shaxper
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Post by shaxper on Mar 21, 2021 8:26:34 GMT -5
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Post by EdoBosnar on Mar 21, 2021 9:22:48 GMT -5
27 pages? Wow, that narrows it down. Also, the posts that would be relevant to what Ozymandias is talking about, the three posts in the RIP Thread from June 25, 2020, that would have told him that someone had, in fact, noted Sinnott's passing at the time, don't appear in that list of results you linked. (And it would appear that no posts from the actual Sinnott tribute thread launched after his death appear in that list, either.)
Otherwise, I have repeatedly tried to find the RIP thread posts from June 2020 in the Search tool by narrowing the parameters to Sinnott and RIP Thread, and if I don't specify a date the only posts that show up are these from the past few days. When I filter it even more to only posts prior to July 1, 2020, I get "No posts were found." Meanwhile, I just Googled "Classic comics forum, RIP thread, Sinnott", and a link to the posts in question (from June 2020) is the second result. So, yeah, the forum's internal search functions leave something to be desired.
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Post by shaxper on Mar 21, 2021 9:25:32 GMT -5
27 pages? Wow, that narrows it down. Also, the posts that would be relevant to what Ozymandias is talking about, the three posts in the RIP Thread from June 25, 2020, that would have told him that someone had, in fact, noted Sinnott's passing at the time, don't appear in that list of results you linked. (And it would appear that no posts from the actual Sinnott tribute thread launched after his death appear in that list, either.)
Otherwise, I have repeatedly tried to find the RIP thread posts from June 2020 in the Search tool by narrowing the parameters to Sinnott and RIP Thread, and if I don't specify a date the only posts that show up are these from the past few days. When I filter it even more to only posts prior to July 1, 2020, I get "No posts were found." Meanwhile, I just Googled "Classic comics forum, RIP thread, Sinnott", and a link to the posts in question (from June 2020) is the second result. So, yeah, the forum's internal search functions leave something to be desired.
Really no need to be snarky about it. Sounds like there is, indeed, an issue with the search function. If you'd like it fixed, you can inform proboards of the issue here.
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Post by shaxper on Mar 21, 2021 9:32:48 GMT -5
Anyway, here's where Joe Sinnott's passing was discussed: classiccomics.org/post/374959/threadHe is only mentioned as "Joe Sinnott" in one of the three posts discussing him, but that still should have come up on a search.
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Post by Ozymandias on Mar 21, 2021 9:48:57 GMT -5
On that we can agree, it should've.
In any case, at least one forum member (who didn't know) got the news, so it wasn't all for nothing.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Mar 21, 2021 13:22:42 GMT -5
Really no need to be snarky about it. No malice intended. Sorry.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 21, 2021 20:34:25 GMT -5
RIP to another Steely-Eyed Missile Man, Glynn Lunney. Lunney was fresh out of college when The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was absorbed into the newly formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). At 21, he became the youngest member of the Space Task Group, at the Langley research Center in Hampton, VA. The group was tasked with creating the procedures that the astronauts would use during their space flights. He served as Flight Dynamics Officer (FIDO) , in Bermuda, during John Glenn's orbital flight, in Friendship 7. During the Gemini Program, he and Gene Kranz were promoted to Flight Director, joining Chris Kraft and John Hodge. Lunney was 28 and the youngest of the 4. he was back-up Flight Director on Gemini 3 & 4 and Flight Director on 9-12. Lunney was Flight Director on the crucial Apollo 7 flight, the first manned flight since the Apollo 1 testing accident, on the ground. Lunney had the arduous task of dealing with Wally Schirra's constant questioning of orders from the ground, while keeping a diplomatic tone with reporters who pressed him on the issue. On April 14, 1970, approx. 56 hours into their mission, Apollo 13 was given instructions to stir their oxygen tanks, which Command Module pilot Jack Swigert carried out. Soon after activating the fan that circulated the oxygen, an explosion occurred and Swigert reported "Houston, we've had a problem." ground control replied, "This is Houston. Say again please." To which commander Jim Lovell replied, "Houston, we've had a problem." Houston Control went into a frenzy of action , trying to determine what occurred and what to advise the crew to do next. Glynn Lunney was Flight Director of the Black Team, which came on shift one hour later. He quickly reviewed the situation and started issuing directives to start the procedure to power up the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) to act as a lifeboat. In the words of astronaut Ken Mattingly... "If there was a hero, Glynn Lunney was, by himself, a hero, because when he walked in the room, I guarantee you, nobody knew what the hell was going on. Glynn walked in, took over this mess, and he just brought calm to the situation. I've never seen such an extraordinary example of leadership in my entire career. Absolutely magnificent. No general or admiral in wartime could ever be more magnificent than Glynn was that night. He and he alone brought all of the scared people together. And you've got to remember that the flight controllers in those days were—they were kids in their thirties. They were good, but very few of them had ever run into these kinds of choices in life, and they weren't used to that. All of a sudden, their confidence had been shaken. They were faced with things that they didn't understand, and Glynn walked in there, and he just kind of took charge." Lunney was also in Flight Director capacity when the course correction burn was made to give Apollo 13 the free return trajectory, which slingshot the ship around the moon and back to Earth. As part of his contributions to the mission, Lunney and the other members of the team were awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Lunney was part of the delegation that travelled to the Soviet Union for talks that would lead to the development of the Apollo-Soyuz program, where the two nations' spacecraft would link up in orbit, using a special docking module, and participate in an orbital exchange. Lunney was the NASA Technical Director for the program, and, the project culminated in the mission, on July 15, 1975, with the Apoolo crew of Tom Stafford (commander), Vance Brand (command module pilot) and Mercury 7 astronaut Deke Slayton, who had never flown in space, due to a heart murmur, as the docking pilot. The Soyuz craft was commanded by Alexi Leonov, in his second spaceflight, after conducting the first spacewalk, on Voskhod 2, and Valeri Kubasov, as flight engineer (he had flown on Soyuz 6). The mission was criticized, at the time, as a PR stunt; but, the joint control and docking procedures developed paved the way for joint cooperation on the International Space Station. Lunney was manager of the Space Shuttle Payload Integration and Development Program, which sought to determine how to mix and launch commercial payloads, as anticipated, along with NASA and Jet Propulsion Labs payloads. He then became manager of the Space Shuttle Program, before leaving NASA, in 1985. After leaving NASA, he went to work for Rockwell, developing satellites for the Global Positioning System. He then took over the Rockwell Space Operations Company, providing support for NASA, in Houston. This led to the joint Rockwell-Lockheed Martin United Space Alliance, which provided operational support for NASA and took over some of its functions. He was Vice President and Program Manager of Space Operations until his retirement, in 1999. Lunney's son Bryan also became a Flight Director at NASA, in 2001, becoming the first second generation NASA Flight Director. In the movie Apollo 13, Lunney was portrayed by Marc McClure (Jimmy Olson, in the Donner Superman), though much of his role was given to Ed Harris, as Gene Kranz (both Lunney and Kranz carried out Flight Director duties during the mission, but events during Lunney's shift were portrayed as being under Kranz' watch). Lunney died on March 19, 2021, at age 84, of leukemia. Glynn Lunney was part of the generation of NASA engineers and astronauts, who turned science fiction into science fact.
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Post by impulse on Mar 22, 2021 9:28:00 GMT -5
When in doubt, google what you're looking for followed up with " site:classiccomics.org"
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 23, 2021 21:55:44 GMT -5
Actor George Segal has passed away, at 87, due to complications from surgery. He was a native New Yorker and studied at the actor's Studio and worked on Broadway, before appearing in films like The Longest Day, Act One and Invitation to a Gunfighter.
That led to bigger roles, such as Ship of Fools, King Rat and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
In the 70s he appeared in films like Fun With Dick and Jane, A Touch of Class, Bridge at Remagen, Hot Rock, Who's Killing the Great Chefs of Europe,
Roles in the 80s became more sporadic and he segued into more television work in later years, in such comedies as Just Shoot Me and The Goldbergs.
Segal was an accomplished jazz musician, playing the banjo, which he used to bring with him frequently, on the Tonight Show.
Tremendous actor, greatly under-rated, but always good, regardless of the rest of the film.
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Post by foxley on Mar 24, 2021 1:28:45 GMT -5
George Segal was a fine actor, and I look fondly on much of his later sitcom work, but to me he will always be Andy Kelp from The Hot Rock. Whenever I read the Dortmunder novels, it is Segal that I picture as Kelp and his voice I hear. (Actually, I think that film got it spot on for casting for all of Westlake's characters. An argument could be made that Robert Redford was a bit too good looking to be Dortmunder, but that's a minor quibble at most.) R.I.P. Mr. Segal. you will be missed.
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Mar 24, 2021 9:33:15 GMT -5
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 24, 2021 10:13:45 GMT -5
I even liked Carbon Copy. The script is ham fisted in trying to convey its message; but, a terrific cast elevates the film above the material: Segal, Denzel Washington, Paul Winfield, Jack Warden and Susan St James.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Mar 25, 2021 18:36:55 GMT -5
Just seeing the news now that actress Jessica Walter has died at the age of 80 yesterday. She's perhaps best remembered recently for her role as Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development, but she had an immensely long career, appearing on Broadway, movies and TV. Personally, I most often associate her with the role of the very alluring Morgan Le Fey in the Dr. Strange television movie from the late 1970s - she was easily the best and most memorable part of that production.
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Post by Cei-U! on Mar 25, 2021 19:55:21 GMT -5
Jessica Walter was absolutely terrifying as the stalker in Clint Eastwood's Play Misty for Me. I loved that she later turned to comedy, which she excelled at. Her appearance with husband Ron Leibman on Gilbert Gotfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast was hysterical! She will be missed.
Cei-U! I summon the downer!
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Mar 25, 2021 20:06:26 GMT -5
Agreed, she was chilling in Play Misty for Me, which was great prep for her most terrifying role, Lucille Bluth.
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