I totally forgot Bill Paxton died... (Paxton Appreciation Thread)

[Senator Toadstool]

I'm totally sad now again...

Twister (and the old ride at Orlando's Universal) and Titanic were such a part of my childhood. I can't believe it's been 4+ years.

Also, who could forget him as a punk in Terminator

 

[The Real Napsta]

He was great in Marvel's Agents of SHIELD

 

[krazen]

I still say Frailty (which he directed) as a horror movie was a slept on gem. Creepy take on religious mania.



Trailer is a bit cheesyfied, but u get the drift

 

[Mona]

 

[Deleted member 8257]

^ I was about to make a post about Frailty. Absolutely incredible acting from Bill Paxton and a really crazy fucking ending. Must watch for Paxton or Horror fans. 10/10 movie.

Yeah the trailer is lol don't watch it.

 

[Joni]

Time to confuse people.

 

[Strafer]

He's been killed by The Terminator, Alien and Predator.

 

[captive]

he was great in Edge of Tomorrow.

 

[Helix]

Time to confuse people.

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wow nice bills

 

[Saganator]

I still say Frailty (which he directed) as a horror movie was a slept on gem. Creepy take on religious mania.



Trailer is a bit cheesyfied, but u get the drift

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Wow. I totally forgot I've seen this movie before. Fucked up but really good.

 

[shaneo632]

Yeah I just remember being in the supermarket and it popped up on my phone. Just walked around in a daze for the rest of my trip.

 

[Duncan]

ASS LIKE A TEN YEAR OLD BOY

 

[thewienke]

Time to confuse people.

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I'm so glad I'm not the only one to get him confused with Bill Pullman

 

[Scullibundo]

Bill Paxton has always seemed like a stand up guy. Just a really cool dude

I still remember that when Cameron brought Paxton with him to dive Titanic for Ghosts of the Abyss, Paxton telling Cameron about the WTC attack upon surfacing from the latest dive down.

 

[ZeoVGM]

 

[Joni]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one to get him confused with Bill Pullman

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The good thing is that both Bills loved being mixed up.

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[Crazy_about_media]

Just have to tell people about Near Dark probably one of most underrated vampire films(Martin is the most underrated) and it got my favorite Bill Paxton performance.

 

[FTF]

Time to confuse people.

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How can the same Bill be in two places at the same time??

 

[Vincent Alexander]

I still say Frailty (which he directed) as a horror movie was a slept on gem. Creepy take on religious mania.



Trailer is a bit cheesyfied, but u get the drift

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I rewatched this recently. Still a great movie, but the final act hasn't aged as well. Wish they left it open-ended if they were legit or not.

 

[ZeoVGM]

Time to confuse people.

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Good lord, BIll's son, James, looks so much like him.




I loved that for the final season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., they asked James to play the younger version of the character Bill played in its first season before he passed away.

 

[BossAttack]

Why don't we put her in charge, man?!

 

[Extra Sauce]

Time to confuse people.

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for me it was Bill Pullman and Jeff Daniels that I kept confusing for awhile there as a kid.

 

[Chaz Ashley]

for me it was Bill Pullman and Jeff Daniels that I kept confusing for awhile there as a kid.

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I mixed up Bill Pullman and Bill Campbell sometimes.

 

[DarkSora]

Gone way too soon.

Saw Predator 2 over the weekend and wondered what he had been doing recently before realized he was gone.

 

[blame space]

the reason you watch a simple plan is billy bob thorton, but paxton is the glue that holds the movie together.

 

[Senator Toadstool]

Gone way too soon.

Saw Predator 2 over the weekend and wondered what he had been doing recently before realized he was gone.

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Same I was watching Titanic and was like, wonder what he's been up to since Billy Zane is now a meme, and was like "fuck, forgot about that..."

 

[thenexus6]

True Lies for me. He is so good in that movie.

 

[ErnieMcCracken]

Always killed me in Weird Science. He was such an ass but did it so well.

 

[JoJo'sDentCo]

:(

 

[Deleted member 13101]

Yeah he had come up recently because of the recent Loki episode that named a couple of minor security characters hicks and hudson with their full character names.

 

[Sweet James Jones]

Stole the show in True Lies, a true fucking feat.

 

[StrangeRoboMemory]

Classic actor, RIP.

 

[AgentOtaku]

Watched Streets of Fire finally recently (movie is dope as hell and basically inspired Final Fight) and yeah, Bill was in it :(

 

[Jon Carter]

Yeah, I have no idea what it is about him but for some reason it's hard to remember that he died. He just comes off as a guy who would die an old man.

 

[dragonbane]

Really funny and great in Edge of Tomorrow.

 

[Traxus]

Watched Streets of Fire finally recently (movie is dope as hell and basically inspired Final Fight) and yeah, Bill was in it :(

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Wow, this looks like the most 80s thing ever.

 

[AgentOtaku]

Wow, this looks like the most 80s thing ever.

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It's utterly amazing and tragically forgotten.

 

[Night]

Frailty is one of my favorite movies.

 

[4CornersTHSA]

Aliens is an absurdly quoted film for me, and Paxton carries more than his fair share of the weight in that department. He was awesome in Twister too. In fact I don't think I've seen him in anything where he wasn't at least really good if not one of the best things in the film. I'll definitely have to check out Frailty too. RIP.

 

[Traxus]

It's utterly amazing and tragically forgotten.

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Inspired Final Fight, with Willem Dafoe and Bill Paxton and they're not even top billed? Haha absolutely going to give it a watch.

 

[Silvergun-Blue]

He was a sad loss, great character actor.

 

[Coolverine]

 

[Ambient]

He was a sad loss, great character actor.

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I recently watched that again and forgot he was in. Despite the small role in the film he nailed it.

 

[dubc]

Always killed me in Weird Science. He was such an ass but did it so well.

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Gotta love Chet's laugh lol

[edit] Bah, video embed doesn't work for it:

Laughing it up with Chet

He's such a wonderfull guy

m.youtube.com

 

[AaronMT]

Man, I just watched Aliens again last night and was thinking of him

 

[No Depth]

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Whoa…do I need to watch Agents of Shield?

 

[Firebrand]

Most recently saw his as "Soldier #8" in Stripes.

 

[wafflebrain]

Great thread, love him. There's a few movies mentioned here I didn't know about, need to check those out.

His role in Weird Science is one of my favorites.

 

[ZeoVGM]

Whoa…do I need to watch Agents of Shield?

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Yes.

The answer is always yes.

First season is shaky -- mainly in the first half before Bill shows up and it ties in with Winter Soldier. But don't skip any of it. At that point, it finds its voice and the show remains largely great until it ends at season 7. Seasons 2 and 4 especially are, in my opinion, some of the best content in the entire MCU alongside the best films. (Its canon status is a bit up in the air but the show is so good, it won't detract from the quality.)

 

[Deleted member 37011]

Wow, I didn't even know he died.