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    Michael Madsen has died

    (www.nytimes.com)
    117 points anigbrowl | 38 comments | 03 Jul 25 22:17 UTC | HN request time: 1.278s | source | bottom
    1. bloudermilk ◴[03 Jul 25 22:39 UTC] No.44459735[source]▶
    https://archive.is/4vDMw
    2. adaisadais ◴[03 Jul 25 22:45 UTC] No.44459762[source]▶
    Stuck in the middle with you
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    3. danso ◴[03 Jul 25 22:55 UTC] No.44459796[source]▶
    Roger Ebert on Madsen’s breakout role in Reservoir Dogs:

    > One of the discoveries in the movie is Madsen, who has done a lot of acting over the years (he had a good role in “The Natural“) but here emerges with the kind of really menacing screen presence only a few actors achieve; he can hold his own with the fearsome Tierney, and reminds me a little of a very mean Robert De Niro.

    RIP MM

    https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/reservoir-dogs-1992

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    5. StopTheWorld ◴[03 Jul 25 23:04 UTC] No.44459843[source]▶
    Can't forget his appearance at the beginning of the classic hacker movie, WarGames.
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    6. donatj ◴[03 Jul 25 23:07 UTC] No.44459856[source]▶
    It's truly fascinating that someone can be in 300 plus movies and I, a film buff, can have only heard of maybe ten of them.
    7. genghisjahn ◴[03 Jul 25 23:26 UTC] No.44459953[source]▶
    My kids and I use that phrase "THAT'S NOT THE CORRECT PROCEDURE!" whenever one of us isn't doing what we're supposed to.
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    8. n1b0m ◴[03 Jul 25 23:39 UTC] No.44460019[source]▶
    Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that.
    9. linotype ◴[04 Jul 25 00:18 UTC] No.44460184[source]▶
    Cardiac arrest, ooof. RIP.
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    10. rcurry ◴[04 Jul 25 00:21 UTC] No.44460200[source]▶
    Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am stuck with Hacker News.
    11. myvoiceismypass ◴[04 Jul 25 00:32 UTC] No.44460248[source]▶
    I was just watching Donnie Brasco earlier this week. He was so awesome as Sonny Black (great movie if you have never seen, true story undercover mob fbi story)!
    12. toomuchtodo ◴[04 Jul 25 00:41 UTC] No.44460283[source]▶
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Madsen

    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000514/

    https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://michaelmadsen.com/

    13. 0x445442 ◴[04 Jul 25 00:52 UTC] No.44460317[source]▶
    My two favorite characters of his were Budd and The Matadore.
    14. ferociouskite56 ◴[04 Jul 25 01:01 UTC] No.44460338[source]▶
    He was funny in Vengeance Unlimited season 1 episode 15 "Stay tuned. It's gonna get stranger."
    15. ViktorRay ◴[04 Jul 25 01:08 UTC] No.44460359[source]▶
    Dude had a unique presence in the films he was in. Highly memorable characters.

    Rest in peace.

    16. fumeux_fume ◴[04 Jul 25 01:22 UTC] No.44460403[source]▶
    “Wrap your lips around this.” Often gets quoted in our household when serving a drink. RIP MM.
    17. timbo1642 ◴[04 Jul 25 01:25 UTC] No.44460415[source]▶
    He was a cool guy. He used to come to my workplace more than a decade ago when I worked there and was always pleasant. He would always talk to a few of us (mostly my boss) and joke around. Sad to see him go
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    18. hobbitstan ◴[04 Jul 25 01:28 UTC] No.44460425[source]▶
    That sucks, I just watched him on the One Bad Movie podcast. He had a great story about Pacino:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjth0fhAhSI

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    19. jonbaer ◴[04 Jul 25 01:38 UTC] No.44460465[source]▶
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6aCpS0-yls
    20. anon7725 ◴[04 Jul 25 01:40 UTC] No.44460479[source]▶
    I rewatched WarGames recently. It holds up and is worth watching again. In particular with our current concerns over AI it feels ahead of its time.
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    21. wileydragonfly ◴[04 Jul 25 01:50 UTC] No.44460510[source]▶
    Everyone dies of cardiac arrest
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    22. pimlottc ◴[04 Jul 25 02:27 UTC] No.44460654{3}[source]▶
    Everyone experiences cardiac arrest when they did, but that’s not always what kills you.
    23. windowshopping ◴[04 Jul 25 02:34 UTC] No.44460679[source]▶
    Why is this flagged/dead? Perfectly normal comment, isn't it?
    24. windowshopping ◴[04 Jul 25 02:35 UTC] No.44460683[source]▶
    Why is THIS comment flagged/dead? What is going on in this thread
    25. cbanek ◴[04 Jul 25 02:45 UTC] No.44460733[source]▶
    Sir we are at launch, TURN YOUR KEY.
    26. ekianjo ◴[04 Jul 25 02:51 UTC] No.44460755[source]▶
    he was great in Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill. shocking to see him go so soon
    27. ekianjo ◴[04 Jul 25 02:55 UTC] No.44460771{3}[source]▶
    not in the way you mean it
    28. knicholes ◴[04 Jul 25 04:09 UTC] No.44461061{3}[source]▶
    I thought most people died of shock?
    29. somenameforme ◴[04 Jul 25 04:16 UTC] No.44461084{3}[source]▶
    The interesting thing is that I think WarGames was likely [heavily] inspired by Colossus: The Forbin Project [1], released in 1970! It too, holds up extremely well.

    [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project

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    30. monster_truck ◴[04 Jul 25 04:51 UTC] No.44461219[source]▶
    He was fantastic on film, no doubt about it.

    But his work as Toni Cipriani in Grand Theft Auto 3 was what I always remembered him for. Bumped into him while I was at the beach on vacation forever ago. I was pretty lit and couldn't remember his real name so I said "ayyyyy Toni!" He picked up on it immediately and did the "do you know who I am? I'll beat the shit outta you for this!"

    RIP

    31. Dazzler5648 ◴[04 Jul 25 04:52 UTC] No.44461225[source]▶
    Last night, only hours before he died, I chose to watch Thelma and Louise. I was really struck by his character this time around, particularly in the diner and motel scenes. He absolutely nailed a male archetype I’m familiar with as a woman: the un-self-aware douche, and he managed it with Susan Sarandon staring at him. Chef's kiss and RIP you gorgeous thing.
    32. masteruvpuppetz ◴[04 Jul 25 05:20 UTC] No.44461342[source]▶
    Huh! sold his Hattori Hanzō sword in a pawn shop /s

    Good actor

    33. fithisux ◴[04 Jul 25 05:21 UTC] No.44461349[source]▶
    I remember him for Species

    RIP

    34. jonbaer ◴[04 Jul 25 05:47 UTC] No.44461479{4}[source]▶
    Also Fail Safe ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail_Safe_(1964_film)
    35. bigtex ◴[04 Jul 25 11:32 UTC] No.44463580[source]▶
    He did a short lived tv show about helping people out and then the stipulation was you had to be available when he needed you. It was a great concept but I think it lasted one season.
    36. bombcar ◴[04 Jul 25 12:44 UTC] No.44464024{3}[source]▶
    Reminds me of college days; we had a bit of tradition of changing Windows error sounds when the owner wasn’t looking.

    Depending on which sound you chose it could be weeks or months until they hit it.

    So maybe …

    37. lofaszvanitt ◴[04 Jul 25 14:59 UTC] No.44465130[source]▶
    And Hollywood couldn't write shit for him since ages... of course now everyone was best friends with him. The hypocrisy of this is stellar level bs.

    This is what they do. Elevate someone into the stratosphere and then let him fall and splatter on the concrete or just wath him wither away. That's why David Lynch eloquently said that Hollywood is H E L L itself.

    Yuck.