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   Re: OT Heath Ledger Dead   
   26 Jan 08 00:00:31   
   
   From: lukas.mariman@REMOVETHISdommel.be   
      
   Sentinel wrote:   
   > Alfie [UK] wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:15:14 +0100, "Sentinel"   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> StainlessSteelRat wrote:   
   >>>> Sentinel wrote:   
   >>>>> No matter how the next Batman turns out (and for the record I did   
   >>>>> like Batman Begins a lot) I will get it no matter what.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> There's an open mind! ;-)   
   >>>   
   >>> I plan to go around saying "no matter what" a lot in the next weeks.   
   >>>   
   >> I've not seen Batman Begins, let alone planning to see this next   
   >> movie. What's with Hollywood trying to re-imagine existing franchises   
   >> ?   
   >>   
   >> That said, never a big fan of Ledger; Knights Tale was crap,   
   >> Brokeback was over-hyped crap, and Patriot was crap. Not seen him in   
   >> much else that I remember him being in.   
   >>   
   >> Shame if he took his own life, or OD'd on whatever cocktail of   
   >> anti-depressants he was on, but why the public outcry/mourning?   
   >   
   > Because he had potential? Besides, especially if his death was an   
   > accidental over-use of certain medicines, it's all the more sad.   
   >   
   > BTW, I mentioned a series called "Roar". It's one of those many   
   > series from the late 90's that came out in the wake of the success of   
   > "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" an its spin-off, "Xena: the   
   > Warrior Princess".   
   > Some of the series were less than inspiring, but Roar was one of the   
   > ones that had a ton of potential, and that were actually pretty good   
   > in their own right.   
   >   
   > I know Ledger from that series. Knight's Tale was kind of silly but   
   > not altogether bad, and to be honest I don't think I've even seen   
   > most of the other stuff he was involved in.   
      
   ... Which is why I mentioned he still had his breakthrough moment ahead of   
   him. He did kind of get in the spotlight with "Brokeback Mountain", but   
   maybe not for the right reasons...   
      
   On a related note, check this link out:   
   http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2008-01-25/#3   
      
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