Quintus 5,399 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41065552 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 RIP Also, pretty sure we all know who Tobe Hooper is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Yeah, Poltergeist doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of what he did. TCM1 is a horror classic, TCM2 is hilarious, I like The Funhouse, I'm a fan of Lifeforce beautiful mess of a film that is, etc... I know some people don't think he directed Poltergeist, with that whole Spielberg thing, but I always find it has it touches in it too. Craven, Romero, Hooper etc... are all now gone. Hopefully Carpenter is safe and sound though. RIP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 I've also seen The Apartment Complex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 I've also seen Spontaneous Combustion, & Mortuary. Can't say there among his better films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 49 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: RIP Also, pretty sure we all know who Tobe Hooper is. I know everybody else does, but I said it just in case you didn't. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom 4,654 Posted August 27, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2017 Spielberg died? Okay, a bit of bad taste there. Will, Unlucky Bastard and Not Mr. Big 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 45 minutes ago, Quintus said: I know everybody else does, but I said it just in case you didn't. Christ! When I read the topic title I thought Spielberg had died! Arse! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 If that had happened, the headline would read: THE REAL DIRECTOR OF POLTERGEIST DIED. Hooper's place in cinema history is assured with TCM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 The shitty cable TV movie station? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 What a shitty and disrespectful thread title, clearly chosen to set up a Spielberg died post. Pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 I keep thinking "Turner Classic Movies" when people write "TCM". Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,654 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 3 hours ago, Jay said: What a shitty and disrespectful thread title, clearly chosen to set up a Spielberg died post. Pathetic. That event would be titled "Director of Night Gallery Episodes Dies." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 33 minutes ago, Tom said: That event would be titled "Director of Night Gallery Episodes Dies." I heard he was very smooth with that empty bottle of Pepsi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 12 hours ago, Tom said: Spielberg died? Okay, a bit of bad taste there. You beat me to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 7 hours ago, Jay said: What a shitty and disrespectful thread title, clearly chosen to set up a Spielberg died post. Pathetic. Wow! What a total muppet. What's actually pathetic is the size of your tiny brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 To be fair to Mr Hooper, he'll be more remembered for THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, than he will for that 1982 flick, even though, the credit says "Directed By Tobe Hooper". R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 7 minutes ago, Richard said: To be fair to Mr Hooper, he'll be more remembered for THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE Yes. That, and the Poltergeist direction controversy. Which was the actual motivation behind the thread title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Jerry Goldsmith directed Poltergeist anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Exactly, Lee, so I'm afraid that I don't see Jay's point. Either way, we've lost a gifted filmmaker, who was never really given his dues. Perhaps cinema history will be kind to him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Rubbish! Lee just wanted to give everyone a minor heart attach, or he would have done Tobe Hooper, the director of Poltergeist dies. Twat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Lee would never be that naughty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Stefancos said: Rubbish! Lee just wanted to give everyone a minor heart attach, or he would have done Tobe Hooper, the director of Poltergeist dies. Twat! You and Jason obviously don't know me like you think you do. Spielberg is one of my biggest idol's. A thread made by me announcing his death would be very different to this one, you blithering morons. That it has even been suggested that folks here might have seriously confused this with a Spielberg obituary thread, well, that is all kinds of new stupid to me. But in the future I'll be sure to bear in mind that I share the board with a couple of spastic mongs, if that helps. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Quintus said: You and Jason obviously don't know me like you think you do. Spielberg is one of my biggest idol's. Quick! Throw me the idol's, I throw you the grammar lessons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 Adiós, señor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Thread title is intentionally disrespectful. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was one of the most influential horror films ever made. Can't this just say Tobe Hooper RIP or something? Invaders from Mars left a mark on me as a little kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 The thread title might be misleading, but it's not intentionally disrespectful. The title is correct: Tobe Hooper directed POLTERGEIST (check out the main title sequence, if you don't believe me). If Lee wanted to alert us to the fact that Spielberg had shuffled off this mortal coil, he would never have mentioned an entertaining, but ultimately throwaway, 80s horror flick in the thread's title. I like to think he has more class, and respect, than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Spielberg had nothing to do with Poltergeist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 Fuck this thread. Delete it if it's so much of an affront. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 On 27.8.2017 at 1:50 PM, Tom said: Spielberg died? Okay, a bit of bad taste there. My first thought, when I read this. No joke! But it would be a weird title, cause it would be more like "The director of Indiana Jones dies" or so. Still, the title is wrong, cause Tobe Hooper hasn't directed Poltergeist. The discussion above was predictable. Nevermind, RIP Mr. Hooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 4 hours ago, Sally Spectra said: Spielberg had nothing to do with Poltergeist! Spielberg had nothing to do with any of his supposed films from the past 15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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