Michael Clarke Duncan died...

CGQuarterly · 09/03/2012, 06:06 PM

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/michael-clarke-duncan-dead-54-green-mile-actor-dies-months-suffering-heart-attack-article-1.1150806

Sucks. RIP.

Chris

PCEngineHell · 09/03/2012, 06:18 PM

Well that sucks, he was a pretty solid actor.

TheClash603 · 09/03/2012, 06:50 PM

Was he supposed to be in Sin City 2?

Big guys like him don't seem to last long, sucks.

Tatsujin · 09/03/2012, 06:55 PM

Quote from: TheClash603 on 09/03/2012, 06:50 PMBig guys like him don't seem to last long, sucks.

That unfortunatelly is a medical fact

RIP Duncan.

HercTNT · 09/03/2012, 08:28 PM

one of my favorite actors. sorry to see him go

NightWolve · 09/03/2012, 11:24 PM

WHAT?!? NO WAY! I was like, oh shit, not another.... died thread. When I came to the index of the forums, under Chit-Chat, I could see "Re: Michael Clarke Dunca..." and predicted what the rest would say after clicking... That really sucks man, at 54?

PunkCryborg · 09/04/2012, 12:12 AM

What PC Engine game was he in?

Mathius · 09/04/2012, 11:24 AM

No way!

Arkhan Asylum · 09/04/2012, 11:45 AM

Quote from: PunkCryborg on 09/04/2012, 12:12 AMWhat PC Engine game was he in?

China Warrior.

reno5 · 09/04/2012, 12:24 PM

He was great in The Green Mile

NightWolve · 09/04/2012, 05:25 PM

Quote from: guest on 09/04/2012, 11:45 AM
Quote from: PunkCryborg on 09/04/2012, 12:12 AMWhat PC Engine game was he in?
China Warrior.

Hahah! So he found a way to answer it!

EDIT: PunkCryborg, Arkhan, tell the truth, you guys set that up, didn't you? ;)

TheClash603 · 09/04/2012, 10:37 PM

Buffalo, NY makes the national news again. When it isn't for losing four Super Bowls, it is because we think all black people look alike...

http://deadspin.com/5940163/buffalo-nbc-station-uses-photos-of-singer-seal-to-report-on-actor-michael-clarke-duncans-death

Weird, because 50% of the city is black.

NightWolve · 09/04/2012, 10:54 PM

Quote from: TheClash603 on 09/04/2012, 10:37 PMBuffalo, NY makes the national news again. When it isn't for losing four Super Bowls, it is because we think all black people look alike...

http://deadspin.com/5940163/buffalo-nbc-station-uses-photos-of-singer-seal-to-report-on-actor-michael-clarke-duncans-death

Weird, because 50% of the city is black.

Heh, no way! This just happened very recently in China! They used a photo of Carl Weathers from the set of the movie "Predator" for Joseph Kony, some guy from a Ugandan guerrilla group (there was a bunch of media attention on him some time back, the Kony 2012 campaign). A friend of mine, D-BOY pointed it out who caught the problem at his job at a Chinese newspaper:

QuoteToday this landed on my desk. When I asked why we were using a photo of Apollo Creed/Action Jackson for Joseph Kony, I was informed it was a stock photo of Kony that most Chinese media groups are using.

I hope Carl Weathers isn't living anywhere near a Chinatown or he might have an exceptionally shitty Friday.

I asked him how the hell did this happen?

QuoteThis is surprisingly simple. Essentially, people wanting to have fun with their similar taste in fashion started posting photos of Carl Weathers on Facebook and showing how close he looked (arguable) to Joseph Kony. Eventually, this spilled over to Twitter and from there to Sina Weibo.

At some point, people stopped using the comparison and just began posting Carl Weathers and saying it was Joseph Kony.

The text linking temporarily unbalanced the weighted image results on Google and Baidu, and when Chinese media began to report on Kony 2012, the first image they pulled was of Carl Weathers. Since no one here knows the actor, it ended up becoming a file photo since Google is Always Correct.

TheClash603 · 09/04/2012, 11:22 PM

That is awesome because it is Carl Weathers!

Colossus1574 · 09/05/2012, 12:23 AM

Film highlights for me would be: Daredevil (pre-dates Sam Jackson in a black actor playing a white character), Scorpion King, and of course Slammin' Salmon! His death is sad news... but how he got into Hollywood was such a great story! 54, way too young.

NightWolve · 09/05/2012, 12:44 AM

Quote from: TheClash603 on 09/04/2012, 11:22 PMThat is awesome because it is Carl Weathers!

Well, not for him technically! It's probably a very bad idea for him to visit China if he ever wanted to... ;) But eh, joking aside, Carl hasn't aged too well, so not really. That photo of his from Predator was when he was in his prime, so he looks quite a bit different these days.

But back on topic: Michael Clark in "Green Mile," great movie! Also enjoyed him in Armageddon and the other Michael Bay film, "The Island." Great guy, big heart that sure did love his mama. ;) He'll be missed... Ah yeah, forgot to add Sin City, an absolutely fantastic action-comic movie like none before I've ever seen with an all-star cast!

CPTRAVE · 09/05/2012, 03:15 AM

Yeah that sucks he was a good actor. So why did he have a heart attack did they ever figure that out?

PunkCryborg · 09/05/2012, 08:56 PM

Quote from: NightWolve on 09/04/2012, 05:25 PMEDIT: PunkCryborg, Arkhan, tell the truth, you guys set that up, didn't you? ;)

We chatted about it when ark called me at 3am like he does every night

Tatsujin · 09/06/2012, 01:22 AM

Quote from: CPTRAVE on 09/05/2012, 03:15 AMYeah that sucks he was a good actor. So why did he have a heart attack did they ever figure that out?

Tall guys die early. The heart has so much more to do.
and watching at his late body size, there may have been other things involved too.

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