Comments on: RIP: Actor Charlton Heston passes away

By: clifto

clifto — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:28:56 +0000

I don’t care if he was 84, he still proves that the good die young.

By: Tel-Chai Nation

Tel-Chai Nation — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:05:58 +0000

RIP, Charlton Heston

One of the finest movie and theater actors, who later became a prominent member of the NRA, has passed away at 84.

By: Lorica

Lorica — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:42:15 +0000

I have this idea that right about now he’s swapping movie stories with John Wayne and later today he and Ronald Reagan will talk politics. And by tomorrow Moses will have sat him down and told him what he got right and what wasn’t quite accurate in the Ten Commandments.

And My Dad would be hanging right there to listen to it all. He loved all 4 of those guys. – Lorica

By: Leslie

Leslie — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:00:08 +0000

My favorite Heston role is "Touch of Evil," in which he costarred with Orson Welles, who also directed. According to an appreciation by NY Times film critic Manolha Dargis, the 1998 version of the film, which restores Mr. Welles's version (it had been cut by the studio) is the version to get. This is what she has to say about Mr. Heston v. Michael Moore:

I would like to offer a few words about one of the last American movie stars. This seems particularly worthwhile because in the final decades of his life he had all but disappeared from the screen, making one of his only on-camera appearances in "Bowling for Columbine" Michael Moore's 2002 anti-gun feature. Mr. Moore shows up at Mr. Heston's home and tries to shame this stooped and visibly frail old man for his stance on guns. The old man doesn't engage Mr. Moore, just walks away, unfailingly polite to the end.

LINK

By: RIP Charlton Heston : The Sundries Shack

RIP Charlton Heston : The Sundries Shack — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:53:44 +0000

[...] I rather like Sister Toldjah’s rather eloquent defense of Heston’s life. I’m sorry that such a defense is required, though. [...]

By: Tom the Redhunter

Tom the Redhunter — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:50:11 +0000

R.I.P. to a fine actor and extraordinary American.

“The National Rifle Association is our nation’s oldest civil rights organization,”

Exactly how I’ve always thought of them myself.

“(where in some quarters we are seeing a celebration of his passing today)”

Oh but how can this be when they’re so tolerant and open minded?

By: stackja

stackja — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:31:01 +0000

He has left the earth but the images will live on.

By: Great White Rat

Great White Rat — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:34:19 +0000

I doubt we will see another of his stature again in our lifetimes. Hollywood has settled into a mindless vacuum of mediocrity. RIP, Mr. Heston.

I have this idea that right about now he’s swapping movie stories with John Wayne and later today he and Ronald Reagan will talk politics. And by tomorrow Moses will have sat him down and told him what he got right and what wasn’t quite accurate in the Ten Commandments.

By: Foxx

Foxx — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:50:22 +0000

Mr. Heston was helping to protect America from the day when there would be no guns. Whats the Left going to do when the guns gone and the really bad people start coming out of the wood work after them.

By: Tom TB

Tom TB — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:27:11 +0000

The National Rifle Association is our nation’s oldest civil rights organization, and Mr. Heston honorably served as President. R.I.P.

By: NC Cop

NC Cop — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:47:28 +0000

I knew the minute I heard he was dead that the left would be celebrating. Only some real low life, shallow, dirt bags with a complete lack of decency would celebrate something like this. Glad to see our friends on the left didn’t disappoint.

By: Mwalimu Daudi

Mwalimu Daudi — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:43:27 +0000

I will remember Heston for the series that he made in which he read passages from the Bible.

By: Oblogatory Anecdotes - Heston now with Moses

Oblogatory Anecdotes - Heston now with Moses — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:39:29 +0000

Charlton Heston Passes Away at 84

There will never be another Charlton Heston and the great movies he made will live on through the ages for future generations to enjoy. Actors today can’t hold a candle to him. He is now in Heaven where he can meet Moses face to face. I can only imag…

By: More Reaction to Charlton Heston’s Death » The American Mind

More Reaction to Charlton Heston’s Death » The American Mind — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:29:26 +0000

[...] Sister Toldjah: What self-righteous nitwits like Clooney won’t tell you in their zeal to appear socially aware and hip is that Heston was one of the early supporters of the Civil Rights movement and reportedly was part of a Martin Luther King, Jr. march in 1963, while Clooney was still a two year-old typical whining baby in diapers (not much has changed). Heston switched his political affilation a couple of decades later, in part, over his disgust with Hollywood’s increasing obsession with political correctness, and because of his changed beliefs on issues like gun control to the point he strongly believed and advocated that ownership of a gun was a civil right. [...]

By: proof

proof — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:22:50 +0000

He was an actor of great stature, often playing larger than life characters. Beyond that, he was a man of character. He will be missed!