Comments on: Actor Jack Palance dies.

Actor Jack Palance dies.

bz — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:37:37 -0800

RIP, Jack.

By: jettloe

jettloe — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:41:43 -0800

By: mcsweetie

mcsweetie — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:45:45 -0800

whatever, I don't believe it.

By: octothorpe

octothorpe — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:47:16 -0800

By: about_time

about_time — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:47:31 -0800

By: elendil71

elendil71 — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:48:19 -0800

Jack, you are.. my numbah one.... guy! The best I've seen so far is Harry Knowles comment: "Palance was a man that it looked like he was carved of clay by the gods of old. His type isn't around these days - he will be missed." Resquiescat in pace, friend.

By: bardic

bardic — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:51:36 -0800

The man did one-handed push-ups in his seventies ffs. Class act.

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:52:21 -0800

Hats off to an excellent career. Well down, Mr. Palance.

By: Saucy Intruder

Saucy Intruder — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:53:06 -0800

Don't worry, I'm sure his secret twin brother will explain this all to us shortly.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:53:59 -0800

Believe it... or not.

By: nola

nola — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:56:26 -0800

go ahead pick it up. .

By: sharpener

sharpener — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:59:19 -0800

That's too bad. I remember when he hosted Ripley's Believe It or Not in the '80s: "Believe it....ssssssssssssOR NOT!" (Sorry...how the hell do you use text to show his signature style of enunciating?) See ya Jack.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:01:36 -0800

By: googlebombed

googlebombed — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:03:19 -0800

By: quin

quin — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:04:10 -0800

/wipes away tear at the loss of a great man. He was in Tango and Cash for God sakes. And City Slickers. .

By: papercake

papercake — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:05:49 -0800

By: Ruki

Ruki — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:06:34 -0800

. One of the best Oscar moments ever.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:09:51 -0800

my favorite mongol.

By: Kickstart70

Kickstart70 — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:10:32 -0800

He could STILL kick your ass. .

By: dragstroke

dragstroke — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:10:55 -0800

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:13:30 -0800

I really liked him as the lean, wolfish gunfighter in Shane. I was even rooting for him over Shane.

By: mike3k

mike3k — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:13:44 -0800

By: The Power Nap

The Power Nap — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:14:22 -0800

Now there's a Bad Guy power vacuum in Hollywood.

By: feelinglistless

feelinglistless — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:16:10 -0800

By: moonbird

moonbird — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:16:14 -0800

By: GoodJob!

GoodJob! — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:18:27 -0800

i thought he was already dead.

By: RichardP

RichardP — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:20:13 -0800

Jack Williamson, the the Dean of Science Fction, died today as well.

By: LondonYank

LondonYank — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:21:16 -0800

I shit biggern' you.

By: keswick

keswick — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:27:19 -0800

By: meehawl

meehawl — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:28:11 -0800

Palance's place in history is assured following his searing portrayal of Xenos in Gor and Outlaw of Gor.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:30:04 -0800

*salutes*

By: meehawl

meehawl — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:30:15 -0800

Oh yeah, and Hawk the Slayer ruled as well!

By: squidfartz

squidfartz — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:31:32 -0800

Things to Come /watch that girder, Lomax

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:31:46 -0800

By: Kickstart70

Kickstart70 — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:33:09 -0800

Now there's a Bad Guy power vacuum in Hollywood. I nominate Carrottop (seriously...is there anything scarier mentally or physically than what he's now become?).

By: mph

mph — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:34:59 -0800

Palance's place in history is assured following his searing portrayal of Xeno Feh. Xeno might be a little ruby in his impressive crown, but the role that guaranteed him a throne among the stars was Voltan in Hawk the Slayer. I bumped into him on a sidewalk in Jackson Hole in the summer of 1987, when I was working in a dining room in Yellowstone. He had a powder blue suit and a bolo tie and he blotted out the sun.

By: squidfartz

squidfartz — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:35:10 -0800

oops, I meant Omus

By: meehawl

meehawl — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:41:24 -0800

Hawk: VVVOOOLLLTTAAAANNNNNNNNNN, you will DIIEEEEEE by my SWOOOOOOOORD! On being struck down Palance/Voltan's response was: I WILL WAIT FOR YOU AT THE GATES OF HELL! I may have watched this movie one too many times during my impressionable years.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:00:48 -0800

By: Samizdata

Samizdata — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:01:54 -0800

Believe it, or not... .

By: perilous

perilous — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:06:21 -0800

. :(

By: unrepentanthippie

unrepentanthippie — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:12:23 -0800

By: effwerd

effwerd — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:17:28 -0800

By: unmake

unmake — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:33:59 -0800

meh.

By: cholly

cholly — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:36:43 -0800

=( .

By: killy willy

killy willy — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:44:01 -0800

"The man ate bacon at every meal! You can't do that!" .

By: JWright

JWright — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:47:51 -0800

By: dances_with_sneetches

dances_with_sneetches — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:47:58 -0800

I met him once. I was about ten. Meeting him, I suddenly desperately wanted his autograph and took off my belt. He autographed it. Don't know the moral of this story. Nice guy.

By: padraigin

padraigin — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:49:17 -0800

Dear Lord, we give you Jack Palance. Try not to piss him off.

By: UrineSoakedRube

UrineSoakedRube — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:51:26 -0800

This is a little bit embarassing to admit, but ... I was under the assumption that Jack Palance died years ago. So I actually felt good after reading that he only died just now. Shane, great movie. Sorry he's gone for real this time.

By: owhydididoit

owhydididoit — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:52:40 -0800

By: UrineSoakedRube

UrineSoakedRube — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:52:43 -0800

I mean, I felt good that he had a few more years than I thought he had.

By: maryh

maryh — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:52:53 -0800

He was so great in Panic in the Streets. That scene on the stairwell contains one of the few truly shocking moments I've seen in a Hollywood movie. .

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:57:42 -0800

I thought this was going to be Jack LaLanne. Jesus, hurry up.

By: gcbv

gcbv — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:59:42 -0800

By: cgc373

cgc373 — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:03:07 -0800

"LaLanne" nothing; I thought this was for Jack Williamson—I may post him to the front page.

By: jrossi4r

jrossi4r — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:40:38 -0800

This is a little bit embarassing to admit, but ... I was under the assumption that Jack Palance died years ago. Good to know it wasn't just me, then.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:51:08 -0800

After reading his real name was Volodymir Ivanovich Palahniuk, I can't help but wonder if he's related to Chuck. Probably distantly back in some Ukranian past.

By: evilcolonel

evilcolonel — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:00:57 -0800

By: pieoverdone

pieoverdone — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:02:06 -0800

He was in Godard's Contempt with Bridgette Bardot about 200 or so years ago. I love and hate that movie.

By: rougy

rougy — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:19:04 -0800

By: frecklefaerie

frecklefaerie — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:24:04 -0800

. I thought he died 6 years ago, though.

By: bwg

bwg — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:27:04 -0800

If you're not satisfied with my best then that's too fucking bad ...

By: ktrey

ktrey — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:35:47 -0800

. He was the meanest guy who ever lived. [audio]

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:36:53 -0800

In his youth, he was incredibly menacing film villain. Watch his rodent-like performance in Panic in the Streets for an example. At the end of the film, he is actually running along the wooden supports under the New Orleans pier and shimmying up the mooring lines of nearby ships like some rabid rat. God, I loved me some Jack Palance. RIP.

By: stinkycheese

stinkycheese — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:41:41 -0800

I loved this guy! Palance is the man. RIP.

By: DragonBoy

DragonBoy — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:54:19 -0800

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:55:06 -0800

I haven't much of his work, but the two that I have - City Slickers and Batman - convinced me utterly that he was truly one of the last of the True Tough Guys. What a great character and actor. WWII veteran, too. RIP, Jack.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:03:30 -0800

Bummer, but it does go to show that not all the good guys died young. He was a tough guy's tough guy. And a unique individual. He will be missed. UrineSoakedRube, I thought the same thing, don't feel too bad.

By: ab3

ab3 — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:30:15 -0800

By: cenoxo

cenoxo — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:23:05 -0800

Palance's 1968 TV portrayal of Mr. Hyde was the best (or worst, depending on your POV) on any screen.

By: Twang

Twang — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:21:06 -0800

Dear Jack; my whole life you were there, but I loved ya best for playing the painter in Baghdad Cafe. I didn't buy the "one thing" is "honesty" ploy. Have fun painting nipples in heaven.

By: tomcosgrave

tomcosgrave — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:55:16 -0800

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 07:20:52 -0800

How strange. I recently saw him in Kazan's first film for Hollywood in 1950 Panic in the Streets, in which he plays a sociopathic hoodlum carrying bubonic plague. You can't really take your eyes off him. He's a film noir director's or comic book artist's wet dream of a creepy hoodlum. The closest thing to a human shark I've ever seen and an inspired bit of casting. (on a sidenote the film was filmed on the New Orleans waterfront with lots of dock workers and you really see Kazan taking notes for the masterpieces he would make in the future w/ On the Waterfront and A Streetcar Named Desire). Anhow, goodbye Jack you were an original. .

By: reality

reality — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 07:23:35 -0800

Jack always had that look that said "I come from a time and place that precedes all your bullshit" .

By: The Card Cheat

The Card Cheat — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 07:28:53 -0800

. My favourite Palance moment has to be his big speech in Tango and Cash. "Ray Tango...how he loves to dance!", etc. RIP, Yves Perret.

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 07:32:19 -0800

Astro Zombie: In his youth, he was incredibly menacing film villain. Watch his rodent-like performance in Panic in the Streets for an example. At the end of the film, he is actually running along the wooden supports under the New Orleans pier and shimmying up the mooring lines of nearby ships like some rabid rat. Like totally dude. Zero Mostel was excellent in that film too as his lackey. ..

By: Alt F4

Alt F4 — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 19:33:16 -0800

snif. And by "snif," I mean "sniiiiiiiiiiifffffffffffff ahhhh."

By: WCityMike

WCityMike — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:50:06 -0800

Some kids piss their name in the snow. Jack Palance can piss his name into concrete. Jack Palance' calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd; no one fools Jack Palance. Leading hand sanitizers claim they can kill 99.9 percent of germs. Jack Palance can kill 100 percent of whatever the fuck he wants. Jack Palance counted to infinity - twice. Jack Palance' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried. Jack Palance once visited the Virgin Islands. They are now The Islands. Once, while having sex in a tractor-trailer, part of Jack Palance' sperm escaped and got into the engine. We now know this truck as Optimus Prime. Jack Palance can speak braille. Jack Palance was originally cast as the main character in 24, but was replaced by the producers when he managed to kill every terrorist and save the day in 12 minutes and 37 seconds. Chuck Norris owns a pair of Jack Palance pajamas. Jack Palance puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter". Jack Palance does not sleep. He waits. Jack Palance owns the greatest Poker Face of all-time. It helped him win the 1983 World Series of Poker despite him holding just a Joker, a Get out of Jail Free Monopoly card, a 2 of clubs, 7 of spades and a green #4 card from the game Uno. (Because Chuck Norris single-handedly killed the meme, I nominate Jack Palance to receive all Norrisisms now, in memoriam.)

By: cass

cass — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:04:29 -0800