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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 82 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Mutelogic@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago

God damnit. This is so much funnier than it deserves to be. I'm giggling angrily even now, and I suspect I'll think about this again before bedtime.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 67 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, but let's be honest...

If not for Star Wars his legacy would much more prominently feature brown face that has not aged nearly as well.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Search your feelings, Laurence.

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Laurence

'Orence

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 50 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, but he negotiated a percentage of the box office when nobody else believed in it.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 39 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The worst part of this is that Wookiepedia doesn't exist anymore. Fandom.com fucking ate it.

[–] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

Now that is upsetting. I remember it being such a good resource as a star wars obsessed early teen

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

Dafuq

Is there a writeup about what happened to it?

Why can't we have nice things anymore?

[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

He seems a lot more positive about it in this interview.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Seeing Obi-Wan in a suit is weird as hell

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Unironically I will always remember Alec in Tinker Tailor before Star Wars.

[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 weeks ago

From a certain point of view.

[–] Lupinthe3rd@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 weeks ago

He's suffering from success

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

...Ewoks ate each other? That's pretty metal, honestly

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And got in a tug of war with Gary Oldman over who people think of when they say "George Smiley"

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

For some reason I pictured Gary Coleman and this post is now hilarious to me

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I haven't seen Guinness as Smiley, but I recently watched The Spy Who Came in from the Cold with Richard Burton as Leames (and apparently a guy called Rupert Davies as Smiley), and holy moly was it boring. Dreadful.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (with Oldman) was slow af, but I at least found it watchable.

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

I thought the BBC tinker tailor and Smiley's People was really good, understated performances. But I'd read the books a few times so caught a lot of the cues.

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

You gotta have a legitimate British theater actor in your space wizard movie to sprinkle in a touch of authenticity.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

Last line hits hard though.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

sing it with me folks Donald! Has only got one ball!