BluesDragon

I think the word you're looking for is "have." Indeed it was. Although if i chose to be picky, you're statement should have been written in the past tense not the present.

Wouldn't of known who she was if it wasn't for that Spacey movie. Did she do any big films?

Man that guy was such a great author. Was not expecting this.

Sorry to see his passing in September!!! We will miss him Jumping the gun a little there.

I thought he was dead when i saw the headline, ah well. Stars pay tribute to sir Norman

I don't see why she was famous, but at least it's another success.

I know there's no point replying to this now, but i was away so i couldn't respond at the time. If Schmeling felt so strongly about Hitler he would have stood by his principles and not met with him whatever the cost. Germany elected the Nazi's because of the state they were in. Granted they couldn't have known everything Hitler was planning, but it wasn't as if he was presenting a false image of himself. The German people saw Hitler as their saviour. Mein Kampf is about Hitler's struggle, looking back on it now you can see Hitler's growing plans to get rid of the Jews but for people reading the book then i don't think it would have been seen as complete hatred for the Jews. Fritz Lang wasn't Jewish, he only had Jewish heritage. The Nazi party only cared about his filmmaking abilities. To like Germany at the time Hitler was in power you would have to like Nazi Germany, simple as that. "Did the Americans hate America during the times they nearly wiped out the indians or enslaved the blacks? I don`t think so!" That doesn't make sense, the Brits who conquered America overran the natives to take their land. Why would the hate it, they were doing it. As for the Americans that liked their country during the enslavement of blacks, that's probably because they didn't like black people. Schindler intitially had no intention of saving Jews, he was only doing it for bussiness. Granted he eventually did save many lives. Sure not every member of the party had as extreme views of Hitler, but they still followed him. It's gone off topic, so back to the point. Schemling wasn't a Nazi but i just think it was a bit of a stretch by him to claim he didn't want anything to do with Hitler, when he clearly did have something to do with him. This post was pretty pointless, but i felt the need to respond.

Arthur Miller gone. Arthur Miller

From the comments section of the BBC DDP article! This was a particularly fine reply, but the forum generally is hilarious - hours of fun! DWB That one had me laughing for ages.

My point was that at first Schmeling didn't have a problem with Hitler, If he really disliked Hitler why would he have anything to do with him at all. First of all Fritz Lang was Austrian not German, he was also only half Jewish. Goebbels new of his Jewish heritage but wasn't concerned because Fritz would clearly have been an asset, like Lenni Riefenstahl. Had he stayed in Germany to make Nazi films they clearly would not have had him killed. The reason he fled was because he refused to have anything to do with the Nazi party and he would most probably have been forced to work for Hitler. The thing to remember about Nazi Germany is that the Nazi party was elected by the people (i think it was 60% for, 40% against but that could be wrong). So how could he possibly love his country during the Nazi reign if he didn't like the Nazi's, surely he would have hated his country at that time because of his hatred for the Nazi's I never said Schmeling was a Nazi. Besides saving two Jewish lives is not evidance. We all know Oskar Schindler saved thousands of Jewish lives but he was a member of the Nazi party. Although i do respect that had he have left the party he wouldn't have been able to save as many lives, but he was a Nazi long before he was a Jewish life saver. I am not saying that Max Schmeling was a Nazi or approved of the Nazi's but the fact remains that in the beginning he was well liked by the Nazi party and he didn't appear to have a problem with them. I would have thought that if he truly hated the Nazi party he would never have had anything to do with them at all.

The reason Hitler sent him on the suicidal mission was because he didn't like that Schmeling wouldn't co-operate with him. Intitially though Schmeling didn't appear to have a problem with Hitler.

I don't know enough about Max Schmeling to say whether he was connected to the nazi party or what he thought of Hitler. I do know however that when Hitler asked Fritz Lang to make Nazi propaganda films, Fritz was promptly gone from Germany. He arguably made his best films when he was in Germany so it didn't really do his career much good but he stood by his priniciples. Max Schmeling did go to lunch with Hitler because he said he had to go. He could have left Germany but he didn't. Granted it was his country so why should he but at the time he was doing well he never fully rejected Hitler, and he was a nazi icon, reluctant or not.

Organ Failure? Let's hope not. He'd make a great organ donor.

Why do people who complain always have bad spelling and grammar? If they'd just take a moment to think.

looks like he's on the mend BBC

I saw Bubba Hotep too, what a great film. He looked pretty good for his age, altough i think the film was in limbo for a while.

God's pretty cruel for keeping this guy alive. He may as well be dead, poor guy looks in alot of pain.

New here and i've just found out that Merle Kilgore's Dead. Not that i knew who he was but he apparently co-wrote Ring Of Fire, i always thought Johnny Cash wrote it, great song. Although the guy clearly wasn't that famous as his name wasn't in the headline and they used Johnny Cash's picture. Here's a link BBC