i think you'll find that's SIR christopher lee, young man. Now be on your way.

danr

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8097237.stm

now, i have a theory, and it is this :

EVERYBODY - and by that i mean everyone on this board, your children, parents, grandparents, all your friends and co-workers, all the people who live in your town - everybody will go to see a new, proper budget, high-production value, widely marketed and distributed mainstream film in which christopher lee is THE star. Not his usual for these days bit-part, but the proper top-billed, name-above-the-title star. Everybody.

i'm right, aren't i?

so, film studios of the world : if you want a new Titanic on your hands, it's simple. Sir Christopher Lee's name at the top of your poster. You'll coin it, properly.

oh, and best be quick about it, he's getting on a bit ...

Wahlgren

I dont get it

danr

or, in other words, film STARS - the ones with real presence and charisma who are the main event and everybody admires - are fast running out and aren't being replaced. That's a tragedy.

Give this man a proper starring role before he pops his clogs, dammit!

dehebo

I think the reason for that is a by-product of how the film industry operates now in comparison to his era.
Films are released every week, thousands a year. it is less 'magical'.

Mark Dygert

The Cabinet Office said 72% of the 984 recipients on the main list were ordinary people who have made a "real difference" to life in their communities.
They include six lifeboat personnel, three lollipop ladies - and Ian Shand, 65, who recently retired as the school janitor of Arduthie Primary School in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, and said news of his MBE came as a "hell of a shock".

Is that 984 this time around? She seems to be handing these out like candy, is that normal? If it is then I don't expect to see a boost his celeberty star power any time soon.

ElysiumGX

Jealous? Now he has joined the likes of Sir Ian McKellen, and Sir Sean Connery.

Wells

I do not recognize the title! Some foreign sovereignty will not make me call someone sir!

garararhahghgh!

kat

Sectaurs wrote: »

I do not recognize the title! Some foreign sovereignty will not make me call someone sir!

garararhahghgh!

You'll do it out of respect for the man then... or he'll sick his vampire hords onto you..

Rick Stirling

And let's not forget he was Count Duckula in Starwars.

Wells

kat wrote: »

You'll do it out of respect for the man then... or he'll sick his vampire hords onto you..

it loses any aspect of respect as soon as it's obligatory.


...but i do fear vampire hordes