Reply With QuoteWrong director.
Kidding aside, I was never a big fan of Tony Scott - he didn't produce absolute classics like his brother did (back in the day, at least) - but his films were watchable at least, gotta give him that.
RIP.
Tony Scott - director of Top Gun among others - has apparently thrown himself to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro yesterday at 68 years of age.
Whilst he wasn't the best director in the world, he did pulp pretty damn well. Shame. RIP.
Wrong director.
Kidding aside, I was never a big fan of Tony Scott - he didn't produce absolute classics like his brother did (back in the day, at least) - but his films were watchable at least, gotta give him that.
RIP.
This receives my vote for best-thread-title-of-the-second-half-of-August award.
I saw Unstoppable not long ago. Not remarkable or surprising in any way but still very enjoyable I gotta say. Just like most the films I've seen by him.
R.I.P.
He made enjoyable popcorn cinema with a slick visual style. Never profound but almost always fun and enjoyable.
RIP
Inoperable brain cancer was the motive, apparently.
Very sad. I just rewatched The Last Boyscout, and the man could deliver solid entertainment.
Loved Last Boy Scout, and also Beverly Hills Cop 2 and Crimson Tide. To me, True Romance stands out from all of his work - it was one of my favorite films of the 90s. But jumping off a bridge? Man, there's got to be a better way to do it.
I dunno, it's pretty neat and tidy, doesn't endanger anyone else and, depending on the bridge, isn't likely to go wrong and leave you a vegetable. Only problem is if you change your mind halfway down.
Which you always do.
Speaking from personal experience?
I can't count how many times I watched Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop II back in the day. RIP.
Obviously not. But I reckon that, no matter how determined you were to die, halfway through primal fear and the drive for survival will inevitably kick in - the kind of thrill basejumpers and parachutists seek.Originally Posted by dethtoll
Wouldn't that be true for all forms of suicide though? Surely you'd need to overcome the drive for survival to jump in the first place.
If one were dying of a debilitating terminal disease, I could see someone justifying it... Better to go out with a bang than a whimper, even to the final moment.
"I HAVE HIV AND I WANT TO DIE!!!"
> gunshot, screaming
Heroin skydive. Best suicide method available.
Seems Tony actually did NOT have cancer, very strange.
(His wife is stacked though, I'd think he's want to stick around just for that).
I bet he did. The water is fairly hard at that speed.
Sorry. I've been playing with my metal detector and only now read this. I swear every time I dig up another axe head that it's going to be pirate treasure for sure.
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