Wood Goblin wrote: Wed Feb 18, 2026 10:05 am Just heard that Tom Noonan died.

What a great and often creepy actor that guy was. He first hit my radar with Mystery Train. While I’ve loved his work in just about everything, he gets especially large props for What Happened Was.

Thank you Tom Noonan for saving me from the other line of conversation! I loved this guy so much, what a unique and exceptional performer.

zorg wrote: Wed Feb 18, 2026 10:01 am

Frankie99 wrote: Wed Feb 18, 2026 9:52 am

zorg wrote: Tue Feb 17, 2026 12:58 pm a hot take that wasn't meant for your Gran or some little kids.

I hesitate to wade into these waters, it's probably not my place, but I fear you might have missed the point based on this snippet. In fact, you may have indicted yourself further.

What is your place exactly? But sure, lets cower in the corner until others give us permission to sit at the adult table. I thought a message board like this is a place to blow off steam and shoot-the-shit between reasonably intelligent people. I don't think ANYTHING I say here would make any difference "IRL" for any audience.

Probably not my place to offer you this criticism because I didn't think you'd hear it. And you don't hear it. I should have trusted my gut just let you keep going without my input.

Wood Goblin wrote: Wed Feb 18, 2026 10:05 am Just heard that Tom Noonan died.

What a great and often creepy actor that guy was. He first hit my radar with Mystery Train. While I’ve loved his work in just about everything, he gets especially large props for What Happened Was.

Dude, what was the movie he played a child killer, was it Last Action Hero or something? I could never shake off that from him as an actor, he did it so well. Same with Dylan Baker with Happiness. *shudder*

rsmurphy wrote: Tue Feb 17, 2026 7:56 pm

zorg wrote: Tue Feb 17, 2026 7:26 pm Similarly his spitting in food story, while perhaps understandable coming from an angry young man, was unbecoming of a civil rights crusader guided by Jesus' teachings.

Of course you would think it's unbecoming. That's not shade, mind you, just reality.

Why did you come in so hot?

Thought I'd give you another chance to respond since you've responded to nearly everyone else while I'm left on read. Like, is it punk? You posted "fuck this grifter," disputed his legacy with MLK Jr something like hours after his death, and I'm just curious about your mindset when you read in this thread that he died. What made it so arousing that you decided to act the way you did?

Wood Goblin wrote: Wed Feb 18, 2026 10:05 am Just heard that Tom Noonan died.

What a great and often creepy actor that guy was.

Was great and creepy in House of the Devil.

rsmurphy wrote: Fri Feb 20, 2026 9:04 am

rsmurphy wrote: Tue Feb 17, 2026 7:56 pm

zorg wrote: Tue Feb 17, 2026 7:26 pm Similarly his spitting in food story, while perhaps understandable coming from an angry young man, was unbecoming of a civil rights crusader guided by Jesus' teachings.

Of course you would think it's unbecoming. That's not shade, mind you, just reality.

Why did you come in so hot?

Thought I'd give you another chance to respond since you've responded to nearly everyone else while I'm left on read. Like, is it punk? You posted "fuck this grifter," disputed his legacy with MLK Jr something like hours after his death, and I'm just curious about your mindset when you read in this thread that he died. What made it so arousing that you decided to act the way you did?

Oh sorry, I think I apologized upthread that I was being a dick, speaking ill of the dead and all that, and also conceding that his role as an agitator, figurehead and symbol for good intentions might still have held value. I'm sure it was only that he'd been out of the news for a long time and then I fondly recollected how much I disliked him, so I was excited to rag on an old local favorite. If you poke around, I think you'll find that is not atypical for my outbursts. Ultimately I found him to be insincere, which is something I find near impossible to forgive, and makes me even more condescending.

For reference, my girlfriend had to hold me back from physically accosting Daley on the street while he was still in office. I think I had just gotten a parking ticket, or been unduly harassed by the CPD, so I was hot under the collar for some dumb reason when I saw him picking up lunch in Lincoln Park. It's a good thing she did because his goons would have made short work of me.

^ Thank you for the explanation. I was just curious why it wasn't directed at the guy who asked for it!

If you had asked me 20 years ago if I thought Bill Mazeroski was still alive, I would have said no.

Roberta Flack (Feb. 24, 2025)

When I heard the news while the forum was down for maintenance, I was thinking about the discussion about cover songs that are just as good as original. RIP.

Dan Simmons.

Read The Terror, if you haven't.

iembalm wrote: Fri Feb 27, 2026 3:00 pm Dan Simmons.

Read The Terror, if you haven't.

I loved Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion.