Celebrity Deathlist 2016

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Mimi wrote:

I think Russell has read some. When I said to him yesterday that I had not he said 'you should, they're good' but that was it. It wasn't very illuminating, but I will ask him later.

My other suggestion would be the audio versions of them - especially if your going on a long car trip

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

I think I just don't like the character of Indiana Jones. He's a right idiot.

He's the same guy in Star Wars as well, isn't he? He's an idiot in that, too.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Harrison Ford. That's him - I think the two characters just love themselves far too much, and they are horrible towards everyone else, especially women. Just like James Bond.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

zaphod79 wrote:

Mimi wrote:

I think Russell has read some. When I said to him yesterday that I had not he said 'you should, they're good' but that was it. It wasn't very illuminating, but I will ask him later.

My other suggestion would be the audio versions of them - especially if your going on a long car trip

I love audiobooks. This is a good idea.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2015 17:45

From somewhere I forget : "star wars - terrorists team up with religious fanatics to destroy government infrastructure"

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2015 17:46

Mimi wrote:

Harrison Ford. That's him - I think the two characters just love themselves far too much, and they are horrible towards everyone else, especially women. Just like James Bond.

See, I have always viewed all three as positive role models

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/entertain ... 1426250397

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14358

Robocop absolutely stands up when viewed by today's standards.

Robocop 2 don't.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/1134 ... her-we-sat

Quote:

The last thing Terry and I did together.

We sat in a car parked outside his office, and we were recorded by Dirk Maggs, sitting in the back. Terry couldn’t read his lines, so I read them to him, and he’ d act them back. Then I’d read one of my lines, and he’d think it was one of his and he’d do it too. It was strange and silly and odd, but no stranger, sillier or odder than anything else we’d done in the previous thirty years.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14358

Saturnalian wrote:

Robocop absolutely stands up when viewed by today's standards.

Robocop 2 don't.

Did I put this in the wrong topic or did I misread something earlier about films? Anyhoo, those are my thoughts on Robocop...

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Mr Dave wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Mr Dave wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Yeah, fuck old films. They're rubbish.

Films tend to hold up better if you saw them at the time.

If you didn't see them at the time/were not a child, some films don't appear to be particularly entertaining.

Some do. (Off the top of my head, famed not-musical the blues brothers, Ghostbusters, Your mums sex tape eyc etc)

My kids are 6 and 8 and love all the original Star Wars films, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future etc etc. My anecdote wins.

You might have a bit of a point, maybe, but then there are just proper classics.

You did see the "were not a child" part, right?

Indiana Jones and BttF I didn't see as a child*, and held up well later in life. Star wars made me bored and annoyed.

* - I'm actually struggling to think of any films I did see as a child aside from Flight of the Navigator. Every. Sodding. Christmas.

Ah, I misunderstood your post.

But you're wrong, though. Star Wars is great.

Also, Meems, you can't diss Indiana Jones. At all. It's just objectively, factually an awesome three films.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2015 19:36

I feel the same way about The Princess Bride.

Didn't watch it as a kid, was a bit dull as an adult.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2015 19:44

I have never watched the Princess Bride.

It sounds a bit girly.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Grim... wrote:

I feel the same way about The Princess Bride.

Didn't watch it as a kid, was a bit dull as an adult.

YOU ARE WRONG. What about the ROUS?!?

No, I don't think that at all. I can't imagine watching it for the first time now, I love it too much. I don't know how much I'd like it if I saw it for the first time now, but I'm glad that I do have it.

Russell only saw it after we'd met, and he loves it. Or he tells me he does. I'm happy for whichever of these is true. But then he watched it with me. Maybe my love for it just made big lovely bubbles of happy everywhere so that made it awesome. You should have watched it with me, Grim... It would be awesomeness by osmosis.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

I first watched it as an adult and loved it. Its a fabulous film, and anyone who disagrees is empirically wrong

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Yay! Mr Chris is brill!

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Note the two words under my avatar...

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Hehe! I've not seen that before (I use the mobile version, and you can't see the user titles on there!).

It is wonderful, isn't it. Still the best sword fight ever. Ever ever ever.*

Also: To the death! No! To the pain....

*The second best is the sword fight in the corn field in The Count Of Monte Cristo.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

The Count of Monte Cristo is also ace! Tremendous Guy Pearce.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2015 20:27

Mr Dave wrote:

I have never watched the Princess Bride.

It sounds a bit girly.

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

I [...] loved it. Its a fabulous film, and anyone who disagrees is empirically wrong

Case proven, I believe.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

You're confusing me for Mali. Easily done.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

The Count of Monte Cristo is also ace! Tremendous Guy Pearce.

It is! It's a fantastic film!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2015 21:10

So sad that all these films died in 2013.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2015 21:11

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

You're confusing me for Mali. Easily done.

You leave me out of this.

TheVision · **Posted:** Sat Mar 14, 2015 8:51

Grim... wrote:

The Goonies and Back to the Future can go on that list.

How on earth have you got away with saying this?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

I asdume he means films that are great now whether you're watching them for the first or hundred and first times.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:52

The Princess Bride is the bestest film ever and anyone who says otherwise is selling something.

Also, Raiders of the Lost Ark is awesome until you realise that he literally does nothing in the entire film to affect what happens.

Grim... · **Posted:** Sat Mar 14, 2015 12:59

TheVision wrote:

Grim... wrote:

The Goonies and Back to the Future can go on that list.

How on earth have you got away with saying this?

Because I'm right. Brilliant films.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Gainman on stage on the day - a large part of the start of the interview is him reminiscing on Terry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeyjn3E ... e=youtu.be

TheVision · **Posted:** Sat Mar 14, 2015 21:05

Grim... wrote:

TheVision wrote:

Grim... wrote:

The Goonies and Back to the Future can go on that list.

How on earth have you got away with saying this?

Because I'm right. Brilliant films.

You are right and I misread you. Sorry!

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Truffle Shuffle!

This should be the mandatory entrance into the Cottage.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

*checks cottage thread for dates*

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

The Goonies was a great film, but that stuff was a bit fattist, like.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Yes, and perhaps racist, and sexist. Like kids are.

Kids are idiots.

And adults.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Kids really are idiots. Except mine. Except when they're covering my sofa in fucking crumbs because they don't understand the diameter of plates.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Russell is still totally like that. You can tell where at a restaurant table he's say because of the perfectly round FOOD HALO left afterwards. It's why he's so lanky. Only 15% of any given meal ends up bro v injested. The rest goes to the table/floor/round his mouth/in his lap.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Bless!

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2015 11:04

Keith Harris.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/new ... 8NaDVfPlV8

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16559

Aww, that's a shame. He lived locally, always seemed like a pleasant, decent sort of bloke.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

He and Orville were on the radio today with their single.

Orville sings: 'I wish I had, a mum and a dad, but I don't'.

I blinked hard because we were pulling up to work and man our car park is dusty.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri May 15, 2015 15:48

BB King has died.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

As somebody said on Twitter "This is how you know somebody is a legend - their guitar has its own wikipedia page".

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri May 15, 2015 15:55

They'd be right.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38463

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-s ... s-32970337

Charles Kennedy

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

I'm not really keen on the term "conviction politician" as surely they should all be fucking working towards their convictions but I would definitely classify Charles Kennedy as such. I've got his autobiography and he just seemed absolutely decent and what you want your politicians to be - passionate about doing what's right.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2015 7:57

And dead, which is what I’d like a lot of them to be.

Cavey · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:12

Absolutely gutted. Charles Kennedy was a kind, eloquent, funny, honest but above all gifted politician, who will be sorely missed. Just heard his Commons speech on Iraq; brave and entirely correct.

RIP man, respect.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Suicide/drinking to death, then.

Decent bloke and politician for sure, but clearly had demons that were never exorcised, and losing his seat will have finished him off.

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