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Subject: Re: Let Us Count the Ways


Author:
The Insomniac
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Date Posted: 01:56:15 02/17/05 Thu
In reply to: HRB 's message, "Re: Let Us Count the Ways" on 06:55:26 02/15/05 Tue

>>On the other hand, wouldn't it be interesting to list
>>the movies in which he actually survives till the end?
>> I wonder which there are more of!
>
>Hmmm, now that would be interesting to research.

OK, I'll give it a shot, just listing the films I've seen. (I could be wrong on some of these, so please feel free to correct me.) SPOILER ALERT: This list is one big spoiler, so if you don't want to know what happens to our hero in a movie you might not have seen yet, scroll no further. (Personally, I don't mind being forewarned about that sort of thing!) But here's the current score: Makes it to the end: 36. Gets killed off: 29. BTW, should cameo roles count? (I'm not including his cartoon voice work since great supervillains always have to come back for another episode!) OK ... here goes:


MAKES IT TO THE END, SAFE AND SOUND :-)
Kiss of Life
Planet of the Apes
In the Beginning
Cinderella
Shergar
Wing Commander
Outer Limits: The Ripper (?)
The Little Unicorn
The Last Leprechaun
Scream 2 (cameo)
Money Talks (cameo)
The Leading Man
Zoya (presumably)
In the Mouth of Madness
Unnameable II (cameo)
The Lost World
Return to the Lost World
Blue Tornado
Drive
Larry Sanders Show
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II
Tales from the Crypt (??)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek V
Spies Inc. (?)
Hansel and Gretel
Mr. North
A Christmas Carol
The Man with Two Brains
Tron (one of his characters, anyway!)
S.O.S. Titanic
Hart to Hart (?)
Airport '79: The Concorde
Nightwing
Ragtime Summer
Providence
The Old Curiosity Shop
Midsummer Night's Dream
Work Is a Four-Letter Word
Morgan
Tom Jones


GETS KILLED OFF :-(
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Horatio Hornblower
Titanic
Rasputin
Felony
Naked Souls
Tryst
Necronomicon
Quest of the Delta Knights (twice!)
Star Trek VI
Babylon 5
Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
Cast a Deadly Spell
Twin Peaks
Hostile Takeover
Waxwork
Desperado
Hitler's S.S.
Frankenstein
Summer Lightning
Tron (twice)
Time Bandits
The Island
Time After Time (... or does he?!)
The Holocaust
The Blue Hotel
The Omen (if I remember correctly ... hmmm)
From Beyond the Grave (sort of)
Straw Dogs
Ballad of Cable Hogue
Michael Kohlhaas
The Deadly Affair (depending how you look at it!)



CAN'T REMEMBER (somebody please help):
Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
Final Equinox
Ice Cream Man
Total Recall 2070
Outer Limits: Virtual Future
Signs and Wonders
Loving Deadly (I know ONE of his character gets killed off)
Lois and Clark
Inner Sanctum II
Taking Liberty
Body Bags
Perry Mason: Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
The House on Sycamore Street
Uncle Vanya
Tripwire
Perry Mason: Case of the Poisoned Pen
Magdalene
Mortal Passions
My Best Friend Is a Vampire
Father Dowling Mysteries
Murder, She Wrote
Faerie Tale Theatre
Masada
The 39 Steps
Silver Bears
A Doll's House
The Sea Gull (I really *should* remember this one since I liked it so much, but it's been so long since I've seen it! I do remember it was depressing, so I think I know the answer.)
The Fixer


Please add anything you've seen that's not listed here too.

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[> [> [> [> Subject: Recount


Author:
Insomniac II
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Date Posted: 01:59:58 02/17/05 Thu

Oops, my count was off. It should have been:
Makes it to the end: 41
Gets killed off: 32

(The ratio's improving!)

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[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Let Us Count the Ways


Author:
HRB
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Date Posted: 08:40:09 02/17/05 Thu

>Straw Dogs

He makes it to the end in this one.

>Ballad of Cable Hogue

Does he get killed off in this one?? I thought he rode off into the sunset. Been too long.



>
>CAN'T REMEMBER (somebody please help):

>Perry Mason: Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal

Makes it to the end.


>Perry Mason: Case of the Poisoned Pen

Killed off.

>My Best Friend Is a Vampire

Becomes one of the "undead".


>The Sea Gull (I really *should* remember this one
>since I liked it so much, but it's been so long since
>I've seen it! I do remember it was depressing, so I
>think I know the answer.)

Shoots himself.

>
>
>Please add anything you've seen that's not listed here
>too.

I knew I could count on you. ;)

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[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Let Us Count the Ways


Author:
The Somnambulist
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Date Posted: 17:06:44 02/17/05 Thu

>>Straw Dogs
>
>He makes it to the end in this one.
>
>>Ballad of Cable Hogue
>
>Does he get killed off in this one?? I thought he rode
>off into the sunset. Been too long.

Doh! I knew that. I put those two on the wrong list. Guess I wasn't as wide awake as I thought!

>Shoots himself.

Yes, I remember it now. (I thought he did himself in somehow.) That's one of those great movies/great performances that affects you for a long time afterwards. It made a big impression on me even though I can't remember all the details of it. I'm going to have to watch it again now.

>I knew I could count on you. ;)

You did? Moi?! You mean my clever disguise didn't fool you? ;-)

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: You can fool me.....


Author:
HRB
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Date Posted: 16:18:39 02/18/05 Fri

>
>You did? Moi?! You mean my clever disguise didn't
>fool you? ;-)

But you can't fool my IP Sniffer. lol ;-)

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Curses, foiled again!


Author:
Moi unmasked!
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Date Posted: 17:37:47 02/18/05 Fri

>But you can't fool my IP Sniffer. lol ;-)

I forgot ... the Chatmaster knows all! hee ;-)

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[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Let Us Count the Ways


Author:
Evil Mel
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Date Posted: 04:41:17 02/21/05 Mon

Hi there,

You know, I've been reading on here for ages, I've now got the courage to say something.

I know what happens in a few that you can't remember.
Ice Cream Man - he lives
Inner Sanctum II - he dies
Body Bags - he lives
Silver Bears - he lives.

I hope that helps

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[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Welcome!


Author:
Suky
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Date Posted: 11:53:48 02/21/05 Mon

Hi, Mel! I'm so glad you finally broke your silence! :-) Wow, you're a true fan if you've even seen Silver Bears (and remember it). I haven't seen it since it was aired on TV in the late '70s! (When I was very, very young. ;-)) Hope you'll keep posting.

Thanks for filling in some of the blanks. I've updated the count, and it now stands at 48 (survives) and 33 (doesn't). (I used the word processor to count them this time!) That's if you agree that joining the undead counts as surviving. I figure as long as he could come back in a sequel ... Then again, there are certain movies for which one would be glad to be assured of not being compelled to watch a sequel. For example ...

>Inner Sanctum II - he dies

You know, not only couldn't I remember the ending of this one, but I realized I couldn't remember the movie at all, not even after reading the description on the video box. Well, being a glutton for punishment (I mean, if I'm going to take the time to re-watch a DW movie, shouldn't it be something good like the Sea Gull?), I decided to pop it in the machine hoping to jog my memory. Ugh! Gradually, I realized I had seen it but simply repressed it from my memory. Well, at least DW has more than a cameo. He's the only bright spot in a bad, bad movie. In fact, with him as the psychiatrist, I almost managed to work through the trauma of seeing this again! (Another film where the FF button is invaluable.)

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Welcome!


Author:
Evil Mel
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Date Posted: 05:52:47 02/25/05 Fri

Thank you for the welcome. :-)

>Wow, you're a true fan if you've even seen Silver
>Bears (and remember it).
I actually own this one on DVD. I think it hasn't been long out though.

I think I too repressed a lot of Inner Sanctum II. The most I can remember was him really slowly falling out of that closet or whatever it was.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Welcome!


Author:
Suky
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Date Posted: 19:32:49 03/09/05 Wed

>I think I too repressed a lot of Inner Sanctum II. The
>most I can remember was him really slowly falling out
>of that closet or whatever it was.

Believe it or not, that was the one part of the movie that actually took me by surprise!

So what did you think of Silver Bears? (I'll have to take the cellophane off my videotape and actually watch it one of these days. How high a priority would you give it?)

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Welcome!


Author:
Evil Mel
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Date Posted: 02:05:01 03/11/05 Fri

The movie isn't too bad. Its watchable, though I love older movies so I'm biased :). He's not in it too much, but his role is a bit amusing.

I myself am trying to get a copy of Airport 79: The Concorde, but as yet I've had no luck. Have you seen that one?

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[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Let Us Count the Ways


Author:
Leonore
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Date Posted: 08:17:30 09/16/05 Fri

>>>On the other hand, wouldn't it be interesting to list
>>>the movies in which he actually survives till the
>end?
>>> I wonder which there are more of!
>>
>>Hmmm, now that would be interesting to research.
>
>OK, I'll give it a shot, just listing the films I've
>seen. (I could be wrong on some of these, so please
>feel free to correct me.) SPOILER ALERT: This list
>is one big spoiler, so if you don't want to know what
>happens to our hero in a movie you might not have seen
>yet, scroll no further. (Personally, I don't mind
>being forewarned about that sort of thing!) But
>here's the current score: Makes it to the end: 36.
>Gets killed off: 29. BTW, should cameo roles count?
>(I'm not including his cartoon voice work since great
>supervillains always have to come back for another
>episode!) OK ... here goes:
>
>
>MAKES IT TO THE END, SAFE AND SOUND :-)
>Kiss of Life
>Planet of the Apes
>In the Beginning
>Cinderella
>Shergar
>Wing Commander
>Outer Limits: The Ripper (?)
>The Little Unicorn
>The Last Leprechaun
>Scream 2 (cameo)
>Money Talks (cameo)
>The Leading Man
>Zoya (presumably)
>In the Mouth of Madness
>Unnameable II (cameo)
>The Lost World
>Return to the Lost World
>Blue Tornado
>Drive
>Larry Sanders Show
>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II
>Tales from the Crypt (??)
>Star Trek: The Next Generation
>Star Trek V
>Spies Inc. (?)
>Hansel and Gretel
>Mr. North
>A Christmas Carol
>The Man with Two Brains
>Tron (one of his characters, anyway!)
>S.O.S. Titanic
>Hart to Hart (?)
>Airport '79: The Concorde
>Nightwing
>Ragtime Summer
>Providence
>The Old Curiosity Shop
>Midsummer Night's Dream
>Work Is a Four-Letter Word
>Morgan
>Tom Jones
>
>
>GETS KILLED OFF :-(
>Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
>Horatio Hornblower
>Titanic
>Rasputin
>Felony
>Naked Souls
>Tryst
>Necronomicon
>Quest of the Delta Knights (twice!)
>Star Trek VI
>Babylon 5
>Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
>Cast a Deadly Spell
>Twin Peaks
>Hostile Takeover
>Waxwork
>Desperado
>Hitler's S.S.
>Frankenstein
>Summer Lightning
>Tron (twice)
>Time Bandits
>The Island
>Time After Time (... or does he?!)
>The Holocaust
>The Blue Hotel
>The Omen (if I remember correctly ... hmmm)
>From Beyond the Grave (sort of)
>Straw Dogs
>Ballad of Cable Hogue
>Michael Kohlhaas
>The Deadly Affair (depending how you look at it!)
>
>
>
>CAN'T REMEMBER (somebody please help):
>Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
>Final Equinox
>Ice Cream Man
>Total Recall 2070
>Outer Limits: Virtual Future
>Signs and Wonders
>Loving Deadly (I know ONE of his character gets killed
>off)
>Lois and Clark
>Inner Sanctum II
>Taking Liberty
>Body Bags
>Perry Mason: Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
>The House on Sycamore Street
>Uncle Vanya
>Tripwire
>Perry Mason: Case of the Poisoned Pen
>Magdalene
>Mortal Passions
>My Best Friend Is a Vampire
>Father Dowling Mysteries
>Murder, She Wrote
>Faerie Tale Theatre
>Masada
>The 39 Steps
>Silver Bears
>A Doll's House
>The Sea Gull (I really *should* remember this one
>since I liked it so much, but it's been so long since
>I've seen it! I do remember it was depressing, so I
>think I know the answer.)
>The Fixer
>
>
>Please add anything you've seen that's not listed here
>too.
How about Hannah's War? He lived to the end, albeit with a tortured conscience after Hannah's mother's speech before Hannah's execution. Is it wrong to think someone looks sexy in a Nazi uniform?

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