Author Topic: R.I.P. Patrick Swayze (Read 7178 times)

BlackNMild2k1 · « **on:** September 14, 2009, 09:21:53 PM »

August 18th, 1952 - September 14th, 2009

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28582715/ns/entertainment-celebrities/

Is it that there have been more celebrity deaths than usual or that I have just been paying more attention lately?

Best of Patrick Swayze

nickmitch · « **Reply #1 on:** September 14, 2009, 10:23:44 PM »

Maybe it's just more relevant celebs. Nonetheless, he will be missed.

D_Average · « **Reply #2 on:** September 14, 2009, 10:36:39 PM »

Yes. More than normal. I'm sure its somehow related to the gravitational impending doom of 2012.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 14, 2009, 10:46:24 PM »

I just link it as another soul sacrificed in the Exchange for Change® Program 2009.

I can't explain what it is, but those that have been paying attention should already know.

bustin98 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 14, 2009, 10:55:57 PM »

It comes and goes. There were a number of deaths around the time when Jim Henson passed. Michael Landon for one.

ThePerm · « **Reply #5 on:** September 15, 2009, 12:32:42 AM »

ahh, ;( I actually prayed this one would get better. Alot of the people who are dying are older, people used to die pretty commonly in their 50s. I'm guessing the life expectancy in this country is steadily declining. It would be interesting to research generational patterns of life expectancy. I was actually reading his wikipedia page about 4 days, with a morbid
instinct that it might happen soon. I was a little dismayed that despite his ailment that he was still smoking. I thought he was incredible in Point Break.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 15, 2009, 12:35:59 AM »

There was no point in quitting smoking at his late stage of pancreatic cancer. He was terminal with 1% chance of surviving more than a year. He might as well go out doing something he loved.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #7 on:** September 15, 2009, 12:51:02 AM »

My mom and I had a bet on when he would die - not to gamble on the man's life, but on the severity of pancreatic cancer. This was in January, she bet $10 he'd be dead by June, IIRC. I WON MOM! Sad to see him go. Just trying to say (in a semi-humorous way) I was optimistic for the poor guy.

Mop it up · « **Reply #8 on:** September 15, 2009, 12:59:29 AM »

The name sounds familiar but I don't think I've seen anything that he's been in.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:00:47 AM »

Ghost.

You've never seen Ghost?

Mop it up · « **Reply #10 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:03:21 AM »

No, I've not seen that. Maybe they'll show it on the telly soon because of this.

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #11 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:13:41 AM »

Ghost Ride, Ghost Ride
Get Out The Way, Let Casper Drive
Ghost Ride, Go Crazy
Who That Drivin? Patrick Swaize!

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:14:27 AM »

or his skit on SNL?
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=1422

Well anyway, here is his IMDB page.
I'm sure you've seen something on this list.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000664/

And a list that you should have seen or heard of at some point.
The Outsiders (1983)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Road House (1989)
Ghost (1990)
Point Break (1991)
Too Wong Foo (1995)

I had no idea he was in this movie
Donnie Darko (2001)

And his last movie was
Powder Blue (2009) <---The one where Jessica Biel gets nekkid

bustin98 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:19:06 AM »

o_O Mop_it_up hasn't seen Dirty Dancing?? OMG!

To Wong Foo is so funny.

I miss Chris Farley...

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:23:00 AM »

I expect 5 of the 6 movies I listed to be marathoned on TBS, TNT, Spike or some equivalent random cable network that like to show movies tomorrow. The only one I'm not expecting to see is The Outsiders, although it would be nice.

bustin98 · « **Reply #15 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:24:02 AM »

Red Dawn was marathoned on Ion Television a little while ago. I think that will see some more air time.

King of Twitch · « **Reply #16 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:28:28 AM »

Wow I just watched that on RiffTrax last week^

ThePerm · « **Reply #17 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:28:34 AM »

Quote from: BlackNMild2k1 on September 15, 2009, 12:35:59 AM

There was no point in quitting smoking at his late stage of pancreatic cancer. He was terminal with 1% chance of surviving more than a year. He might as well go out doing something he loved.

It had gone into remission a couple of times, he lasted alot longer than doctors thought he would. There is no need pumping carcinogens into your body. It only speeds up the process. Its hard to quit smoking. Maybe he could have held out a little longer, but we will never know. Its too bad, I was hoping he would be that 1% survivor story. Although I am sympathetic to smokers, i never picked up the habit, but on the rare occasions I did smoke it was great. Its too bad though that something so stress relieving (in the short term) is such a terrible thing for your body. Its a double edged sword, there are benefits, there are drawbacks. I was at a film festival not too long ago and they were playing Ernest clips, Jim Varney was such a genius. Another southern voice of similar circumstances. Everyone dies though. Some burn slow and steadily, some burn fast and bright.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #18 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:28:56 AM »

I was gonna include Red Dawn on the list, but I couldn't remember actually seeing the movie like the rest of them. I was thinking that I was maybe mixing it up with a different movie, like The Hunt for Red October, so I just left it off the list.

Caliban · « **Reply #19 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:31:17 AM »

What's the movie called where he used to rip out the throat of the guys he beat up?

ThePerm · « **Reply #20 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:31:30 AM »

Red Dawn was awesome Wolerines! Road House?

Mop it up · « **Reply #21 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:36:37 AM »

I've not seen a single movie which was mentioned in this thread. I've heard of some of them, but never seen them, for whatever reason. But I guess now's as good time as any, if the networks start showing them soon.

D_Average · « **Reply #22 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:41:54 AM »

Quote from: Mop_it_up on September 15, 2009, 12:59:29 AM

The name sounds familiar but I don't think I've seen anything that he's been in.

All you need to watch is this. Nothing else says Swayze quite like it.

ThePerm · « **Reply #23 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:49:50 AM »

http://www.hulu.com/watch/84661/steel-dawn

heres a movie, i have been meaning to watch but haven't got around to watching

EasyCure · « **Reply #24 on:** September 15, 2009, 08:59:06 AM »

I heard about this last night as I was checking my email and honestly, I was a lil bummed out. Its rare that I'm actually saddened by a celebrity passing, there's only been a handful in my lifetime that I could say I was really impacted when i heard of their demise.. Time to add Swayze to the list. I've seen a couple of his movies, and he always just seemed like he'd be a cool, friendly guy, and most people say he was. Once I heard he had cancer though.. I knew it was only a matter of time, so this news wasn't much of a shock.. still sad though.

One of my favorite Swayze moments is definitely the SNL skit he did with Chris Farley. It's one of those things I can re watch over and over and not get enough of, it was just so funny. Sure it was mainly Farley that brought the comedy, but it was Swayze's nice guy demeanor that made it believable that they were friends and you felt like he was really rooting his friend on to win, that just made it much more hilarious to me.

I forgot he was in Donnie Darko until BnM brought it up, it was a small part though. He played a one of those evangelist that has a small town community fooled with his righteousness but turns out he's got more demons in his closet than anyone. I think his was he had a collection of child pornography at his home.

Never did see Red Dawn but have heard about it. Tom Cruise's son is supposed to be starring in the remake of it.

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