My feed
Premium
Please
or
to access all these features

AIBU?

To have cried at the news of Paul Walker's death...

61 replies

YeahButWhatIf · 01/12/2013 10:24

I can't believe it Sad He was my crush growing up. R.I.P.

OP posts:
Report
YourMaNoBraBackOfMyCar · 01/12/2013 20:40

For any Pleasantville fans he's the fella that Reece Witherspoon deflowers at Lovers Lane. Never seen any F&F films but remembered him from that.

Report
sparklysilversequins · 01/12/2013 20:40

He's not a minor star, his movies grossed millions, the F&TF series anyway. I think that he just did quite specific movies and if you weren't into the kind of thing then you wouldn't have been aware of him.

Report
34DD · 01/12/2013 20:48

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

GrandOldDukeOfBabies · 01/12/2013 20:51

YANBU. I cried when I found out Stephen Gately died :-(

Report
zatyaballerina · 01/12/2013 20:54

They crashed because they were speeding and messing about on the road, better them than an innocent person/group of people who could have been killed due to their dangerous behaviour. At forty, a man should know better, even a pretty one.

Report
pissovski · 01/12/2013 20:58

Me too Grand Old Duke

Didn't really 'know' Paul Walker (seen Pleasantville, but not F&F) but he does seem to have been a genuine talented and good guy. A very sad loss

Report
Damnautocorrect · 01/12/2013 21:00

Incredibly sad news. He inspired a generation.

Report
MummyofIsla · 01/12/2013 21:02

I think that his friend was indeed a very talented driver, indeed I believe they met doing car racing. Its rumoured that there were doughnut marks just up the road from the crash site, if true that in itself surely displays skill.

I can't believe that the DM have released video footage of the bodies being removed from the car, beyond disrespectful!

Report
MummyofIsla · 01/12/2013 21:03

Paul Walker was a very talented man, didn't he do all of his own driving in Fast and Furious? I think he was very big into street racing too.

Report
WinterWinds · 01/12/2013 21:06

OMG, I had no idea Corey Haim was dead I thought you were mistaken shinybauble and thought no that's not right so i Googled it. How did I not know this????

Have no idea who Paul walker is will Google in a moment.

But I did shed a tear when River Phoenix died. I idolised him when I was younger. Running on Empty is one of my Favourite films.

Report
ILovePonyo · 01/12/2013 21:17

Bloody hell, I didn't know stephen gately had died Shock

Report
LuciusMalfoyisSmokingHot · 01/12/2013 21:19

Ponyo, he died 4 years ago, it was all over the bloody papers.

Report
ILovePonyo · 01/12/2013 21:22

I just did a google. I don't read the bloody papers everyday Hmm

Report
sparklysilversequins · 01/12/2013 21:23

I don't read the papers everyday either. I get all my info from FB and MN Blush.

Report
southeastastra · 01/12/2013 21:27

blimey this thread is in AIBU, there are movie topics, in the news topic, even other subjects. bloody aibu, the arse of mn.

i mean who is going to say YABU lordy.

Report
ILovePonyo · 01/12/2013 21:31

Good point sparkly My fb feed is full of pictures of paul walker today.

Report
squoosh · 01/12/2013 21:36

I feel terrible for doing a tiny chuckle, just a teeny one, at the 'Stephen Gately died 4 tears ago' revelation.

OP YANBU, it's weird when someone you obsessed over as a hormonal teen dies. I was obsessed with the aforementioned Corey Haim and had a tear in my eye when he died, mostly because the last few years of his life were so very grim.

Report
squoosh · 01/12/2013 21:37

years not tears

Report
YoureBeingASillyBilly · 01/12/2013 21:41

Hmm It takes no skill at all to produce black circles on tarmac.

Report
SantaIKnowHimIKnowHim · 01/12/2013 22:46

Didn't know who Paul Walker was,so googled. OMG, so young and what a terrible way to go.
So full of life. Scary how one minute you're here, and the next, BAM you're gone. Sad
So utterly GORGEOUS too, can't believe I'd never seen him before!
My thoughts are with his family who he's tragically left behind.
Also to the driver of the car who wasn't famous but will be just as tragically missed by loved ones. Sad

Report
CheckpointCharlie · 01/12/2013 22:51

YANBU I was so Shock Shock this morning when I saw the news. I am so so gutted. Poor family. He seemed like such a nice bloke, and was so handsome too....

I loved River Phoenix too, and poor Corey Monteith. Sad

But Paul walker was especially lovely and cool. Sad

Report
minouminou · 01/12/2013 23:01

Eight Below has been a staple film for the DCs for a few years now. I won't tell DD that the "Doggies' Dad" is no more.
Very sad.

Report
SantaIKnowHimIKnowHim · 02/12/2013 01:04

For any Pleasantville fans he's the fella that Reece Witherspoon deflowers at Lovers Lane. Never seen any F&F films but remembered him from that.

Really?! Love that film. Didn't realise that was him, although not seen it for years!

Report
TheZeeTeam · 02/12/2013 01:42

Corey Haim is dead?!! Really?!!! I didn't know that!

I didn't know who Paul Walker was either, although Pleasantville is one of my favourite films.

I feel quite sad for the 4 people who died on a train in the Bronx today, but that's because it's close to home. I am not really any more bothered about Paul Walker dying than I am about the 100 000 other people that died that day. At least he died doing something he loved which, whatever way you look at it, is a good thing. Dying doing something you love or just falling asleep in front of the fire and never waking up, they're the kind of deaths millions of people can only dream of.

Report
TheZeeTeam · 02/12/2013 01:43

Not that I mean a 40 year old dying in a car crash is a good thing by the way! I know what I mean, anyway!!

Report
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.