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jufonuk
not tag worthy
Proof.
Shizumapower
Member
Just make it a gif tribute thread.
Shizumapower
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PrimetimeKnight
Member
Loved him in Spaceballs, jk. Everyone always seemed to confuse Bill Paxton and Bill Pullman back in the day.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Aliens
Shizumapower
Member
Shizumapower
Member
need this movie in 4K
Space Runaway
Member
Yes, Bill Paxton was great. He's enjoyable and occasionally even the best part of basically everything he's taken part in.
Karma Jawa
Member
Fuckin’ A
TheSadRanger
Banned
You should check out the movie Frailty (2001) if you haven't. He directed it and did a really good job, it's one of my all time favorite psychological horror thrillers.
It stars him and Matthew McConaghey and I highly recommend it. It's a shame because I would have loved to see him direct more psychological horror type movies, he has a natural talent for filming tension in dialogue. Sadly it just never happened.
Hulk_Smash
Banned
Hulk_Smash
Banned
Game over, man. Game over.
One of only two men to be killed by a Predator, Xenomorph, and Terminator.
One of only two men to be killed by a Predator, Xenomorph, and Terminator.
Space Runaway
Member
So I go in for my physical and the doctor says "I need a semen, stool, and urine sample." I say "Gee doc, I'm in a big hurry. Can I just leave my underwear?"
Happosai
Hold onto your panties
You beat me to it...I was contemplating a Bill Paxton tribute thread. He really was amazing. He was in the Roger Corman film school set decorating and I first saw him play a minor role in Butch, Baker, Nightmare Maker (Night Warning). He had an great career run though and was in a band (Martini Ranch).
Check this out:
This was one of his early leads in a movie.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Paxton was awesome but Twister was garbage. Easily one of his worst films.
mcjmetroid
Member
I don't care what anybody says I loved Twister!
Darkmakaimura
Member
Tesseract
Banned
epicnemesis
Member
Are we being serious in this thread? I always found him to be a horrible actor and the weakest part of a whole bunch of amazing movies. I realized he was a bad actor in U571 and then when rewatching his movies it really stood out. Especially in Tombstone.
His filmography is impressive though, he must give great head.
His filmography is impressive though, he must give great head.
TyphoonStruggle
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Ozzy Onya A2Z
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SirTerry-T
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SirTerry-T
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You should watch "A simple Plan", probably one of his best roles and a change from the the loud mouth type roles he was usually seen in.
Mistershine.
Banned
Stilton Disco
Member
One of the all time greats.
Also responsible for how down to earth, practical and timeless the Colonial Marines look in Aliens.
At first the props department were making typical 80’s sci fi soldier gear, all overly detailed and covered in pointless greebles and flashing lights like something out of Star Wars at best, Buck Rodgers at worst.
James Cameron got the props guys together, slapped it all on Bill Paxton, and asked him to try it out.
Bill then reportedly charged around and threw himself at everything in sight like he was auditioning for Jackass, slamming into walls, combat rolling between bits of equipment and generally acting like a total loon.
Once tired out, he came back to the group, every single prop and piece of costume broken and dangling off him pathetically.
From then on, if anyone made anything for the cast to wear or use, it had to pass the ‘will it survive Bill Paxton’ test, or it didn’t make it into the movie.
Also responsible for how down to earth, practical and timeless the Colonial Marines look in Aliens.
At first the props department were making typical 80’s sci fi soldier gear, all overly detailed and covered in pointless greebles and flashing lights like something out of Star Wars at best, Buck Rodgers at worst.
James Cameron got the props guys together, slapped it all on Bill Paxton, and asked him to try it out.
Bill then reportedly charged around and threw himself at everything in sight like he was auditioning for Jackass, slamming into walls, combat rolling between bits of equipment and generally acting like a total loon.
Once tired out, he came back to the group, every single prop and piece of costume broken and dangling off him pathetically.
From then on, if anyone made anything for the cast to wear or use, it had to pass the ‘will it survive Bill Paxton’ test, or it didn’t make it into the movie.
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farmerboy
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Kadayi
Banned
Maybe not oscar-worthy,l but always memorable actor whatever his role.
I remember he had quite a good turn in a small crime drama 'One False Move' where he played a small town hick sheriff who ends up having to face off against a couple of hardened criminals (inclusing Billy Bob Thornton, who wrote the screen play).
I remember he had quite a good turn in a small crime drama 'One False Move' where he played a small town hick sheriff who ends up having to face off against a couple of hardened criminals (inclusing Billy Bob Thornton, who wrote the screen play).
eot
Banned
People say he's the only one to have been killed by the Terminator, Alien and Predator, but I don't think he dies in this scene.
Prison Mike
Banned
quickwhips
Member
Frailty ia the best. But i can watch paxton in anything.
MilkLizard
Member
I completely missed that he passed away, what a bummer. I always liked him in movies and I'm glad he has so many fans here.
RIP
Robot Carnival
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eot
Banned
Oh, apparently he was in AvP. Never seen that one