Thread: RIP Robin Williams

Damn shame. RIP.

My favorite Robin Williams Movies:

What Dreams May Come
Fisher King
Death to Smoochy
Toys
The Birdcage
Robots
Popeye!
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

This is so sad.
I had a dream years ago where I had a really special bond with Robin Williams and we were going to run away together... It was so emotional, I still remember it vividly.
What a guy. RIP.

President Obama has issued a statement. “Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang Peter Pan, and everything in between,” he said. “But he was one of a kind. He arrived in our lives as an alien – but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit. He made us laugh. He made us cry. He gave his immeasurable talent freely and generously to those who needed it most – from our troops stationed abroad to the marginalized on our own streets. The Obama family offers our condolences to Robin’s family, his friends, and everyone who found their voice and their verse thanks to Robin Williams.”

My Statement: "I'm Rainbow Fucking Randolph!"

Rip

Damn. =/

Loved his part in Good Will Hunting. .-.

Originally Posted by GavinGill

Damn. =/

Loved his part in Good Will Hunting. .-.

Me too. I like it when funny actors do serious stuff like that. Like when Tom Hanks did Philadelphia Story.

Aww man I was still waiting for jumonji 2!

So sad. Depression is awful. Holding him and his family at the height of respect and love right now.
DAMN, 2 great actors gone in just a few weeks.

The world suddenly got a lot less funny. I mean, if the funniest man in the world couldn't fight depression, what hope do the rest of us have

I'll try to have something less depressing to say about this later. Right now I'm still just WTF

I found that Robin Williams dream, gonna post it here. This led to my first ever DEILD, too!
Failed my attempt at the Task of the Month from January 2011... I got it in the next dream though.
Thanks for the lucidity trigger, Robin Williams!

Spoiler for Robin Williams Dream:

5th January, 2011

My dream was set in my house again, and some extended family members had come to visit. Also visiting (for some reason) was Robin Williams, who was giving me a motivational speech on my career in film production.
Later on, everyone was in the dining room except for me - I was about to open the back door to go outside (I can't remember why,) but I saw 2 enormous crocodiles and 2 white wolves wrestling in my back yard, so I ran back to warn my family.
I was horrified when my uncle got up, broke in the flyscreen of the nearest window and climbed straight through to where the animal fight was taking place.
Now there was a gap leading straight into the house, so Robin Williams and I (who had formed quite a bond) went out the front door together and onto the driveway.
He said that he had to leave now and was sad go, because he knew he'd be too busy with work and travel to stay in contact, so we couldn't remain friends. But then he decided that he didn't want to lose touch and asked me to come with him, and said that we could travel together and have a good life.
At this point I started to think... crocodiles in my back yard? Robin Williams asking me to run away with him? Come on! It was all a bit ridiculous, even for my dream mind to believe.

At this point I was sure I was dreaming, but I performed a reality check anyway - I looked at my hand, and the ends of both my pinky and thumb had split into 2 mini-fingers. Confirmation.
I verbally commanded clarity and it was granted.
I considered continuing the dream with Robin Williams for a moment, but decided against it and his character looked disappointed, before losing its personality and becoming a drone.
I was standing on my driveway at home and decided the quickest way elsewhere was to fly.
First, I spun on the spot to make sure I was focused. Everything was crystal clear.
When I used to LD regularly, I would fly all the time without any issues, so I was a little surprised when I tried to fly but began falling backwards instead, down through the ground and into darkness for a moment before emerging in the sky, falling down to earth.
I stayed calm and knew I was safe, and I landed gently on the ground without waking.
I was now outside, on a green, grassy plain with mountains in the distance. The sky was clear and bright blue. This made me remember the basic task of the month - Be near a thunderstorm and get hit by a lightning bolt.
I started thinking about transforming the sky and creating a storm, but I felt myself waking up. I kept repeating "lucidity" in the hope that I could stay in the dream.

I felt myself slipping and everything went black, and I woke up for a moment and felt myself lying in my bed. I made sure not to move and kept picturing the scene where I'd just been, and was so excited when it began to return, and I felt grounded and lucid in my dream world again.
I continued trying to create the thunderstorm, alas, the same thing happened and I began to wake up.

This time I did wake up... at least, I thought I did, but I now realise that it was a false awakening, because the first thing I did after 'waking' was write about my lucid dream in my phone, and now that I'm actually awake, there is no entry in my phone and I'm regretting not doing a reality check.

Alladan was my Favorite with Robin Williams

Cya Rob, you will be missed...

dayum shayum

My psychologist mentioned this during therapy today because there's been speculation that he may have had bipolar disorder, but I went blank and couldn't remember who this "Williams" character was.

/facepalm'd afterwards like a goon

This kind of news don't affect me normally but this one hit me hard. I saw it on Twitter and couldn't believe it. A week ago I saw Dead Poets Society, which is an awesome movie and instantly recalled this fragment. Robin Williams acts as Keating for those who haven't seen it.

Keating: "Seize the day. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may." Why does the writer use these lines?
Charlie: Because he's in a hurry.
Keating: No. Ding! Thank you for playing anyway. Because we are food for worms, lads. Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold and die.

It's so sad. Rest in peace captain.

https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/statu...96314395246593

^This touching tribute from The Academy kinda gives a whole new meaning to the classic Disney scene.



Everyone hold back the tears or we're all gonna end up drowning up in here.

What dreams may come
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Originally Posted by Nfri

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Years ago that was my sig pic, and Rainbow Randolph was my avatar. A bunch of people I know on FB changed their avatars to Robin Williams characters. Mine's Randolph again

I keep pouring over the quotes...

"Comedy is acting out optimism"
"Reality: what a concept!"
"No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world."
"In America they really do mythologise people when they die."
"When in doubt, go for the dick joke."

But the thing that stands out to me most was my interaction with the cashier who broke the news to me. I told her it reminded me of when George Carlin died, how my family had watched those performances together, just like we had with Robin Williams...and her first response referred directly to Patch Adams.

And I told her, "well, we'll always have the movies I guess".

Yet a part of me immediately held dear the first uncensored look I had at him, in middle school on HBO at my friends' house. My first thought was of:



We quoted that special like it was going out of style.
"You gowna dy!" became my favorite celebrity impression thanks to that performance.

He made my face hurt from laughing so hard. That's why I'm so sad about it, maybe.

HAHA remember this one!

great actor though i don't feel sadden by his death as it was his personal choice to end his life.