megatron Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 http://http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7332960.stmlooks like his cold dead hands are good and ready:up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kernel Loaf Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 your URL is fucked.BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Ben-Hur star Charlton Heston dies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovers_spit Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 -I dont understand. Why are you so happy he's dead?I dont know much about him, but from what I read the only thing outstandingly negative hes done was be a member of the NRA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 I dont understand. Why are you so happy he's dead?I suspect it is because his only knowledge of Charlton Heston has come from a Michael Moore documentary.He might have supported the NRA but he did a lot of good things as well: Charlton Heston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Gotta love the folk that listen to Michael Moore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 I dont understand. Why are you so happy he's dead?I dont know much about him, but from what I read the only thing outstandingly negative hes done was be a member of the NRAHe had some really dodgy right-wing opinions IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kernel Loaf Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Regardless of his views (which I could not give two shits about), he was a fantastic actor. Soylent Green is one of my all time favourite movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megatron Posted April 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 yeah not a fan of his right wingyness and his insensitive NRA speaches. He was a good actor and soylent green is awesome that is true. Oh and thanks for fixing my link by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jake Wifebeater Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 This reminded me of the Rupture track "I wanna fuck Nova". Heston's the lucky bastard who did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 I saw him at His Majesty's Theatre years ago (in a man for all seasons).'The Omega man' was a pretty decent film, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 I fucking love Heston that sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 In response to the grinning smiley that accompanied the thread title:Everyone that you love will someday die, Megatron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 I loved Soylent Green and will never tire of The Planet of the Apes movies.They mentioned on the news he was famous fo hs comedies too........i can't think of any.Can some one enlighten me please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Good actor, but a right wing cunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Good actor, but a right wing cunt.I don't think you could strictly call him "right wing" when he aligned himself with the American civil rights movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 I loved Soylent Green and will never tire of The Planet of the Apes movies.They mentioned on the news he was famous fo hs comedies too........i can't think of any.Can some one enlighten me please.With pleasure, click on the link for some comic genius YouTube - Charlton Heston Owns Wayne's World Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Racism isn't an exclusively right-wing trait. I can think of plenty of examples of racist left-wingers who wanted to maintain the laws on segregation. I think he'd probably be best described as a Classical Liberal.I never said it was, but classical liberalism really has no place in a discussion about Charles Heston. I think anyone labelling him "right wing" here is doing so because of his NRA involvement and that common perception of "right wing" also includes racist attitudes. He'd best be described as a Gun Nut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 I never said it was, but classical liberalism really has no place in a discussion about Charles Heston. I think anyone labelling him "right wing" here is doing so because of his NRA involvement and that common perception of "right wing" also includes racist attitudes. He'd best be described as a Gun Nut. He certainly wasn't racist anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neutral Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Bang Bang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 With pleasure, click on the link for some comic genius YouTube - Charlton Heston Owns Wayne's WorldCheers Bigsby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 I don't think you could strictly call him "right wing" when he aligned himself with the American civil rights movement.Which he later backtracked on and said he was "misguided". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 I'd have to disagree there. I think Charlton Heston was the modern embodiment of a classical liberal. Time and again he challenged the orthodoxy of establishment thinking in order to promote the freedoms denied, or at the very least obstructed, to the common man, and sought to remove himself and those like him from the auspices of an over-regulatory government, while at the same time espousing traditional values and respect for the rule of law.I'd just like to say at this point, I did not support the standpoint he took in regards to the NRA. I always felt their actions, especially at extremely sensitive points such as Columbine, were ill-judged and insensitive. However, he and his fellow members did have a right to speak up for what they believed in, and while we can condemn the timing and motivation, we can't reasonably deny them the right to do what they did, especially if we hold dear the concepts of freedom of speech and expression. If I were a member of Congress right now I would be voting in favour of much stricter gun control laws, and possibly a constitutional amendment, but anyway, back to the point...In an era when constructs such as "right" and "left" are becoming increasingly irrelevant, people are going to start finding different ways in which to encapsulate their political modes. The "classical liberal", or the more modern "libertarian" is going to find his or herself increasingly at odds with those still stuck in an absolutist culture of 20th century political polarity, and those who dismiss Heston as a "right wing nutjob" (or whatever adjective/noun they choose) do themselves a disservice by refusing to acknowledge that the terms of engagement in this field have evolved beyond the point that they may have been parsed in initially.Yeah, just what I said, except i then called him "a nut" myself, but that entirely in jest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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