The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums here.
The Guiding Principles and New Rules document is now in effect.
Adam West Dies Aged 88. RIP
Wraith260
Happiest Goomba!Registered User regular
Happiest Goomba!Registered User regular
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40235142
Can we just skip straight to the retcon where its revealed he isn't actually dead? Please?
Adam West, the US actor best known as the star of the 1960s hit TV series Batman, has died aged 88.
West died peacefully in Los Angeles after a brief battle with leukaemia, a family spokesperson said.
His tongue-in-cheek portrayal of Batman and the superhero's alter ego Bruce Wayne won a cult following.
However, West later struggled to find acting work. He most recently played a character in the animated comedy Family Guy.
West was born in 1928 in Walla Walla, Washington state, and began his acting career in Hawaii in the 1950s.
He is survived by his wife, Marcelle, six children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Can we just skip straight to the retcon where its revealed he isn't actually dead? Please?
+2
Posts
To the batpoles.
Steam | XBL
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
The reaction to the news has been pretty powerful. An outpouring of love I haven't seen since Bowie left us. It's making me feel a little better.
My wife and I had just watched the '60s Batman movie a few weeks back. It'd been a long time since I had seen it, and she had never seen it before. I don't think I've seen the old show since I was a teen, though.
My Backloggery
Farewell, old chum.
Currently DMing: None
Characters
[5e] Dural Melairkyn - AC 18 | HP 40 | Melee +5/1d8+3 | Spell +4/DC 12
"Really?"
"And he still is."
My Backloggery
have not got around to it no.
fun fact, Seth MacFarlane was one of the writers on Johnny Bravo and pitched an Adam West spin-off. obviously that didn't happen, but it did lead to West being a part of Family Guy.
and here's MacFarlane's statement.
Edit - Out of SE++,
Damn.
Adam West was my favourite Batman and he seemed to be a great guy in real life, too. So. Damn.
That was one of the first Simpsons cameos I actually got as a kid since I watched the old show all the time. I still always do the chest tap.
1983. (And he was absolutely right.)
Someone used the most potent version of a particle dispersing Bat-Spray.
I'm also a victim of the same nefarious act.
My money is on the ghost of Cesar Romero.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
West also did a pilot that I think was mentioned on a Family Guy commentary about an actor who once played a TV detective under the delusion that he was still a crimefighter. It's called Lookwell! and is worth checking out - Conan O'Brien was one of the writers.
Choose Your Own Chat 1 Choose Your Own Chat 2 Choose Your Own Chat 3
Batman death pool?
My money is on Kilmer being next, unless Clooney tries to run for political office.
Come Overwatch with meeeee
West seemed like he had an incredible sense of humor and never took himself too seriously. It's a rare trait. He had a long career and will be remembered forever for his work. No actor could ask for more.
I think you could get everyone there except Peter Weller
Choose Your Own Chat 1 Choose Your Own Chat 2 Choose Your Own Chat 3
Steam | XBL
But i could tell he was probably a pretty fun guy based on how he was willing to play himself on Family Guy.
I'll just sit here and be waiting for the universe to be rebooted with him alive again.