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Heath Ledger is dead!
« on: January 22, 2008, 11:18:20 pm »
Damn... if you had him in your office Death Pool, you probably earned at least 45-1. I mean, dude wasn't Abe Vigoda or Britney Spears.

I don't know or care much about the dude, but it seems like an early exit for a guy who had a chance to do some more stuff. Mrs. Haus said "I feel like calling someone, but I don't know who, or why."
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Re: Heath Ledger is dead!
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2008, 11:24:07 pm »
Dude was in some pretty good movies, dude was in some not good movies, but he seemed a good dude overall. Sorry to see him go.
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Re: Heath Ledger is dead!
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2008, 11:41:36 pm »
Dead, naked, face-down, in an apartment owned by Mary-Kate Olsen.

What.
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Re: Heath Ledger is dead!
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2008, 11:47:37 pm »
Quote from: Lister on January 22, 2008, 11:41:36 pm
in an apartment owned by Mary-Kate Olsen.

I find this newsworthy.

When the headline popped up on my RSS, I assumed it was something from The Onion.  No way did I think this guy lived so close to the edge.  Not that I knew him or anything - and I'm also the (perhaps only) guy who was surprised when River Phoenix OD'd.
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Re: Heath Ledger is dead!
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2008, 11:51:44 pm »
I did not hear the part about "owned by Mary-Kate" though. That is... wild.

I have to admit, though, that when famous people die young... and the dude was my age, I believe... there is a certain extent to which I am humbled about my whole "why have I not accomplished anything yet?" thing.

Like... "well, you could have accomplished your stuff and be dead too young, which is better?"

It is awful that a fairly talented actor is dead very young, of course, but I do not think it's necessarily wrong to step back and try to gain a little perspective from the dude's passing. Get something positive out of it, anyway.

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Re: Heath Ledger is dead!
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2008, 12:13:53 am »
Get . . . the . . . fuck . . . out. I did not see that coming.

The story I saw says it was his own apartment.
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Re: Heath Ledger is dead!
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2008, 12:19:37 am »
After a little digging, it seems that it was Olsen's apartment only in that she owned the building or the company that owned the building? It is very unclear.

There's all kinds of speculation after a famous person dies, especially after the legitimate news cycle has shut down for the day and we are left with local 11 oclock news and talk radio and the internet and so on.
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Re: Heath Ledger is dead!
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2008, 12:24:15 am »
So, I guess if the Oscars end up being a go this year, we'll probably get all the Heath Ledger tributes we can stomach. Not saying he was a bad dude, but there are more important things.
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Re: Heath Ledger is dead!
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2008, 12:30:36 am »
Quote from: lprkn on January 23, 2008, 12:24:15 am
So, I guess if the Oscars end up being a go this year, we'll probably get all the Heath Ledger tributes we can stomach. Not saying he was a bad dude, but there are more important things.

If we only focused on more important things, I wouldn't know any of you.
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Re: Heath Ledger is dead!
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2008, 12:40:19 am »
I'm on the drug,
I'm on the drug,
I'm on the drug that killed River Phoenix.

I saw his body thrashing round.
I saw his pulse rate going down.
I saw him in convulsive throes.
I said "I'll have one of those."

Hillary had,
Hillary had,
Hillary had it in his veins. 

Hillary had Everest in his veins;
Armstrong did moon, was not the same;
Heroes explore to give us hope;
River pushed back the envelope.

Drank the slab,
Drank the slab,
Drank the slab that Bon Scott drunk.

I drank the slab that Bon Scott drunk;
I injected some of Hendrix's junk;
I booked a seat on Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane;
Mama Cass's sandwich? Ate the same.

Now I'm bored,
Now I'm bored,
Now I'm bored there's no stopping.

Now I'm bored and there's no stopping;
I need another celeb to fill a coffin;
Where'll I get my next drug action?
Odds on it'll be Michael Jackson.

I'm on the drug,
I'm on the drug,
I'm on the drug that killed River Phoenix. 



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Re: Heath Ledger is dead!
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2008, 12:46:17 am »
the first time I read that, I was thinking of River Tam, and was like "no, wasn't she genetically modified or some shit? was it drugs? damn, I need to watch that movie again, it was pretty good."
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Re: Heath Ledger is dead!
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2008, 12:52:58 am »
I thought this topic was about keeping track of how many chocolate covered toffee bars one has.
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Re: Heath Ledger is dead!
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2008, 12:54:49 am »
Careful AW, you're stepping on Wombat's lines.
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Re: Heath Ledger is dead!
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2008, 01:14:19 am »
Damn, that is some random shit. I just saw No Country for Old Men last night and I found out after watching it that he took the main role but then turned it down because he needed time off or some such.

Is it wrong of me that I'm wondering if this will affect future batman movies?

Might have to go watch Ten Things I hate about you tonight or some such, I loved that movie when I was about 15.
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Re: Heath Ledger is dead!
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2008, 01:15:25 am »
Brokeback, man.

Actually, given how that movie turns out, that might be some rough chuckles.
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