RIP spartacus

chefzombie · February 05, 2020, 11:28:29 PM

kirk douglas passed away today at the age of 103. he was brilliant, kind, and always a child at heart, and i will miss him deeply, and remember him always....

Allhallowsday · February 05, 2020, 11:46:36 PM

I am sad to hear that KIRK DOUGLAS is gone. Good night KIRK.

Alex · February 06, 2020, 01:29:31 AM

Sorry to hear this, I grew up enjoying many of his movies. RIP.

Allhallowsday · February 06, 2020, 01:04:41 PM

SPARTACUS definitely belongs in my top 10 favorite movies. I love that one!

RCMerchant · February 06, 2020, 05:58:46 PM

A remarkable man who had an amazing life. RIP.

indianasmith · February 06, 2020, 06:43:16 PM

He was born when Austria still had an emperor, Germany still had a Kaiser, and the Western Front was drinking blood by the gallon.
He lived to see the space age, the digital revolution, and cellular technology bring all the knowledge in the world into the palm of one's hand.
What a remarkable life!

Trevor · February 07, 2020, 03:16:31 AM

Great actor: I'm sure he would have done a serious facepalm if he knew which film I saw him in first. Brian DePalma's The Fury.

ER · February 07, 2020, 01:01:00 PM

I knew the day was coming, as it will for the Queen, Stephen King, maybe even for me, so rather than mourn a man who was blessed to live well for more than a century, I celebrated who he was by re-reading a part I loved in his '80s autobio, The Ragman's Son, wherein he described an anti-Semite who lusted after him, this cougar type who constantly badmouthed Jews, and he did not reveal his Jewishness to her until mid-coitus when he let loose telling her that (his words) "I'm a Jew! You're being f**ked by a Jew!"

Best rebuttal to a bigot in history.

Allhallowsday · February 07, 2020, 06:47:57 PM

Quote from: Trevor on February 07, 2020, 03:16:31 AM
Great actor: I'm sure he would have done a serious facepalm if he knew which film I saw him in first. Brian DePalma's The Fury.

Not my first KIRK film, but it might be the only KIRK film I saw new in a theater. One of these channels I get show that movie without commercials (whatever channel it is, they show "older" movies w/out commercials until the afternoon).

Allhallowsday · February 07, 2020, 06:49:15 PM

Quote from: ER on February 07, 2020, 01:01:00 PM
I knew the day was coming, as it will for the Queen, Stephen King, maybe even for me, so rather than mourn a man who was blessed to live well for more than a century, I celebrated who he was by re-reading a part I loved in his '80s autobio, The Ragman's Son, wherein he described an anti-Semite who lusted after him, this cougar type who constantly badmouthed Jews, and he did not reveal his Jewishness to her until mid-coitus when he let loose telling her that (his words) "I'm a Jew! You're being f**ked by a Jew!"

Best rebuttal to a bigot in history.

Now that IS cool...