5 overlooked deaths from 2010

Posted on 16th January 2011 by 8-Bit Chris
#5: Jul. 25 –the hustler
Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins died at 61 following a long battle with throat cancer. Hurricane Higgins, was a Northern Irish professional snooker player who was twice World Champion and twice runner-up. Higgins earned the nickname The Hurricane because of his speed of play. Higgins was also a former World Doubles champion with Jimmy White and won the World Cup three times with the All Ireland team. He also came to be known as the People’s Champion because of his popularity.
#4: Oct. 20 — The lads mag
Bob Guccione died from cancer. He founded Penthouse magazine back when in order to look at boobs, you had to pay money, as opposed to typing “boobs,” “porn,”"cheerleader”, “nurse,” “beaver” or, heck even”squishy” into Google. 
#3: May 28 — you know what i’m talkin’ ’bout 
Gary  Coleman was an American actor, known for his childhood role as Arnold Jackson in the American sitcom Diff’rent Strokes. He was described in the 1980s as “one of television’s most promising stars”.
#2: Jan 4 — worlds most lucky/unluckiest man
Tsutomu Yamaguchi, survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear attacks of 1945 dies of stomach cancer. During World War II, Yamaguchi lived in Nagasaki, but he just happened to be in Hiroshima for business on Aug. 6, 1945. After surviving the attack with just a few burns on his upper body, Yamaguchi, along with two co-workers, hightailed it back home to the safety of … Nagasaki. Two days later he reported back to work, just in time for the second bomb to hit.
 
#1: The man who made Star Wars 
Irvin Kershner dies from lung cancer. Kershner will always be known by geeks for directing the best sequal of all time. He also did James Bond’s Never Say Never again and robocop 2.

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Best Films Of . . .

Posted on 9th January 2011 by 8-Bit Chris

with the new year upon us i thought i’d give you lucky people a run down of the best films of 2011. Just remember now this is based purely on my own personal tastes and opinions & this year i’m not going for any artsy crap just film that i liked.

So here we go

#5 : Scott Pilgrim Vs the world . This is how you make a computer game movie. If you’ve seen it you’ll understand what i mean.

#4 : Kick Ass . What can i say but fantastic. Even thought hit girl steals the show its still magnificent.

#3 : Predators . finally a predator film us fans deserve. It takes it back to basics. Any one who’s a fan or loves sci-fi should see this.

#2 : The Expendables. yeah , yeah , yeah. I know what your thinking. But i grew up on 80′s action film like commando, red heat , predator, robocop etc. So for stalone to make a back to basics action film like they were made back in the day was very ballsy. And for me , it worked.

And finally the top spot , what else but . . .

#1 : Inception. Need i say more? Well I pretty much creamed my pants when i saw the dark knight, and thought ‘theres no way Nolan’s gonna top this’ , and he actually went and did it. Not only is the plot, character development, acting, cast, and visuals amazing. But this is what sci-fi is about. Christopher Nolan, i salute you.

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