RIP Thread

[Firefox]

Sad news...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48142765

[Whiteball]

Sad to hear of Peter Mayhew passing
I knew Chewie was tall, but didn't realise he was 7ft 3ins

[xav]

Paul Darrow

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48501099

[Cloudane]

4 of the original 7 gone...

[Portland]

Paul Darrow

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48501099

[Istar]

I never wanted to be James Kirk, or Steve Austin, or Batman, or The Doctor. When my chums were hanging their coats on their heads by the hood, or running in slow motion, or shouting EX-TERM-IN-ATE, I was quietly fashioning a teleport bracelet out of a sellotape reel.

I wanted to be cool, and dress in black, and tell computers what to do. I wanted to be the silent smart guy who always had a dry witty rejoinder no matter how dire the situation seemed to be. I wanted to be calm under pressure, and know how to get into the system to get what I wanted.

I wanted to be Avon.

Today is not a good day.

[xav]

I never wanted to be James Kirk, or Steve Austin, or Batman, or The Doctor. When my chums were hanging their coats on their heads by the hood, or running in slow motion, or shouting EX-TERM-IN-ATE, I was quietly fashioning a teleport bracelet out of a sellotape reel.

I wanted to be cool, and dress in black, and tell computers what to do. I wanted to be the silent smart guy who always had a dry witty rejoinder no matter how dire the situation seemed to be. I wanted to be calm under pressure, and know how to get into the system to get what I wanted.

I wanted to be Avon.

Today is not a good day.

I think that's the best tribute I've seen, and perfectly captures the essence of what made the character special.

I did meet Paul Darrow once - just briefly when he was signing merchandise, but there was nobody else waiting to see him so we chatted for a good few minutes. He seemed to be a genuinely nice guy, but with a wry smile and obvious intelligence that made it clear to me that Avon as a character was every bit as much a case of great casting as good writing. Yes, he was written as a glorious bastard of an anti-hero, but it was Paul Darrow's performance that made it believable, and not the pantomime villain he could easily have been.

[Istar]

Rutger Hauer.

Writer and deliverer of the single greatest monologue in movies, ever.

So long, Roy. Time to die.

[VNVObit]

Rutger Hauer.

Writer and deliverer of the single greatest monologue in movies, ever.

So long, Roy. Time to die.

saddened by his passing
have seen quite a number of his films and always enjoyed them

[Portland]

Rutger Hauer.

Writer and deliverer of the single greatest monologue in movies, ever.

So long, Roy. Time to die.

[starshipcommand]

I decided to commemorate by watching Blade Runner again on 4K Blu-ray tonight. Beautiful film, never fails to move you.

[MattyP]

Sad news... RIP

[rowan]

Just read Ginger Baker's died

Absolutely incredible drummer, I was listening to Cream just last night.

[gilesgoat]

Narayana Reddy better known as "Grandpa" of "Grandpa Kitchen" has passed away

As you may know me and Jeff are very fond of certain YT channels showing about Indian food that BTW is sometime the way I learn/try some new original recipes.

We got to know/follow "Grandpa" can't remember when, since quite some time, some of his recipes definitely NOT intended for us ( goat, lamb, etc. ) but what made it different from other recipes stuff was the guy himself, also he was always cooking for orphans giving the food away, it was a sort of a charity thing.

He had an "extremely personal" way of talking/presenting recipes, I don't think he really knew English but his mannerism and funny pronunciation made him quite loveable

His was "famous" for his "mixwell", pronounced like if "mixwell" was some sort of recipe ingredient

If you never seen his channel watch it, because the food/way he cooks "could be not more authentic than this" , every time I start cooking some curry I can NOT stop thinking "AIL ! ANION ! CURIANDER LEAV ! MIXWELL !" .. it's contagious ..

I found this tribute video about his "final journey" but BEWARE IS SOMEWAY GRAPHIC but you can also see how much beloved he was, I'll just put the plain link to click on:

Grandpa last journey

But as I said, if you are fond of cooking an curry you should have a look at some of his recipes because they are interesting.

Rest in peace Grandpa, somewhere he's still mixing well

[Chuffmeister]

David Bellamy.