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Title: Poor Ebert. :(
Post by: Pugnate on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 11:35:25 PM
http://www.esquire.com/features/roger-ebert-0310
Title: Re: Poor Ebert. :(
Post by: gpw11 on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 11:47:43 PM
I saw that on Digg last night and was amazed.  Am I the only one who didn't know he lost his jaw four years ago?
Title: Re: Poor Ebert. :(
Post by: Pugnate on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 11:49:48 PM
Yea exactly. My sister showed this to me, and I couldn't believe it. I thought he had recovered completely after the cancer. I had no idea it had come back and about all the jaw surgery since 2006.

The article is gut wrenching. Poor guy.

(http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/DW/roger-ebert-happy-post-it-note-0310-lg.jpg)
Title: Re: Poor Ebert. :(
Post by: idolminds on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 11:56:24 PM
Cancer sucks.
Title: Re: Poor Ebert. :(
Post by: Cobra951 on Thursday, February 18, 2010, 09:43:31 AM
I'm surprised they can't replace that with titanium or something.  That's just horrible.  Poor guy.
Title: Re: Poor Ebert. :(
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, February 18, 2010, 03:11:17 PM
This just majorly sucks.
Title: Re: Poor Ebert. :(
Post by: ScaryTooth on Thursday, February 18, 2010, 03:21:23 PM
I read this a few days ago. That is a really really good article, surprisingly.

I've been checking out the guys online journal...It's really interesting. It's not just about movies and such, it's about life, experiences, opinions, it's really cool. I've actually started to like the guy a lot more than before. I mean, besides the whole movie critic thing, he's a really great journalist.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/ (http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/)
Title: Re: Poor Ebert. :(
Post by: Pugnate on Thursday, February 18, 2010, 03:54:06 PM
Yea Scary, I thought it was pretty awesome (the article).

And yea Roger is a fine writer. I actually disagree with him a lot on his opinions, but his reviews are always well written.
Title: Re: Poor Ebert. :(
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, February 21, 2010, 11:27:22 AM
I had no idea he even had cancer.  Crazy.  Poor guy.  I can only imagine what it'd be like to go through that.
Title: Re: Poor Ebert. :(
Post by: K-man on Sunday, February 21, 2010, 06:44:51 PM
Dude's really an inspiration.  He has a completely upbeat attitude about the whole affair.
Title: Re: Poor Ebert. :(
Post by: ScaryTooth on Monday, March 15, 2010, 08:31:59 PM
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/03/jesus_was_a_nazi_and_sos_your.html (http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/03/jesus_was_a_nazi_and_sos_your.html)

For anyone who is interested. He owns Glenn Beck's face in it pretty much.

I'm pretty much a fan of Ebert at this point. I check his blog almost daily. I like the guy. I just like the fact that he has started to just call shit like it is. I wish more celebs had the balls to do that.
Title: Re: Poor Ebert. :(
Post by: Cobra951 on Monday, March 15, 2010, 10:04:15 PM
Glenn Beck is a transparent fascist.  He's also a cuckoo.  Ebert is quite right in saying that even conservatives should steer clear of him.  I wish all politicians and demagogues were as easy to catalog as this chubby wacko.
Title: Re: Poor Ebert. :(
Post by: Ghandi on Monday, March 15, 2010, 10:31:21 PM
Glenn Beck is a transparent fascist.  He's also a cuckoo.  Ebert is quite right in saying that even conservatives should steer clear of him.  I wish all politicians and demagogues were as easy to catalog as this chubby wacko.

I remember when O'Reilly used to look crazy. Then Hannity came along and was a little more crazy. Then Beck came along and everyone else seems downright logical in comparison. Maybe that's his purpose - kind of like the ugly person standing next to you to make you seem prettier.
Title: Re: Poor Ebert. :(
Post by: sirean_syan on Monday, March 15, 2010, 11:52:16 PM
So really what you're saying is that this is all a plan to get Bill O'Reilly elected as president.... oh my god. We're screwed.