On August 13 2014 09:10 Xiphos wrote: Induced by 2 divorce rapes, Robin Williams had spoken with his close friends about serious money issues and concerns over his family's financial future in recent months.
That was SO much fun. Terry is such a great leader - just absolutely brilliant, but he has a childlike excitement that is contagious and spreads through the company, everybody has a lot of fun on a Terry movie. As far as Robin, originally I was a little anxious working with him because he's such an amazing comedian and I thought "Oh god, when I work with him he will be cracking jokes and I have some serious scenes with him, how is this going to work?"
I remember one particular scene where Robin was in a coma, unconscious, and I had a long monologue, and I thought "oh god, this guy is going to making jokes and stuff in the middle of this thing, winking at me trying to make me laugh" but when we got to that scene, he was so there for me in a completely silent way, that I could feel his support in the silence, there was no winking or cracking jokes, and I finally came to learn that Robin is a very serious, accomplished actor, and comedy is just one of the tricks in his trick bag. He is an all-time master entertainer and actor. And Terry, I can remember working late nights with Terry and Robin, until 4 o clock in the morning, we would work 16 hours, and Robin would start to go around the crew & cast and just riff on everybody, he would go on and on making us laugh with his improvisation. Most directors would look at their watch and say "Ok Robin time to go back to work" but Terry would do JUST the opposite. He would encourage Robin, he would say "Go! What about him? Or him?" so he would go on for 10, 15 minutes. And after that comedic break, everybody's batteries would be recharged, and we would be good for another couple hours.
Apparently its started when she sent a thank you message to all the people for their support. In response people sent the most horrific crap. These open platforms are the worst. At least you can filter hate mail.
Life can be hard, not allways easy to handle, especially when you are getting old and sick. R.I.P Robin Williams. Not being a movie guy Jumanji is the only one i watched from him, and i really enjoyed the movie and performance of him, back in the days.
Robin was brilliant insanity personified. He was a force of nature in comedy and drama. Often he worked improv entirely without a script. The man was an unabashed genius.
Really sad news. My wife and I both said the same things many others have said about this being one of the few times that a famous person passing has hit us. He gave so many people enjoyment and smiles, while saving few for himself it seems. We've been watching some of his movies to cheer us up. Even movies like "The Big Wedding" where he played such a small role, he just shined- and Robin Williams playing as a priest was just priceless.
Online trolls will very likely be able to be held accountable for their actions soon, but not soon enough. Instead of rewriting, I shall simply quote my own facebook posts:
I usually do not care about celebrity news, but my feed is full of reposted opinion pieces about Robin Williams' death. Take it from someone who fought depression for a good portion of childhood and pretty much all my teenage years. Depression does not go away. You can learn to fake good attitudes and you can learn how to "look normal" to everyone, but the mental feeling never goes away. Anti-depressants and constant flowing of medications only made me feel worse. Eventually, I had to find the strength within to give myself that extra desire to live every day. Every morning as hard as it might be to believe, I spend a good hour or so just trying to get myself to want to face another day of bullshit instead of doing what I'm pretty sure my body needs to do, rest and recover. It seems logical, almost preferable every time I contemplate it to die rather than live, but I keep finding excuses to keep going instead of give up. For some, that despair is far darker and can't be overcome. Unless you suffer from manic depression or a similar condition, you can't truly understand how preferable death can seem when your continued daily existence is horrifically painful and empty. I hope this explains depression better to those who do not suffer from the ailment. Its not selfish. Its not "being mental". If anything, possessing greater intelligence tends to bring depression and social isolation rather than stave it off.
To those stupid enough to alter photos of Robin Williams to look like he was freshly hung and then further adding text like "Your father was a coward" or "Your father will burn in hell for his suicide", serious question here; Who the fuck raised you?
I mean that as a purely rhetorical question, but I do mean it nonetheless. In what country under what cultural norm is it considered even remotely alright to do that to a grieving family the same day as their relative is found hung? Trolling is trolling until I see stuff like this. Makes me want to go Jay and Silent Bob on a bunch of loudmouthed losers.
On August 14 2014 06:19 sCCrooked wrote: Online trolls will very likely be able to be held accountable for their actions soon, but not soon enough. Instead of rewriting, I shall simply quote my own facebook posts:
I usually do not care about celebrity news, but my feed is full of reposted opinion pieces about Robin Williams' death. Take it from someone who fought depression for a good portion of childhood and pretty much all my teenage years. Depression does not go away. You can learn to fake good attitudes and you can learn how to "look normal" to everyone, but the mental feeling never goes away. Anti-depressants and constant flowing of medications only made me feel worse. Eventually, I had to find the strength within to give myself that extra desire to live every day. Every morning as hard as it might be to believe, I spend a good hour or so just trying to get myself to want to face another day of bullshit instead of doing what I'm pretty sure my body needs to do, rest and recover. It seems logical, almost preferable every time I contemplate it to die rather than live, but I keep finding excuses to keep going instead of give up. For some, that despair is far darker and can't be overcome. Unless you suffer from manic depression or a similar condition, you can't truly understand how preferable death can seem when your continued daily existence is horrifically painful and empty. I hope this explains depression better to those who do not suffer from the ailment. Its not selfish. Its not "being mental". If anything, possessing greater intelligence tends to bring depression and social isolation rather than stave it off.
To those stupid enough to alter photos of Robin Williams to look like he was freshly hung and then further adding text like "Your father was a coward" or "Your father will burn in hell for his suicide", serious question here; Who the fuck raised you?
I mean that as a purely rhetorical question, but I do mean it nonetheless. In what country under what cultural norm is it considered even remotely alright to do that to a grieving family the same day as their relative is found hung? Trolling is trolling until I see stuff like this. Makes me want to go Jay and Silent Bob on a bunch of loudmouthed losers.
It hurts when you take the death of someone who, for decades, made the world a better place, and people spit on it with their judgemental bullshit. Some people treat their online personae seriously, like you and I, we would just as easily attach our real names to what we're saying - in fact we have, or flat out have this conversation in person. Other people decide to abuse the privilege that the internet bequeaths us, becoming monsters that nobody would accept in the real world, saying what they would never have the courage to - simply because it's horrifyingly twisted to say it - but they have blessed anonymity. Take comfort that you don't count among them at least.
Robin Williams was in some very good movies like Good Morning Vietnam,Aladdin,flubber,Night at the museum and jumanji. His movies and personality will be well missed. We will never get to see sequels to some of these very great movies sadly.
This hits home for me really hard. About a month ago, my little sister, who has dealt with emotional/psychological issues and substance abuse for years, committed suicide in the same manner as Mr. Williams. It's been unimaginably hard on my entire family and we're going to be reeling for a long time to come. It's not something you expect and definitely isn't something you ever can be prepared for. Considering I saw her, drinking at the bar I worked at, the night of, I am going to have questions in my head, for a long time, of what I could possibly have done to prevent her from doing the most drastic thing imaginable.
My sincerest condolences go out to the Williams family. This is something that nobody should ever have to deal with.
RIP Robin Williams. I grew up on many on his films, Mrs. Doubtfire, Aladdin, Jumanji....thanks for all the laughs.
Absolutely disgusting what Zelda Williams has to deal with...anonymity breeds asshattery I suppose.
As for how Mr. Williams left this world is what hits the worst though, the stresses of today have far too many people dealing with some of the same issues he had. I don't know about other countries but having lived in the US and UK (and recently reading about it as well) what I find shocking is that accessibility and affordability of mental health care services is out of reach for more people that need it. Insurance doesn't seem to cover it too well for most. Of course, that wasn't an issue for him, but it can be for a lot of others.
He was busy paying off multiple humongous divorce settlements. This is why he was loaded with movie projects lately, and this is most likely the main cause of his downward spiral. It's about time that you do something about those divorce lawyers, and the laws that support them. But noone wants to talk about this, because it's not politically correct.
On August 16 2014 19:08 L1ghtning wrote: He was busy paying off multiple humongous divorce settlements. This is why he was loaded with movie projects lately, and this is most likely the main cause of his downward spiral. It's about time that you do something about those divorce lawyers, and the laws that support them. But noone wants to talk about this, because it's not politically correct.
You don't need to speak for the man. If he'd wanted to attribute his suicide to something, use it to draw attention to an issue or state a reason he had ample opportunity to do so. Failing that all you're doing is taking some cause that you care about and trying to hitch it to this tragedy. It's opportunistic and tasteless.
On August 16 2014 19:08 L1ghtning wrote: He was busy paying off multiple humongous divorce settlements. This is why he was loaded with movie projects lately, and this is most likely the main cause of his downward spiral. It's about time that you do something about those divorce lawyers, and the laws that support them. But noone wants to talk about this, because it's not politically correct.
You don't need to speak for the man. If he'd wanted to attribute his suicide to something, use it to draw attention to an issue or state a reason he had ample opportunity to do so. Failing that all you're doing is taking some cause that you care about and trying to hitch it to this tragedy. It's opportunistic and tasteless.
Bullshit. Everybody is blaming something. And do you really think that he (if his spirit lives on) would be unhappy if his death could lead to more reasonable divorce laws? Not really. It's very clear that he had financial issues, noone can dispute that. And it's also very clear that he was extremely unhappy with his divorce settlements. I can't see how pointing this out would be disrespectful towards him.
What you're doing is disrespectful though. You want to silence analyzations on why he was suffering, because it could lead to realizations that you don't want for whatever reason. You're the one with the agenda here, not me. I'm just trying to understand his suffering.
Of course, I'd like to point out that noone forced him to kill himself, but all our choices are influenced by our experiences. And his finance problems resulting from his divorce settlements may not have been the biggest reason, but it certainly was one of the reasons. This is pretty obvious considering he's an actor who has clearly stated himself that he got involved in a lot of his projects, (against his better judgment) simply because he had to pay the bills, and he was overloaded on work the last few years. It's hardly a conspiracy to state that his settlements caused him a lot of pain. You could argue how important it was, but it doesn't really matter. He was a victim and that's enough.