RIPPA Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 24 minutes ago, colonial said: Deadline is reporting that documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock has died at 53. I just got the People News alert about it Complications from Cancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Kind of odd how the last few days on Twitter have been filled with people remembering how full of shit the SSM documentary was, and the baffling nature of the SSM2 documentary. (And then, yes, the sexual misconduct stuff) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Full of shit about what? (I've never seen it FWIW) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonial Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 IIRC, Spurlock never released a food log listing what he specifically ate and drank during his month-long "McDonald's diet" and critics alleged what he was claiming about how the diet was affecting his health didn't add up. (When he said during his sexual misconduct confession that he was an alcoholic, that had more than a few people think he was washing down his Extra Value meals with vodka and scotch instead of Coke.) Some early food bloggers were publicized doing their own McDonald's diets after the film was released and showed that they actually lost weight, albeit they were regularly working out and staying active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister TV Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 1 hour ago, colonial said: IIRC, Spurlock never released a food log listing what he specifically ate and drank during his month-long "McDonald's diet" and critics alleged what he was claiming about how the diet was affecting his health didn't add up. (When he said during his sexual misconduct confession that he was an alcoholic, that had more than a few people think he was washing down his Extra Value meals with vodka and scotch instead of Coke.) Some early food bloggers were publicized doing their own McDonald's diets after the film was released and showed that they actually lost weight, albeit they were regularly working out and staying active. The way various bloggers or whoever kind of defended McD’s always had me thinking they were getting some sort of payoff. The Super Sized fries and Coke’s are going to mess your system up over time, there’s no way that much frying oil, salt, and sugar aren’t going to f you up over 30 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletti Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 (edited) This just reminded me of the WKuK sketch, "Super Size Me With Whiskey" - https://youtu.be/uOyjzE1vcD4?si=ZLAa4f8LmbW7K_0i Edited May 24 by Coletti 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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piranesi Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 7 hours ago, odessasteps said: Goddammit that show used to be so good. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Just for clarity, that sad face is me agreeing with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 https://moviesthatmademe.com/podcast/remembering-roger-corman/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 RIP Johnny Wactor, 37, American actor shot dead by a thief who was trying to steal a part from his car. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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odessasteps Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 British TV doctor Michael Mosley died while in Greece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Donald Sutherland has died at age 88 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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colonial Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Deadline is reporting that Teila Tuli, the sumo wrestler who competed in UFC 1 and then became a popular character actor, died Thursday at 56. Credited as Taylor Wily, he appeared on the Hawaii 5-0 revival for 10 years and popped up on both the MacGyver and Magnum reboots. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 I went right out and cruised through Citizen X on Youtube after I found out, and watched all of Donald's parts. Golden Globe and an Emmy for that one. But what a murderer's row: Don't Look Now, Body Snatchers '78, Klute, he was even in The Kentucky Fried Movie. It feels almost rare that an actor gets such a long run and isn't out of the running much if at all, and doesn't have something bad happen... especially from that era. The ones that make it to 90 or close are big, big winners, in life. Rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 22 Author Share Posted June 22 I am sure this will get mentioned over in the wrestling folder but Jamie Kellner died at the age of 77 For wrestling fans - Kellner will be known as the (or one of the reasons) WCW died He also helped launch FOX and the WB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/24/donald-sutherland-keira-knightley-ralph-fiennes-elliott-gould This is absolutely beautiful. (And the Ebert obit I read is absolute trash. Almost shockingly so.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Character actor Bill Cobbs has passed away. He was in a million things (Brother From Another Planet, Night at the Museum, Sopranos, Demolition Man) but I mostly remember him from being in my favorite Six Feet Under episode as a grieving widower. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Boy did I misread THAT name. And that sucks, because unlike the other one, this Bill was great in everything he was in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Wesley Snipes' tribute to Bill Cobbs: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 RIP Martin Mull 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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