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Ubalstecha
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 Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:25 pm Post subject: Ten outrageously awesome film deaths |
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A list of the 10 best film deaths. Lots of Sci-Fi/Horror there.
I think we should come up with a counter list of the 10 best births. One of the ones on the above list would qualify.
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...Would be a great way to revive the Funny List:
10 funniest ways to die in a sci-fi/horror movie
And of course, it could be associated with an accompanying article on the best and worst sci-fi deaths of all time (I imagine Tasha Yar and Data would both be near the top of the latter)
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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| How about Jennifer Jason Leigh being drawn and quartered in "The Hitcher"? |
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KaosDevice
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No mention of the exploding gal from 'Slither'?
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Frogwart
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| Superdave wrote: | | She was more "halfed," wasn't she? |
Probably. I think I read a review around the time the movie came out and said, "Well I'm not seeing that then." So my facts are influenced by a potentially incorrect/jaded review from the '80s.  |
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KaosDevice
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You are weird Joe, and that is coming from me.
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Top ten death scenes according to me:
10. Highlander
Sean Connery gets his head chopped off. Lightning shoots everywhere.
9. Highlander 2
General Katan gets his head chopped off. Lightning shoots everywhere.
8. Highlander: Endgame
Some guy gets his head chopped off. Lightning shoots everywhere.
7. Highlander the Series
Some guy gets his head chopped off with a piece of falling glass. Lightning shoots everywhere.
6. Highlander
The Kurgan almost gets his head chopped off, and then later he gets his head chopped off. Lightning shoots everywhere.
5. Highlander III
Some guy gets chopped in half and walks on his hands for a little while. Then he gets his head chopped off.
4. Highlander the Series
Some guy gets his head chopped off on a roof top. Lightning shoots everywhere, which scares a cat.
3. Highlander: Endgame
Duncan MacCleod chops off Connor's head so that he can make a gay joke later in the movie.
2. Highlander: End Game
Duncan MacCleod stabs the WWE's The Edge in the cock, causing him to drop a very large rock on his head.
1. Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
Colin MacCleod defeats Octavius anime style. Way too much lightning shoots everywhere.
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I'd like to see an article featuring the top 10 or so most shocking sci-fi deaths.
Carolyn Fry in Pitch Black for one. I mean, the black religious guy survives the film, but the pilot gets eaten? That's going against the sci-fi recipe there.
I think Roy Fokker from the old Robotech anime could place as well. I mean, it was the 80's, cartoon characters don't die if they've got names and faces.
Spock though, he's disqualified for failing to remain dead. That shows a complete lack of dedication there. Obi-Wan fails for the same reason.
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KD: If loving Hoppy the Marvel Bunny makes me weird, then I do not want to not be.
Shocking sci-fi deaths. This is good. We could do this. And then the Internet will pass around our good works like they were little sci-fi bunnies. |
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| see317 wrote: | | I'd like to see an article featuring the top 10 or so most shocking sci-fi deaths. |
The Samuel L Jackson death in Deep Blue Sea. That elevates a mediocre movie to art. It turns a cliche on its head. You know that's the only reason he signed on.
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Greatest SciFi death ever: that one Ewok. Not because of how he died but just because he did.
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| Ubalstecha wrote: | | The Samuel L Jackson death in Deep Blue Sea. That elevates a mediocre movie to art. It turns a cliche on its head. You know that's the only reason he signed on. |
You're kidding, right? Sam Jackson was, at the time, only in cheesy horror movies long enough to get eaten by something; witness Jurassic Park.
As soon as I saw Jackson stand next to the tank in Deep Blue Sea, I said to myself "HE'S about to get eaten"
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| Kspace wrote: | | You're kidding, right? Sam Jackson was, at the time, only in cheesy horror movies long enough to get eaten by something; witness Jurassic Park. |
I beg to differ.
Deep Blue Sea was released in 1999. By this point in his career, he had done Pulp Fiction, Die Hard With A Vengence and successfully begged Lucas for a role in the Phantom Penis. Plus he was doing little independent, art movies like The Red Violin that were the darling of international film festivals. He was an A-lister.
Jurrasic Park came out in 1993 - six years before, and yes, he was a background character, like many actors are for much of their career until his big break.
And the role he had in the movie was as the guy who had survived it all. So to take the A-Lister that a significant portion of the audience paid to see and kill them off that early, during the delivery of the rant speech that was fast becoming his signature, that's taking a cliche and turning it on its head. I would put money on the fact that Sam thought that was hilarious and signed for that reason only.
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