RE: [scifinoir2] Samuel L. Jackson's greatest deaths

2005-05-17 Thread Astromancer



I don't recall...The last thing I remember about El Cid was when He killed Tony Curtiss's character...or was that another flick?Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Indeed! Remember the movie where he died before a great battle, but had his body propped up on his horse, so his corpse could inspire and lead his men into battle? Was that "El Cid"?


-Original Message-From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of AstromancerSent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 01:46To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [scifinoir2] Samuel L. Jackson's greatest deaths
YeahCharlton's great 'DeMille-esque' death scenes...serious ham sanwichesKeith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 


Jackson doesn't die nearly as much as the great Charleston Heston, who has more melodramatic death scenes than anybody I know of. Remember "Beneath the Planet of the Apes"? Death. "The Omega Man"? Died, and not just died, but if you saw that movie, he died in a fountain, his blood pooled at his feet, arms and legs outstretched, in nothing so much as a Crucifix-like figure.


-Original Message-From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly WrightSent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 20:27To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSubject: [scifinoir2] Samuel L. Jackson's greatest deathsDoesn't it seem like Samuel L. Jackson is always dying in his movies?As we prepare for his final lightsaber battle in ''Star Wars: EpisodeIII,'' we review his best cinematic swan songs.http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1060425_1_0_,00.html1) Star Wars: Episode III (2005)THE STIFF Mace Windu, Jedi knightCAUSE OF DEATH We're going to go out on a limb here and guess thatit's death by lightsaber.2) Goodfellas (1990)THE STIFF Stacks Edwards, thief and Mob
 associateCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot3) Jungle Fever (1991)THE STIFF Gator Purify, homeless crackheadCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot4) Jurassic Park (1993)THE STIFF Ray Arnold, a technician at the dinosaur preserveCAUSE OF DEATH Velociraptor5) Hard Eight (1996)THE STIFF Jimmy, a Reno casino security guardCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot6) 187 (1997)THE STIFF Trevor Garfield, high school science teacherCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot7) Jackie Brown (1997)THE STIFF Ordell Robbie, arms dealerCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot8) Deep Blue Sea (1999)THE STIFF Russell Franklin, tycoon and adventurerCAUSE OF DEATH: Shark attack9) Basic (2003)THE STIFF Sgt. Nathan West, Army Ranger drill sergeantCAUSE OF DEATH Gunshot, grenade, stabbing — depending on whom youbelieve. As viewers learn in one of the plot's twists-upon-twists,there's a reason all
 these death scenes appear a little far-fetchedand over-the-top.10) Kill Bill — Vol. 2 (2004)THE STIFF Rufus, a musicianCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot__The Black Prince. The Black Church. A State of Mind.http://www.theworldebon.com


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RE: [scifinoir2] Samuel L. Jackson's greatest deaths

2005-05-15 Thread Martin Pratt



It was "El Cid".Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Indeed! Remember the movie where he died before a great battle, but had his body propped up on his horse, so his corpse could inspire and lead his men into battle? Was that "El Cid"?


-Original Message-From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of AstromancerSent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 01:46To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [scifinoir2] Samuel L. Jackson's greatest deaths
YeahCharlton's great 'DeMille-esque' death scenes...serious ham sanwichesKeith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 


Jackson doesn't die nearly as much as the great Charleston Heston, who has more melodramatic death scenes than anybody I know of. Remember "Beneath the Planet of the Apes"? Death. "The Omega Man"? Died, and not just died, but if you saw that movie, he died in a fountain, his blood pooled at his feet, arms and legs outstretched, in nothing so much as a Crucifix-like figure.


-Original Message-From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly WrightSent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 20:27To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSubject: [scifinoir2] Samuel L. Jackson's greatest deathsDoesn't it seem like Samuel L. Jackson is always dying in his movies?As we prepare for his final lightsaber battle in ''Star Wars: EpisodeIII,'' we review his best cinematic swan songs.http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1060425_1_0_,00.html1) Star Wars: Episode III (2005)THE STIFF Mace Windu, Jedi knightCAUSE OF DEATH We're going to go out on a limb here and guess thatit's death by lightsaber.2) Goodfellas (1990)THE STIFF Stacks Edwards, thief and Mob
 associateCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot3) Jungle Fever (1991)THE STIFF Gator Purify, homeless crackheadCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot4) Jurassic Park (1993)THE STIFF Ray Arnold, a technician at the dinosaur preserveCAUSE OF DEATH Velociraptor5) Hard Eight (1996)THE STIFF Jimmy, a Reno casino security guardCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot6) 187 (1997)THE STIFF Trevor Garfield, high school science teacherCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot7) Jackie Brown (1997)THE STIFF Ordell Robbie, arms dealerCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot8) Deep Blue Sea (1999)THE STIFF Russell Franklin, tycoon and adventurerCAUSE OF DEATH: Shark attack9) Basic (2003)THE STIFF Sgt. Nathan West, Army Ranger drill sergeantCAUSE OF DEATH Gunshot, grenade, stabbing — depending on whom youbelieve. As viewers learn in one of the plot's twists-upon-twists,there's a reason all
 these death scenes appear a little far-fetchedand over-the-top.10) Kill Bill — Vol. 2 (2004)THE STIFF Rufus, a musicianCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot__The Black Prince. The Black Church. A State of Mind.http://www.theworldebon.com


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RE: [scifinoir2] Samuel L. Jackson's greatest deaths

2005-05-15 Thread Martin Pratt



Remember, Chuck WAS Moses...Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Jackson doesn't die nearly as much as the great Charleston Heston, who has more melodramatic death scenes than anybody I know of. Remember "Beneath the Planet of the Apes"? Death. "The Omega Man"? Died, and not just died, but if you saw that movie, he died in a fountain, his blood pooled at his feet, arms and legs outstretched, in nothing so much as a Crucifix-like figure.


-Original Message-From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly WrightSent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 20:27To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSubject: [scifinoir2] Samuel L. Jackson's greatest deathsDoesn't it seem like Samuel L. Jackson is always dying in his movies?As we prepare for his final lightsaber battle in ''Star Wars: EpisodeIII,'' we review his best cinematic swan songs.http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1060425_1_0_,00.html1) Star Wars: Episode III (2005)THE STIFF Mace Windu, Jedi knightCAUSE OF DEATH We're going to go out on a limb here and guess thatit's death by lightsaber.2) Goodfellas (1990)THE STIFF Stacks Edwards, thief and Mob
 associateCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot3) Jungle Fever (1991)THE STIFF Gator Purify, homeless crackheadCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot4) Jurassic Park (1993)THE STIFF Ray Arnold, a technician at the dinosaur preserveCAUSE OF DEATH Velociraptor5) Hard Eight (1996)THE STIFF Jimmy, a Reno casino security guardCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot6) 187 (1997)THE STIFF Trevor Garfield, high school science teacherCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot7) Jackie Brown (1997)THE STIFF Ordell Robbie, arms dealerCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot8) Deep Blue Sea (1999)THE STIFF Russell Franklin, tycoon and adventurerCAUSE OF DEATH: Shark attack9) Basic (2003)THE STIFF Sgt. Nathan West, Army Ranger drill sergeantCAUSE OF DEATH Gunshot, grenade, stabbing — depending on whom youbelieve. As viewers learn in one of the plot's twists-upon-twists,there's a reason all
 these death scenes appear a little far-fetchedand over-the-top.10) Kill Bill — Vol. 2 (2004)THE STIFF Rufus, a musicianCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot__The Black Prince. The Black Church. A State of Mind.http://www.theworldebon.com"Excuse me while I whip this out."Cleavon Little , "Blazing Saddles"
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RE: [scifinoir2] Samuel L. Jackson's greatest deaths

2005-05-15 Thread Keith Johnson
Title: Message





that's 
the one. I used to think Heston had a Messiah complex

  
  -Original Message-From: 
  scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
  Martin PrattSent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 11:06To: 
  scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [scifinoir2] Samuel L. 
  Jackson's greatest deaths
  It was "El Cid".Keith Johnson 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
  

Indeed! Remember the movie where he died before a great battle, but 
had his body propped up on his horse, so his corpse could inspire and lead 
his men into battle? Was that "El Cid"?

  
  -Original Message-From: 
  scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
  Behalf Of AstromancerSent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 
  01:46To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: 
  [scifinoir2] Samuel L. Jackson's greatest deaths
  YeahCharlton's great 'DeMille-esque' death scenes...serious ham 
  sanwichesKeith Johnson 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
  

Jackson doesn't die nearly as much as the great Charleston 
Heston, who has more melodramatic death scenes than anybody I know of. 
Remember "Beneath the Planet of the Apes"? Death. "The Omega 
Man"? Died, and not just died, but if you saw that movie, he died 
in a fountain, his blood pooled at his feet, arms and legs outstretched, 
in nothing so much as a Crucifix-like figure.

  
  -Original Message-From: 
  scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
  Behalf Of Kelly WrightSent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 
  20:27To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSubject: 
  [scifinoir2] Samuel L. Jackson's greatest 
  deathsDoesn't it seem like Samuel L. Jackson 
  is always dying in his movies?As we prepare for his final 
  lightsaber battle in ''Star Wars: EpisodeIII,'' we review his best 
  cinematic swan songs.http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1060425_1_0_,00.html1) 
  Star Wars: Episode III (2005)THE STIFF Mace Windu, Jedi 
  knightCAUSE OF DEATH We're going to go out on a limb here and 
  guess thatit's death by lightsaber.2) Goodfellas 
  (1990)THE STIFF Stacks Edwards, thief and Mob 
  associateCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot3) Jungle Fever 
  (1991)THE STIFF Gator Purify, homeless crackheadCAUSE 
  OF DEATH: Gunshot4) Jurassic Park (1993)THE STIFF Ray 
  Arnold, a technician at the dinosaur preserveCAUSE OF DEATH 
  Velociraptor5) Hard Eight (1996)THE STIFF Jimmy, a 
  Reno casino security guardCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot6) 
  187 (1997)THE STIFF Trevor Garfield, high school science 
  teacherCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot7) Jackie Brown 
  (1997)THE STIFF Ordell Robbie, arms dealerCAUSE OF 
  DEATH: Gunshot8) Deep Blue Sea (1999)THE STIFF Russell 
  Franklin, tycoon and adventurerCAUSE OF DEATH: Shark 
  attack9) Basic (2003)THE STIFF Sgt. Nathan West, Army 
  Ranger drill sergeantCAUSE OF DEATH Gunshot, grenade, stabbing 
   depending on whom youbelieve. As viewers learn in one of 
  the plot's twists-upon-twists,there's a reason all these death 
  scenes appear a little far-fetchedand over-the-top.10) 
  Kill Bill  Vol. 2 (2004)THE STIFF Rufus, a 
  musicianCAUSE OF DEATH: 
  Gunshot__The Black 
  Prince. The Black Church. A State of Mind.http://www.theworldebon.com
  
  
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RE: [scifinoir2] Samuel L. Jackson's greatest deaths

2005-05-15 Thread Astromancer



...So was Cicely Tyson...Martin Pratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Remember, Chuck WAS Moses...Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 


Jackson doesn't die nearly as much as the great Charleston Heston, who has more melodramatic death scenes than anybody I know of. Remember "Beneath the Planet of the Apes"? Death. "The Omega Man"? Died, and not just died, but if you saw that movie, he died in a fountain, his blood pooled at his feet, arms and legs outstretched, in nothing so much as a Crucifix-like figure.


-Original Message-From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly WrightSent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 20:27To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSubject: [scifinoir2] Samuel L. Jackson's greatest deathsDoesn't it seem like Samuel L. Jackson is always dying in his movies?As we prepare for his final lightsaber battle in ''Star Wars: EpisodeIII,'' we review his best cinematic swan songs.http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1060425_1_0_,00.html1) Star Wars: Episode III (2005)THE STIFF Mace Windu, Jedi knightCAUSE OF DEATH We're going to go out on a limb here and guess thatit's death by lightsaber.2) Goodfellas (1990)THE STIFF Stacks Edwards, thief and Mob
 associateCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot3) Jungle Fever (1991)THE STIFF Gator Purify, homeless crackheadCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot4) Jurassic Park (1993)THE STIFF Ray Arnold, a technician at the dinosaur preserveCAUSE OF DEATH Velociraptor5) Hard Eight (1996)THE STIFF Jimmy, a Reno casino security guardCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot6) 187 (1997)THE STIFF Trevor Garfield, high school science teacherCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot7) Jackie Brown (1997)THE STIFF Ordell Robbie, arms dealerCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot8) Deep Blue Sea (1999)THE STIFF Russell Franklin, tycoon and adventurerCAUSE OF DEATH: Shark attack9) Basic (2003)THE STIFF Sgt. Nathan West, Army Ranger drill sergeantCAUSE OF DEATH Gunshot, grenade, stabbing — depending on whom youbelieve. As viewers learn in one of the plot's twists-upon-twists,there's a reason all
 these death scenes appear a little far-fetchedand over-the-top.10) Kill Bill — Vol. 2 (2004)THE STIFF Rufus, a musicianCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot__The Black Prince. The Black Church. A State of Mind.http://www.theworldebon.com"Excuse me while I whip this out."Cleavon Little , "Blazing Saddles"


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RE: [scifinoir2] Samuel L. Jackson's greatest deaths

2005-05-14 Thread Keith Johnson
Title: Message





Jackson doesn't die nearly as much as the great Charleston Heston, who 
has more melodramatic death scenes than anybody I know of. Remember "Beneath the 
Planet of the Apes"? Death. "The Omega Man"? Died, and not just 
died, but if you saw that movie, he died in a fountain, his blood pooled at his 
feet, arms and legs outstretched, in nothing so much as a Crucifix-like 
figure.

  
  -Original Message-From: 
  scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
  Kelly WrightSent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 20:27To: 
  scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSubject: [scifinoir2] Samuel L. Jackson's 
  greatest deathsDoesn't it seem like Samuel L. Jackson 
  is always dying in his movies?As we prepare for his final lightsaber 
  battle in ''Star Wars: EpisodeIII,'' we review his best cinematic swan 
  songs.http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1060425_1_0_,00.html1) 
  Star Wars: Episode III (2005)THE STIFF Mace Windu, Jedi 
  knightCAUSE OF DEATH We're going to go out on a limb here and guess 
  thatit's death by lightsaber.2) Goodfellas (1990)THE STIFF 
  Stacks Edwards, thief and Mob associateCAUSE OF DEATH: 
  Gunshot3) Jungle Fever (1991)THE STIFF Gator Purify, homeless 
  crackheadCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot4) Jurassic Park 
  (1993)THE STIFF Ray Arnold, a technician at the dinosaur 
  preserveCAUSE OF DEATH Velociraptor5) Hard Eight 
  (1996)THE STIFF Jimmy, a Reno casino security guardCAUSE OF 
  DEATH: Gunshot6) 187 (1997)THE STIFF Trevor Garfield, high 
  school science teacherCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot7) Jackie Brown 
  (1997)THE STIFF Ordell Robbie, arms dealerCAUSE OF DEATH: 
  Gunshot8) Deep Blue Sea (1999)THE STIFF Russell Franklin, 
  tycoon and adventurerCAUSE OF DEATH: Shark attack9) Basic 
  (2003)THE STIFF Sgt. Nathan West, Army Ranger drill 
  sergeantCAUSE OF DEATH Gunshot, grenade, stabbing  depending on whom 
  youbelieve. As viewers learn in one of the plot's 
  twists-upon-twists,there's a reason all these death scenes appear a little 
  far-fetchedand over-the-top.10) Kill Bill  Vol. 2 
  (2004)THE STIFF Rufus, a musicianCAUSE OF DEATH: 
  Gunshot__The Black 
  Prince. The Black Church. A State of Mind.http://www.theworldebon.com







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RE: [scifinoir2] Samuel L. Jackson's greatest deaths

2005-05-14 Thread Astromancer



YeahCharlton's great 'DeMille-esque' death scenes...serious ham sanwichesKeith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Jackson doesn't die nearly as much as the great Charleston Heston, who has more melodramatic death scenes than anybody I know of. Remember "Beneath the Planet of the Apes"? Death. "The Omega Man"? Died, and not just died, but if you saw that movie, he died in a fountain, his blood pooled at his feet, arms and legs outstretched, in nothing so much as a Crucifix-like figure.


-Original Message-From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly WrightSent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 20:27To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSubject: [scifinoir2] Samuel L. Jackson's greatest deathsDoesn't it seem like Samuel L. Jackson is always dying in his movies?As we prepare for his final lightsaber battle in ''Star Wars: EpisodeIII,'' we review his best cinematic swan songs.http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1060425_1_0_,00.html1) Star Wars: Episode III (2005)THE STIFF Mace Windu, Jedi knightCAUSE OF DEATH We're going to go out on a limb here and guess thatit's death by lightsaber.2) Goodfellas (1990)THE STIFF Stacks Edwards, thief and Mob
 associateCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot3) Jungle Fever (1991)THE STIFF Gator Purify, homeless crackheadCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot4) Jurassic Park (1993)THE STIFF Ray Arnold, a technician at the dinosaur preserveCAUSE OF DEATH Velociraptor5) Hard Eight (1996)THE STIFF Jimmy, a Reno casino security guardCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot6) 187 (1997)THE STIFF Trevor Garfield, high school science teacherCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot7) Jackie Brown (1997)THE STIFF Ordell Robbie, arms dealerCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot8) Deep Blue Sea (1999)THE STIFF Russell Franklin, tycoon and adventurerCAUSE OF DEATH: Shark attack9) Basic (2003)THE STIFF Sgt. Nathan West, Army Ranger drill sergeantCAUSE OF DEATH Gunshot, grenade, stabbing — depending on whom youbelieve. As viewers learn in one of the plot's twists-upon-twists,there's a reason all
 these death scenes appear a little far-fetchedand over-the-top.10) Kill Bill — Vol. 2 (2004)THE STIFF Rufus, a musicianCAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot__The Black Prince. The Black Church. A State of Mind.http://www.theworldebon.com
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