Title: RAISE A GLASS TO DALTON
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Comic ID #2894
Title: RAISE A GLASS TO DALTON
Print Status: Available
Title: RAISE A GLASS TO DALTON
Print Status: Available
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R.I.P. Dalton. 🙁
Off-Topic: Um, I don’t mean to create a panic, but something’s screwing up on my side about the comic archives. When I clicked the back button, it took me to the WALL-E review on 11-18-2008, not the “Whiteout” comic. It might just be my side screwed up.
Aw, crap. I know what’s causing that. I mis-categorized the comic in WordPress. It’s fixed now. Thanks for pointing that out before I left for the morning. That would have been a real kick in the pants to find that out later!
Is the Thorum offline? I get a not found message when I try to enter.
I work in a video store, and yesterday treated everyone to a double feature of The Outsiders and Red Dawn. I don’t know if The Outsiders qualifies as a swayze movie because he’s certainly not the star, but aside from Road House the big fight scene in the rain features some of his best brawling.
Incidentally, what a cast in both those movies, especially The Outsiders.
RIP Swayze.
Wolverines !!
nuff said
My favorite Swayze memory is from SNL when he and Chris Farley auditioned for Chippendale’s.
When I think of Road House I always think of the MST3K Patrick Swayze Christmas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZyJCV_dyug
Patrick Swayze was one of those rare actors who knew who he was and played to his strengths. He’d never be King Lear but darn it, he could be a sincere guy and he played it well. I’ve enjoyed his work throughout the years & loved him in Donnie Darko as the motivational speaker/pedophile.
swayze has many a great moments. however, as wg has made mention, the one that stands out the most is the swayze/farley chippendales skit.
I loved Road House, and his supporting roles in more recent movies like Donnie Darko and Keeping Mum were great, but I think my favorite Patrick Swayze role is actually Vida Boheme in Too Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar. The fact that he was willing to take a role like that cemented my respect for him. What makes it even better is that movie is hilarious.
Wow. It’s pretty rare a comic makes me laugh out loud, but you got me that time. Good one.
My dog is named after the ‘Dalton’ character.
I didn’t name him that, the rescue group I got him from did. I like to think he was a bouncer before we adopted him.
As said Swayze was a good actor, while most people focus on the films made for a female audience, like Dirty Dancing and Ghost, he did do a lot of others. While Road House is a great example of this two roles that I feel over looked in his back catalogue are in Donnie Darko and Black Dog.
Darko’s Jim Cunningham is, in effect, a villain and it’s not the sort of character you’d expect from Swayze. It’s not the pedophile aspect but the way his character leads people down the wrong path in life. Its a very cerebral conflict that he pulls off while appearing to be doing the right thing, outside of his private life.
His performance in Black Dog is kind of bland at first glance, but that’s only because everyone else is hamming it up every chance they get. He’s a grounding anchor in the overall story and, thanks to his reluctance to overact, surprisingly believable in the almost surreal chaos around him.
I won’t say he made a massive impact on my radar, but when he did crop up I was happily surprised at his skill and range.
Thomas, I think you hit the nail on the head about Swayze’s reluctance to overact. He does the same thing in Road House. All of the other actors play the villains and town folk as sneering hicks. But he took the role seriously – and it shows.
Well I paid tribute today by watching Dirty Dancing. I do have Ghost, but I felt Whoopi would ruin the moment. And it would also be too true to form. Now all we have are memories and his guest starring brother.
It’s silly of me perhaps but “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” is the first thing that pops into my head.
Well I can’t say that I have the affection for Swayze, but Point Break is freaking awesome.