Damn. He played the "cool guy" character in the Species franchise.
crtified · 6h ago
As tragic as any passing is, I can't be the only one who feels uneasy about Hacker News being used to share general showbiz obituaries with no particular tech association. HN is one of the few havens from the various death and killing notices that seem to comprise most of the world's news these days. What place have Hollywood obituaries here?
Alupis · 6h ago
I believe people are paying respects to a very talented (and in my opinion, criminally underrated) artist - not the "general showbiz" stuff.
We can appreciate Madsen's craft just the same as we appreciate other high-skilled artists and creators. There's no "rule" that everything must be tech-related here...
123yawaworht456 · 6h ago
>There's no "rule" that everything must be tech-related here...
take that to its logical conclusion, and you get orange reddit
Teever · 5h ago
Lol did you see the George Foreman obituary from the other month? Or the one about Val Kilmer?
Posts about science funding cuts are frequently flagged and remain so though.
krapp · 6h ago
That's water under the bridge, unfortunately.
Even "political" stories with direct relevance to tech get flagged immediately but some random actor dies and it's fine to wallow in the shallow intellectual pool of mainstream culture because nostalgia I guess.
burnt-resistor · 5h ago
Thumb on the scale on the side of the corporations. Can't talk about the 800 lbs. gorilla in the room charging at you coming to take your rights and possibly your means of survival.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000514/
https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://michaelmadsen.com/
We can appreciate Madsen's craft just the same as we appreciate other high-skilled artists and creators. There's no "rule" that everything must be tech-related here...
take that to its logical conclusion, and you get orange reddit
Posts about science funding cuts are frequently flagged and remain so though.
Even "political" stories with direct relevance to tech get flagged immediately but some random actor dies and it's fine to wallow in the shallow intellectual pool of mainstream culture because nostalgia I guess.