Top Ten Great Movie Deaths

Posted by Johnny Cat in Movies & SciFi on October 1, 2009 at 1:26 pm

moviedeathsledeIf ever there was a cause for a Spoiler Alert, this would rank.  The very nature of good films is the conflict factor, which will ultimately end with someone’s demise.  But who’s whose?  And how?  When it’s done memorably well, character death in a movie can have a lasting impression, and worthy of a top ten list.  David Frank’s offering at RopeOf Silicon is a pretty good one.

These are the death scenes we remember long after the actors have screamed, slobbered, cried, coughed, wheezed, or drawn out to William Shatner-esque lengths their final words. They are a perfect combination of acting, writing, filmmaking, image and idea. Some are shocking. Some are sad or bittersweet. Others funny. Some deaths you cheer on. All are memorable.

There are many more, of course.  Which ones did he leave out?

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Image from Psycho, Paramount Pictures.

 
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Michael Jackson Found Dead

Posted by Jill Harness in Everything Else, Music on June 25, 2009 at 5:27 pm

Photo Via Brennheit Bakst [Flickr]

M.J. was just found dead at the age of fifty, apparently from a cardiac arrest.He was scheduled to perform a number of comeback concerts next year.

“We’re told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back,” the entertainment website [TMZ] said.

Regardless of how you feel about his personal “issues” this is a sad day for pop music fans and weird art enthusiasts everywhere.

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The Ten Deadliest Volcanic Eruptions

Posted by Miss Cellania in Travel & Places on January 2, 2009 at 12:00 pm


Volcanos are the most dangerous type of natural catastrophe, and have killed more people than most of us are aware of. Read about each of the ten deadliest eruptions in recorded history. To give you an idea, the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which you are probably most familiar with, only comes in at number ten. Pictured is Galunggung Volcano in Indonesia. Link -Thanks, Grzegorz Paslawski!

 
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