Ernest Borgnine died

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:43 pm

He made it to 95! RIP Mr Borgnine.

Oscar-winning film star Ernest Borgnine dies - TODAY Entertainment

Post by **spot** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:51 pm

What was that interminable techno-perv kill kill kill stuff with a helicopter all about though?

I suppose it paid the bills. And he was well practised at smiling.

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:04 pm

Thanks for fixing the title, that was driving me crazy.

He was just the mechanic on that show if I remember correctly, Jan-Michael Vincent was the kill, kill, kill part of the team. My favorite movie of Mr Borgnine's was "Escape From New York". He always looked like he was having a lot of fun.

Post by **spot** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:14 pm

SnoozeAgain;1398578 wrote: He always looked like he was having a lot of fun.Oh he did that, I agree. But if you take away every film he was in that deployed weaponry you'd bring his list down to The Flight of the Phoenix and three episodes of Spongebob Squarepants.

I exaggerate, I hear you say. Maybe so. Not by much.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:35 pm

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:56 pm

Yeah, that was a good movie. I think I preferred him in parts where he was a little goofy though.

Post by **spot** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:43 pm

There are several distressing misogynist "personal quotes" on IMDB which are blatantly not quotes at all but they're spreading around the web like wildfire tonight. I do wish people would check a source or two before running around like headless chickens. For what it's worth, I have no faith at all in his alleged view on "Women's Rights" and on "hippies" and I don't find it amusing that anonymous cowards invent them thinking it's humour.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 5:53 am

I saw a piece on him on "Howdy America", "The Morning Show", "What the Heck are You Doing Up So Early?", or some such morning pap news show. I didn't know he won an Oscar. I always liked his acting.

Post by **spot** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:05 am

Accountable;1398586 wrote: I saw a piece on him on "Howdy America", "The Morning Show", "What the Heck are You Doing Up So Early?", or some such morning pap news show. I didn't know he won an Oscar. I always liked his acting.

It was in a neat subdued film about immigrant families in New York, and two people each thinking the other was wonderful but they were useless because everyone around them was all bustle and get-ahead. Marty's a perfect observational film of the time - perhaps rather past its time, who knows - and the sort more often starring Bing Crosby as a priest. The post-war audiences and the awarders were in the mood for nostalgia perhaps.

Post by **spot** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:05 am

Accountable;1398586 wrote: I saw a piece on him on "Howdy America", "The Morning Show", "What the Heck are You Doing Up So Early?", or some such morning pap news show. I didn't know he won an Oscar. I always liked his acting.

It was in a neat subdued film about immigrant families in New York, and two people each thinking the other was wonderful but they were useless because everyone around them was all bustle and get-ahead. Marty's a perfect observational film of the time - perhaps rather past its time, who knows - and the sort more often starring Bing Crosby as a priest. The post-war audiences and the awarders were in the mood for nostalgia perhaps.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:33 am

There's an echo in here

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:41 am

No one gave it to Leadbottom like he did....................................

Post by **spot** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:56 am

chonsigirl;1398591 wrote: No one gave it to Leadbottom like he did....................................

This, I take it, has some obscure connection to Brokeback Mountain?

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:59 pm

Pervert.

Wild Fire · Post by **Wild Fire** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:46 am

First Andy Griffith, now Ernest Borgnine....I wonder who the 3rd will be.

Post by **spot** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:58 am

Wild Fire;1398654 wrote: First Andy Griffith, now Ernest Borgnine....I wonder who the 3rd will be.

Mickey Rooney, if we're guessing.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:10 pm

spot;1398659 wrote: Mickey Rooney, if we're guessing.
Macabre.

Good guess though.

Post by **spot** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:12 pm

AnneBoleyn;1398664 wrote: Macabre.

Good guess though.

You weren't asking?

I thought you'd switched the thread to a Dead pool variant.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:19 pm

If it were a death pool, I'd have a few suggestions, but mine would be more like a wish list. So, I guess my ideas shouldn't be mentioned.

Post by **spot** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:36 pm

His two contemporaries I most admire are Kirk Douglas and Herbert Lom, neither of whom are still working. They did make some magnificent films though. But not, so far as I know, any that they shared - Herbert Lom must have been one of the few actors not to get a role in Spartacus.

Post by **spot** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:43 pm

Oh poo. Herbert Lom was in Spartacus.

Always check before posting, spot, always check before posting.

Post by **spot** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:48 pm

And in, of course, the same scene...

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:28 am

I am Spartacus

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:11 am

YZGI;1398706 wrote: I am Spartacus
me too.

Post by **spot** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:50 am

Crucifixion's too good for either of you.