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RIP Alan Rickman, AKA Hans Gruber, Severus Snape (variety.com)

Posted by timothy on from the who-gets-all-those-bearer-bonds? dept.

TigerPlish writes to note Variety's report on the death of actor Alan Rickman, who died after a short bout with cancer, and was surrounded by friends and family when he went. Rickman may be most familiar to you as Hans Gruber in Die Hard (especially in his final scene), or as Harry Potter's Snape, but his film career was long, crossing genre lines and extending into five decades.

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  1. By Grabthar's Hamme... by mrzaph0d · · Score: 5, Insightful

    By Grabthar's Hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged

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    1. Re:By Grabthar's Hamme... by srmalloy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ten points to Slytherin.

    2. Re:By Grabthar's Hamme... by Fire_Wraith · · Score: 4, Funny

      Relax...

      He's now on a beach somewhere, earning 20%.

    3. Re:By Grabthar's Hamme... by peragrin · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Wasn't galaxy quest supposed to be a spoof? Replacing a cast member using the same name but looks different and call him the same is exactly like the series it spoofs.

      Also the search for Lazarus has a nice ring to it.

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    4. Re:By Grabthar's Hamme... by reboot246 · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I agree. To give you some idea of his talent, two of my favorite Alan Rickman movies were Love Actually and Dogma. That an actor could play such different roles in such different movies is testament to his talent. Only a few actors come close to playing such a wide range of characters.

  2. Condolences to Rima Horton by l2718 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Alan Rickman was also noted for his long-lasting partnership away from the limelight.

    1. Re:Condolences to Rima Horton by ArmoredDragon · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I don't know about these other movies, I remember his performance the most from Dogma.

  3. No Dogma? by Nidi62 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gotta love Rickman as the alcoholic Metatron in Dogma. Hopefully where he is now he's actually allowed to swallow the tequila.

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  4. By Grabthar's Hammer... by vanyel · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...Galaxy Quest ought to rate higher than Die Hard here...

    1. Re:By Grabthar's Hammer... by Nidi62 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      ...Galaxy Quest ought to rate higher than Die Hard here...

      Hans Gruber was (I thought) one of the more interesting characters in Die Hard, and certainly one of the best acted. He and the black terrorist were definitely the most entertaining characters, too.

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  5. Re:Dweeb Culture is not Nerd Culture. by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 5, Funny

    You made this all up. What a dweeb!

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  6. Re:Dweeb Culture is not Nerd Culture. by MightyMartian · · Score: 4, Insightful

    For chrissakes, he just alienated about 85% of all the Geeks I know. Galaxy Quest is one of the best Star Trek movies ever made, and in no small part because Rickman's ability to deliver cutting dialogue was second to none. Only Kevin Spacey could rival Rickman for the heart-stopping put down.

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  7. Re:Dweeb Culture is not Nerd Culture. by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Indeed ... "I see you've managed to get your shirt off" is one of the best lines imaginable.

    And if Sigourney Weaver saying "I mean, this is unreal. They're gonna start eating each other out there." isn't a brilliant send-up of rabid Trekkies, I have no idea what is.

    Galaxy Quest is a brilliant movie, and Rickman was about the most perfect for that character you could imagine.

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  8. Met him in NYC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    A friend of mine was with the audio crew for Galaxy Quest and when some of the stars were touring and in NYC he invited me to go with him to see them at a party. Met Rickman (and the others) - nice guy. And he lit up when I mentioned that I'd remembered him from one of the early episodes of Smiley's People (1982).

    Said everybody wanted to talk about Galaxy Quest & the Die Hards & Sense and Sensibility &c, but "NObody EVER talks about Smiley's People, and I LOVED doing that episode and working with Sir Alec Guinness (who had then recently passed away)!". I liked him.

    _I_ met Snape BEFORE he was Snape!