Guest IYG Posted January 9, 2005 Being a huge movie fan I like seeing a ton of movies and now having some time off college I get to see quite a bit. Today I watched The Dead Pool (1988), the 5th and last Dirty Harry movie. Normally I wouldn't post a movie here but this movie deals with the same thing the Death List deals with, guessing which celebrities are going to die. I was just wondering what are your thoughts of this movie and do you think someone could go as far as to killing celebs on his list just to 'win'. Personally I thought it was a really good movie, I enjoyed it a lot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted January 9, 2005 do you think someone could go as far as to killing celebs on his list just to 'win'. The answer is no and a majority of death pools have rules specifically forbidding members from harming anyone on his or her list. I have included part of a post from DWB dated Dec 8th, 2004 addressing that very subject. If you read the unwritten rules of the DL you will see that a DL candidate cannot be 'bumped off' in order to score a hit on the list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vision Master 0 Posted January 9, 2005 Maybe we should each pick one of the people on the list and bump them off to hurry things along, mmmm been a protestant from Northern Ireland I figure its my duty to take out the pope! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest IYG Posted January 9, 2005 do you think someone could go as far as to killing celebs on his list just to 'win'. The answer is no and a majority of death pools have rules specifically forbidding members from harming anyone on his or her list. I have included part of a post from DWB dated Dec 8th, 2004 addressing that very subject. If you read the unwritten rules of the DL you will see that a DL candidate cannot be 'bumped off' in order to score a hit on the list. I think most of the people playing these things are just playing for fun but someone might go as far as actually killing a celeb one day if he's really unstable and with all the death lists circling around, too many suspects. And VM, I think the Pope will be taken out by his boss pretty soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuber Mirum 125 Posted January 9, 2005 I have an idea for a game. All competitors pick a candidate who is over 90 years old, but seems to have a few good years left in them. They then pay a fiver a month into the kitty until their candidate dies. They have then lost and withdraw from the game. The remaining candidates continue to pay their fiver until their candidates also die. Anyone who fails to pay in for more than two months on the trot without a bloody good reason gets disqualified and loses all his money. The player whose candidate lives the longest gets all the money. It could take 10 years and amount to a goodly sum. Players would be discouraged from murdering one another's candidates. It's a sort of tontine. Any takers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Larry Pestilence III 6 Posted January 9, 2005 If you read the unwritten rules of the DL you will see that a DL candidate cannot be 'bumped off' in order to score a hit on the list. Where would one find the unwritten rules then? ( ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Larry Pestilence III 6 Posted January 9, 2005 It's a sort of tontine. Wow. That's not a word heard often these days! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted January 9, 2005 QUOTE (football_fan @ Jan 9 2005, 06:43 AM) Where would one find the unwritten rules then? I could tell you......... but I'd have to shoot you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted January 9, 2005 And VM, I think the Pope will be taken out by his boss pretty soon. I have to agree on you on that one. He's in line for a promotion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weatherman90 7 Posted January 9, 2005 I was just wondering what are your thoughts of this movie and do you think someone could go as far as to killing celebs on his list just to 'win'. You would have to be a bit whacko to do something like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest IYG Posted January 9, 2005 I was just wondering what are your thoughts of this movie and do you think someone could go as far as to killing celebs on his list just to 'win'. You would have to be a bit whacko to do something like that. And we all know the world is rid of whackos. Notapotato, I've heard of similar games where the people put in money and over time, ending up with a nice sum, I'd do it but I have no income being a college student. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ixion 1 Posted January 9, 2005 jim carrey makes an appearance in this film as a rockstar i thought dirty harry was getting tired by the end of this film Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest IYG Posted January 10, 2005 jim carrey makes an appearance in this film as a rockstar i thought dirty harry was getting tired by the end of this film This is such an early movie in Jim Carrey's career that he is actually credited as James Carrey. I agree, Harry was pretty tired by the end of it and I guess that's why it was the last of the series. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Yeti 14 Posted January 10, 2005 It's a sort of tontine. Wow. That's not a word heard often these days! Tontine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josco 49 Posted January 10, 2005 QUOTE (Larry Pestilence III @ Jan 9 2005, 07:02 PM) It's a sort of tontine. It's also a fine restaurant near Northallerton (on the A19) in North Yorkshire: Tontine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Larry Pestilence III 6 Posted January 10, 2005 It's also a fine restaurant near Northallerton (on the A19) in North Yorkshire: Tontine As it happens, I drove past it on my way to Teeside on Boxing Day... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VileBody 11 Posted January 10, 2005 And of course the inspiration for that great film The Wrong Box starring a "host of British comedy favourites", many of whom, to get back to the point of this site, are dead. Ralph Pichardson, Dud & Pete etc... Although a leading survivor is our old friend Sir John Mills... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anubis the Jackal 77 Posted January 11, 2005 I grew up in a shithole town where all the sleazy 'niteclubs' were on a road called 'Tontine Street' Come Saturday night when the squaddies were out on the lash, it certainly seemed like a case of last man left alive gets a donner kebab. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josco 49 Posted January 11, 2005 Once had a 'doner' when sober.............disgusting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Larry Pestilence III 6 Posted January 11, 2005 Once had a 'doner' when sober.............disgusting. And I've had some fabulous ones drunk... Scary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuber Mirum 125 Posted January 11, 2005 As a kid, I had the honour of spending my summer holidays in Monkey-Hanging Hartlepool every year. I think I've been past that restaurant a couple of times too. Certainly rings a bell. I think there was a Tontine Road in Hartlepool too. It would seem that tontines are probably illegal in the UK. I shall do some research regarding the legal situation here in Germany. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anubis the Jackal 77 Posted January 11, 2005 Incidentally, Tontine Street was on TV last night. BBC1 'Drunk and Dangerous' - A look at pikey piss-heads. Not pleasant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Larry Pestilence III 6 Posted January 11, 2005 It's a sort of tontine. Wow. That's not a word heard often these days! Obviously not then Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anubis the Jackal 77 Posted January 11, 2005 Ahem.. ...unless you count this post by my good self... ...ahem Smartarse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
honez 79 Posted January 11, 2005 It's a sort of tontine. It's amazing what you can learn watching The Simpsons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
