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Bruce Willis retiring

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by HanSenSE, Mar 30, 2022.

  1. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    Deserves a topic if only for the debates over "Die Hard" around Christmas.

     
  2. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    Based on his recent work I thought he retired years ago but didn't tell anyone.
     
  3. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    Sounds like he's dealing with early Alzheimer's. Tough to be an actor if you can't remember your lines. Hate it for him.

    Having something like that, knowing my mind is going, is my private horror. I'd probably check myself out if I were facing that reality.
     
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  4. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    All the headlines say retiring but the announcement says he's stepping away.

    He's probably retired, but aphasia can be healed. So there is a chance he can come back. Wouldn't bet on it, though.
     
  5. Brooklyn Bridge

    Brooklyn Bridge Well-Known Member

    What debate? Die Hard is a Christmas movie and I won’t hear anything else.
     
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  6. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    No wonder he sucks now!
     
  7. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    It's a weird thought, but how many scenes did Willis have with other people in Die Hard? He had one scene with Al at the end, two scenes with Hans, two scenes with Argyle and one scene in the office at the party, two with Holly - the rest is all him pretty much on a walkie-talkie or talking to himself. Must have been an odd shoot, doing so many scenes with no one to play off of.
     
  8. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    The video that his family released this week was sad — granted, that’s based off watching one 15-second clip that was on one of the morning shows.
     
  9. OscarMadison

    OscarMadison Well-Known Member

    Two of my favorite writers wen that way.

    Terry Pratchett refused to go quietly. He wrote until Reaper Man came for him.
    Terry Jones ws taken from the world by dementia. I don't know if it is in this video, Palin mentioned bringing some Monty Python books to Jones, who had no memory of contributing to them. He read them and told Palin he found them funny. "The parts he laughd at were the parts he wrote."

     
  10. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    If he's having trouble speaking, that's not Alzheimer's, that's frontotemporal dementia. My mom had the same effect and it was a long six-year sundown.

    It's better just to get hit by a bus and get it over with, which is my preferred egress if presented with options.
     
  11. OscarMadison

    OscarMadison Well-Known Member

  12. SportsGuyBCK

    SportsGuyBCK Active Member

    Second ... and so is Die Hard 2 ... :D
     
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