RIP Alan Rickman, AKA Hans Gruber, Severus Snape (variety.com) 174
TigerPlish writes to note Variety's report on the death of actor Alan Rickman, who died after a short bout with cancer, and was surrounded by friends and family when he went. Rickman may be most familiar to you as Hans Gruber in Die Hard (especially in his final scene), or as Harry Potter's Snape, but his film career was long, crossing genre lines and extending into five decades.
By Grabthar's Hamme... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:By Grabthar's Hamme... (Score:5, Funny)
Ten points to Slytherin.
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crap, i've just realised this may have sealed the fate of galaxy quest 2. was the original cast supposed to be in the galaxy quest series amazon is developing?
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Galaxy Quest 3, The Search for Dr. Lazerus.
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You don't need Galaxy Quest when you've got Traumschiff Surprise [imdb.com]. Insalata mista, baby!
Re:By Grabthar's Hamme... (Score:5, Interesting)
Wasn't galaxy quest supposed to be a spoof? Replacing a cast member using the same name but looks different and call him the same is exactly like the series it spoofs.
Also the search for Lazarus has a nice ring to it.
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The superbly talented and meticulous Alan Rickman could play any part, from Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility to Marvin in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to Steven Spurrier in Bottle Shock - and a myriad others. I can think of a few other actors with similar versatility, but most of them are either dead or of very advanced age.
Re:By Grabthar's Hamme... (Score:5, Funny)
He's now on a beach somewhere, earning 20%.
Life! (Score:2)
Don't talk to me about life!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
Thank you, Mr. Rickman!
Re: Life! (Score:1)
Thanks, I'd forgotten he played Marvin (maybe because he wore so much make-up).
Re:By Grabthar's Hamme... (Score:4, Informative)
SCREW your little wizard children, Rickman is LORD OF EVIL INCARNATE IN TIME BANDITS!
No, that was David Warner, a.k.a. the Master Control Program and Chancellor Gorkon. Their voices have a similar quality, which is probably why you confused them.
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No, that was David Warner, a.k.a. the Master Control Program and Chancellor Gorkon. Their voices have a similar quality, which is probably why you confused them.
Also the voice of Jon Irenicus
Condolences to Rima Horton (Score:5, Informative)
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I don't know about these other movies, I remember his performance the most from Dogma.
Re: Condolences to Rima Horton (Score:1)
All that exposition would have been a heavy task for any actor but he seemed to be having fun.
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Partnership? Don't you mean marriage?
No Dogma? (Score:5, Funny)
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The foul mouthed, wish-I-were-an-alcoholic, Metatron.
Remember; angels weren't allowed to drink.
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Curiously, you can still be an alcoholic even if you no longer drink [about.com].
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That's...a really good point actually.
By Grabthar's Hammer... (Score:5, Informative)
...Galaxy Quest ought to rate higher than Die Hard here...
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...Galaxy Quest ought to rate higher than Die Hard here...
Hans Gruber was (I thought) one of the more interesting characters in Die Hard, and certainly one of the best acted. He and the black terrorist were definitely the most entertaining characters, too.
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I don't know, Die Hard is my favorite Christmas movie.
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Harry Potter was shit, and it felt like he was cast simply to cash in on his Gruber character again.
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you have no soul
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I didn't know kindling was capable of enjoyment
Rest in Peace (Score:2)
Alan Rickman has played a number of iconic roles in his lifetime. That man has played a persona that has been part of my life in every decade of my being. Very appreciated, and certainly missed.
Now I'm off to see if there's a pub.
Met him in NYC (Score:5, Interesting)
A friend of mine was with the audio crew for Galaxy Quest and when some of the stars were touring and in NYC he invited me to go with him to see them at a party. Met Rickman (and the others) - nice guy. And he lit up when I mentioned that I'd remembered him from one of the early episodes of Smiley's People (1982).
Said everybody wanted to talk about Galaxy Quest & the Die Hards & Sense and Sensibility &c, but "NObody EVER talks about Smiley's People, and I LOVED doing that episode and working with Sir Alec Guinness (who had then recently passed away)!". I liked him.
_I_ met Snape BEFORE he was Snape!
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_I_ met Snape BEFORE he was Snape!
Very hipster of you.
No, seriously, that was cool. RIP Alan.
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That's a seriously cool story!
"You my room 10:30. You 10:45..and bring a friend" (Score:2)
He was great as the sheriff of nottingham, 90's robinhood wouldn't have been nearly as good without him. RIP
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Now, let's not forget Kevin Costner's mullet: what would 90's robinhood been without that...?
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At least he didn't bother with an english accent. Now here something to think about, if there was no 90's robin hood there would have been no men in tights...that's a world no one can live in.
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The best line in the movie: "That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, -- and call off Christmas!!!"
Without Rickman, that movie would have been as entertaining as Waterworld...
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What no mention of galaxy quest? (Score:2)
For me, Sir Alexander Dane from Galaxy Quest is his most defining role.
For another well-acted movie that pairs him with Sigourney Weaver check out Snow Cake.
I'll miss Rickman, he was an actor that I'd watch pretty much anything he was in because I'd enjoy watching him in it.
Re:What no mention of galaxy quest? (Score:4, Insightful)
There are certain actors whose ability to deliver their lines transcends the lines themselves. Rickman was one. It didn't really matter what he was playing, the voice alone was worth the price of admission. Christopher Walken is another one. I've seen him in the shittiest little films, but whenever he's on screen, somehow it just works. I'd put Samuel L. Jackson up there as well. Only he could make a movie as awful as Snakes On A Plain interesting.
Rickman will be missed. Most of us know him from Harry Potter and Galaxy Quest, but he was more renowned in Britain for his theater work.
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Those for whom Sense and Sensibility does not spring to mind first are truly shallow.
A Spoon? (Score:4, Funny)
He added something special to every role (Score:2)
I think the obvious one was Die-Hard and his Hans Gruber is still the best movie villain. He was a great choice for Snape.
I have a warm place in my heart for him as:
- Meteatron in Dogma
- Alexander Dane in Galaxy Quest
- Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
and, of course, as Marvin the Paranoid Android in The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
RIP. You will be missed.
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Hans Gruber is the SECOND best movie villain. Khan says hello from the number one spot.
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Huh? Cristopher Lee as Rochefort is the best portrayal of a villain in a big screen movie. For overall best portrayal of a villain(AND the best villain ever), I'd expand over to TV series, and then it's Walter Koenig's portrayal of Alfred Bester in Babylon 5
RIP Marvin (Score:1)
A lot of deaths lately (Score:3)
We've lost Lemmy, Angus Scrimm (The Tall Man from Phantasm), David Bowie, and now Alan Rickman.
The world is changing, quickly.
Be afraid, be very afraid!
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I didn't know Scrimm had died. Wow, now I am depressed.
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The only good part is that he had recently completed Phantasm 5!! So we get to see him one last time.
See http://phantasm.com/ [phantasm.com] for the trailer and news.
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And the mayor from Ghostbusters.
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We've lost Lemmy, Angus Scrimm (The Tall Man from Phantasm), David Bowie, and now Alan Rickman.
Hey wait til you get older and everyone you idolised as a youth is now dead, only to be replaced with the likes of Bieber and the Kardashians. It's a sad and lonely place.
I am learning the hard way why old people were never much fun...
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Yah, it sucks. I'm already realizing that. Seems suddenly I got old, grey hair and grandkids already... Too crazy.
Closet Land (Score:4, Interesting)
I first became aware of/noticed Rickman in Closet Land, a very dark psychological thriller in which he played a good-guy sadistic interrogator. Thought he was brilliant. RIP.
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Yes, I was going to bring this up. Astounding performance.
Now I have a machine gun...ho. ho. ho. (Score:1)
Can't for get that classic either.
Another in a series of deaths (Score:4, Interesting)
Dropped off a building.
Stabbed by Robin Hood.
He played Rasputin (we all know how that went...)
Bitten by a snake.
Now cancer...
Poor dude just couldn't win!
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I hear he's going to a VERY exclusive David Bowie concert though.
So it can't be all bad!
Alan Rickman is like Sean Connery (Score:2)
Both of them seem to make any movie they are in watchable.
Just think of "Highlander" without Connery or Rickman's Sheriff of Nottingham.
If they made a movie of the Seattle phone book and Rickman or Connery are in it i'd go watch it.
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Presumably you've never seen Zardoz. Even Connery couldn't make that watchable. Admittedly, it says more about just how bad the movie was than anything Connery did in it. Although, that costume....
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You are right, there is an exception to every rule - in this case it's called Zardoz :-)
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I agree! I only saw that for the first time a couple of years ago, and I absolutely loved it!
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What's not to like about Zardoz? It's got a flying stone head that vomits guns!
Quigley Down Under (Score:1)
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Favorite lines (Score:2)
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Schiess dem Fenster!
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"Umm... Delirious." - Alexander Dane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
"Umm... kof... galaxyquest..." - Alexander Dane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
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I love the way he chokes out "By Grabthar's Hammer, what a savings."
Another one in Aaron Ramsey's death curse (Score:1)
He wasn't a common actor... (Score:2)
...he was an exceptional actor!
Truly, Madly, Deeply (Score:1)
Snape was my favorite (Score:2)
Snape was my favorite out of the entire story, books and films both.
"Always."
That one word says it all for me. That's why he's my favorite.
I'll miss Rickman. Any film he was in was better than it would've otherwise been.
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Harry Potter was the master of the Elder Wand, but he didn't use it to defeat Voldemort. It was Voldemort who possessed it during the duel with Harry Potter. Voldemort's killing curse backfired onto himself because he wasn't the wand's master.
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/w... [wikia.com]
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Oh, and I forgot to add: Dumbledore had intended for Snape to become the Elder Wand's master by having Snape kill him, but Malfoy disarmed Dumbledore (and unknowingly became the wand's master) before Snape could carry out the plan. Later, Harry Potter disarmed Malfoy and became the wand's master.
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Actually, Dumbledore planned for Snape to kill him, because this would have meant the Elder Wand wouldn't have had a new master. (Malfoy's disarming did ruin that plan.) Voldemort thought that Snape was the master of the Elder Wand because he killed Dumbledore, not realizing that a simple disarming was all that was needed to pass ownership.
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Ah yes, thanks for the correction.
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Thanks for clearing that up, Mister...Potter...
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Completely unlike the ending of the The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant [wikipedia.org], published in 1983, in which the hero gives his ring to the antagonist, who attempts to kill the hero, but instead, the magic of the ring, when used against its rightful holder, takes away the antagonist's power.
To be fair, I would not be surprised if similar stories are n
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Die Hard. Galaxy Quest. Harry Potter. Dogma. Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy?
News for *nerds* ?
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Ten points from whatever house you're in. You feel like a Hufflepuff to me. Or maybe you're the troll in the dungeon?
Harry Potter, Galaxy Quest, Die @$@# Hard, NOT nerd material?
Dude. Seriously. Are you yourself a nerd?
If not... USA Today is 3 doors down the hall, on the right.
Re:Dweeb Culture is not Nerd Culture. (Score:5, Funny)
You made this all up. What a dweeb!
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For chrissakes, he just alienated about 85% of all the Geeks I know. Galaxy Quest is one of the best Star Trek movies ever made, and in no small part because Rickman's ability to deliver cutting dialogue was second to none. Only Kevin Spacey could rival Rickman for the heart-stopping put down.
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Re:Dweeb Culture is not Nerd Culture. (Score:5, Insightful)
Indeed ... "I see you've managed to get your shirt off" is one of the best lines imaginable.
And if Sigourney Weaver saying "I mean, this is unreal. They're gonna start eating each other out there." isn't a brilliant send-up of rabid Trekkies, I have no idea what is.
Galaxy Quest is a brilliant movie, and Rickman was about the most perfect for that character you could imagine.
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Yes, and Maggie Smith, who basically carries Downton Abbey. Without her dialogue, frequently used to cut down all the characters, and sometime her own character, it would be just a rather dull soap opera costume drama.
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"What is a week-end?"
Lord of the Rings (Score:3, Interesting)
Lord of the Rings is literature -- high art, by a distinguished scholar. It is not just a great work of the English language, it is a great work by any standard in any language. Like all literature, you are free to find it boring. However, one must respect his creation of thousands of years' worth of history, legend, and myth, three to five languages (depending on how you count them), and the personal struggles of a few dozen principal characters in the backdrop of an epic war. As a feat of world-building i
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Harry potter is a children's book. You tell me.
And "The Lion Knig" is a children's cartoon. Your point being? Frankly, the Harry Potter movies made a ton of money and were enjoyed by adults as well as kids. In addition, Rickman was also in Galaxy Quest. And Die Hard (as one of the baddest badass villians ever). Turn on TNT and watch some of those 80s movies they show late night between Law and Order episodes.
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Hamlet, done by Disney as an animated feature with lion characters, keeping none of the language. Best short description I can come up with.
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- Its the safest route to london sire
- its the only route you little ferrett
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He also cancels Christmas in that one.
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Greatest villain ever. This was my intro to Rickman. I agree; he made that movie work.