writer106

That death bothered me too.

I also thought the falling glass scene was funny because the special effects were sort of bad.

OldBoy

are you serious? you think about the fragility of life with the extraordinary, could almost never happen in a billion years deaths from this franchise? c'mon...a little overboard no?

none of these deaths show the agonizing sometimes long deaths from lung cancer or pancreatic cancer or prostate cancer. none of them show a sudden heart attack or car accident via DUI of another driver. none of them show coronary heart disease or babies dying from SIDS or anyone dying from AIDS.

now, if the movies showed these then i might be more sympathetic and become introspective, but death by smooshing from large glass sheet or falling catwalk through the eyes or getting trapped in a sun tanning machine and burned to a crisp or head chopped off from debris strewn from a passing train or neon signage or multiple deaths from an exasgerated sp? roller coaster accident or head chopped clean off by lowering elevator or...

Gizmo

Honestly, I have a hard time watching the Superman films because I'm afraid I'm going to learn how to fly and some guy will try and sink California into the water so he can have beach-front property for all the cheap desert land he just purchased.

Michael Corvin

Is this your first jeffbase34 thread?

Giles

yeah, like they filled a manniquin (sp) with blood and grue and just dropped a plate of glass on it and watch it sploosh all over the place - kind of like that scene from 'Robocop' where Miguel gets hit by the car.

islandclaws

Not me. I think these films are a ton of fun, esp part 2; it's one of my favorite guilty pleasure flicks. I can't wait to see some more nubile teens die in impossibly brutal ways this weekend... in 3D!

RonBoster

LOL-that's funny.

Anyone get the feeling that Jeff's threads are the new version of being Rick Rolled?

Gizmo

You mean how he just starts a thread and never returns? It's annoying.

RonBoster

Exactly, along with the odd content. You captured the "odd nature" perfectly with essence of your post.

Charlie Goose

I loved the first 3. The worst deaths for me were the two girls getting roasted in the tanning beds.

jeffbase34

If you are trying to be a comedian, don't quit your day job.

jeffbase34

Why the hate? If you don't like my posts, don't fucking read them. Now is that really so hard? Pretty pathetic when people take their time to not respond to the topic, but instead write that the OP is so annoying yet I'm going to read him anyways! lol

jeffbase34

Freak accidents happen every day. Why the death scenes in FD are extraordinary, it reminds me how easy it is to lose your life. I remember this story:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont....123ebca6.html


Also, I know there is an article somewhere on wiki about people who died unusual deaths.

RonBoster

I wouldn't call the posts annoying as much as inane.

Why did I read this thread? Someone recommended it in your second thread started on why you won't be buying any more blu rays. Based on that recommendation I read this thread.

When I saw Gizmo's comment about his fear of flying based on seeing a Superman films, I thought that was a terrific parody of your basis for fear of dying based on seeing the "Final Destination" film series.

Gizmo

I can't quit my day job because I have to pay for my iPhone somehow...something you can't get because you refuse to open a credit card at the age of 34.

RonBoster

Here's something to consider....

Many credit cards have a "death clause" (for any better term), where upon the death of the card holder, his/her cc balance is absolved. The estate would not owe a thing. Something to consider for those who have the constant fear of improbable death and unsecured debt.

Gizmo

Not true - at least in California. We've (my Mother and our lawyers) been battling for months now over that...and it's not working (Citi, BOA, Amex etc.) We've gotten some debt lowered...but community property means they are trying to take from my mom/estate. It's not been fun

RonBoster

Wow, sorry to hear that. I'm basing that on my families experience back in 92/93. My father died of cancer and the debt on two of his credit cards was wiped free. That was a huge relief to my mom.

Again, my thoughts and wishes are with you and your family...not something you want to deal with when also coping with the death of a loved one.

Gizmo

Thank you. It's certainly not...fun, but I've been helping my mom out with it (along with our Lawyers). We thought it would be wiped clean, but that's not happening. At this point its negotiating to pay a certain % of the bill which is working with some but not others. It's a giant clusterfuck but we're dealing with it. Shame they call 15 times a night though (got my mom a new, unpublished cell #).

Michael T Hudson

jeffbase34

And I am not sunk with thousands of dollars of credit card debt like many Americans are right now. I don't have to live paycheck to paycheck. I have enough emergency fund to keep me afloat for a year if I lose my job, and enough to make investments in gold, the one investment that has actually gone up in the worst recession since WW2.

But yea, I can't an IPHONE. At least I won't go hungry when the dollar devalues 40%.

jeffbase34

If you think ALL my posts are "inane" why did you read the blu-ray post in the first place? Try this amazing technique. Next time, you see a thread with my name on it, don't read it. It works!!

Gizmo

Ya know, you can get a credit card, charge on it, and pay the balance at the end of the month, right? That'll build your credit and you can even earn rewards on it! I'm not in any debt and do it all the time, have a great credit score, and can get many iPhones from AT&T!

Perhaps you should make that investment in gold before all your emergency funds become worth only 40% of what they are now. Because I know when I want to buy an iPhone from AT&T I just walk in and hand them a nugget. I do this at Best Buy as well and to Nissan for my car payment - here's a gold nugget!

jeffbase34

Oh the hypocrisy. You get no sympathy from me.

Gizmo

Hypocrisy? Please explain Mr 34 year old with no credit but a ton of money bitching about Blu-ray prices