I am tired of awesome people dying

Irreligion in Bangladesh · Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:55 pm

So I read this, and I said out loud "Hillary died!" and everyone in the room said "YES!"

It really hurt me to say it was the mountaineer, not Mrs. Clinton.

No Sollositing On Premise · Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:19 pm

leftsaidfred wrote:
DaGeneral wrote:Sir Edmund Hillary.
:(

Tegan · Post by **Tegan** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:33 pm

DaGeneral wrote:Sir Edmund Hillary.

Last of a breed.

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:13 am

Status: Still depressed about Edmund.

Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN) · Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:32 pm

Vampira died.
We just finished watching Plan 9 From Outer Space in film arts today, then we watched an interview with her afterwards, so this is somewhat more surreal then usual.

naturalistic phallacy · Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:29 am

leftsaidfred wrote:Status: Still depressed about Edmund.

I've lived in New Zealand, so his death was especially sad for me.

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:31 am

Weekend at Bernadette's wrote:
leftsaidfred wrote:Status: Still depressed about Edmund.
I've lived in New Zealand, so his death was especially sad for me.

:(

First Chairman · Post by **First Chairman** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:04 am

Checkmate for Bobby Fischer.

Tegan · Post by **Tegan** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:18 am

Will Run PACE for Reese's wrote:Checkmate for Bobby Fischer.

Any truth to the rumor that he is refusing to attend his own funeral because he thinks government officials will be in attendance?

Great chess player, but seriously must have been the love child of Howard Hughes and Strom Thurmond.

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:40 am

Insert requisite classic Bobby Fischer anti-Jew remark here.

Tegan · Post by **Tegan** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:08 pm

Allan Melvin aka "Sam the Butcher" aka provider of the pork chops (sans apple sauce)

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region · Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:36 am

Suzanne Pleshette, a.k.a. Bob Newhart's wife on The Bob Newhart Show and, as it turns out, his wife on Newhart as well.

cvdwightw · Post by **cvdwightw** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:11 am

I am wondering whether the lack of mention of Georgia Frontiere implies that people have not noticed her death or whether she was, in fact, not awesome. I anticipate the latter.

STPickrell · Post by **STPickrell** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:37 am

cvdwightw wrote:I am wondering whether the lack of mention of Georgia Frontiere implies that people have not noticed her death or whether she was, in fact, not awesome. I anticipate the latter.

Her mother was Lucia Pamela, well-known star of Special X radio. She believed she went to the moon, on which a friendly tribe of Indians lived.

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:49 am

STPickrell wrote:
cvdwightw wrote:I am wondering whether the lack of mention of Georgia Frontiere implies that people have not noticed her death or whether she was, in fact, not awesome. I anticipate the latter.
Her mother was Lucia Pamela, well-known star of Special X radio. She believed she went to the moon, on which a friendly tribe of Indians lived.

on the moon nerds have their pants pulled down and they are spanked with moon rocks

Blackboard Monitor Vimes · Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:23 pm

Is Heath Ledger awesome? He died this afternoon from what was probably a drug overdose. He probably would have been awesome eventually...

quizbowllee · Post by **quizbowllee** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:14 pm

MLWGS-Gir wrote:Is Heath Ledger awesome? He died this afternoon from what was probably a drug overdose. He probably would have been awesome eventually...

Heath Ledger = The Joker = Awesome

Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN) · Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:14 pm

MLWGS-Gir wrote:Is Heath Ledger awesome? He died this afternoon from what was probably a drug overdose. He probably would have been awesome eventually...

Oh my God. He already was awesome, and this is just terrible.

sabine01 · Post by **sabine01** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:01 pm

MLWGS-Gir wrote:Is Heath Ledger awesome? He died this afternoon from what was probably a drug overdose. He probably would have been awesome eventually...

My jaw virtually dropped to the floor when I heard at work... Really unexpected...

Gone too soon... Gone too soon.

Blackboard Monitor Vimes · Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:22 pm

GiveMeBrindleeOrDeath wrote:
MLWGS-Gir wrote:Is Heath Ledger awesome? He died this afternoon from what was probably a drug overdose. He probably would have been awesome eventually...
Heath Ledger = The Joker = Awesome

That's the eventually I was referring to.

Tegan · Post by **Tegan** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:45 pm

Yeah .... the Joker dies under mysterious circum ...

waii....

LEEE!!!!!!!

quizbowllee · Post by **quizbowllee** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:09 pm

Tegan wrote:Yeah .... the Joker dies under mysterious circum ...

waii....

LEEE!!!!!!!

JEEZ... I'm not THAT diluted. I know the difference between reality and fantasy. I know that Heath only PLAYED the Joker... He's not the REAL Joker. No one knows who the REAL Joker is. If they did, then they wouldn't have to get Heath Ledger to play him. Plus, the real Joker lives in Gotham City - not New York. If the REAL Joker was in New York, then Spiderman would have to try to deal with him. But, Spiderman couldn't handle the Joker, so he'd have to call in Batman from Gotham.... And while Batman was gone to New York, Oswald Cobblepot and a bunch of psychos like the Mad Hatter would have a field day (natch).

In conclusion, this is why I didn't kill Heath Ledger.

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:24 pm

GiveMeBrindleeOrDeath wrote:JEEZ... I'm not THAT diluted. I know the difference between reality and fantasy. I know that Heath only PLAYED the Joker... He's not the REAL Joker. No one knows who the REAL Joker is. If they did, then they wouldn't have to get Heath Ledger to play him. Plus, the real Joker lives in Gotham City - not New York. If the REAL Joker was in New York, then Spiderman would have to try to deal with him. But, Spiderman couldn't handle the Joker, so he'd have to call in Batman from Gotham.... And while Batman was gone to New York, Oswald Cobblepot and a bunch of psychos like the Mad Hatter would have a field day (natch).

In conclusion, this is why I didn't kill Heath Ledger.

Then why did neighbors report screams of "No, I don't know who you are" prior to his body being found?

No Sollositing On Premise · Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:14 pm

Well, that settles it. If this is the role that did him in, I need to go see this on opening weekend, at the earliest.

AndyShootsAndyScores · Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:17 pm

No Sollositing on Premise wrote:...I need to go see this on opening weekend, at the earliest.

Isn't that the earliest most people can see it, minus the pirates?

No Sollositing On Premise · Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:25 pm

AndyShootsAndyScores wrote:
No Sollositing on Premise wrote:...I need to go see this on opening weekend, at the earliest.
Isn't that the earliest most people can see it, minus the pirates?

No. It opens on a Friday, and if I can get it on a midnight showing then it will still be during the week (as in, I'll see it before my weekend begins).

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:25 am

Unconfirmed (and, really, unimportant news) is that The Dark Knight'll be delayed until 2009 due to this.

Sonic the Hedgehog and the Fox · Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:04 pm

leftsaidfred wrote:Unconfirmed (and, really, unimportant news) is that The Dark Knight'll be delayed until 2009 due to this.

Why so? I mean, it isn't important, but I heard that all of Ledger's scenes were in the can already.

I really don't care about the Joker, though. I much more interested in Aaron Eckhardt as Harvey Dent, personally.

Because come on...the guy from Thank You For Smoking as Two-Face. What could be better than that (with the obvious exception of a well-done Bane)?

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:07 pm

RH_Factor wrote:
leftsaidfred wrote:Unconfirmed (and, really, unimportant news) is that The Dark Knight'll be delayed until 2009 due to this.
Why so? I mean, it isn't important, but I heard that all of Ledger's scenes were in the can already.

My source for that later retracted their statement, so disregard that.

Also, welcome to the forums!

Tegan · Post by **Tegan** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:14 pm

leftsaidfred wrote: My source for that later retracted their statement, so disregard that.

Whew! I'm not sure the world is ready for Lee Henry to be touting his film on hte talk shows for three months, let alone a whole year.

BTW ... Lee, let me know when you are going to be one The View so I can take the day off and watch it.

Frater Taciturnus · Post by **Frater Taciturnus** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:57 pm

Tegan wrote:
leftsaidfred wrote: My source for that later retracted their statement, so disregard that.
Whew! I'm not sure the world is ready for Lee Henry to be touting his film on hte talk shows for three months, let alone a whole year.

BTW ... Lee, let me know when you are going to be one The View so I can take the day off and watch it.

No, see, Lee is THE Batman. This is just a movie about him, so it'll just be the actor he hired to play him. Too bad Heath won't be around for another go with psuedo-Lee, as he supposedly did a magnificent job on this film.

First Chairman · Post by **First Chairman** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:41 am

Suharto has made his last "bucket list."

The Atom Strikes! · Post by **The Atom Strikes!** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:51 pm

Will Run PACE for Reese's wrote:Suharto has made his last "bucket list."

He was a pretty bad dictator. I don't really think that he counts as "awesome"

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region · Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:22 pm

SwissBoy wrote:
Will Run PACE for Reese's wrote:Suharto has made his last "bucket list."
He was a pretty bad dictator. I don't really think that he counts as "awesome"

Coming soon to VH1: Top 100 Awesomely Bad Dictators

Mike Bentley · Post by **Mike Bentley** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:19 pm

The Shock Master wrote:
SwissBoy wrote:
Will Run PACE for Reese's wrote:Suharto has made his last "bucket list."
He was a pretty bad dictator. I don't really think that he counts as "awesome"
Coming soon to VH1: Top 100 Awesomely Bad Dictators

I think Parade Magazine already does a top 10 worst dictators of the year or something.

ieppler · Post by **ieppler** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:06 pm

Bentley Like Beckham wrote:
The Shock Master wrote:
SwissBoy wrote:
Will Run PACE for Reese's wrote:Suharto has made his last "bucket list."
He was a pretty bad dictator. I don't really think that he counts as "awesome"
Coming soon to VH1: Top 100 Awesomely Bad Dictators
I think Parade Magazine already does a top 10 worst dictators of the year or something.

The Parade top 10 worst dictator list was an NAQT bonus leadin from a few years ago.

naturalistic phallacy · Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:29 am

Gordon B Hinkley, President of the Mormon Church, is dead. Poor