Mister.Weirdo's Memorial Thread For Those Who Will NOT Be Down For Breakfast

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a leading role in the science-fiction television series “Babylon 5.”

I was racking my brain trying to figure out who he was on Babylon 5. I figured I was pretty familiar with the "leading roles" on the show. Turns out he appeared in two episodes as the "Centauri Emperor". Interesting definition of "leading role". I mean, it was a role, and he played a leader, I guess.

Not that it's important. It's a minor footnote on an impressive career. RIP.

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I was racking my brain trying to figure out who he was on Babylon 5. I figured I was pretty familiar with the "leading roles" on the show. Turns out he appeared in two episodes as the "Centauri Emperor". Interesting definition of "leading role". I mean, it was a role, and he played a leader, I guess.

Not that it's important. It's a minor footnote on an impressive career. RIP.

I haven't really watched the episode he was on, but I'm assuming he had a major role as a quest star. So in a way it is kind of like a starring role.

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Actually, I discovered that he played the Centauri Emperor in only one episode, though as you surmised, it was a substantial guest-starring role. His other appearance was as a different character, and was much more minor.

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Thank you, Mister.Weirdo, for posting this here. I've got a little tribute to him (with a nice picture) up on the Classic Horror thread.

Rest in Peace, Herr Bey.

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Thank you, Mister.Weirdo, for posting this here. I've got a little tribute to him (with a nice picture) up on the Classic Horror thread.

Rest in Peace, Herr Bey.

Hey no prob.

Nice tribute by the way.

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R.I.P. Cinematographer Harris Savides (1957-2012)

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplayli...-2012-20121011

"I light a room and let the people inhabit it, as opposed to lighting the people," cinematographer Harris Savides told the Village Voice in 2004. "It's more organic. You want to protect the people you're working with, and there's a constant battle between the best light for their face and the best light for the story. You don't want to get to the point where the audience notices the light."

And while audiences may not have ever noticed the light or known the name of Harris Savides, devoted cinephiles did. And it's with heavy hearts that we report that representatives from the Skouras Agency have confirmed that cinematographer Harris Savides has passed away today at the age of 55.

Like so many, Savides got his start in the commercials and music video world before transitioning to feature film work, and while his CV in that arena may not be as extensive as his contemporaries, it's stacked with top tier directors who recognized how invaluable his approach was. It's hard to pinpoint exactly what made Savides so distinct, but his ease in capturing projects as wildly different as David Fincher's "Zodiac" and Gus Van Sant's "Elephant" (among a handful of helmers he worked with more than once), likely endeared him to the visionary talents he would work with. That, along with a creative spirit that remained restless in trying to be as natural and anonymous behind the camera as possible. "When I was younger, I liked movies that were very strongly lit, like 'Blade Runner.' But now I just want things to be more natural. I don't know why that is," he told Interview in 2008. "I think that people can't go to a movie and see something that's lit...It's too photographic. I don't think you can ever make a movie that looks amazing when you're trying to make it look amazing."

And while he was never nominated for an Oscar, his skills were so recognized that big name filmmakers even enlisted him for commerical work, including Wong Kar-Wai, Martin Scorsese and John Hillcoat. He also dipped his toes into music videos too, working with Mark Romanek on a number of his acclaimed spots including "Closer" for Nine Inch Nails, "Criminal" for Fiona Apple and "Bedtime Stories" for Madonna.

Viewing his work through the years, one can see a paring down in his approach and an attempt to keep things simpler, perhaps more real and authentic. And this dedication seems to have stemmed for a very early influence. "You know, another movie I wanted to talk about that was important to me was the opening shot of 'Nostalghia.' It was a very simple shot. It's a wide shot of a car in a field. It's a foggy morning; I can't tell what time it is. You hear a car engine start. The car trundles across a field and it goes from camera left to camera right, clears frame and comes back in camera left, much closer. And there's something about that that just resonated with me. I thought, how come I've never seen this before?," he told the Museum of the Moving Image. "...My growth as a person has just been cause and effect or accident. It's never been a study. It's been this growth, I'll call it. And that scene and movie have been a big one for me. It's really easy and descriptive."

But there are no easy words for the loss of Harris Savides. He will be greatly missed. His last work was on Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring," and for anyone looking for advice from Savides, here's what he had to impart on up-and-coming cinematographers from the book "New Cinematographers": "Shoot as much as you can, don't be afraid and don't be cocky. Just shoot, learn and expose film. Shoot still film, that's how I learnt as an assistant, I was always processing film so I knew how to make film. Don't get too involved in the technical stuff, learn it and then throw it away."

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Sammi Kane Kraft, ‘Bad News Bears’ Remake Actress, Dies In Car Wreck

http://www.inquisitr.com/360238/samm...-in-car-wreck/

Sammi Kane Kraft, 20, who starred in the 2005 remake of the Bad News Bears, was killed in a car accident in Los Angeles.

Kraft, who was also a musician, was in a passenger in an Audi that was apparently rear-ended by a truck and another car on California’s Interstate 10 (Santa Monica Freeway) about 1:30 am on Tuesday. The Los Angeles Times reports that the driver of the Audi, who only suffered minor injuries in the accident, was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. The Audi was reportedly speeding. Kraft was later pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Both Kraft and the driver were trapped for a short time in the wreckage, according to CBS, and were extricated by the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Sammi Kane Kraft was a real-life baseball player who could throw a 70-mph fastball. She got the part as tomboy Amanda Whurlitzer in the Bad News Bears remake after “being discovered on an L.A. baseball diamond,” according AP. Tatum O’Neal had the part of Amanda Whurlitzer in the original 1976 comedy.

The remake featured Billy Bob Thorton, Greg Kinnear, and Marcia Gay Harden in addition to Kraft in the principal roles. The film, directed by Richard Linklater, received mixed reviews. The Bad News Bears was Kraft’s only movie credit.

The L.A. Times adds that “only 13 years old when the film was released, Kraft portrayed the sole girl on a misfit baseball team coached by Billy Bob Thornton’s character. He gave her acting tips and helped her with the crying scenes, she later said.”

I doubt anymore really remembers the remake considering it was seven years ago, but I think it's very sad when someone young dies.

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Yo.

I think we just might need to make a celeb death -thread for ya Weirdo........




Tazer

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:Moderator:

Yeah...it's about that time.

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I like it.

It makes things a lot easier if I have my own thread.

Thanks!

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No problem . I'll try to keep it updated for you. If you put the dead person in the title of your most recent posts, it will be easier.

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No problem . I'll try to keep it updated for you. If you put the dead person in the title of your most recent posts, it will be easier.

Okay, thanks.

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Seems kind of cold and morbid to have a generic death thread, but cest la vie ... or not.

Can other members break the news? Very occasionally someone beats him to the punch.

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Of course you can. M.W doesn't have a monopoly on Death...that we know of

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Of course you can. M.W doesn't have a monopoly on Death...that we know of

No, nothing here, nothing to see.