RIP Charlton Heston

[Mousey Girl]

One of my favorite movies is Greatest Show on Earth.

[scaeagles]

In a Hollywood where conservative politics are frowned upon by most, I admired his courage to stand for what he believed. I am certainly no acting critic nor movie expert, but I enjoyed what of his I watched and knew. I will the lone voice in the wilderness here (there's a shock) and say I loved the man's politics.

[NirvanaMan]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I I will the lone voice in the wilderness here (there's a shock) and say I loved the man's politics.

Certainly not lone my friend, but in the vast minority 'round there here parts. His politics were honorable in a industry overwhelmed by the activist left. And he was a great figurehead for the NRA, short-lived as it was. I never read the publication, but there is a nice memorial to him in the monthly NRA pub, America's First Freedom.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by NirvanaMan

Certainly not lone my friend, but in the vast minority 'round there here parts. His politics were honorable in a industry overwhelmed by the activist left.

I'm not accusing you of this, but I love how people seem to throw the modifier "activist" around as an insult, but only when it's for a position they don't agree with.

[NirvanaMan]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I'm not accusing you of this, but I love how people seem to throw the modifier "activist" around as an insult, but only when it's for a position they don't agree with.

Do you disagree with the statement? Do you not consider the film industry to be filled with members of the activist left? It's not an insult (like the gross insults thrown about in this thread) but simply a statement of fact. If you disagree that Hollywood is not filled with members of the activist left, feel free to explain.

Clearly, Heston was a member of the activist right. Being an activist shouldn't be considered an insult. It also boggles the mind how some people consider the term liberal or conservative to be an insult.

Strange.

[SacTown Chronic]

Originally Posted by NirvanaMan

Being an activist shouldn't be considered an insult.

You used it as an insult:

His politics were honorable in a industry overwhelmed by the activist left.

Then again, maybe you simply meant that Heston's politics were even more honorable than the "activist left". But I doubt it.

[lashbear]

There's a famous quote by Bette davis that comes to mind.

...never mind.

[Alex]

Maybe this pro-gun quote?

Lloyd, be a playwright with guts. Write me one about a nice normal woman who just shoots her husband.

[flippyshark]

It's a madhouse, A MAAAADHOOOOUSE!

Okay, politics aside (actually, I appreciate his support for civil rights back in the 60's, and he's politically no different than many of my own family whom I adore), Heston is like movie comfort food. Every time I watch him, I'm ten years old and sitting in the family car at the drive-in with a greasy paper bucket of popcorn on my lap.

[Sub la Goon]

Omega Man - The original Legend

Earthquake! (in Sensurround) - It moved me.