A sad Jaws farewell - Roy Scheider is gone - Page 2

Gemini Cricket · 02-11-2008, 01:16 AM

He was 75?! When did that happen? I guess he always seemed perpetually 30something to me...

innerSpaceman · 02-11-2008, 08:26 AM

No, no, I'm not going to watch it because it's been recommended here. I want to watch it because it is, like many who posted, my favorite Roy Schedier film.

I hestiate only because his (character's) death is the subject matter, and that might be too heavy. (I still haven't watched Brokeback Mountain since Heath Ledger died, and it's not even his character that dies.)

LSPoorEeyorick · 02-11-2008, 08:53 AM

Jazz is a favorite in this household, as is Jaws. Bye bye, your life, goodbye...

(That song is on youtube here if you think you can take it; I'm not sure I can yet so I'll watch Jagger and Gideon doing "Everything Old is New Again" instead.)

Alex · 02-11-2008, 09:00 AM

I've never actually seen All That Jazz. It's on my Netflix queue but is about 150 on the list so I'll see it in a couple years.

Unfortunately, my experience of him as a living actor is as the bit-part actor in bad movies and TV guest experiences but he did have a great run back in the '70s and early '80s.

Interesting that GD thinks of him as perpetually in his 30s. I don't think he ever looked that young. To me he always comes across as in his '50s. Sometimes has a young looking 50 year old, sometimes (as in a recent Law & Order guest spot) as a prematurely old 50s. Like Jack Palance he is someone I can't imagine at 18, or even 25.

Kevy Baby · 02-11-2008, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

He was 75?! When did that happen?

About a year after he was 74.

NickO'Time · 02-11-2008, 10:11 AM

Sorry too see him go. I loved him in Blue Thunder.

I realize it wasn't the best film but it was fun at the time as a kid.

Cadaverous Pallor · 02-11-2008, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Interesting that GD thinks of him as perpetually in his 30s.

My husband often gets credit for other people's posts. It's so odd.

Erica, I'm with you on SeaQuest. That and Jaws are what instantly come to mind. Sad to hear he's gone.

Alex · 02-11-2008, 11:31 AM

That time It was just a typo on my part, I did know who said it. Maybe if there was a campaign to move the C farther from the D on a QWERTY keyboard.

Kevy Baby · 02-11-2008, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

That time It was just a typo on my part, I did know who said it. Maybe if there was a campaign to move the C farther from the D on a QWERTY keyboard.

Or you could just go for a Dvorak keyboard.

Alex · 02-11-2008, 02:38 PM

I could, but as always it is easier to ask that the world change rather than me.

Besides, I tried switching to a Dvorak keyboard about a year ago and it was a complete failure. As a person who touch types at about 90 WPM with my eyes closed (I used to have a keyboard where I had removed all of the keys and randomly but them back on just for the fun of it, it never slowed me down) typing is now such a feat of muscle memory that trying to reprogram myself failed miserably.

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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	He was 75?! When did that happen? I guess he always seemed perpetually 30something to me...
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	No, no, I'm not going to watch it because it's been recommended here. I want to watch it because it is, like many who posted, my favorite Roy Schedier film. I hestiate only because his (character's) death is the subject matter, and that might be too heavy. (I still haven't watched Brokeback Mountain since Heath Ledger died, and it's not even his character that dies.)
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LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	Jazz is a favorite in this household, as is Jaws. Bye bye, your life, goodbye... (That song is on youtube here if you think you can take it; I'm not sure I can yet so I'll watch Jagger and Gideon doing "Everything Old is New Again" instead.)
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I've never actually seen All That Jazz. It's on my Netflix queue but is about 150 on the list so I'll see it in a couple years. Unfortunately, my experience of him as a living actor is as the bit-part actor in bad movies and TV guest experiences but he did have a great run back in the '70s and early '80s. Interesting that GD thinks of him as perpetually in his 30s. I don't think he ever looked that young. To me he always comes across as in his '50s. Sometimes has a young looking 50 year old, sometimes (as in a recent Law & Order guest spot) as a prematurely old 50s. Like Jack Palance he is someone I can't imagine at 18, or even 25.
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NickO'Time Missed it by that much.. Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 678	Sorry too see him go. I loved him in Blue Thunder. I realize it wasn't the best film but it was fun at the time as a kid. __________________ Yeah, right.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	That time It was just a typo on my part, I did know who said it. Maybe if there was a campaign to move the C farther from the D on a QWERTY keyboard.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I could, but as always it is easier to ask that the world change rather than me. Besides, I tried switching to a Dvorak keyboard about a year ago and it was a complete failure. As a person who touch types at about 90 WPM with my eyes closed (I used to have a keyboard where I had removed all of the keys and randomly but them back on just for the fun of it, it never slowed me down) typing is now such a feat of muscle memory that trying to reprogram myself failed miserably.
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