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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Location: I walk along the avenue
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:50 am Post subject: Tony Scott is dead |
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Tony Scott, director of such Hollywood hits as �Top Gun,� �Days of Thunder� and �Beverly Hills Cop II,� died Sunday after jumping from a Los Angeles County bridge, authorities said.
The 68-year-old Scott's death was being investigated as a suicide, Los Angeles County Coroner's Lt. Joe Bale said.
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I'm a little surprised that he was in a suitable mindframe to do this. He seemed in pretty fine form with Unstoppable a couple of years back.
Maybe not a fair comparison, but he always seemed intellectually overshadowed by his older brother(though even Ridley wasn't beyond churning out the populist crowd-pleasers several times in a row). I gather the goth kids had a bit of a crush on The Hunger(which I've seen but can't remember), but Top Gun will likely be remembered as just another Reagan era rah-rah piece.
I did quite enjoy The Fan, which combined the basic contours of a stalker-thriller with a Death Of A Salesman-type character study. And Enemy Of The State is a pretty decent political thriller, eerily foreshadowing the current era.
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atwood
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 2:18 am Post subject: |
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Do they need to start an obituary forum for you? |
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Unposter
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 2:20 am Post subject: |
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Personally, I'm a fan; keep the obituaries coming! |
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fosterman
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:30 am Post subject: |
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personally I don't understand why...
married two kids, famous director, in demand, has work, is rich etc..
WHY! WHY? |
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atwood
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 5:20 am Post subject: |
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fosterman wrote: |
personally I don't understand why...
married two kids, famous director, in demand, has work, is rich etc..
WHY! WHY? |
inoperable brain cancer |
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detonate
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 7:34 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, that was my guess: some incurable disease. I think I would have waited a bit longer and made peace with everyone/everything first, but each to his/her own. I suppose someone whose personality and image was so focused on action and movement would want to have 100% of that energy and drive until the end... |
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