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No. 59378

>giant of British cinema and theatre Alan Rickman has died aged 69

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/14/alan-rickman-giant-of-british-film-and-theatre-dies-at-69

Not another one! Oh this 2016 is getting off to a terrible start!

No. 59381

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Oh what the fuck! Another cancer death too…age 69 as well. Quick, who else is 69 this year?

No. 59382

>>59381
Tim Curry.

No. 59383

Ok, this one I actually care about.

No. 59384

>>59382
Noooo!

No. 59385

If Geoffrey Rush kicks it I'm going to break something.

No. 59386

Cancer scare the shit out of me. Damn.

No. 59388

Bowie and Rickman, both 69 and both die of cancer.

Donald Trump is also 69, take him next.

No. 59390

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>>59388

To complete the triforce they must also be British.

Lemmy/Ian Kilmister was British but he was 70 when he died, but only 4 days after his birthday too (born 24th Dec, died 28th Dec). He also had cancer.

I sense dark forces at work.

No. 59391

I'm really upset about this. I don't want to be dramatic about his death but I can't even get a grip right now. I'm crying and I'm so fucking mad at everything.

No. 59392

>>59382
Oh man, he's already halfway there too.

No. 59402

>>59378

Nope. not here for this.

No. 59403

>>59388

That crusty cunt Trump will outlive us all, the orange bastard.

No. 59421

I just brought him up for probably the first time in my life last night and he died a couple hours later.

No. 59423

Thanks for sharing, OP.

I feel genuinely sick. First Bowie and now Rickman–2016 is off to a shitty start.

No. 59426

>>59423

Don't forget Motörhead's Lemmy on the 28th :(

No. 59437

Well shit, this year just keeps getting better and better

No. 59450

I don't even have words

No. 59451

>>59423
>>59426
Yeah, this year sucks so much. Probably going to rewatch Die Hard 1 and Dogma and cry a bit. RIP Alan Rickman.

No. 59484

It's sad, but what can you do? Death comes for everyone and at least at the somewhat old age of 69 as a celeb, so we can assume he hopefully had a good life and made many happy memories in his time here. Don't really get people crying or getting overly upset for the deaths of people they didn't even know personally though.

No. 59485

This news cut me deep man.
Goodbye professor snape.

No. 59491

>>59388

Agreed

No. 59494


No. 59505

>>59484
Just because you dont get it, doesn't make it wrong or unnatural or whatever. I personally grew up with Die hard and a lot of other movies Alan Rickman was in. I also read the HP books starting from age 14 and I'm 30 now. He was a part of a lot of people's childhoods and for a lot of people (much like Bowie) it's a part of their lives that was taken away. Don't be a cunt.

No. 59507

I found out when my friend sent me an email with this song attached.
https://youtu.be/m6urbZyHgO4

No. 59517

>>59505

Yeah I've been reading Harry Potter since I was 9 (read them when they were first released and weren't even popular), and although I never was a fan of the movies and casting I always thought that Alan Rickman as Severus Snape was a casting desicion made in heaven. He portrayed him exactly as I imagined him.

No. 59526

Snape :(

No. 59531

>>59484
don't be a dumb bitch tbh, you aren't that stupid that you don't realize that people aren't crying because they KNEW him. they are crying because they have enjoyed his work.

No. 59533

No. No. No. No. No. No. NO.
This hurts badly.
RIP, Alan Rickman. You were a huge part of my childhood.

No. 59547

>>59533
Mine too anon :(
I remember when Harry Potter movies came out when I was a little kid and being completely engulfed in it for years. This hurts for real.

The first scene when you see Snape in the Philosophers Stone made me fall in love with the character so much.

No. 59553

RIP Alan
This one hit me hard. I adore Bowie but Alan was one of my favorite actors. I even loved his Shakespearen work. The realization that they're both just gone is overwhelming.

And now my mom's saying of "they always go in 3s" has really worried! I don't care if it is just a superstition.

No. 59554


No. 59556

>>59553

Don't worry, the rule of three has already occurred - Lemmy, Bowie & Rickman.

No. 59562

>>59505
Didn't say it was wrong or unnatural, just that I didn't get it. Sorry you need a hugbox for any opinion that isn't exactly your own.

No. 59575

>>59562
You're missing the point.

No. 59601

The most painful thing about it is that I grew up with the harry potter series as a kid, briefly got into the Fandom as a teen, and now the Fandom is like, dead. is feels like my youth has officially died with it (like yeah of course there's the play and fantastic beasts but I'm not excited for them in the least)

No. 59602

>>59601
I phrased that awkwardly because im retarded. I meant that Rickman passing feels like the symbolic nail in the coffin.

No. 59603

alan rickman once kissed a 15 year old girl on the cheek when he was 19

his corpse should be spat on and buried in an unmarked grave tbh

No. 59611

>>59602
I totally understand, anon. It hurts man.

No. 59612

>>59517
Agreed. I thought he was the perfect Snape in the movies. Probably the only thing I liked about them tbh.

No. 59613

>>59601
>and now the Fandom is like, dead

tbh i thought the HP fandom would go on forever basically, it's like the biggest thing out there

No. 59614

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No. 59616

>>59613
I mean, JK is trying her damndest to keep the fandom going, but at this point, nothing is going to happen unless she releases another book or does another movie. Honestly, I'm a huge fan of James Potter and the marauders, so if she were to write a short story about them, I'd be all for that shit. I thought James was much more interesting of a character than Harry's whiney ass.

No. 59634

>>59616

I wish to see more of Snape.

No. 59638

>>59601
I've feel it's been dead awhile–the last movie finished it off, though there are still hardcore fans creating fanworks here and there.

>>59616
A short story anthology focusing on character studies or different tidbits at different times would be amazing. I can understand JKR being a bit burnt out on it,though.

No. 59649

>>59616
When are they going to release the scenes with young Grindelwald and Dumbledore from the last two movies?
Everybody ended up being much more interesting than Harry by the 5th book.

No. 59652

>>59601
I love the fuck out of Harry Potter. Even learned coding for the sole reason of making the best Neopets guild I could. It's really awful realizing that childish wonder is just dead and gone now. I still reread the books and watch the movies but it's not at all the same.

>>59616
JK has been kind of rubbing me the wrong way lately. It seems like all she's doing now is "Yes, I meant to do that!" and "By the way here's a tiny fact I just made up" type posts. And then Tumblr hops right on those things and praises them as word from god and it just gets on my nerves. Since she has no intentions of making a new book it just seems like she's lazily extending her fame. I absolutely hate the idea of a book about the new kids, but marauders? Dumbledore? There's so much she could expand on if she truly wanted to keep working on the universe she made. Otherwise just let it be.

No. 59659

>>59652
>>59616
>marauders era
No. Please a new book on these is a no no no no no. It's an universe within the potterverse mainly dominated by fanon. The few stuff Rowling revealed by the kind of posts she's doing you mentioned had already an impact. But please don't let her touch the marauders era, I enjoy it way too much to have it screwed with a canon and the saga is over however. I think many people can say the same about the new kids. And many other aspects of the potterverse not enterily covered by the canon.

But I agree on that she should let it be. Maybe she should start a new fantasy book or expand the wizarding world towards a different direction than Hogwarts… But it's just that if the HP fandom shines for something, it's due its fanon and its fanfiction culture. I think the HP fandom has some of the most amazing fanfictions ever. New canon when a saga is closed its poison for the fandom.

No. 59714

>>59652
Jkr is the reason I lost interest in anything besides the main 7 and maybe just beedle the bard. Wanting to break Ron and hermione up and pretending the whole black hermione thing is something she planned from the start because she's just so progressive. (I don't even mind the black hermione thing because I have no intention of seeing the play. If you really wanted to give young black readers a role model you would have made her black, period.)

I honestly have no desire to see my fictional CHILDHOOD heroes as middle aged. Just stop fucking with it!

No. 59717

>>59659
I'd like to see something set in Durmstrang or Beauxbatoms, but for some reason I think "Just Kidding" Rowling would fuck it up.

No. 59725

>>59714
Agree with everything. I was reluctant to bring up the black Hermione thing here but that's definitely one of the major changes along with the breakup to make me take a step back from following her. That's exactly it, making her black at this point just seems like a desperate move to make headlines. It's as if Tumblr itself is fucking with HP and I don't like it.

As a huge fan I also give no shits about HP post book 7. I was excited for the new movie but I'm not too thrilled about hearing 'murrcans in my HP. Hopefully it doesn't disappoint.

No. 59730

>>59484
69 is too young to die unless you live in Russia tbh.

No. 59743

I really enjoy discussing HP, but can we move this chat over to a dedicated thread? Alan Rickman did a great job as Snape, but it's certainly not his only claim to fame. >>59741

No. 59754

Interview begins ar 2:56.

No. 59769

I'm really sad that we'll never get to see where his career would've gone next. The world's lost a great talent.

No. 59772

It is so satisfying to know that he was the one to decide on Snape's many buttons.

No. 60105

Dogma was my introduction to Alan Rickman. I've loved him ever since.

No. 60929

I still think it's unbelievably cool that Alan Rickman and Johnny Depp sang a duet.

No. 60938

>>60105
Same!

No. 61916

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>>59725
A black Hermione is just fucked up and ugly.

Why are black people incapable of writing their own fucking fantasy fiction anyway?



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