Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:43:00
Charlton Heston Dead at 84
Crossposted from Moorewatch
What a shame. It’s a shame that such a massive man, in skill, heart and stature, was reduced by Alzheimer.s for so long. What might be the biggest shame of all is that Heston’s last public appearance will be probably be remembered as Mikey (Moore) presented it in that travesty of a lie-filled, “creatively edited” segment in Bowling For Columbine.
I doubt Michael is capable of shame as a human being anymore - if he ever was - but if he is, I hope that for just a brief moment today, he is ashamed of what he did to Mr. Heston in that film, especially now knowing the man was in the early grips of a disease that confounds, confuses and erases the mind.
So...what was your favorite Heston role? I must admit, I hated Branaugh’s Hamlet, but I thought Heston was great in it. I’d have to say that my favorite role of his was George Taylor in Planet of the Apes. All around, that’s the role of his that stuck with me the most over my life. He played them all, though. Marc Antony three or four times, Ben Hur, the Player King, Michelangelo, Jefferson, Richelieu, John the Baptist, Moses, Macbeth, Andrew Jackson...the list goes on and on.
Rest easy, Chuck. From our cold, dead hands now. We’ll keep those damn dirty apes at bay.
Posted by JimK at 04:43 PM on April 06, 2008
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#2 Posted by Rann Aridorn 
on 04/07 at 12:50 AM -
I was expecting a celebration of sorts from him but he only had a picture up with the dates.
That’s because it’s actually quite ingenuous. See, if he does that, the handful of remaining loyalist leftards he still has clinging to his ass to compliment the smell of his farts will recognize it for the gloating that it is, thus he gets points with them. But since he’s not actually SAYING anything, he gets plausible deniability about it being said gloating. “It was just a marking of his passing” or whatever excuse.
#3 Posted by Ryley R. Hayes on 04/07 at 03:21 AM -
So…
Great actor??? Or GREATEST actor???
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#1 Posted by Janna
on 04/06 at 07:08 PM -
When I read the news this morning online, I came here and to Moorewatch to see if you had anything posted yet but alas you hadn’t. I was reading some comments on MSN and AOL left by people and the lefty moonbats were out in full force. I then decided to check out Mikey’s page to see what he had up. I was expecting a celebration of sorts from him but he only had a picture up with the dates.
I will always love Ben Hur. I think it is one of my all time favorite movies. The chariot race is just amazing.
Heston will be missed. he was one of the greats.