Rest in peace, Patrick

[may7fic]

Patrick Swayze was one of my first major actor crushes, long before I ever saw Dirty Dancing or Ghost. I cried for his character Gary Sturgis in a 1981 episode of M*A*S*H and religiously watched the short-lived The Renegades because of his  "Bandit" - the character he'd played in the 1982 TV movie of the same name. 1983 gave him to me in Uncommon

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[gatorpez]

God, The Outsiders, Red Dawn and Dirty Dancing ("Nobody puts Baby in a corner"), especially The Outsiders and Dirty Dancing were a great part of my "tween"/teen years.

RIP, Patrick. May you rest in peace.

[may7fic]

I've been lacking any enthusiasm at all over the news of the Red Dawn remake but just read today that JDM had been given the equivalent role that Powers Boothe had in the original. A role that I think he'd be perfect for. Funny how thoughts of that movie brought out hope for potential and then much sadness in just a few hours.

I just finished composing an email to someone who has 2 Tucker kids, the youngest being Tumble's brother Dakota and the oldest, Zoe, having been bred by others. Zoe is quite ill and the owner I think was basically looking for advice or maybe even words of approval, letting her know it's okay to let Zoe go. I gave it to her. How did this night suddenly become so sad? Sigh.

On a much more pleasant note, how was your trip? Did you guys watch the premiere together?

[gatorpez]

I just saw a local news piece about Patrick's death and some of the movies he's done, and I can't believe I forgot about "Point Break" (with Keanu Reeves).

I can't believe Hollywood is remaking Red Dawn...it wasn't that great of a movie in the 80s. They need to stop looking to the 80s for inspiration for today's movie and TV shows.

Yes, we watched the premiere together...we all thought it was a pretty lackluster premiere, we only watched it once. The trip was good, but the weather was only so-so. I met a friend of mog's and Ti's...she was also in the Mag7 fandom(she was an Ezra fan). Does the name Meg Tipper sound familiar to you?

btw, I mailed the DVDs today, the post office said you should have them in about 6-10 business days, so sometime next week.

[may7fic]

Yup, Point Break is one for the records books

[leelust]

Damn... *sigh*

[may7fic]

Yeah... that about sums it up :(

[deangirl1]

So very sad and much, much too soon. We were actually watching one of the last episodes of The Beast tonight and remarked what great work he had done in this series. The series itself was nothing particularly special and the young "hunky" lead seems to fancy himself another DiCaprio, but Patrick did some very, very fine work and delivered consistently wonderful performances. I was so, so hoping he would be able to beat this. He did well to hang on for as long as he did.
He was one of my early crushes as well -- I think North and South was what really put him on my map...
He will be missed, but I am sure he will also be remembered.

[may7fic]

I didn't watch The Beast consistently enough to follow the underlying story but truly enjoyed Patrick's work on it. I thought he did a fabulous job. I too hoped he'd pull through somehow. It really is too sad.

[moondropz]

I think I need to put in my dvd of The Outsiders. I fell hard for him in that.
*Clings*

[may7fic]

You'll never believe me when I tell you this but I cast Patrick as Daryl long before Coppola did. When I first found out who was cast, I thought I'd dreamt it and then once I saw the posters and first ads, I realized it was real. Man did I squee (before I even knew the word existed) when I found out Coppola agreed with me! LOL

[moondropz]

That's awesome! I was thrilled to see him in that movie-I adored the book. I read it so many times and now it's in tatters-lol. But he made that character for me. :)

[may7fic]

That book and the movie meant a whole lot to me. I think its the same for many of us though ::sigh::

[chocca2]

*sigh* A great loss indeed. I have a list of movies from 'The outsiders' and right through 80s and 90s, films that I enjoyed.

May he R.I.P