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11 Jun 2015, 8:41 am

Very sad news indeed....
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/c ... con-734214

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http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/ju ... 93-dracula


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11 Jun 2015, 8:50 am

For me he is more lord Summer Isle and Saruman, but indeed R.I.P. Sir Christopher Lee. :(



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11 Jun 2015, 9:47 am

I'm saying goodbye to one of my childhood icons, today. People say Lugosi was the quintessential Dracula, but I think Lee could have given him a run for his money. RIP.


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11 Jun 2015, 10:56 am

NOOOO!! ! NOT COUNT SARUMAN!! ! I was born in the 90's and I instead remember him as Count Dooku/Saruman.



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11 Jun 2015, 12:17 pm

I will best remember him as the legendary man with the golden gun himself, Mister Scaramanga. RIP


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11 Jun 2015, 2:43 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
I'm saying goodbye to one of my childhood icons, today. People say Lugosi was the quintessential Dracula, but I think Lee could have given him a run for his money. RIP.


He said he got frustrated because Hammer wouldn't give him enough to do as the Count. He had to say lines straight from Stoker. But I remember him being very scary indeed.


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11 Jun 2015, 2:46 pm

:(

Christopher Lee IS the voice of Saurman. Nobody could have done that role better. I'm glad he managed to finish that up in The Hobbit.


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11 Jun 2015, 6:32 pm

Five clips of Lee at his most villainous.

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/06/ ... ain-roles/


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11 Jun 2015, 8:15 pm

he played at least one good guy character.



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11 Jun 2015, 8:51 pm

I'm gonna be the literal autistic that points out something that has nothing to do with the discussion: Dracula was always dead.



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11 Jun 2015, 10:17 pm

auntblabby wrote:
he played at least one good guy character.


I saw one Hammer horror film that had something to do with Medusa, in which Christopher Lee played against type as the hero, while Peter Cushing played the bad guy.
Incidentally, Lee had originally been offered the role of Dr. Loomis in Halloween, as had Peter Cushing, and both turned it down, so it went to Donald Pleasance, who only took the role reluctantly.


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11 Jun 2015, 10:20 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
he played at least one good guy character.


I saw one Hammer horror film that had something to do with Medusa, in which Christopher Lee played against type as the hero, while Peter Cushing played the bad guy.
Incidentally, Lee had originally been offered the role of Dr. Loomis in Halloween, as had Peter Cushing, and both turned it down, so it went to Donald Pleasance, who only took the role reluctantly.

have not seen Halloween, so can you tell me what about the role of dr. loomis was so unsavory as to be turned down by two actors and taken reluctantly by the third?



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11 Jun 2015, 10:26 pm

auntblabby wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
he played at least one good guy character.


I saw one Hammer horror film that had something to do with Medusa, in which Christopher Lee played against type as the hero, while Peter Cushing played the bad guy.
Incidentally, Lee had originally been offered the role of Dr. Loomis in Halloween, as had Peter Cushing, and both turned it down, so it went to Donald Pleasance, who only took the role reluctantly.

have not seen Halloween, so can you tell me what about the role of dr. loomis was so unsavory as to be turned down by two actors and taken reluctantly by the third?


Pleasance, and presumably also Lee and Cushing, thought the character's dialogue was patently ridiculous. As it turns out, while Pleasance had disliked the role, the movie, along with it's countless sequels, actually had reinvigorated his career, and is today the role he's best known for.


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11 Jun 2015, 10:28 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
Pleasance, and presumably also Lee and Cushing, thought the character's dialogue was patently ridiculous. As it turns out, while Pleasance had disliked the role, the movie, along with it's countless sequels, actually had reinvigorated his career, and is today the role he's best known for.

hmmmm... :scratch: did you think the dialogue sounded ridiculous? ridiculous meaning hammy?



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11 Jun 2015, 10:42 pm

auntblabby wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Pleasance, and presumably also Lee and Cushing, thought the character's dialogue was patently ridiculous. As it turns out, while Pleasance had disliked the role, the movie, along with it's countless sequels, actually had reinvigorated his career, and is today the role he's best known for.

hmmmm... :scratch: did you think the dialogue sounded ridiculous? ridiculous meaning hammy?


Well, in describing Michael Myers, Loomis says things like: "I looked into those eyes... those black eyes... the eyes of the devil... and I knew what lived behind them was pure evil.' And after Myers' first escape, Loomis shrills: "The evil is gone! The evil is gone!" Now, I'm remembering those lines best as I can, and my recall might be a little faulty as it's been years since I've seen the movie, but I think you get the gist.


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11 Jun 2015, 10:51 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Pleasance, and presumably also Lee and Cushing, thought the character's dialogue was patently ridiculous. As it turns out, while Pleasance had disliked the role, the movie, along with it's countless sequels, actually had reinvigorated his career, and is today the role he's best known for.

hmmmm... :scratch: did you think the dialogue sounded ridiculous? ridiculous meaning hammy?


Well, in describing Michael Myers, Loomis says things like: "I looked into those eyes... those black eyes... the eyes of the devil... and I knew what lived behind them was pure evil.' And after Myers' first escape, Loomis shrills: "The evil is gone! The evil is gone!" Now, I'm remembering those lines best as I can, and my recall might be a little faulty as it's been years since I've seen the movie, but I think you get the gist.

yah, even I can tell that is some corny dialogue :lol: