The RIP thread...

RIP Dick King-Smith.

He wrote some lovely kids books. My daughter is reading The Hodgeheg at the moment.
He wrote the story that got turned into the film, Babe.

You're having a giraffe..

1. What is it with this week??
   
2. Luci, do you have some sort of direct line to hospitals across the country?
   

Don't forget the Queens Nose and Harry's Mad.

Cracking writer. Also hugely prolific.

Gary Mason former boxing champ, knocked off his bike.

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/8777362.UPDATE__Cyclist_killed_believed_to_be_boxing_champ/

No WAY!!!

Only saw him the other week at Oval tube

RIP

Back in the day it was said that he "had a punch hard enough to knock out a rhino"

Seemed like a nice guy, as well.

Sad, I always liked Gary Mason... RIP

As if Gerry Rafferty's Dead!

First Captain Beefheart, now Gerry. 2011 is going to be a shit year.

Just heard about Gary Mason on the news. Gutted. RIP Gary.

Gary Mason, RIP:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12135980

Very sad about Gary Mason. Were it not for his detached retina, he might have gone much further.

That he was killed whilst cycling makes it all the worse. Rest In Peace champ. I was certainly a fan.

Rip

Major Richard D. Winters.
January 21st 1918 - January 2nd 2011

A Proper Soldier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yggdVyan4XI&feature=related

Peter Yates, has died aged 81.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Article/201009115890486

Director of Bullit, Robbery, Summer Holiday, and classic cycling/coming of age movie Breaking Away
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- Breaking Away trailer[/ame]

Oh. At least he had a good long life.
Breaking Away is still the only film I have seen where the audience clapped and cheered at the end. It started my love of cycling and pretty much everything I have done since has come from that. So, probably, Peter Yeates changed my life. Thanks and RIP.

I've still not seen it!!

The first film I ever saw in the cinema was Star Wars, and everyone stood up and clapped at the end. It's the only time i've seen it happen and it still vaguely disappoints me that it's never happened again.

Did you go on to be a Jedi though? no, I thought not.
Peter Yeates.

Superman II spontaneous audience applause, when he got his mojo back and beat 'bad' Superman.....

I've still not seen it!!

Make it a priority.

FFS let's not make this a list of (probably) crap films people have cheered at. It's the RIP thread.

I've still not seen it!!

I didn't expect that.

Go for it.

Make it a big-screen experience, don't watch it on a crappy DVD if you can help it at all.

Lovely film.

You know what Oli, some of us dislike cinemas and really enjoy 'crappy' DVDs at home.

I love cinema. Sadly, it's an experience that's increasingly disappearing.