First Paul Walker, now Peter O'Toole, all the legends are dying!
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lmtopeka — 12 years ago(December 15, 2013 12:44 PM)
Paul Walker's death is infinitely more sad. He died at 40 with tons of life and work ahead of him so who knows what he may have become. O'toole is one of the all time greats. He lived a long life and leaves behind a body of work that is very special. May they both rest in peace and be remembered for not just what they did but who they are.
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lmtopeka — 12 years ago(December 15, 2013 01:52 PM)
I said who knows what Walkers work would have been like and what legacy he might have left and yes a man with a child who dies at 40 is infinitely more sad than a man who has live a long and successful life and dies in his 80's. I don't care if you want to take me seriously.
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ameckert2000 — 12 years ago(December 16, 2013 06:12 AM)
Ok. Walker's death was tragic because he was young, not because he was a brilliant actor. He also seemed like a nice guy. He was a good looking guy and in lots of blockbusters that the MTV generation really liked.
However, you can't say "well, although he really only did Varsity Blues, Pleasantville, and all The Fast and The Furious Movies, I'm sure his Lawrence of Arabia is right around the corner"
By the time O'Toole was 40, he had already done Lawrence of Arabia, The Lion in Winter, Becket, and many many many others. Not to mention all of the plays he did here and in England. I mean, Lawrence was his first big film. I believe he was only in his 20s when he did it.
Walker's death, sad because he was young and popular.
O'Toole's death is sad for us, but he REALLY lived a great life. He had wonderful and talented friends, and left behind a ridiculous amount of brilliant films. It's tragic not because he didn't have a long life, but because he was the last of that type of actor. -
rogerscorpion — 12 years ago(December 15, 2013 01:59 PM)
Did you really mention O'Toole & Walker, in the same breath?
That's like the Emmys making a big fuss over Cory Monteith, while virtually ignoring Jack Klugman, who gave us 5 decades of fine work.
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BlondeVixen — 12 years ago(December 15, 2013 03:27 PM)
Never got into the Fast & Furious movies, so didn't know who Paul Walker was until after he died. His death was tragic, he was nice, generously gave to others, young & good looking, but he was not a movie legend.
Peter O'Toole, absolutely a legendary actor. One of the greats, Oscar nominated many times, a long career. -
hobnob53 — 12 years ago(December 15, 2013 10:30 PM)
Peter O'Toole was a true legend, and one of the most acclaimed and astonishib68ng talents of stage and screen. There aren't enough words in the English language he commanded so fiercely to describe his talents and contributions to the art of acting. An actor for over fifty years, whose awards and nominations alone are testament to his abilities.
We've also just learned tonight of the death of another true acting legend, Joan Fontaine, dead at 96. This a few days after the passing of Eleanor Parker, like Fontaine a three-time Oscar nominee. These people had major careers and were
genuine
legends.
Even Tom Laughlin, whose death Thursday has just been announced tonight, was a legend in a minor sort of way a cult hero of sorts.
But to mention Paul Walker and Peter O'Toole in the same breath as "legends" is preposterous. (And to give Walker top billing on the thread topic, on the site for Peter O'Toole, is outrageous.)
Walker was a nice guy, a decent if hardly versatile actor, but he never really made the big time, mostly being known simply for the "Fast and Furious" franchise, which is hardly legendary stuff. When your career mainly consists of appearing in an endless series of the same basic thing, and not in varied and versatile films and roles, your stardom is questionable, and you're certainly no legend. The rest of his career was just average. He wasn't remotely as well-known as these other performers. His death gave him more publicity than anything he ever did in life, which is kind of sad. He died tragically and too young, and maybe he'd have had a bigger career had he lived, but sorry, he was no legend. And I doubt he'd have claimed to be one, either.
sad year though