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Month: February 2017

Bill Paxton (1955-2017)

February 27, 2017February 28, 2017 The Stricken LandLeave a comment

‘That’s it, man. Game over, man. Game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do?’ With those words Bill Paxton seared himself into the collective consciousness of geekdom. His performance of the frit marine Hudson in James Cameron’s classic Aliens (1986) is full of endlessly quotable lines, much ofContinue reading Bill Paxton (1955-2017) →

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