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Why is the Passing of Carrie Fisher Important?

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Why is the Passing of Carrie Fisher Important?
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RE: Why is the Passing of Carrie Fisher Important?
December 29, 2016 at 9:01 pm
(December 29, 2016 at 8:58 pm)paulpablo Wrote: Tv people know there's a lot of geeks out there who find this important so they'll stick it on the tv.

It's a pretty simplistic popularity contest, I imagine princess Leah or whatever her name was is more popular than whatever gene wilder did, I liked him in willy wonkas chocolate factory.

What!?!?! Young Frankenstein has to be the funniest movie of all time second only to the Holy Grail.
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RE: Why is the Passing of Carrie Fisher Important?
December 29, 2016 at 9:19 pm
(December 29, 2016 at 9:01 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:
(December 29, 2016 at 8:58 pm)paulpablo Wrote: Tv people know there's a lot of geeks out there who find this important so they'll stick it on the tv.

It's a pretty simplistic popularity contest, I imagine princess Leah or whatever her name was is more popular than whatever gene wilder did, I liked him in willy wonkas chocolate factory.

What!?!?! Young Frankenstein has to be the funniest movie of all time second only to the Holy Grail.

No way. That would be Blazing Saddles, also starring Gene Wilder.
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RE: Why is the Passing of Carrie Fisher Important?
December 29, 2016 at 11:22 pm
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RE: Why is the Passing of Carrie Fisher Important?
December 29, 2016 at 11:37 pm
(December 29, 2016 at 10:50 am)Rhythm Wrote: The bonds people make with their fictional heroes can be very strong, and deeply meaningful on a personal (and in the case of such a popular franchise, cultural) level.  You should understand this perfectly well.

Snerk. Smile

*+1 point for getting a religious dig in in a funereal thread*
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RE: Why is the Passing of Carrie Fisher Important?
December 30, 2016 at 9:45 am
It won't change my life
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