 06, 2008, 05:15:36 PM »

Yes.

Thad · « **Reply #49 on:** April 16, 2008, 08:36:39 AM »

Ollie Johnston, last of the Nine Old Men.

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Johnston worked as an assistant animator on "Snow White," became an animation supervisor on "Fantasia" and "Bambi" and animator on "Pinocchio."

He was especially proud of his work on "Bambi" and its classic scenes, including one depicting the heartbreaking death of Bambi's mother at the hands of a hunter. That scene has brought tears to the eyes of generations of young and old viewers.

"The mother's death showed how convincing we could be at presenting really strong emotion," he remarked in 1999.

Johnston's other credits included "Cinderella," "Alice in Wonderland," "Peter Pan" "Lady and the Tramp," "Sleeping Beauty," "101 Dalmatians," "Mary Poppins," "The Jungle Book," "The Aristocats," "Robin Hood" and "The Rescuers."

HT: Steve Murphy.

TA · « **Reply #50 on:** May 27, 2008, 09:56:41 PM »

Quote from: Demogorgon on March 03, 2008, 08:56:14 PM

It's time...leaving the Internet forever. It was fun hanging out with you guys.
Keep a watch out for news regarding the West Coast, boats, and explosives. That'll be me.
Hi NSA.

hey whatever happened to that dude

Guild · « **Reply #51 on:** May 27, 2008, 11:53:00 PM »

who gives a flying shit

goddamn moron too proud to ask for help and too self-important to keep his suicide to himself

deserved whatever the fucker gave himself

Arc · « **Reply #52 on:** May 28, 2008, 12:02:07 AM »

Well, in the case of shutting the fuck up, he did delete nearly all of his messages.

Surprised Sydney Pollack's passing hasn't been brought up. Here is a terribly written, but informational piece on him.

And actually writing about it, I find that I don't wish to write or speak on it any further. This one isn't going down smooth for me.

Thad · « **Reply #53 on:** May 30, 2008, 09:43:28 AM »

Another one from the "I didn't know he was still around" file: Harvey Korman.

"Land: see 'snatch'."

(Moved thread to Real World, which I assume Kazz intended to do since he put "obits" in the board description.)

Thad · « **Reply #54 on:** June 03, 2008, 10:26:54 AM »

Bo Diddley.

Didn't know he was still around either.

Büge · « **Reply #55 on:** June 07, 2008, 01:15:56 PM »

I myth him already.

Büge · « **Reply #56 on:** June 08, 2008, 09:31:46 AM »

Two Star Trek related deaths:

Joseph Pevney, director of

and

Alexander Courage
We shall never hear a fanfare the likes of his again...

Arc · « **Reply #57 on:** June 13, 2008, 11:55:43 AM »

Tim Russert. Heart Attack. Age 58. In The Studio. Holy Shit.

Thad · « **Reply #58 on:** June 13, 2008, 12:01:54 PM »

Oh wow.

Arc · « **Reply #59 on:** June 16, 2008, 10:10:52 PM »

Stan Winston. Age 62. Multiple Myeloma. How totally unfair. He was like the R-Rated Jim Henson.

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