Nocturne Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/11/christopher-lee-dies-at-the-age-of-93-dracula I figured it would be another couple of centuries at least before we saw this headline. What an absolutely amazing man. He passed away on Sunday, the news has only just been released today to give time for family to be informed first/be certain. Edited June 11, 2015 by Nocturne 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarvenranger Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Damm. well it happens to us all. RIP, Mr. Lee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bathory Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Dammit. I mean it's a ripe old age, but I has a sad. I grew up watching Hammer Horror movies. And his voice is epic. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitterwolf Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) A long life, a respectable age. He was and still is one of my heroes, Dracula, Saruman, Metal "Singer" , what a great man. Edited June 11, 2015 by Xherman1964 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMelons Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 >_< 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan d'Lyon Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 A sad day indeed. RIP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisler Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 A sad day indeed, he was around longer than he thought he would be. During the filming of the LoTR he wasn't sure if he would even make it to see all three movies released. A brilliant man. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuldGrump Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) I would have sworn that he would make it past a hundred. So many, many movies, and so many great roles. A man that treated acting as a job. And a job that he was damned good at. A fan of heavy metal, long before heavy metal was in. In his old age, he still made it look like he should have left slices of deli style Jedi during the fight scene with much younger men. Damn, I feel like crying. The Auld Grump Edited June 11, 2015 by TheAuldGrump 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiniest rhombus Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 :,-( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Bedlam Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) I would have sworn that he would make it past a hundred. So many, many movies, and so many great roles. A man that treated acting as a job. And a job that he was damned good at. A fan of heavy metal, long before heavy metal was in. In his old age, he still made it look like he should have left slices of deli style Jedi during the fight scene with much younger men. Damn, I feel like crying. The Auld Grump Yeah, what the Grump said. Lee was a working actor, and he gave his best, regardless of how inane the material was... and despite this, he was ridiculously talented, more talent than any one guy has a right to have. I heard about this when I woke up this morning and checked my phone for messages... and the first thing that happened was I immediately zoomed back to being eight years old, lying in bed in a fit of fatigued terror, staring at a window that was open about six inches, and being scared to death that Christopher Lee was gonna climb in the window and eat me. I'd stayed up all night and watched Scars Of Dracula on the late movie, and I paid the price. Lee didn't have much good to say about Dracula; he'd worked for Hammer for years, but towards the end, felt rather manipulated, underpaid, and badly used. That, and The Satanic Rites Of Dracula frankly kinda stank on ice; after that, he said, "forget it," and proceeded to go have the entire rest of his career. Weird thing? Lee kinda became my "Go-To" Dracula -- on the surface, a charming handsome aristocrat with exceptional social skills... but you puncture that veneer, and what you have is a vicious, inhuman predator. And to this day, I tend to think of that as "the vampire," as opposed to angsty agonized human beings with a solar allergy and a nasty addiction. Or sparkles. Bela Lugosi did a rockin' job, but Lee made it his own; he didn't copy Lugosi, and considering the peanuts he was workin' for, he gave it his all. And the movies still stand up today. Except maybe Satanic Rites Of Dracula, but that was hardly his fault. Lee's hard work and talent and sheer presence shaped my mental picture of "the vampire." I do the guy no credit. He did his best work after leaving Hammer. And I'd like to think it woulda tickled him to no end to think of some eight year old in south Texas being scared to death that Christopher Lee was gonna climb in the window and eat him... Edited June 11, 2015 by Dr.Bedlam 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub3r_n3rd Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Very sad, but he lived a very long, productive, and awesome life. He was a badass in every sense of the word! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchemist Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Sir Christopher Lee has died at the age of 93. Whether you knew him best as Dracula, Saruman, Count Dooku or The Man with the Golden Gun, there can't be many people who haven't seen him in the movies. Edited June 11, 2015 by alchemist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub3r_n3rd Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Please delete this post. Edited June 11, 2015 by ub3r_n3rd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arc 724 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 WOW I just saw this on BING. What a great actor! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchemist Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Ah, OK. General Fantasy is not the place I would have expected for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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