RIP Rutger Hauer

[McNutt]

I just saw that he died at 74. He was always so good.

[dbt1949]

I always mix him up with Robert Shaw.

[Archinerd]

And only months short of actually making it to November 2019.

[Pyperkub]

time to finally watch my 4k BluRay of the original Blade Runner.

Rest in Peace.

[TheMix]

Awwwww. Man.

R.I.P.

He didn't always pick the best movies, but he was always great.

[hepcat]

One of my all time favorite actors. I would watch a film just because he was in it at one point. So many memorable films from my teens featured Rutger. RIP to one of the greats.

Time to rewatch both Blade Runner AND the equally excellent Flesh + Blood this weekend. Oh, and one of my guilty pleasure films, Split Second is available on Amazon Prime. I may have to toss that in there too.

[Jaymann]

Never forget The Hitcher:

[hepcat]

Yup, he was great in The Hitcher. Oh, and I just remembered another cheesy but great Rutger film that I loved as a teen:

[McNutt]

The Hitcher was one of my favorites when I was a teen. Blind Fury was a lot better than I expected.

I even liked Wanted: Dead or Alive with Gene Simmons. Gene Simmons for Christ's sake!

[TheMix]

Blind Fury. I was trying to remember the name. Another one I always remember fondly.

[hepcat]

Report says he died last Friday. I wonder why the wait to release the news?

[Jaymann]

Report says he died last Friday. I wonder why the wait to release the news?

They wanted to make sure he didn't pop back up one more time.

[Hrothgar]

I was looking through his movies to see how many I'd seen when I found this:

Hobo with a Shotgun

A homeless vigilante blows away crooked cops, pedophile Santas, and other scumbags with his trusty pump-action shotgun.

How on earth did I miss that?

[Z-Corn]

RIP

Loved him in Nighthawks with Stallone.

[TheMix]

And Ladyhawke. I pretty much always stop to watch that one if I'm flipping channels and run across it.

[Jeff V]

Flesh+Blood. Although that movie might be helped a lot by an oft-naked Jennifer Jason Leigh.

[hepcat]

I'm with everyone until they get to Nighthawks.

Nighthawks? Really?

"This is where the law stops...and I start!"

I just...

Nighthawks?

[McNutt]

RIP

Loved him in Nighthawks with Stallone.

I liked Nighthawks too.

"Wolfgar!"

One thing that always puzzled me about that movie was the edits to the ending.

Spoiler:

When Stallone is in the kitchen pretending to be Lindsay Wagner (yes, really), he turns around and shoots Wolfgar. My brother, who is ten years older and saw the movie in the theater (I was too young) told me that he shot Wolfgar in both shoulders and then in the chest. I believe Stallone did the same shots at a shooting range earlier in the film. However, every version I've ever seen of this edits out the shoulder shots, even though we see Wolfgar with shoulder wounds. It's weird that it was edited out for home video, even the R rated versions.

[hepcat]

There were a few things that puzzled me about Nighthawks. Probably the biggest one being why the hell you guys like it.

[McNutt]

It had Sylvester Stallone, Rutger Hauer and Billy Dee Williams, none of whom dressed as cats.

[hepcat]

Granted, that last caveat is a good point. And I had forgotten that Billy Dee-lightful Williams was in it. But still...

Nighthawks?

...really?

[McNutt]

It was a simpler time. I didn't demand much from my action movies back then. I was content with Nighthawks, Remo Williams, Megaforce and Enter the Ninja.

[LordMortis]

At that time Raider of the Lost Ark defined action movie for me... And then there was BladeRunner which had me captivated, even if I was still a child and couldn't comprehend what I was watching, it was so beautiful to watch and of course Exaclibur. Action movies were so much slower then (until Raiders)

It wasn't but a year or two later I'd get Terminator. That was the hook for me and action movies. I still remember seeing that on the small screen as a rental at a friends house after staying way too late and it felt like it changed everything.

I'd circle back to Ladyhawke as a blend of action and fantasy at that time but for some reason it's hard for me to remember details of that movie. Maybe I should find a way to remedy that in tribute.

[McNutt]

I found that Ladyhawke aged terribly. Most of the reason was for the music, which did not fit that film at all.

I really miss the days of slower action movies. Now movies require 75% of the film to be action shots. Slow down, Hollywood! I can follow along without the unnecessary adrenaline shots.

[Pyperkub]

It was a simpler time. I didn't demand much from my action movies back then. I was content with Nighthawks, Remo Williams, Megaforce and Enter the Ninja.

Yeah, Stallone's cop even says "I didn't join the force to shoot to kill"... definitively a simpler time

[Daehawk]

He was 75 if Im seeing it right.

Was taking a break but spotted this and had to post. His name always stands out when you see it.

Loved him in Blade Runner. That improvised speech at the end that he redid was perfect and memorable.

Also loved Ladyhawke as a teen.

Also I really loved the tv miniseries Merlin with Sam Neill and he played the King in it.

RIP.

[Remus West]

Any time I saw him on the screen when flipping channels I stopped and watched. For me he was an all time great. RIP.

[Redfive]

With respect:

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... all those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."

R.I.P.

[Paingod]

This sucks. The man was good at what he did and I enjoyed his performances.

He will be missed.

[hepcat]

I'm with everyone until they get to Nighthawks.

Nighthawks? Really?

"This is where the law stops...and I start!"

I just...

Nighthawks?

I would like to issue a correction. The quote I used above is from Stallone in Cobra. I have fired my head writer and I do apologize for the error.

[LawBeefaroni]

It just occurred to me that Roy Batty would have died last month (Blade Runner is set in November 2019) and that he and Hauer died in the same year just 4 months apart.

Huh.

[Isgrimnur]

[Hyena]

I was like, "AGAIN??"

[McNutt]

He didn't want all those memes to be lost in time, like tears in the rain.

[Scuzz]

And Ladyhawke. I pretty much always stop to watch that one if I'm flipping channels and run across it.

Yea, that was a good one.