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killthenet
06-04-2008, 06:02 AM
Hollywood megastar of the 1950's and 60's Charlton Heston has died. He will probably be best remembered for his role in the 1959 epic Ben Hur but a lot of sci-fi fans will remember him for his turn in the fantastic Soylent Green and The Planet Of The Apes.

In his later years he became somewhat of a reviled figure, for his support for the NRA, but his work as an actor will long be admired.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7332960.stm
Iun
06-04-2008, 07:27 AM
*is stunned*
Noodleman
06-04-2008, 08:27 AM
From his cold dead hands
Iun
06-04-2008, 08:36 AM
Quick! Everyone get his guns!
Roostophe
06-04-2008, 11:31 AM
Aah, that's a shame. :(
Hellfire
06-04-2008, 01:57 PM
And I saw Ben Hur the other day :(
Damn...
Dante
06-04-2008, 10:55 PM
R.I.P Charlton Heston
uəʌəsʎɐɾ
06-04-2008, 11:04 PM
He made an excellent mexican. Don't think I was ever a fan of him personally, but he's probably an all-american hearoh!
The fish
06-04-2008, 11:19 PM
Ben Hur suffered from all it's scenes being dragged out for far, far too long. My god, the chariot race!

Anyone who supports the NRA as much has he did won't be missed greatly by me...
kyletherobot
06-04-2008, 11:54 PM
I just got sent Soylent Green from lovefilm. Haven't seen it since I was about 6.

R.I.P. Charlton. A bit of a legend.
Dyson
07-04-2008, 12:38 AM
From his cold dead hands


Beaten to it :(
King_V
07-04-2008, 01:13 AM
R.I.P

But something tells me future N-Europe VR Forumites won't be making topics for us when we die. :/..."What about us!?"
LukeLee
07-04-2008, 03:24 PM
To be honest I was more shocked when I found out yesterday that Neil Buchannon had just died.
Mr. Bananagrabber
07-04-2008, 03:28 PM
To be honest I was more shocked when I found out yesterday that Neil Buchannon had just died.

That was just a stupid rumour started on Facebook.
Jimbob
07-04-2008, 06:43 PM
R.I.P Charlton Heston, a true movie legend who will be missed by all. Thanks for the memorable movies.
Oxigen_Waste
08-04-2008, 12:41 AM
R.I.P Charlton Heston, a true movie legend who will be missed by all. Thanks for the memorable movies.

Liar! I won't miss him! He'd already passed his good years as an actor and was an asshole as a person, so good ridance.
kyletherobot
08-04-2008, 01:23 AM
Liar! I won't miss him! He'd already passed his good years as an actor and was an asshole as a person, so good ridance.

I'll think the same of you once your dead, apart from the acting part.
Ramar
08-04-2008, 01:27 AM
To be honest I was more shocked when I found out yesterday that Neil Buchannon had just died.

You shit me up there, that better not be true.
Oxigen_Waste
08-04-2008, 02:48 AM
I'll think the same of you once your dead, apart from the acting part.

Great. At least I'm not the only one being honest. And that's the way I feel about almost everyone. Even my two uncles who died. Fuck'em, they didn't mean shit to me.

Seriously... death is overrated. No.. wrong... human lives are overrated.
Hellfire
08-04-2008, 04:05 AM
Fun stuff as usual.
killthenet
08-04-2008, 06:59 AM
Soylent Green and Planet Of The Apes were pretty good though, ey? Even if he had a gun grafted to his arm in real life, at least they covered it up in his movies.
Noodleman
08-04-2008, 08:03 AM
He made an excellent mexican.

Jayseven throwing in a casual touch of evil referance there (or at least I hope it was). I couldnt take that film seriously whenever he was on screen, pretty much the most unlikliest person to play a mexican ever.
Fierce_LiNk
09-04-2008, 11:53 AM
Planet of the Apes is one of my favourite films of all time, I'm quite into my Sci-fi. I'm pretty saddened by this. :(

R.I.P.

THIS IS A MAAAAADHOUSE! A MAAAAAADHOOOOUSE!
gaggle64
09-04-2008, 11:57 AM
I had mixed feelings about the man. Omega Man was a ruddy good film mind.

"Huh. There's just never a cop when you need one."
Oxigen_Waste
09-04-2008, 01:20 PM
Aww, come on, his best role was unsidputably in B-Hur!!! That's his magnum opus!
killthenet
09-04-2008, 01:29 PM
Sure, Ben Hur was his toughest role, but its a bitch of a film. I've never enjoyed it, probably because I was forced to watch it as a child. His best films for me were undoubtedly Soylent Green and Planet Of The Apes. Both landmarks of cinematic science fiction, both utterly terrifying and engaging films.
Oxigen_Waste
09-04-2008, 01:38 PM
Sure, Ben Hur was his toughest role, but its a bitch of a film. I've never enjoyed it, probably because I was forced to watch it as a child. His best films for me were undoubtedly Soylent Green and Planet Of The Apes. Both landmarks of cinematic science fiction, both utterly terrifying and engaging films.

I quite like Hur. It's a bit shite as far as religious propaganda goes, but it's a nice movie. In fact, if it wasn't for the shitty ass religiousness of it, I'd say it deserved the oscars. :heh: