Director Tony Scott commits suicide....

**slim pickens** · 08-20-2012, 01:00 AM

'Top Gun' director dies after jumping off bridge - Yahoo! Movies

**Yoda** · 08-20-2012, 01:23 AM

If someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it?

**zimm** · 08-20-2012, 01:28 AM

Originally Posted by Yoda

If someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it?

if i'd spent that much of my life working with Tom Cruise, probably.

**hueytaxi** · 08-20-2012, 01:58 AM

Gosh. Tie up traffic for hours and he could have done the same thing with a simple swan drive off his roof onto the driveway. A couple cops show up, the ambulance and possibly a crime scene/forensic tecnician. No one is inconvenienced and you are still dead. Yeah, I know....cold.

**Juck Verllo** · 08-20-2012, 08:43 AM

True Romance. One of my all time favorites.

**Oblong** · 08-20-2012, 08:56 AM

He was working on "Killing Lincoln"... that was a great book. I encourage anyone interested in history or LIncoln himself to get it. Don't let the fact that Bill O Reilly is the author temper your view.

**chasfh** · 08-20-2012, 09:59 AM

If you look at the cover of that book, at first blush, the first thting you process is, "Bill O'Reilly Killing Lincoln".

**chasfh** · 08-20-2012, 10:02 AM

Anyhow, I wonder whether Tony Scott got a terminal illness diagnosis? That's not unusual for people of an advanced age.

**Greenwit** · 08-20-2012, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by chasfh

If you look at the cover of that book, at first blush, the first thting you process is, "Bill O'Reilly Killing Lincoln".

Why would you 'process' that. Especially given the bold red subtitle.

**chasfh** · 08-20-2012, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by Greenwit

Why would you 'process' that. Especially given the bold red subtitle.

It's a first glance reaction. The first words that jump out at you are "Bill O'Reilly Killing Lincoln", because they're dozens of point sizes bigger than any other words on the cover. I think that's funny.

It was a joke. You're not really offended, are you?

**Oblong** · 08-20-2012, 10:25 AM

Especially since poor Dugard gets 2nd billing like that....

Seriously, I learned quite a bit from the book.

Another one I want to get is an alternate history book called The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln, he survives the assassination attempt and is impeached.

**Oblong** · 08-20-2012, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by chasfh

Anyhow, I wonder whether Tony Scott got a terminal illness diagnosis? That's not unusual for people of an advanced age.

That's a good point.

Or drugs.

Didn't Don Simpson die of a heart attack because of all the coke he was doing? I think he was part of that gang.

**chasfh** · 08-20-2012, 10:30 AM

Not sure who Don Simpson is?

Tell you what, though: if I were to get a death sentence diagnosis like ALS, I'd be sorely tempted to go out and buy my first handgun and first bullet.

**Oblong** · 08-20-2012, 10:45 AM

Don Simpson was Jerry Buckheimer's partner, they did a lot of those movies together, I think Scott was tied up with them.

Speaking of that... remember when Christopher Reeve died, then his wife died a few months later? My theory is they found out she didn't have long to live and he wanted to go first so that she wouldn't have to worry about taking care of him and could come to terms with her own mortality.

**Biff Mayhem** · 08-20-2012, 10:47 AM

Interesting theory

**Greenwit** · 08-20-2012, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by chasfh

It's a first glance reaction. The first words that jump out at you are "Bill O'Reilly Killing Lincoln", because they're dozens of point sizes bigger than any other words on the cover. I think that's funny.

It was a joke. You're not really offended, are you?

If you look at hardcovers it's pretty typical to have author names and titles bolded. You've never noticed that? I've never heard of this author but the title (and image) is amusing....O'Reilly Killing Lincoln=not funny. But....whatever floats your boat my dark friend!

**Euphdude** · 08-20-2012, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by chasfh

If you look at the cover of that book, at first blush, the first thting you process is, "Bill O'Reilly Killing Lincoln".

I am no Bill O'Reilly fan by any means, and I did not process the cover of that book in that fashion.

**chasfh** · 08-20-2012, 11:09 AM

I guess some people just don't get language jokes. Ah well. Can't please everyone.

**Melody** · 08-20-2012, 11:40 AM

You know, Roger brings up a pretty good point. Why did this guy choose such a public and melodramatic way of ending his life? There's the trauma to the psyche of the witnesses, the expense and inconvenience to the rest of the city, and personal risk to the divers who had to search for his body.

Edit: This subject was already kind of on my mind today after a local activist's body was found in a public park (where kids play, hello?) after he had shot himself.

**rhino** · 08-20-2012, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by chasfh

I guess some people just don't get language jokes. Ah well. Can't please everyone.

When the Tigers lose a couple in a row, this crowd gets tough to amuse.

**Greenwit** · 08-20-2012, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by Melody

You know, Roger brings up a pretty good point. Why did this guy choose such a public and melodramatic way of ending his life? There's the trauma to the psyche of the witnesses, the expense and inconvenience to the rest of the city, and personal risk to the divers who had to search for his body.

Edit: This subject was already kind of on my mind today after a local activist's body was found in a public park (where kids play, hello?) after he had shot himself.

Perhaps the public part was not at issue but rather the mode..... Jumping from a high place into water was deemed the best to him of other alternatives. The news account reports he didn't hesitate or linger on the bridge. He meant business rather than putting on a protracted scene.

**Oblong** · 08-20-2012, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by chasfh

Anyhow, I wonder whether Tony Scott got a terminal illness diagnosis? That's not unusual for people of an advanced age.

I saw a tweet that said he had inoperable brain cancer...

**Greenwit** · 08-20-2012, 02:38 PM

Tony Scott, director of "Top Gun," "Days of Thunder" and "Crimson Tide," had inoperable brain cancer, a source close to him told ABC News.

'Top Gun' Director Tony Scott Had Inoperable Brain Cancer - ABC News

**Motor City Sonics** · 08-20-2012, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by Oblong

That's a good point.

Or drugs.

Didn't Don Simpson die of a heart attack because of all the coke he was doing? I think he was part of that gang.

You could be thinking of Ted Demme. He was shooting hoops one day, like he did 3 times a week and just fell over and died, dead before he hit the concrete. He did a ton of coke in his day.

**Melody** · 08-20-2012, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by Greenwit

Tony Scott, director of "Top Gun," "Days of Thunder" and "Crimson Tide," had inoperable brain cancer, a source close to him told ABC News.

'Top Gun' Director Tony Scott Had Inoperable Brain Cancer - ABC News

Sad.