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Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

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Re: Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

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Post by gadders »

sageikosa wrote: post #84
herbig wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He was a stage actor. His career didn't start with film. This article makes it seem like he was struggling to be a success long after he should have quit. They just have a completely wrong definition of success.

British actors jumping back and forth between TV, stage and film are far more common than in America. If they don't maintain a certain amount of stage work, they must lose some British acting creds.

Pretty much. Stage acting is considered more prestigious.

Re: Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

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Post by Pxtl »

pjc50 wrote: post #116
Patient0 wrote: post #65

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My favourite bit of that movie (Rickman plays Sir Alexander Dane, a proud thespian whose once illustrious career has been destroyed by Galaxy Quest typecasting him into this humiliating role): Jason Nesmith: You WILL go out there. Sir Alexander Dane: I won't and nothing you say will make me. Jason Nesmith: The Show Must Go On. Sir Alexander Dane: ...Damn you.

.. riffing on not only Patrick Stewart and Alec Guinness, but also Rickman himself going from Serious Theatre to Hollywood action movies. Rickman clealy had a lot of fun playing villains; apparently he improvised or re-wrote most of his lines in Robin Hood , making it hilarious.

> Patrick Stewart and Alec Guinness

No, it's Leonard Nimoy. This is a Trek TOS satire, and he's the alien sidekick who hates his catchphrase "Live Long and Prosper" or, in this case, "By Grabthar's Hammer, you shall be avenged".

Nimoy had a reputation for being quite sick of being Spock. It was even the title of his biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Not_Spock

Re: Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

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Post by mejari »

coldtea wrote: post #142
logfromblammo wrote: post #112

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You have that backwards. Everyone who has ever died had previously lived. Besides that, all people still currently living have not died.

> You have that backwards. Parent didn't put it in time terms. Just noted that everyone who ever lived, has also died ("A && B", as opposed to "A then B"). > Besides that, all people still currently living have not died. Yes, though one could say that those people are still "living", not yet in a state having "lived" (past tense), as parent put it.

I've lived. I'm currently living, but I used to, too.

Re: Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

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Post by BuildTheRobots »

Pxtl wrote: post #162
pjc50 wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

.. riffing on not only Patrick Stewart and Alec Guinness, but also Rickman himself going from Serious Theatre to Hollywood action movies. Rickman clealy had a lot of fun playing villains; apparently he improvised or re-wrote most of his lines in Robin Hood , making it hilarious.

> Patrick Stewart and Alec Guinness No, it's Leonard Nimoy. This is a Trek TOS satire, and he's the alien sidekick who hates his catchphrase "Live Long and Prosper" or, in this case, "By Grabthar's Hammer, you shall be avenged". Nimoy had a reputation for being quite sick of being Spock. It was even the title of his biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Not_Spock

It's possibly worth pointing out in later life he seemed happier about it -his second autobiography was called "I am Spock" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Spock

Re: Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

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Post by wtbob »

paulpauper wrote: post #36

between david bowie and this, cancer seems to be the midlife killer of choice . Much process has been made in heart disease, but cancer? Not so much. Once it's spread, you're dead. (2 years usually)

> the midlife killer

I wouldn't say that late sixties is midlife; it's well into the end-of-life period.

Re: Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

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Post by wtbob »

mwambua wrote: post #56
lionize wrote: post #53

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Harry Potter is a poorly written kids fantasy, how does that relate to programming?

While we're straying from hackery... I'm curious to hear your recommendations for well written kids' fantasy.

C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia

J.R.R. Tolkien's Hobbit

None others really come to mind, although I'm sure that they must exist.

Re: Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

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Post by wtbob »

cuckcuckspruce wrote: post #125
apetresc wrote: post #71

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So edgy.

It's not about edge. My children are free to make up their own minds about what they do with their lives when they reach an age where they can reason for themselves. Until then, I do my best to keep any ideological or religious influence from trying to exert itself upon them.

> My children are free to make up their own minds about what they do with their lives when they reach an age where they can reason for themselves.

That assumes that reason, not emotion, is the primary motivator, no?

> Until then, I do my best to keep any ideological or religious influence from trying to exert itself upon them.

'Be nice to others' is ideology (albeit very weak). I imagine that you don't keep that from them.

Re: Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

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Post by bradleyjg »

imglorp wrote: post #85

My favorite: Dogma. Bethany: Were they sent to Hell? Metatron: Worse. Wisconsin. For the entire span of human history.

Another vote for that role as my favorite. The bedroom scene at the beginning would make a great actor's audition piece.
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