The "(Fill in the Blank) Has Died" Thread

[Jurassic Shark 15,904]

In hell?

On 8.6.2018 at 3:35 PM, Bespin said:

Is it an epidemia among celebrities those days?

 

I mean it's really one after another.

 

Yeah, people do have a tendency of dying.

[JoeinAR 1,955]

On 6/8/2018 at 9:40 PM, Batman's Diet Coke said:

Who?

 

Kate Spade commiited suicide this week too.

Both cowards

[FBC Director 10,562]

Uh huh.

[JoeinAR 1,955]

That Kate apparently left a suicide note guaranteed to scar her daughter for life. 

[Koray Savas 2,257]

Having mental health issues doesn’t make you a coward. 

[FBC Director 10,562]

Don't bother, Koray. Joe is very traditional.

[John 2,033]

He's the tin-foil hat type who thinks Zimmer is a sign of the end of quality film scoring, so yeah, he's traditional.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,603]

Joe is a wonderful man!

[Wojo 2,458]

5 hours ago, Koray Savas said:

Having mental health issues doesn’t make you a coward. 

 

Just remember, up until very recently, many common lifestyle choices were diagnosed as mental health issues. 

[mstrox 7,297]

I'm pretty sure that being so depressed that you kill yourself won't be removed from the DSM any time soon.

[Holko 11,849]

Shinobu Hashimoto, Kurosawa collaborator, screenwriter of Seven Samurai and Hidden Fortress, passed at 100 yesterday.

[John 2,033]

Actor Stefán Karl Stefánsson has passed away after a long battle with cancer. He was 43.

 

Thanks for the memories, Stefán.

[Disco Stu 15,517]

RIP Stefan.  Your postcount survives your demise!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,603]

4 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

RIP Stefan.  Your postcount survives your demise!

 

An obvious joke, if disrespectful.

[Jurassic Shark 15,904]

On 7/20/2018 at 3:09 PM, Holko said:

Shinobu Hashimoto, Kurosawa collaborator, screenwriter of Seven Samurai and Hidden Fortress, passed at 100 yesterday.

 

It wasn't exactly surprising then.

[Disco Stu 15,517]

54 minutes ago, Stefancos said:

 

An obvious joke, if disrespectful.

 

Context is everything.  Just ask James Gunn

[Not Mr. Big 4,919]

3 hours ago, John said:

Actor Stefán Karl Stefánsson has passed away after a long battle with cancer. He was 43.

 

He was number one... 

[Disco Stu 15,517]

So what the fuck is Lazytown?  This must be a generation z thing.

[Holko 11,849]

Some stupid cheesy puppet show about living healthily. Apparently a lot of people liked it. The creators and rights owners were surprisingly mature and forgiving in this crazy copyright world when the We Are Number One meme blew up in late 2016 to fund Stefan's cancer treatment, even releasing the original stems on the official channel so people could get more creative with it.

[Disco Stu 15,517]

So...yes a generation z thing.

 

I don't even have much nostalgia for the Nickelodeon shows that aired in the 90s.  We didn't have cable or satellite growing up.  So most of my kids show nostalgia is for stuff that aired on PBS after school like Wishbone and Bill Nye.

[mstrox 7,297]

Disco Stuart did you like GHOST WRITER?

[Disco Stu 15,517]

1 minute ago, mstrox said:

Disco Stuart did you like GHOST WRITER?

 

Did I?!  I loved it!

 

Still Samuel L. Jackson's greatest performance!

[Naïve Old Fart 12,493]

1 hour ago, Disco Stu said:

So what the fuck is Lazytown?  This must be a generation z thing.

It's an Icelandic children's programme, that, somehow, got very popular, on British TV.

[Disco Stu 15,517]

And American TV apparently

[Jurassic Shark 15,904]

I've heard it's the new Game of Thrones.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,493]

3 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

And American TV apparently

The only thing that I remember about American TV, from when I lived there, was the "The holidays are comin'" Coke advert, with the big-ass truck.

I spent most of my TV time watching DOCTOR WHO, on PBS. Nothing's changed.

 

[Not Mr. Big 4,919]

2 hours ago, Holko said:

Some stupid cheesy puppet show about living healthily. Apparently a lot of people liked it. The creators and rights owners were surprisingly mature and forgiving in this crazy copyright world when the We Are Number One meme blew up in late 2016 to fund Stefan's cancer treatment, even releasing the original stems on the official channel so people could get more creative with it.

I literally only know it through memes but they are top-shelf memes.  The old YTMND stuff and later We Are Number One in 2016.

[Holko 11,849]

I also unironically love You Are a Pirate, another Stefan Karl song (ruined by pinghairgirl inserts), it's catchy as hell.

[Not Mr. Big 4,919]

7 minutes ago, Holko said:

I also unironically love You Are a Pirate, another Stefan Karl song (ruined by pinghairgirl inserts), it's catchy as hell.

Yeah, another YTMND mainstay.  Good song until that weird pop insert.  

[Xander Harris 8,883]

Never heard of any of it.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,493]

Yesterday, I read that Jacqueline Pearce has died.

R.I.P. Servelan; the sexist genre villain...ever.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,603]

[Naïve Old Fart 12,493]

Oh, wow! She could be unbelievably evil, while being unbelievably sexy.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,603]

Whilst being clothed in Christmas decoration!

[Naïve Old Fart 12,493]

That's Brit 70s sci fi, for you.

[gkgyver 1,647]

On 13. Juni 2018 at 9:44 PM, Wojism said:

 

Just remember, up until very recently, many common lifestyle choices were diagnosed as mental health issues. 

 

You mean: Just remember that before socialism and extreme leftists put their fingers on them, many so-called lifestyle choices were mental health issues.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,493]

Chas has died *

 

 

 

 

 

*that's Chas, from Chas And Dave.

[Nick1Ø66 7,621]

Paul Allen, Microsoft Co-Founder (1953-2018)

 

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

 

RIP. 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,603]

Rest in peace!

[A24 4,995]

Francis Lai dies at 86.

 

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/francis-lai-dead-dies-love-story-composer-1203022821/

[A24 4,995]

 

Francis Lai's Summer Of '42. I loved this as a kid ...

[Omen II 1,297]

8 minutes ago, Alexcremers said:

 

Francis Lai's Summer Of '42. I loved this as a kid ...

 

Michel Legrand wrote that.  Were you thinking of Love Story or A Man and a Woman?

[A24 4,995]

Oh, right. It's been so long ago. Love Story and Summer Of '42 have a similar feel. 

 

 

[JoeinAR 1,955]

Did Sam Smith die?

[Naïve Old Fart 12,493]

I like BILITS.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, JoeinAR said:

Did Sam Smith die?

I've not read this. Why do you ask, Joe?

[JoeinAR 1,955]

4 hours ago, Richard said:

I like BILITS.

 

 

 

I've not read this. Why do you ask, Joe?

I heard him twice on the radio today. 

That's too many times in one day. 

[A24 4,995]

7 hours ago, Richard said:

I like BILITS.

 

 

You mean Bilitis, right? Back then, a friend of mine loved David Hamilton movies and he made me listen to the soundtrack of Bilitis. I'm pretty sure that these days Hamilton's movies would be deemed politically incorrect. 

[Naïve Old Fart 12,493]

Yes, I meant BILITIS. Apologies, etc.

 

 

I just read that engineer extraordinaire  Geoff Emerick died, last month. His work with The Beatles, is beyond superlatives, but if anyone wants further proof of his abilities, just listen to his sublime production, on NORTH OF A MIRACLE (especially THE KICK OF LOVE), by Nick Heywood.

[A24 4,995]

 

R.I.P. Geoff Emerick

[JoeinAR 1,955]

On 11/8/2018 at 4:38 PM, Richard said:

I like BILITS.

 

 

 

I've not read this. Why do you ask, Joe?

Wishful thinking on my part Richard.