Gareth Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 That truly tears me up. I just recently viewed his commentary on the film Citizen Kane. He was truly a very smart and well spoken film critic. While I didn't always agree with him I always had the upmost respect for him and never went to see a movie before hearing his word on it first. My prayers go out to his family. He will be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Yeah, I disagreed with him vehemently sometimes (mostly on the basis of his hypocritical damning of slasher films), but he was easily the more measured and reasonable of the two of them (Siskel, obviously). A great writer who brought criticism to the mainstream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 RIP, Sir Ebert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 He was an idol, and I will miss him greatly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 We never got the show, so I've only been introduced to him since he's been online and I quite liked his style, even if he did give away plot points sometimes. I liked that the cancer didn't get him down and he still soldiered on, even developing a whole new fan base since then. Fantastic guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 He was a guy I definitely respected the hell out of as someone who wants to be a professional movie reviewer. R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Annette Funicello has died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Margaret Thatcher, PM for Britain in the 1980's, has also died at 87. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 It's funny. Nearly every person I follow on Twitter who's British is reacting with Wizard of Oz lyrics. I have one American friend who thinks this must be Britain's greatest tragedy. I kinda want to smack him. (He also worships Ronald Reagan and is the same age as me. That just doubles the desire to smack). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Yeah, Thatcher was basically a more masculine Ronald Reagan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 I'm not commenting on Thatcher's passing on either Facebook or Twitter because, frankly, both my feeds are full of comments from both ends of the political spectrum and I don't want to add to the sewer. I know relatively little about Thatcher's prime ministerial terms, despite being born halfway through that tenure and her being a major political figure in recent history. I was not directly affected by her policies, as a child to two middle class parents in a part of the country that wasn't majorly affected by the downturn in British industry over the 1980s. Arguably, because I live in the North, my salary is greatly reduced from what it would be in or around London because the Thatcher government did a lot to create a big wealth disparity between the northern and southern halves of the country. That successive governments in the past 23 years have been unable to regenerate the region is either a direct consequence or a separate failure of the British political system. Again, the choice depend on your political persuasions. Relying heavily on the BBC's walkthrough of her 11 year "reign": Relative positives of her reign: Answered the call of the Falkland Islanders, improved the overall economy of the nation, contributed in some part to the end of the Cold War, allowed tenants the right to buy council houses, succeeded as a woman in politics/female leader of a major nation. Negatives of said reign: Practically abolished British manufacturing - particularly in the North, created a divisive resentment from/of the working class which still exists today in both forms, legislated against homosexuality, overt privatisation, antagonised Northern Irish policy that the IRA were emboldened for the next 10-15 years. It's too simplistic to quote "ding dong the witch is dead", in the same way she doesn't deserve a hagiography. But try telling people that on social media.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Don`t forget cancelling milk for poor kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Don`t forget cancelling milk for poor kids. A) That was when she was schools minister about 8-9 years before she was PM. B) I never drank free milk as a child, and I went to a state school up until I was 10. I can't say I was upset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 I don't know anything about her, but the vitriol coming from some people is quite disgusting. I've even heard normally intelligent people putting her in the same category of Hitler, which is just absurd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Jesus, Dan. Chime in and let us know you're okay! Explosion at Boston Marathon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Dan and Wendee are both okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Good. That's some scary shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Thanks, guys. Yes, we are both fine. The explosions are downtown, a couple of miles away from us. At the moment we don't really know anything more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Two bombs, according to the Boston Marathon's Official Twitter. EDIT: Changed to two powerful explosions detonated in quick succession. The final mile was dedicated to Newton victims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Third bomb set off by police in a controlled explosion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 My brother is a nurse at the Mass General trauma ward where victims are being treated, and it's just unspeakably horrible. Two confirmed dead so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 AP is reporting two more explosive devices have been found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 AP is reporting another explosion at The JFK Library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 AP is reporting another explosion at The JFK Library. It was a fire unrelated to the explosions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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