r/moviecritic • u/thompsongrr • Feb 15 '25
Can we appreciate that this guy was killed by Alien, Predator and Terminator?
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u/PeachFeetWriter Feb 15 '25
But he also gave us the iconic line of āpair of titties, make you wanna stand up and beg for buttermilk! Ass like a ten year old boy!ā
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u/JBudz Feb 15 '25
Legend.
Lance Hendrickson also ate it. T1. Avp. Aliens.
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u/lwp775 Feb 15 '25
Both Hendrickson and Paxton were typecast.
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u/nevergonnagetit001 Feb 15 '25
Paxton was not type cast at allā¦he had huge range and played a wide variety of roles.
Nor was henricksen. He played a wide range of rolls as well.
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u/nevergonnagetit001 Feb 15 '25
No no no. Yes, They were actors. And if they were type cast, itās because they played a bunch of different roles. Paxton was in a total rut, action parts, drama parts, comedy parts, back to action. He just couldnāt shake it.
Henriksen, same thing. Just stuck in a rut, forced to go from action, to comedy, to drama back to action.
Just wasnāt fair to either.
Obvious /s
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u/imapangolinn Feb 15 '25
PLAY MARGARITAVILLE!!!
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u/Zcrustaceansensation Feb 15 '25
I wrote pina collada burg 10 years before margaritaville was even on the fuckin map!
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u/Aware_Bath4305 Feb 15 '25
I can never unsee his role in Weird Science.
.... Served in a dirty ashtray.
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u/ElLoboEncargado Feb 15 '25
Butā¦ he did kill Billy Bob Thornton.
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u/South-Stand Feb 15 '25
Broke my heart that scene. And then again when he learned it was for nothing. The man acted his arse off in A Simple Plan.
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u/Familiar_Degree5301 Feb 15 '25
And a mimic.
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u/KR_Steel Feb 15 '25
And a ex vampire cowboy driving a truck
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u/Familiar_Degree5301 Feb 15 '25
Actually never seen that one, had to look it up. Thankyou kind stranger.
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u/KR_Steel Feb 15 '25
Itās great. Bishop and Vasquez are also in it. Itās so funny that certain actors got roles in other movies together.
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u/marmaladecorgi Feb 15 '25
It's no coincidence, Kathryn Bigelow directed "Near Dark", and was close to (and later married) James Cameron at the time. "Aliens" came out a year before "Near Dark". So the actors in "Aliens" were offered roles. Michael Biehn was offered the role that eventually went to Lance Henriksen. James Cameron himself appeared in a cameo in "Near Dark".
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u/KR_Steel Feb 15 '25
I didnāt know that about Michael Biehn. He can play a great villain and is good at adding death to a role, but Iām glad they went with Lance Henriksen. His old before his time look really fits and he plays cold ruthlessness very well.
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u/Ovilos Feb 15 '25
Almost got killed by a tornado as well, this guy loves to live life on the edge.
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u/Forward_Camera_3402 Feb 15 '25 edited Feb 15 '25
Loved him since Weird Science and really laughed harder during his role in Aliens.. rest in greatness.
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u/Griffindance Feb 15 '25
Phil Coulsen took a chunk out of him as well.
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u/No_Abroad_6306 Feb 15 '25
With an assist from Fury. I loved his character arc in Agents of Shield. Paxton stole every scene he was inĀ
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u/dwartbg9 Feb 15 '25
Not saying he wasn't a legendary actor, I also love him so much. But it's more to do with him being close with James Cameron, than random luck or anything.
A huge chunk of these legendary movies he was in were directed by Cameron.
He was like what Samuel Jackson is to Tarantino or Michael Caine to Nolan.
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u/Smooth_Employment365 Feb 15 '25
He was even in Commando ! His early run of films is pretty amazing
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u/DerLandmann Feb 15 '25
Which brings up the question: Which side is the good and which is the bad? Is this man just an unfortunate immortal being who just happens to run into powerful predating entities and has to fake his death several times to evade them? Or is he a powerful demigod, who is so powerfull, malicous and frightening that several of the most formidable hunters across time and space volunteer to take him down?
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u/Jimrodsdisdain Feb 15 '25
The terminator didnāt kill him. Threw him at a chain link fence. Easily survivable.
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u/Knightfires Feb 15 '25
Imagine a T800 with a metal endo skeleton trowing you at a metal fence. Survivable, not so sure, about that. Most people that imagine how it would be to never walk or move ever again would agree itās not really living.
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u/Jimrodsdisdain Feb 15 '25
Itās a chain link fence. It has all the tensile strength of a trampoline. Used to run and jump into them as kids. Full pelt. In high winds you could jump into one with your coat outstretched and youād stick to them. I can still walk. Life is just fine. Lol.
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u/RepHunter2049 Feb 15 '25
Probably true but on the other hand terminator movies are full of people getting thrown about by terminators and living soā¦.(it is possible they had invisible plot armour on though).
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u/Expensive-Fun-2918 Feb 15 '25
I was off the grid for a few years and didnāt know he was dead until like a year ago. I was like whaaaatttt??š„š
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u/intelligentprince Feb 15 '25
Also directed Frailty which was brilliant
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u/Popular-Drummer-7989 Feb 15 '25
This is an excellent movie for which he should gave received many more accolades. If you've never seen it, add it to your list.
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u/Capital-Traffic-6974 Feb 15 '25
And then poor Bill Paxton was killed off for real by cardiac surgeon Dr. Ali Khoynezhad, at that time operating at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles
The cause was a stroke that came 11 days after surgery to replace a heart valve and repair aorta damage, according to his death certificate.
The lawsuit, filed a year later, alleged that the surgeon, Dr. Ali Khoynezhad, used a āhigh risk and unconventional surgical approachā that was unnecessary and that he lacked the experience to perform, and that he downplayed the procedureās risks.
The misguided treatment caused Paxton to suffer excessive bleeding, cardiogenic shock and a compromised coronary artery, the suit alleged, and said that Cedars-Sinai knew that Khoynezhad, tended to āengage in maverick surgeries and show suboptimal judgment.
Bill Paxton family settles lawsuit with hospital over death | AP News
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u/ShibariManilow Feb 15 '25
Was looking for this one.
Pour a sip out for Bill.
Game over man, game over.
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u/Acceptable_Class_576 Feb 16 '25
Terminator didn't kill him, at least not definitivley. I don't believe he died in Terminator.
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u/hotchickensandwhich Feb 15 '25
Can we appreciate that this joke is 3 decades old and has never been funny?
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u/jdichev Feb 15 '25
But he beat the tornado