Leslie Nielsen dies at 84...

[Valka D'Ur]

You guys should try to catch some of his far earlier stuff. He was great as a dramatic actor as well. Truly versatile. R.I.P. Mr. Nielson, I hope you find the pearly gates more inviting than Altair IV!

Forbidden Planet?

 

[bhsup]

Forbidden Planet?

Yep. Kudos to you for getting the reference!

 

[Oruc]

Man this is awful news, he was supposed to go to the London Expo last year or the year before and I was totally gonna go until he pulled out.

 

[holy king]

I'll swim in raw sewage in his honour.

 

[MobBoss]

Forbidden Planet?

Great movie, and far ahead of its time.

 

[Fr8monkey]

Forbidden Planet was the inspiration for Star Trek.

 

[dannyshenanigan]

Leslie Nielsen: dead and loving it.

RIP

 

[SuperJay]

You guys should try to catch some of his far earlier stuff. He was great as a dramatic actor as well. Truly versatile. R.I.P. Mr. Nielson, I hope you find the pearly gates more inviting than Altair IV!

Seconded! His roles in Airplane and the Naked Gun movies are already funny, but if you watch his early dramatic roles back in the late 50s, it's so much clearer that the deadpan comedy style he used later in his career was a total spoof of his earlier serious roles.

Sad to hear he passed. RIP, Mr. Nielsen. You are already missed.

 

[J-man]

"This woman has got to be taken to a hospital."
"A hospital? What is it?"
"It's a big building with patients but that's not important right now"

and

Spoiler :

Roger Murdock: Flight 2-0-9′er, you are cleared for take-off.
Captain Oveur: Roger!
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Tower voice: L.A. departure frequency, 123 point 9′er.
Captain Oveur: Roger!
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Victor Basta: Request vector, over.
Captain Oveur: What?
Tower voice: Flight 2-0-9′er cleared for vector 324.
Roger Murdock: We have clearance, Clarence.
Captain Oveur: Roger, Roger. What’s our vector, Victor?
Tower voice: Tower’s radio clearance, over!
Captain Oveur: That’s Clarence Oveur. Over.
Tower voice: Over.
Captain Oveur: Roger.
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Tower voice: Roger, over!
Roger Murdock: What?
Captain Oveur: Huh?
Victor Basta: Who?

sad news

 

[shadowplay]

The world just got a little less funny. RIP.

 

[Ataxerxes]

Forbidden Planet?

I like the reference. One of my favorite movies. Too many only know of him as a comic actor. He was versatile and great. He will be missed.

I know you like Shakespeare. I believe Forbidden Planet was based on the Tempest?

 

[Annex]

RIP

 

[Formaldehyde]

Great movie, and far ahead of its time.

Forbidden Planet was actually modeled after the Shakespeare play The Tempest to a great extent.

 

[Fr8monkey]

Rumack: Captain, how soon can you land?
Captain Oveur: I can't tell.
Rumack: You can tell me. I'm a doctor.
Captain Oveur: No. I mean I'm just not sure.
Rumack: Well, can't you take a guess?
Captain Oveur: Well, not for another two hours.
Rumack: You can't take a guess for another two hours?


Ted Striker: I flew single engine fighters in the Air Force, but this plane has four engines. It's an entirely different kind of flying altogether.
Rumack, Randy: [together] It's an entirely different kind of flying.

Thae there is:

I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.