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Old 08-27-07, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by toddly6666
It's okay for bad actors to try to kill themselves. But it's sad when good actors try to kill themselves. There's a difference with blowing away your own head (depressing and pathetic) than someone else blowing away your head (sad tragedy).
But is it a (sad tragedy) if a bad actor gets his head blown away?

And who defines good actors and bad actors? I think we should leave that up to Ebert, he seems pretty level-headed and informed on the subject.
Old 08-27-07, 05:50 PM
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Bravesmg, sorry about that, but I had to change the punctuation and add the question mark in there to show I was being sarcastic about that point I was trying to make.
Old 08-27-07, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by toddly6666
BJACKS,
why would you have the details anyway? You think the details will be true? I can judge whoever I want - you think anyone feels bad for the "horrors" that Lohan, Paris Hilton, Tara Reid, and Nicole Ritchie have been through? It's okay for bad actors to try to kill themselves,b ut it's sad when good actors try to kill themselves? That's judging. There's a difference with blowing away your own head (depressing and pathetic) than someone else blowing away your head (sad tragedy). And furthermore, you can't use that "Who are you to judge him" comment, Bible Boy. I've seen your past posts. How do you know I'm not a policeman from Virginia? Eh? You think that's not judgemental saying that "I like to be sneeky and wait around all day for speedsters as my livelihood?" Hypocrate.

You honestly think that you will get that story "Wilson was fixing his roof, fell on a saw, cut his wrist, took a lot of pain killers to ease the pain as he was frantically calling for help?" Come on...he tried to do something stupid.
What on god's green earth are you talking about?

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Old 08-27-07, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by hardercore
What the hell does somebody like Owen Wilson have to be depressed about?
Basically what I ask whenever I hear about a celeb doing something like this. As if I am suddenly supposed to feel bad for the millionaire.
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there are so many republicans in this thread..
Old 08-27-07, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by hardercore
What the hell does somebody like Owen Wilson have to be depressed about?
Originally Posted by calhoun07
Basically what I ask whenever I hear about a celeb doing something like this. As if I am suddenly supposed to feel bad for the millionaire.
I like how you two seem to think that money and fame immediately solves all your problems.
Old 08-27-07, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by animatedude
there are so many republicans in this thread..

Old 08-27-07, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by GreenVulture
I like how you two seem to think that money and fame immediately solves all your problems.
Exactly what I was thinking. Money does not buy happiness.

Hopefully he's able to battle these demons, find out people really do care about him, and get through it.

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Originally Posted by animatedude
there are so many republicans in this thread..
This forum tends to skew just a bit Right of center.
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Originally Posted by The_Cube
Owen is my favorite living comdian actor.
Pass me the razor blades and the Valiums, please.

j/k
Old 08-27-07, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by zombiezilla
Pass me the razor blades and the Valiums, please.

j/k


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Old 08-27-07, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by BJacks
What on god's green earth are you talking about?
LMAO!!!! I don't have a f'n clue.
Old 08-27-07, 09:45 PM
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just goes to show, fame, money and all the pussy you could ever want does not guarantee happiness
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The first thing I thought of was Ritchie Tenenbaum.



Originally Posted by calhoun07
Basically what I ask whenever I hear about a celeb doing something like this. As if I am suddenly supposed to feel bad for the millionaire.
Yeah, because actors aren't people or anything like that...

A good actor, a bad actor, or not even an actor at all, when someone attempts suicide or succeeds at it, it's a sad thing.

I do consider myself an Owen Wilson fan. I've loved all the work he has done with Wes Anderson.

I consider this sad news.
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Originally Posted by Original Desmond
just goes to show, fame, money and all the pussy you could ever want does not guarantee happiness
Then he and I should trade places, cuz it sure as shit would guarantee mine.
Old 08-27-07, 10:27 PM
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If someone is truly that unhappy with themselves and the life they have created, and chose to exit this state of being of their own validity; I have no problem with that.

It is in no way a pathetic, nor is it entirely sad. Granted, it is a bit selfish, due simply to the emotional turmoil that will surround the surviving members of one's life. But to brand someone a coward or anything to that effect is just not true.

Suicide is viewed in a very poor light in most cultures. When someone dies in a manner not related to suicide, most people of a religious faith believe them to be going to a realm far removed from the anguish of this life. I believe that the taking of one's life to, essentially, speed up that process is one that should be embraced and not viewed upon with the pontification of shame and digust that it currently holds.

Death is inevitable. I cannot bring blame upon anyone opting to bow out early. If you feel as though there is little cause to continue your existance, why be forced into maintaining a lie?

We are who we are. We choose what we choose; be it life, or an end by thine own hand...
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I've never heard of this person, but if he wants to off himself he should be allowed to.
We all have to go sometime.
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How can anyone who visits a DVD website not know who Owen Wilson is?



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Old 08-27-07, 10:55 PM
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Nope never heard of him. Sorry. Pic does nothing for me.
Old 08-28-07, 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by zombiezilla
Pass me the razor blades and the Valiums, please.

j/k
Why, so I have to find a new favorite living comedian actor?
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Originally Posted by Original Desmond
just goes to show, fame, money and all the pussy you could ever want does not guarantee happiness
Of course it does, geez
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You can by all appearances lead a normal, well balanced life and then suddenly be overcome with a desire to extinguish your life.
One close friend was a very talented artist in her 20s.
Another has tried several times to end her life and the last time took an overdose that should have succeeded except that she left her windows open in the winter and when found her body temp had dropped so dangerously low that the drugs weren't fully absorbed; she was in a coma for days but has "recovered". Drug overdoses are not to be scoffed at, so many people die just from absorbing too much during recreational usage.
I feel sorry for him and hope that he recovers.
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Originally Posted by porieux
Nope never heard of him. Sorry. Pic does nothing for me.
He was in a very small independent film called "Wedding Crashers." It sort of flew under the radar; pretty easy to miss.
Old 08-28-07, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by porieux
Nope never heard of him. Sorry. Pic does nothing for me.

Have you seen any mainstream movies in the past 10 years?
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Originally Posted by mdc3000
Sad news regardless... will definitely make that scene with Luke in 'The Royal Tenenbaums' which was WRITTEN by Owen a bit harder to watch
It already was hard to watch (for me, anyway). Elliott Smith, whose song 'Needle In The Hay' plays during the scene, killed himself in 2003.

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