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R.I.P Robin Williams

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  • #242
    Soft Falling Rain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭Soft Falling Rain


    Everyone has their guilty pleasures and Hook was of mine. I know people think it's terrible, but I grew up with it. I loved thar film!

    RIP to a truly unique man that can never be replaced.


  • #243
    Rawr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,800 ✭✭✭Rawr


    Good Morning Vietnam was a personal favorite. I felt it was him at his very best.

    It's sad in itself that he's gone, but even sadder the way what he went. To commit suicide after suffering from depression is a shocking way to go after giving many people so many laughs and happiness.

    RIP Robin Williams, you were one of the good ones...


  • #244
    Frigga_92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭Frigga_92


    So so sad about this. I keep welling up and I'm not that kind of person at all.
    Absolutely loved him as an actor and thought his stand-up was just brilliant.
    RIP. He'll be so missed.


  • #245
    leahyl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,439 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    Absolutely so sad about this. He was a BRILLIANT actor - every movie that I saw him in I enjoyed. R.I.P Mr Williiams, you will be missed.


  • #246
    Hannibal Smith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,893 ✭✭✭Hannibal Smith


    So sad...he was pure brilliance


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  • #247
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,200 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Misfortunate man. Rest in peace Robin, nanu-nanu.


  • #248
    SeaFields
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,551 ✭✭✭SeaFields


    I think he was part of everyone's childhood. Patch Adams was a favorite of mine as a child and Good Morning Vietnam as an adult. A unique talent.

    RIP Mr Williams


  • #249
    Frigga_92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭Frigga_92


    Oh jesus, just read Zelda's tweet :(


  • #250
    Autonomous Cowherd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭Autonomous Cowherd


    Some deaths really shock one..... and when I just opened internet this minute I saw that Robin had died and literally cried out OH NO! I cannot believe it. From Mork and Mindy (my first crush was Robin) to the comedies but also the dramas...my GOD! what a talent. What Dreams May Come. Patch Adams. The Fisher King. All for different reasons have stuck in my mind.
    A great artist, and a good human being.


  • #251
    Aglomerado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    leahyl wrote: »
    Absolutely so sad about this. He was a BRILLIANT actor - every movie that I saw him in I enjoyed. R.I.P Mr Williiams, you will be missed.

    He really was. In more serious roles like Awakenings or One Hour Photo, he really showed there was more to him than comedy.


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  • #252
    ZiabR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,574 ✭✭✭ZiabR


    Very sad, RIP.


  • #253
    diveout
    Closed Accounts Posts: 746 ✭✭✭diveout


    The tears of a clown....


  • #254
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    RIP,
    For a strange reason I can't see him being depressed, very sad.


  • #255
    Matt_Trakker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭Matt_Trakker


    I'm so utterly sad today.
    He was a real hero to me.


  • #256
    run_Forrest_run
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,495 ✭✭✭run_Forrest_run


    very sad news, just goes to show you how awful depression can be.
    A genius of a man, if you've never heard his stand up stuff then do yourself a favour and check it out.


  • #257
    dm1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 283 ✭✭dm1979


    so often we hear of a famous persons death and we pause think about it and how tragic it is and how great they were,and then its forgotten, but this death is different its like loosing someone you know, a kind distant uncle who you only saw once a year, rest in peace Robin.


  • #258
    LorMal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,372 ✭✭✭LorMal


    Normally when some famous celebrity dies, I might be interested for a brief moment and then move on to the next article in the newspaper.
    But this morning I am really saddened by the death of Robin Wliiams. He was such a vulnerable actor, you could feel the sadness behind the laughter. He was an authentic person.
    I loved the Dead Poets Society - I was one of those schoolboys who wanted to suck the marrow out of life (and never really made it). He was brilliant in Mrs Doubtfire - made me understand the pain of separated Dads. I also loved Good Will Hunting, Awakenings, One Hour Photo, the Fisher King and Moscow on the Hudson. Feels part of my life really.
    I didn't like his standup - always looked like he was trying too hard and it didn't feel like he was being true to himself.
    By all accounts a lovely, sweet man. So sad that he couldn't make it. Some are not made for this world. RIP Robin - Nanu Nanu.


  • #259
    rotun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 303 ✭✭rotun


    Tragic alright, but if any one posts that yesterday was the day the laughter died, I'm closing my account.


  • #260
    smurgen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,933 ✭✭✭smurgen


    dm1979 wrote: »
    so often we hear of a famous persons death and we pause think about it and how tragic it is and how great they were,and then its forgotten, but this death is different its like loosing someone you know, a kind distant uncle who you only saw once a year, rest in peace Robin.

    This times a million.I'm genuinely gutted by this.what a lovely,lovely man he seemed to be.he was a great dad and very kind to his ex wife as she was dying of cancer.it'll be awhile before I can watch any of his films again.you get a feeling for how he was as a real person watching them.


  • #261
    Barely There
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭Barely There


    Sad news, but not a great actor imo and his stand-up stopped being funny a few decades ago.

    Propensity for all his roles to descend into mawkish sentimentality.


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  • #262
    Duff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,563 ✭✭✭Duff


    Absolutely awful news to wake up to. A big part of my childhood is darker now. RIP, Robin. Thank you for the memories.


  • #263
    stinkle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,159 ✭✭✭stinkle


    Aglomerado wrote: »
    He really was. In more serious roles like Awakenings or One Hour Photo, he really showed there was more to him than comedy.
    I always loved him in Awakenings. Again, not normally a poster in these threads but when I was snoozing and the news came on the radio I jumped with the shock. And was just so saddened to hear suicide. He was a part of our childhood for many of us, hopefully he's at peace now.


  • #264
    allibastor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,520 ✭✭✭allibastor


    He will be missed in world or Warcraft too.

    I wonder who found him.


  • #265
    KungPao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,786 ✭✭✭KungPao


    Just woke up to read this. That's my day ruined.

    RIP.


  • #266
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    He was brilliant in One Hour Photo, Insomnia and Good Will Hunting and I always watch Mrs Doubtfire whenever its on TV.


  • #267
    Shady Tady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 543 ✭✭✭Shady Tady


    R..I.P Robin,


  • #268
    RayCon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,955 ✭✭✭RayCon


    Sh!t news to wake up to ... R.I.P.

    Thoughts to his family and friends


  • #269
    charlietheminxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭charlietheminxx


    Couldn't believe I woke up to this today. It is weird, like so many of you I will say RIP when a celebrity passes but not feel anything. I feel this. Robin Williams was a voice and a face I grew up with. The world is a darker place without him, but his legacy will live on.


  • #270
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    RIP Robin.


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  • #271
    eviltwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    He was a huge talent who will be much missed. I was more a fan of his serious work, One Hour Photo will remain one of the creepiest films I ever saw for his performance alone, Awakenings is an amazing movie, Dead Poets Society...and that's before you even touch his comic roles...what a loss :( RIP.


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