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Posted by Joss Weatherby on Aug-20-2012 05:38:

Tony Scott Jumped from a Bridge.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-193...=PublicRSS20-sa


Interesting.


Posted by stren on Aug-20-2012 07:13:

we gotta go back Kate


Posted by Vernon Wanderer on Aug-20-2012 07:38:

So he took a pussy way out. Who cares, then.


Posted by Lira on Aug-20-2012 09:09:

quote:
Originally posted by Vernon Wanderer
So he took a pussy way out.

If jumping from a bridge is something a pussy does, then it takes a lot of courage and despair to be one!


Posted by Vernon Wanderer on Aug-20-2012 09:12:

I'm just really not a fan of suicide.


Posted by Lira on Aug-20-2012 09:17:

Neither am I, reason why I haven't killed myself. But I reckon it's too hasty and unfair to judge others for doing that though. We usually know absolutely nothing about what drives a person to suicide - and when we do happen to know what leads a person to take their own life, we hardly ever know what it feels like to be in their shoes.

I'm not a fan of progressive house, but apparently people listen to it even when they're not being held at gunpoint. Who am I to judge these people?


Posted by Zharen on Aug-20-2012 09:23:

Damn this is some crazy news. I can't believe someone just compared progressive house to suicide. What is this world coming too?


Posted by Lira on Aug-20-2012 09:31:

Well, I like the idea of dying better than voluntarily exposing oneself to progressive house

In case you really took the joke too seriously, or missed the point altogether, if you can't judge someone on something as trivial as a musical taste, then you definitely shouldn't extend your judgement to something more serious.


Posted by Blake on Aug-20-2012 10:38:

Suicide actually takes an immense amount of courage and despair, considering death is one of mankind's greatest fears, and the fact that no one knows wtf lies beyond.

I never quite understood why killing ones self is something one should be ashamed of, in human societies. It's no more or less arbitrary than any of the other things we do. It's really no less shameful than continuing to live another day.


Posted by aNYthing on Aug-20-2012 11:51:

Thats fucking sad! Just watched True Romance again few days ago... What a great fucking movie... one if the very first movies to feature techno and how fucking good was the whole movie?

And you are a fucking liar if you say that you didn't enjoy Top Gun... If for no other reason than providing fodder for Hot Shots

I wonder what made him jump... That's so sad..

...and three words kept running through my mind like a broken record:
You're so cool...
You're so cool...
You're so cool...

RIP Tony...


Posted by aNYthing on Aug-20-2012 12:03:

quote:
Originally posted by Lira
Well, I like the idea of dying better than voluntarily exposing oneself to progressive house


Can you provide some examples for reference? I'd like to experience what the heck you're so passionately in hate with.

You can just name some names... it wouldn't happen to be Avicii or some similar Afrowhack / SHM / Guetta garbage?


Posted by Looney4Clooney on Aug-20-2012 13:56:

christ what a shame

prometheus was not that bad. would be interesting to get an idea what was in the suicide note. Could not find anything about drug abuse or depression and taking your life by doing that seems really uncommon for hollywood.


Posted by Brandt Slater on Aug-20-2012 15:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
christ what a shame

prometheus was not that bad. would be interesting to get an idea what was in the suicide note. Could not find anything about drug abuse or depression and taking your life by doing that seems really uncommon for hollywood.


Prometheus was directed by his brother Ridley. I'm curious as to what was in the note too. I doubt we'll ever know. I wonder if Ridley having an Oscar and Tony not having an Oscar plays into this? EIther way you look at it, truly sad.


Posted by Lira on Aug-20-2012 15:43:

quote:
Originally posted by aNYthing
Can you provide some examples for reference? I'd like to experience what the heck you're so passionately in hate with.

You can just name some names... it wouldn't happen to be Avicii or some similar Afrowhack / SHM / Guetta garbage?

I'm not sure that counts as progressive anything, does it?

Actually, I'm likely to hate anything with the label "progressive" in it unless the BPM slowly progressively go from the usual sleep inducing 120~130 BPM range to 200 BPM goodness and beyond... or something of the sort. I said "progressive hosue", but I can't be arsed to distinguish "progressive house" and "progressive trance", so this is what I'm talking about :



I've never ever been able to listen to this from start to finish. I once tried to speed it up to 145 BPM to see if I could make it more interesting, but the build-up was so long, I eventually gave up half-way through, checked if there was something good on the fridge, treated myself with a super sammich, went back to see if the build-up was over, went to the gym and back, found out the build-up was still somewhere in the middle, took a shower, read War and Peace, and when I thought I heard the beat kick in, I found out my pet cactus had jumped off the file cabinet after being exposed to this track for so long....

... I then hit the stop button and vowed I'd never listen to it again

RIP CACTUS 2000-2001


Posted by Looney4Clooney on Aug-20-2012 16:08:

the term is defines an aesthetic to separate from something else. It is the same reason people use it for progressive rock , progressive metal. It isn't to delineate some type of progression. All music does that. So your bpm thing is a little weird.

Regarding that track, well try listening to the complete ring cycle in one setting, Let me know how that goes.


Posted by OrangestO on Aug-20-2012 16:16:

I love that track.

Progressive House happens to be my favorite "genre" at the moment. It seems like every six months that changes, though, as my ears - within EDM - are exposed to different DJs and tunes.


Posted by OrangestO on Aug-20-2012 16:19:

quote:
Originally posted by Brandt Slater
I wonder if Ridley having an Oscar and Tony not having an Oscar plays into this?


I'm not familiar with this guy or his work, but this sounds like tabloid speculation.



EDIT: Top Gun? How didn't I know that?

RIP


Posted by Serial Killer on Aug-20-2012 16:20:

quote:
Originally posted by Blake
Suicide actually takes an immense amount of courage and despair, considering death is one of mankind's greatest fears


I agree. no one knows how bad the person is suffering, Also to judge him for his choice of a way out to get rid of the pain is not fair to him.


Posted by Lira on Aug-20-2012 16:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
the term is defines an aesthetic to separate from something else.

As pretty much all genre labels do
quote:
Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
It is the same reason people use it for progressive rock , progressive metal. It isn't to delineate some type of progression. All music does that.

As I recall it, "progressive house" is supposed to be a form of house which incorporated elements of trance music, and "progressive trance" is supposed to be form of trance music with a strong house influence to it. In this sense, "prog" was supposed to be the ultimate genre, bringing the best of both house and trance music together.

In reality, however, it became such a huge bore its greatest feat was open an immense hole in my soul
quote:
Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
So your bpm thing is a little weird.

I'm glad it is, because it was supposed to be just a piss-take at the name
quote:
Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
Regarding that track, well try listening to the complete ring cycle in one setting, Let me know how that goes.

You mean the whole build-up? Do you want me to end up like Tony Scott?!

I thought we were friends!

Edit: Does progressive house really deserve more attention than this guy, though? Let's go back to what really matters, shall we?


Posted by Swamper on Aug-20-2012 16:50:

quote:
Originally posted by Serial Killer
I agree. no one knows how bad the person is suffering, Also to judge him for his choice of a way out to get rid of the pain is not fair to him.


A sad end and not likely to change the perception of most who think that money/success = happiness. Imo you basically trade one set of problems for another... I enjoy Hollywood for some of the creativity that comes out from it but I also despise it for how it can chew up a person and spit them out like garbage.

R.I.P.


Posted by Serial Killer on Aug-20-2012 16:54:

quote:
Originally posted by Swamper
A sad end and not likely to change the perception of most who think that money/success = happiness. Imo you basically trade one set of problems for another... I enjoy Hollywood for some of the creativity that comes out from it but I also despise it for how it can chew up a person and spit them out like garbage.

R.I.P.


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http://gma.yahoo.com/top-gun-direct...topstories.html


Posted by thesweetyam on Aug-20-2012 17:06:

where is tony scotts parachute? tom cruise stole it.


Posted by Halcyon+On+On on Aug-20-2012 17:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Vernon Wanderer
I'm just really not a fan of suicide.


He was 70 years old and had inoperable brain cancer. What he did took an incredible amount of gall, as most people would rather cling to some lofty hope that they'll manage to eek out a few more years of life, sucking off their family's money (probably not a problem for him though), and even more so, their emotions. Seeing someone in a state of barely clinging onto the threshold of life is truly no thing to inflict upon your loved ones. It is too bad he chose such a high-profile way to die, as it's bound to just bring unwanted attention to his family, but getting a chance to choose how you die is a thing that can be said of few people, especially in what was likely an early state of depression and resolve.

He did not take the pussy way out.


Posted by GoSpeedGo! on Aug-20-2012 17:25:

I'm a bit sad that he's gone. I liked his recent films more than his most famous ones.


Posted by Halcyon+On+On on Aug-20-2012 17:26:

I loved The Hunger! David Bowie as a vampire + Bauhaus? Yes.


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