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Title: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: GrinningYMIR on December 27, 2016, 01:37:44 PM
https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/iconic-star-wars-actress-carrie-174459671.html


Truly the passing of an icon, I knew it was bad this week when I heard but I was hoping she would recover, 2016 has claimed another of my favorite celebrities.
May the force be with you Princess Leia
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: Munch on December 27, 2016, 01:47:22 PM
And now princess leia :(

Sigh. Is this year just trying to claim a beloved actor/musician a day now.

At least it wasn't so sudden, but I'm certain she wasn't aware. Just sorry for her family :(
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: Hydra009 on December 27, 2016, 02:00:20 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/7EuWZBL.jpg)

Carrie Fisher was awesome.

Fuck you, 2016.
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: Gawdzilla Sama on December 27, 2016, 07:46:02 PM
She used to complain about popping out of that slave girl rig so much. Nobody listened.
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: AllRight on December 27, 2016, 08:02:46 PM
I don't usually get emotional over celebrity deaths, but looking at old photos of her online it just struck me. A New Hope was one of the few movies my Dad took us to see as kids :-( Goodbye beautiful Princess <3
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: PickelledEggs on December 27, 2016, 08:37:46 PM
Why can't 2016 claim a victim like Robert Pattinson or something?

Edit: I mean Pat Robertson....

Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: PickelledEggs on December 27, 2016, 08:38:27 PM
The writer of Watership Down also just died. 2016 really does suck
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: PopeyesPappy on December 27, 2016, 10:06:53 PM
I saw Star Wars at the theater in 77 with my brother and sister. Friday night the 3 of us were at the theater watching Rouge 1 when she had her heart attack. It was the first thing I heard about when I got home. So sad.

Quote from: PickelledEggs on December 27, 2016, 08:38:27 PM
The writer of Watership Down also just died. 2016 really does suck

Astrophysicist Vera Rubin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Rubin) too. It really has been a sucky year as far as deaths go.
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: Blackleaf on December 27, 2016, 11:36:18 PM
This year only had five days left, and it just couldn't give it a rest, could it? Fuck 2016.

(https://i.redd.it/zx6ypkczzixx.gif)
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: SGOS on December 28, 2016, 10:09:29 AM
I never followed her career or knew anything about her.  After princess Leia, she kind of dropped off my radar.  The next time I was aware of her was when she made brief appearances in the first Blues Brothers Movie, as the jilted lover trying to blow up the Blues Brothers.  Then she disappeared from my radar for good until yesterday.
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: Hydra009 on December 28, 2016, 10:43:14 AM
Quote from: SGOS on December 28, 2016, 10:09:29 AM
I never followed her career or knew anything about her.  After princess Leah, she kind of dropped off my radar.  The next time I was aware of her was when she made brief appearances in the first Blues Brothers Movie, as the jilted lover trying to blow up the Blues Brothers.  Then she disappeared from my radar for good until yesterday.
She's been in a bunch of stuff, but I haven't seen the vast majority of it.  And in the stuff she's been in, I didn't know it was her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYMjF484LlY
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: SGOS on December 28, 2016, 10:56:02 AM
Quote from: Hydra009 on December 28, 2016, 10:43:14 AM
She's been in a bunch of stuff, but I haven't seen the vast majority of it.  And in the stuff she's been in, I didn't know it was her.

Yeah, I suspect.  I didn't know it was her in the Blues Brothers either, until I read something that made a big deal about her cameo scenes, and then I didn't really know who she was.  I was familiar with Princess Leia, of course, but never bothered to know who played her.  Although the name Carrie Fisher sounded familiar.
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: Atheon on December 28, 2016, 04:05:05 PM
2016 has been hard on Star Wars actors. These five (that I know of) joined the Force in 2016:

Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) ("Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope.")
Kenny Baker (R2D2) ("Beep beep boop boop")
Erik Bauersfeld (Admiral Ackbar) ("It's a trap!")
Drewe Henley (Red Leader) ("Almost there...")
Peter Sumner (Lieut. Pol Treidum) ("TK421, why aren't you at your post?")
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: GrinningYMIR on December 28, 2016, 09:34:46 PM
Debbie Reynolds, her mom, just died
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: Mike Cl on December 28, 2016, 11:10:28 PM
2016 has become very, very tedious!!!
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: Sorginak on December 28, 2016, 11:13:06 PM
Well, she had to die at some point. We all do.
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: SGOS on December 29, 2016, 06:15:18 AM
Quote from: GrinningYMIR on December 28, 2016, 09:34:46 PM
Debbie Reynolds, her mom, just died

This is getting spooky.
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: Baruch on December 29, 2016, 07:06:27 AM
Quote from: SGOS on December 29, 2016, 06:15:18 AM
This is getting spooky.

Some old people hold on, until the next birthday or holiday, and they expire.  I suspect that is what happened to Debbie Reynolds.  Happens to elderly couples all the time, when one partner expires.
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: GrinningYMIR on December 30, 2016, 01:25:42 AM
Steve Martin calls her beautiful and witty and SJW's call him sexist and end up causing such an uproar he deletes the tweet

Cinnabon makes a Carrie Fisher/Princess Leia cinnamon roll as tribute and SJW's call it appalling and offensive and Cinnabon gets rid of the pictures

Fans call her stunning and amazing and SJW's say that they're sexist and objectifying due to her bikini back in episode 6

why didn't SJW die in 2016 instead of all our actors
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: Shiranu on December 30, 2016, 01:40:38 AM
QuoteSteve Martin calls her beautiful and witty and SJW's call him sexist and end up causing such an uproar he deletes the tweet

After reading the tweet... that's not exactly what he said. That said I don't think he said anything too far... better phrasing may have been appropriate though. Though she herself was sick of being recognized for her sexiness... which again goes back to phrasing. "She was the most beautiful creature to grace the earth... and she also turned out to be pretty smart too!".

8.5/10 - People overreacting. Poor phrasing and unconsciously kinda sexiest but uproar? Meh.

QuoteCinnabon makes a Carrie Fisher/Princess Leia cinnamon roll as tribute and SJW's call it appalling and offensive and Cinnabon gets rid of the pictures

No. Fuck that one. The tweet was in poor taste for a corporation to use (especially since they are trying to exploit the death of someone to make more money).

0/10 - I don't give a shit if SJW like or hate this one... just fuck corporations that think situations like this are just a great marketing ploy to get more people to buy their shit.

QuoteFans call her stunning and amazing and SJW's say that they're sexist and objectifying due to her bikini back in episode 6

Eh... she herself was sick of that shit... so it's a bit two-faced to "defend" her about something she herself didn't like.

All in all... a big meh. No one's rights were infringed and nothing was particularly nasty from either side (besides Cinabon who can go fuck themselves). Both sides blowing shit out of proportions... yet again.
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: GrinningYMIR on December 30, 2016, 06:09:08 AM
Cinnabon doesn't bother me at all. If someone made a Cinnabon roll that looked like me I'd be flattered, I know I'm not Carrie fisher or a famous celebrity but still. They don't even get the befit of the doubt, since they're a corporation there's no chance they did it just as a "hey someone we all liked and respected died so here's a little tribute from us since this is our depcislott. No it's automatically them trying to milk someone for dying.

Steve Martin didn't mess his tweet up that's people reading too far into it once again and looking for a fight. I have no feels right for the other side in this one, he didn't deserve the flak he got. If Cinnabon did and despite my comment I think they could have ag messy waited a bit, then Steve Martin was was tamer than that.

I've grown to hate SJWS, they hate me, and I've grown far too tired of trying to bend myself to their will.

As somsome who has way too much experience with the SJW crowd. I'm sick of it. I'm a feminist and anti racist, but SJW pushes it to the point of thought police on the other side of the spectrum, and their defenders will inevitably deny and throw the usual flak if someone claims this. Thought police do as thought police will.

The passing of a person we liked should be met with nourning and people reflecting on the deceased, maybe some of the stuff was too soon. But only 2016 would make her death into a goddamn social war
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: Baruch on December 30, 2016, 06:40:15 AM
Quote from: GrinningYMIR on December 30, 2016, 01:25:42 AM
Steve Martin calls her beautiful and witty and SJW's call him sexist and end up causing such an uproar he deletes the tweet

Cinnabon makes a Carrie Fisher/Princess Leia cinnamon roll as tribute and SJW's call it appalling and offensive and Cinnabon gets rid of the pictures

Fans call her stunning and amazing and SJW's say that they're sexist and objectifying due to her bikini back in episode 6

why didn't SJW die in 2016 instead of all our actors

Some people have nothing to contribute other than being a pain in the ass .. but I don't want to be left out of the fun ;-)
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: Shiranu on December 30, 2016, 06:52:12 AM
QuoteI've grown to hate SJWS, they hate me, and I've grown far too tired of trying to bend myself to their will.

By most people's standards here I am apparently a SJW... never felt any reason to hate you or tell you what you can or cant say.

Realise when I defend SJWs... I am mostly defending myself and people like me who are instantly labeled an SJW (despite condemning the people who take it too far). I only do that because I get a bit sick and tired of people running my name through the mud to instantly dismiss what I have to say because it's a similar position to someone who takes it too far. Like calling all Capitalists "money loving psychopaths who want to exploit the poor" or all feminists "femi-nazi's who want to cut off our dicks!".

I also agree with you on Martin's message in that it was lesser than Cina and really... who gives a shit? I think it was worded poorly and you don't; so what? There are far more important sexist issues to address.

But I just cant agree on the Cina.. Making innuendos about someone's appearance who was sick of being a sex symbol is in poor taste. And again... that has nothing to do with being a "SJW"... I just think corporations need to give a classy condolence instead of turning it into an advertising blitz to capitalize on a celebrity dying to sell more shit.
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: FaithIsFilth on December 30, 2016, 03:29:28 PM
Beautiful is not the same as sexy. He was talking about her face, not her tits and ass, and I have a hard time believing she would have had an issue with the tweet, unless she was a fundamental Muslim or something. I think SJWs just don't like the word creature, maybe because the term is most often used for non-human animals. I don't know. That's just my best guess.

Cinnabon are cunts for trying to make money off of a death though.
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: Baruch on December 30, 2016, 08:56:23 PM
Quote from: FaithIsFilth on December 30, 2016, 03:29:28 PM
Beautiful is not the same as sexy. He was talking about her face, not her tits and ass, and I have a hard time believing she would have had an issue with the tweet, unless she was a fundamental Muslim or something. I think SJWs just don't like the word creature, maybe because the term is most often used for non-human animals. I don't know. That's just my best guess.

Cinnabon are cunts for trying to make money off of a death though.

According to SJWs, everyone is a cunt, except SJWs ;-)
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Post by: Cavebear on January 01, 2017, 04:27:02 AM
SJWs are a pain in the ass.  OMG, I said "ass".  I must be making some sexist remark!  Woe, oh woe is me...