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General => Obituaries => Topic started by: Tank on July 25, 2019, 09:25:52 AM

Title: Rutger Hauer.
Post by: Tank on July 25, 2019, 09:25:52 AM
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time...
like tears in rain...
Time to die."

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/9843/cvjAUC.jpg)

Roy Batty, Blade Runner.

Rutger Hauer, 'Blade Runner' co-star and memorable bad guy, dies at 75 (https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/24/entertainment/rutger-hauer-dead/index.html)
Title: Re: Rutger Hauer.
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 25, 2019, 10:32:13 AM
Ye, apparently he wrote the tears in the rain lines himself.
Didn't see him in enough stuff I think.
Title: Re: Rutger Hauer.
Post by: Tank on July 25, 2019, 10:33:47 AM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 25, 2019, 10:32:13 AM
Ye, apparently he wrote the tears in the rain lines himself.
Didn't see him in enough stuff I think.

And his performance in Blade Runner was so iconic he was offered, and took, some really 'B' list Scfi stuff. :(
Title: Re: Rutger Hauer.
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 25, 2019, 12:49:28 PM
I haven't seen much of his stuff but I do remember back in the VHS Age watching Blade Runner with my father, and being totally creeped out by Hauer's performance. RIP.
Title: Re: Rutger Hauer.
Post by: Tank on July 25, 2019, 02:30:35 PM
It's odd that they call Roy the baddy. To me he was the hero fighting for his life.
Title: Re: Rutger Hauer.
Post by: Red_Cloud on September 28, 2019, 08:39:55 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 25, 2019, 10:32:13 AM
Ye, apparently he wrote the tears in the rain lines himself.

A very moving and emotional speech which bought tears to rest of the cast and crew watching.

Another great one was in True Romance (1993) Between Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken "And, and your great-great-great-great grandmother fucked a nigger . . . . ." its another classic and can be seen on youtube.
Can some of you think of others?
Just thought of another . . .The Usual Suspects (1995) Kevin Spacey and Stephen Baldwin . . . Keyser Soze speech.



Title: Re: Rutger Hauer.
Post by: Sandra Craft on September 28, 2019, 10:53:48 PM
 :waah:  He was an amazing actor who didn't get nearly enough notice.
Title: Re: Rutger Hauer.
Post by: Tank on September 29, 2019, 07:18:40 AM
Quote from: Sandra Craft on September 28, 2019, 10:53:48 PM
:waah:  He was an amazing actor who didn't get nearly enough notice.

And his iconic performance in Blade Runner rather type cast him :(