"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe" - Rutger Hauer R.I.P.

[DexterTCN]

"Time to die"

First line "Time enough"

 

[Ax^]

RIP fella

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

 

[HAL9000]

The so-called mysterious "ghost particle", detected on 22 September 2017, travelled 4 billion light-years to reach us, originating from an extremely energetic object called a blazar.

They traced it back to a blazar TXS 0506+056, just off the shoulder of Orion - a finding that means associated high-energy cosmic rays consisting mostly of protons and atomic nuclei are also coming from the same place.


A blazar is a type of quasar, a galaxy with an active supermassive black hole at its core, sending out tremendous energy as it feeds.

BREAKING: We Finally Know Where High-Energy "Ghost Particles" Are Coming From

 

[fishfinger]

RIP

 

[Orang Utan]

Anyone remember Blind Fury?

 

[friedaweed]

Time to die

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Anyone remember Blind Fury?

One of my favorite "bad" movies.

 

[editor]

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[Orang Utan]

I don't know much about him other than he wrote/re-wrote one the most evocative lines ever and that the character he did it in had the name of someone who should have been in corrie. Both genius moves.

Like tears in the rain

 

[butchersapron]

Like tears in the rain
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Perfect

 

[Gromit]

Aw noes!

Seriously underated actor.

 

[David Clapson]

Years ago I went to a tiny art gallery in rural France where there was a portrait of his mother in law by a fairly important Dutch artist. The gallery owner wanted him to know about it but didn't know how to contact him. I left a message with his agent and one day he phoned me at work. I was so starstruck by his voice that I could barely speak but I gave him the gallery details and he bought the painting.

 

[Combustible]

He was also in the TV film Escape from Sobibor, about the mass escape of Jewish prisoners from a Nazi extermination camp

 

[Chilli.s]

RIP Rutger.

 

[elbows]

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And quite a few words from a much older Hauer here. The sound is a bit fucked up but still worth it I think, it seems he got a great sense of fulfilment from those lines resonating so well for so many decades.

 

[M Testa]

legend of the holy drinker was based on a novella (that was republished as a tie-in) and i saw it at manchester corner house. since then, I've never seen it anywhere else.

 

[gawkrodger]

He was also in the TV film Escape from Sobibor, about the mass escape of Jewish prisoners from a Nazi extermination camp

Never seen this. Must watch at the weekend

edit: Just realised it's the whole film. Excellent! cheers

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Rutger H made it into this week's Popbitch mailout - in a good way, thank fuck.

>> RIP Rutger <<
Sailing off to the great unknown

With all the tributes to Rutger Hauer that have been pouring in these last 24 hours, it's clear he made a lasting impression on the people he worked with.

When Rutger was filming the Métal Hurlant Chronicles series around 2011/12, crew on set noticed that his phone was constantly buzzing with text messages. Someone on the other end of the phone was badgering him quite incessantly, keen to arrange a boating holiday with him. A certain Harrison Ford.

We have no idea if it they ever managed to arrange it, but it's a huge shame that we'll never get to see Great Canal Journeys with Deckard and Batty.

I like the idea he and Ford were friends all those years after they worked together

 

[andysays]

I don't know much about him other than he wrote/re-wrote one the most evocative lines ever and that the character he did it in had the name of someone who should have been in corrie. Both genius moves.

It's a little known fact that Philip K Dick was a great fan of Coronation Street

 

[hot air baboon]

I want more life, fucker !

 

[DexterTCN]

I want more life, fucker !

father*

 

[M Testa]

The Tyrell Corporation seem to have downsized somewhat:
https://www.tyrrellflooring.com/
'i want more tiles, fucker!'

 

[MikeMcc]

That's really sad. It's one of the all-time great movie speeches, in dialogue and performance. It's also more or less the only thing I know about him.

it was also a complete ad-lib!

 

[elbows]

it was also a complete ad-lib!

He wrote it the night before and Ridley Scott approved it. It is so much better than the original dialog, assuming the original dialog I saw somewhere online was real.

 

[Guineveretoo]

Rutger...and beer.

Brilliant adverts!

He also lent his wonderful voice to Lurpak adverts more recently.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Just watched Hobo with a Shotgun as a bit of a tribute. Great fun.

 

[Kaka Tim]

aslo did an excellent cameo as a blind viking skald in "the last kingdom"