RIP, Bill Paxton.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 12:01 pm

Game over at 61.

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 12:05 pm

complications from surgery. Haven't heard what kind of surgery though.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 12:14 pm

So many good movies and shows. Man, what a suck.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 12:21 pm

F@#$. Damn.

RIP

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 12:41 pm

That's too young.

RIP.

MonkeyFinger · Post by **MonkeyFinger** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 12:51 pm

Tell me about it. That's my age FFS.

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 12:56 pm

Such a shame.

Are we sure it wasn't Bill Pullman though?

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 1:01 pm

Damn! RIP

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 1:17 pm

If asked to name 10 of my favorite movies, Paxton's name will appear in more than one's credits. RIP to one of the greats.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 1:21 pm

TMZ reporting that it was a post-op stroke following heart surgery.

People

PEOPLE has an exclusive sneak peek clip from the first episode of the new series, which premieres Thursday, and Paxton is particularly excited for fans to see him work with [his son] James, who recently costarred on the USA thriller Eye Witness.

James “plays the son in a father-son robbery team,” says Paxton, who also has a daughter Lydia, 19, with his wife Louise. “And my character, whose dad was also a criminal, tells him, ‘We’re both our father’s sons, but that doesn’t have to define us.’ It was surreal saying that to him.”

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 1:25 pm

I wish CNN would drop "star of Twister" from the headline announcing his death. I know it made a ton of cash, but sheesh.

I need to watch A Simple Plan again.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 1:51 pm

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 1:52 pm

First movie I think of when I think of him is Apollo 13...one of my favorites of all time. I never thought he had great acting chops, personally, but he was in some awesome films.

IceBear · Post by **IceBear** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 2:16 pm

I'll always remember him as the punk giving him his clothes in Terminator. So many things Cameron took from Terminator to use in Aliens...Paxton was one of them. Rest in piece

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 2:40 pm

Carpet_pissr wrote:First movie I think of when I think of him is Apollo 13...one of my favorites of all time. I never thought he had great acting chops, personally, but he was in some awesome films.

+1. He had one of those background-type faces, not instantly recognizable -- I had to google him to remember what he looked like -- yet his name comes up in the credits of a surprising number of films that I've seen.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 2:44 pm

He's always Chet from Weird Science to me.

RIP.

gameoverman · Post by **gameoverman** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 2:55 pm

He was always great. It's hard for me to pick a favorite work of his. Near Dark maybe, I can't imagine anyone else doing that role in that way and making it work that good.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:11 pm

WTF? That one really hurts. Frailty is one of my favorite movies of all time.

Grifman · Post by **Grifman** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:23 pm

His role in Aliens was my favorite. Sad to hear this

IceBear · Post by **IceBear** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:32 pm

Skinypupy wrote:He's always Chet from Weird Science to me.

RIP.

I forgot he was Chet....Doh

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:33 pm

IceBear wrote:I'll always remember him as the punk giving him his clothes in Terminator.

I just pointed out to my son that the guy who pulls the knife on Arnie is the "game over" guy from Aliens.

He was suitably....Disinterested.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:34 pm

IceBear wrote:
Skinypupy wrote:He's always Chet from Weird Science to me.

RIP.
I forgot he was Chet....Doh

Chet the giant turd.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:48 pm

I didn't think it was a whale's dick, honey.

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 4:08 pm

This one really bummed me out. He was one of those actors that was seemingly in everything, and always good.

If you've never checked out FRAILTY, now would be a great time to do so. It's one of his few directing credits, and he also stars in it. Vastly underrated horror/thriller.

Suitably Ironic Moniker · Sun Feb 26, 2017 4:14 pm

One of the great things about him was his ability to play the everyman. He just comes off as a completely normal guy in most of his roles, which is one reason why Frailty was great, as it plays off of that. A Simple Plan, Apollo 13, His work for James Cameron, so many great roles, not to mention he had a reputation for being a nice, down to earth guy. This just sucks that he's gone.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 4:17 pm

I used to always say that he died in almost every movie was in.
One day out of curiosity, I pulled his IMDB list and went through his list of credits.
At the time, it turned out he lived in slightly over half of his credits which surprised me.

He's one of only two guys to get knocked off by the big three though, Terminator, Predator, and Aliens.

The other, of course, being Lance Henrickson whom he also died alongside of in Near Dark.

WarPig · Post by **WarPig** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 4:26 pm

Chet? Aw, shit!

Archinerd · Post by **Archinerd** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 4:30 pm

Well, that sucks.

Xmann · Post by **Xmann** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 6:51 pm

shit

It's always a kick to the gut when you log in and see a thread with this title. you just hope it isn't what it seems.

RIP

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 8:33 pm

Tribute from Storm Chasers

Moat_Man · Post by **Moat_Man** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 8:52 pm

Don't forget Predator 2.

RIP

Dramatist · Post by **Dramatist** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:10 pm

And no one has mentioned Fish Heads...

RIP Mr. Paxton

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 11:02 pm

Game over man! Game over!

Come on nobody??

Loved the guy. I remember him as Chet..so funny.

I just saw the cast together from Aliens on YouTube where they appeared on Today or something. He looked the best of them all. People in the comments even said he looked the same compared to the others.

Damnit. Thats scary. My wife had heart surgery. Anything can happen and it sucks. Love ya Bill!

RIP to a good man.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 11:16 pm

It was literally the first thing posted here.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 11:39 pm

Not the whole line though.

Scoop20906 · Post by **Scoop20906** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:27 am

This is a gut punch. One of my favorite actors. Was always someone you noticed in a scene. Take Care, Bill.

D.A.Lewis · Post by **D.A.Lewis** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 1:32 am

RIP

For a nice stretch of time, he was in all the movies I liked .

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:05 pm

D.A.Lewis wrote:RIP

For a nice stretch of time, he was in all the movies I liked .

And all the ones you didn't like. And all the ones you didn't see. And all the ones that were cancelled. He makes Kevin Bacon seem like an unknown.

I loved Paxton in pretty much everything he's ever been in, ever.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:49 pm

GreenGoo wrote:
D.A.Lewis wrote:RIP

For a nice stretch of time, he was in all the movies I liked .
And all the ones you didn't like. And all the ones you didn't see. And all the ones that were cancelled. He makes Kevin Bacon seem like an unknown.

I loved Paxton in pretty much everything he's ever been in, ever.

Even The Dark Backward?

gameoverman · Post by **gameoverman** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:33 pm

Daehawk wrote:Not the whole line though.

I posted something in this thread, isn't that enough?