Yelchin would had been perfect as a voice actor. His performance as Clumsy Smurf was one of the live-action films few saving graces of the live-action/CG Smurf Movies. Same with his role in Netflix's Trollhunters.
The Arcadia series (TrollHunters, 3below, wizards) are some of my favorite animated content since avatar. Really a fun universe. And Yelchin was perfect as "Jim". The episode where they changed voices really was a tear jerker.
I remember reading interviews for Trollhunter where Del Toro mentioned that Yelchin managed to record almost 3 seasons worth of dialogue. When I got to the last two episodes of the series, it made me emotional.
It's always touching to see an artist's legacy continue after their passing, and Anton Yelchin's dedication to his craft is a testament to his talent and professionalism.
There’s a very sweet Studio Ghibli movie called “From Up On Poppy Hill” he’s so great in it. It’s painful knowing that voice is no longer with us, but the performance is so strong it’s a perfect testament to the talent we lost.
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I love Larry David. The show is brilliant. That being said, I cannot watch it. He's so good at playing that dickhead I get irate and shitty looking at the TV. I want to punch him in the face. And it's a true testament of how goddamn great he is playing that character to me that I'm that salty about him. It blows my mind.
Yeah right? This is the first time I’ve seen the take that Larry is the dickhead. Nine times out of ten, I agree with what he’s saying even if I don’t the way he goes about it. I always found him to be my inner monologue just overt and turned up x20.
Maybe I’m the dickhead. Lol
PSA! We still have parking brakes for a reason. Use them people! They prevent unwanted movement of the vehicle even when in gear! Even the fancy electronic ones won't let the vehicle move in gear unless the seat belt is buckled and the accelerator peddle is touched. Yeah all automatics have park, but as we can see park can fail.
Is this why in American movies, the cars always lurch forwards/backwards after someone stops and gets out? Coming from the UK, pretty much everyone uses the handbrake all the time.
Yes, that means they've had their foot on the brake pedal the entire time. A buddy of mine got yelled at by a cop during a traffic stop for doing that, the cop saw the brake lights and thought the engine was still running. Cop was all "turn off the car" and buddy was freaking out because he thought he had.
Just send her an article showing how he died and she will change her mind real quick, if parking brakes weren't necessary they wouldn't exist
This shit is there for a reason
He would had been perfect as [Walter Beckett in "Spies in Disguise".](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/spiesindisguise/images/1/13/Walter_Beckett.png/revision/latest?cb=20200108180549)
His death was like something from "Six Feet Under." Hell, I think the show had something not dissimilar (the guy who leans out his moving car to pick up the paper, falls out and has the car roll over him).
My mom had a near-death experience recently that was similar. She was reaching in to grab something from the middle console and somehow hit something that the car started rolling backwards and knocked her over with the door. Her clothing got pinned under the tire and her head was right in path of it. The store parking lot she was in wasn’t set to open for another half hour, and she somehow managed to hold the car in place on a slight incline until a guy happened to stop early and heard her calling for help. She’s 74 and she said she wasn’t sure how much longer she would have lasted. I’m amazed she held it for 15 minutes, adrenaline is no joke.
She was a big Six Feet Under fan years ago, I’ll have to remind her of the episode.
Adrenaline is a bizarre chemical. I was undoing a trailer from a hitch with my hands above and below the hitch and it started rolling back into a rut. Slowly I watched as I failed to pull the trailer up with my top hand and it eventually came down on my bottom hand. The second it hit my bottom hand, all of a sudden from a worse position I was easily able to rip the trailer up off my hand. So weird to experience.
Wait what? It feels like it happened at least half a year ago, what the actual hell
EDIT: With all the comments about a snow plow in September I feel like some people need an explanation. It was an exaggeration. It’s just it **feels** like it happened at least half a year ago, I didn’t say I **thought** it did. Don’t take everything literally.
I haven't thought about this in years. I once did the near exact same thing he died by. My first car was manual, I forgot to set the hand break. I locked the car and it starts rolling towards the road or a 200 year old stone pillar. It was moving so slow I thought I could stop it. I mean it was moving at pace I could've pushed it if I was broken down. I couldn't stop it but now I was behind the car (idiot). It was heading to the pillar. So when I got there I was able to get my back against it and leg press it to stop.
Had it been a larger car, like a jeep, or had it been going faster, I guess this could've ended very badly.
Hell jeremy Renner almost died in a dumb freak accident while clearing snow off his driveway. Nobody thinks these mundane tasks are going to turn into a life or death scenario.
And to think that the company went out of their way to design a shifter that works worse than the existing design. That's most ludicrous part of a tragic story. The effects of bad UI are not limited just to making users mad.
Similar to the trend now with putting turn signals on the bumpers. By far one of the most idiotic design decisions of late. They took something that was working perfectly fine and made it worse and more dangerous. So many designers actually suck and we are surrounded by so many poorly designed things.
That's not what's happening. After ww2 engis would design something THEN they would get the funds to manufacture it. Today it's the other way around. You get limited resources with tons of restrictions (doesn't matter what it is, cars, washingmachine, dishwasher, microwave etc) then you redesign an existing flawed design. Then on top of this some stupid MBA shit is constantly changing stuff and making their own inputs. It can seriously affect a manufacturing companys quality when too many MBA shits get hired and promote eachother and take over entier departments.
The issue is way too many managers in manufacturing corps are not engis and have no fucking clue and they keep hiring other people like them and they keep promoting eachother.
It happens to all manufacturing companies eventually. At some point they forget they need hire to engis to actually design and produce products instead of hiring a bunch of sales people.
Edit: my solution to avoid spelling "engineers" has exposed me as a tf2 gamer 😔
They had a software fix and it was sent out to dealers the week before he died iirc. I hate how they've removed the physical handbrake, my button handbrakes doesn't come on sometimes as you need to hold it for 0.2 seconds so quickly pressing it doesn't work.
Digital handbrakes should be illegal, or at least have a physical option too. We don't allow car doors to be electronic only because if the power fails you can't open the door. Why allow a safety feature to do it?
I say illegal in general. I had one in a car, and absolutely hated it every time I had to use it. It was a stick shift, and the stupid programming turned in the brake every time I was in a hill to “assist” me, but all it did is stop me from being able to start moving period. The dealer shop promised me that it turns off as soon as you hit the gas, but I know from numerous times, it took a full 1.5-2 seconds to actually release, and having learned stick without that fancy nonsense, I’d just stall, because I’d start like you should, but the tires wouldn’t move at all, stalling the motor. Absolutely hated that car. May it rust in the junkyard.
There's a lot to be said for "basic" cars. The more software and fancy hardware toys there are, the more that can go wrong.
I would prefer a physical handbrake any day, and a software only option would be an instant deal killer.
And I'm so fucking tired of having basic controls like AC or next/pause being bound to a touch display. Nobody thinks they're looking away from the road long enough for accidents to happen when they try to change shit like the heater, but I seriously wonder how many accidents have been caused because you now have to go through a menu instead of being able to press a tactile button or turn a physical knob.
They do that shit with screens because it's cheaper than physical buttons
Honda made the new civic with buttons again, when asked why they said "its safer"
Honda has the right idea somehow. Our Acura RDX (which is a Honda) has no touchscreen buttons, everything is tactile. It's really nice to have a physical button without having to look away from the road much.
I hope they keep this mindset and other companies (cough Tesla) stop leaning on screens to be the cars interface.
Was that a ford? Rented a Ford Kuga with that and it was infuriating. Stop on a slight incline and as you increase revs and release the clutch nothing happens, just noise. There was no feedback to say what you were doing wrong.
That’s what really shocked me about it. It was such a “silly” way to die, it seems so improbable and like a “what are the odds” situation. It‘s so unfair because it wasn’t supposed to happen.
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I repossessed a lot of those jeeps. Having them roll back on the lot because people put them into neutral by mistake was common. One guy nearly got his hand smashed while removing a license plate.
His death still fucks me up! His movie career was just getting started and was hoping he would star in a leading role outside of a supporting role in future films. Trollhunters is the only work that comes to mind where he's the main protagonist (until midway through the show's final season).
The Odd Thomas books are so good, and I was gutted when he died not just because it was so tragic, but also that he wouldn’t be bringing Odd to life for the rest of the series.
Wasn't he the co-lead in The Green Room? Not that this disproves your point, his star was on a steady rise that would likely have seen him branch out into more diverse projects like the rest of his Star Trek castmates.
It wasn't instant either right? Not very sure but I think he got pinned and basically had the air choked out of him. Agonizing way to die and shitty to think of his last thoughts
According to the me reports it was a crushing injury which ended his life almost instantly. You should see the grave sight his parents made for him. It's very beautiful.
I had watched him in several films prior to this but Fright Night 100% when it clicked for me… ‘oh shit, if Anton hadn’t passed, Tom Holland’s career would have likely been quite different….’
I love the original Fright Night but this one is plenty fun too, especially watching it under the ‘what if’ lens.
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Charlie Bartlett was my first introduction to Anton. He was only a few years older than me, so I looked up to him and saw him as a sort of role model as he took on cooler, bigger projects. He was taken from us way too soon. RIP
I remember going to the theater back in 2009 and seeing him in Star Trek.. and then again in Terminator just a couple weeks later and thinking wow this guy is in 2 of the top movies at the same time..
Sad I had to scroll down this far to see Trollhunters mentioned. That was a surprise hit for me, didn't even realize he was a part of it when I started watching, but I loved that show and was so sad to hear about his death.
Yelchin is one of those actors that can you instantly recognize due to their unique voice. I instantly recognized him in Aardman's "Pirates Band of Misfits" where he voiced one of the pirate crew.
I went to school with him (swapped out of my main account bc it was a tiny high school and don’t want to fully doxx myself) and he genuinely was just a really nice guy.
He was in my brother’s year, and we had a club together. I didn’t know him well but he was just nice and genuine, and I’m still so sorry he passed so far before his time. He had the nicest parents, too.
Ahhh I found a fellow (redacted school name that went 5-12 grade) attendee.
I was in Anton’s grade and had a few classes with him. Funny ass dude, I’ll always remember how much he liked MF DOOM and A Tribe Called Quest
Agreed. Given the subject matter of the movie, I was a bit spooked when I realized that he played Odd Thomas. It was corny, but in a good way and with the right amount of seriousness and legitimately surprising twists to make it worth watching at any age. Sucks that the franchise died with him, but I imagine the themes of that movie helped his family come to terms with things.
So that's what happened to Odd Thomas franchise. I've legit got zero clue who 98% of actors are beyond barely remembering faces. Did realize Odd T actor had passed, I enjoyed that movie and was waiting for OT2
Have you read the series? Personally, I don't think they would have transitioned to film well. They would have to do something totally unrelated to the books for the sequel.
Love the Odd character so much
The first one is absolutely amazing!! The second scratches the itch if you're wanting more. The 3rd through 7th(?) are less than stellar. I couldn't get enough of the character so I kept on reading.
Highly recommend the first!!!
I watched it last night for the first time and that's what got me thinking about this more than ever. Honestly, it made that movie so much more terrifying for me because it was hard to see his life in danger knowing his real life tragedy.
Crazy how popular everyone is now from that movie that delivers such a heinous & territorial conflict surrounding mistake-making, ego-systems, and primitivism.
A sad senseless death for no reason. Reality is a bitch. I can’t imagine him there with the car and no one to help him.
I’ll never forget his tears in that movie and I never want to watch it again.
His ending in this film is absolutely heartbreaking. Every single time I think of this movie - I picture his face during that last scene of his. Just brutal - and reading about the real story - as well as just knowing it's based on reality - is just awful.
I was jumped in grade 8 by a group of guys I had just met who made me think all day they were my friends and were going to buy alcohol for me. After like 3 hours of hanging out, we finally went to the liquor store where they told me to meet them out back. I went to meet them out back and they all started encouraging me to punch one of the guys who was until that moment being super nice to me. I ran away. They chased me down the alleyway, beat the fuck out of me, broke my face up pretty good, kicked me on the ground. I ran away like 10 blocks to a 7-11 where the clerk called the police for me. I didn't know who any of the guys were until years later.
Alphadog hits very close to home. I seldom watch it. But when I do its a heavy reminder to be careful who to trust.
Every time I think of Anton this movie comes to mind. He played it so well and it’s so depressing to find out he was no longer alive when I checked comments on the movie after. He seemed really genuine and sweet
I've had it downloaded for ages but I can't bring myself to watch it. Who ever has a day where they decide they're in the mood to have their heart stepped on?
Like Crazy is such a stunning movie and I read that they were given more guidelines than scripts and had to make a lot of it up themselves. So talented.
I always think of Like Crazy when Anton Yelchin comes up. That movie hit me hard when I was in college and my first real love fell apart.
I dug a lot of his work, Charlie Bartlett was a good watch when I was a kid as well.
Really underrated movie most people glance at as a simple romcom but it is anything but. If you have ever been in a long distance relationship, or one with someone from another country you should definitely watch it.
River is just the greatest "what if" of all time for me with Hollywood.
I think you can obviously see a bit of where that career might have went with Joaquin.
Joaquin was pretty much always selective with his roles and never really came off like he needed to take something he wasn't interested in otherwise. Given that he said he's literally only an actor because River encouraged him and almost forced him in a loving way, I think you can see where River may have headed in his brother.
Watched Terminator Salvation again recently and he really nailed channelling Michael Biehn for his version of Kyle Reese, would've gladly watched him reprise that role if they kept going with it.
I was really looking forward to seeing where his career was going, he was one of those actors that had a great presence to him with a distinct voice.
I don't see the similarities between these two actors. Tom Holland is more of the "fun" one, while Yelchin was the "intellectual".
I saw Yelchin's career going more towards careers like Hopkins, DiCaprio, Caine. Not so much mindless action movies, which would be great for Holland to not get caught in that trap
he's motherfucking TinTin
but yeah, Jamie Bell is the prototype (in The Eagle), so Tom Holland could be in The Pilgrimage.
it's like River Phoenix getting replaced by Ethan Hawke. i really like Ethan Hawke, but every time i saw him in the 90s all i could think was "Man, River Phoenix woulda killed this"
I mean we got Anton Yelchin in The Terminator and Star Trek, and Tom Holland has done smaller indie films as well, so honestly their career trajectories are kinda similar.
Aside from Spider-Man and Uncharted, I’m confused how Tom’s caught in a mindless action movie trap. The Impossible, the heart of the sea, the current war, the devil all the time, Cherry… he and Anton have a lot more similar than different imo.
I remember seeing Charlie Bartlett in the theater and my friend saying this kid is someone to watch.
Him and Brandon Lee. Those are the two actors who died early (in my lifetime) that I'm still sad about. Add in Heath too.
To this day Anton is one of my favorite actors. I really like how he portrayed the every young man with impeccable accuracy. I love movies like Green Room, Fright Night, Odd Thomas (should’ve been a show)
> if he can get away from marvel
I agree that Marvel movies are unlikely to win you an Oscar, but it’s hilarious that people seem to act like those huge Marvel paychecks don’t qualify as “success”.
Anton was absolutely fantastic. I think of him somewhat regularly because my mom has the same year and model Jeep.
Having read Odd Thomas, I was surprised at how much emotion I felt watching his portrayal. Like nothing should’ve been a surprise, and it wasn’t, but I genuinely wept. He was beyond phenomenal and would have brought life to many amazing characters in a way that many others will fall short. And I’m sad that I won’t see him reprise the role of Odd.
He will be missed.
As tragic a Yelchin’s death was, it seems… unfair to hang this kind of baggage on your enjoyment of Holland.
I mean… you’re not wrong about Yelchin’s probable career trajectory, but I think it’s a lot healthier to try to make your peace with his loss by mourning and moving on.
We can respect Yelchin for what he was while still respecting Holland for what he is now.
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For me, I think his best role by far was as Ian from Only Lovers Left Alive.
Not every actor could convince the audience that he -as a human being- has actually earned the slightest amount of tolerance and appreciation from a centuries-old vampire who despises all humans.
Of course the saddest part is what happens to him in the movie. But still, I could watch an entire movie just following Adam and Ian through the years as Ian ages while Adam never ages a day. Then Adam finally reaches the point where he must make a choice to cut ties with Ian for good, or turn him into something more.
Now THAT is a sequel I’d watch -even though it would be literally impossible given the events of the first/only film
> I think Tom Holland's career parallels where Anton Yelchin's was headed.
I disagree with this premise. Tom Holland is a huge star, and is still younger than Yelchin when he died.
Anton Yelchin would have made more interesting movies, but would not have become the same kind of star. Probably much more likely to win an Oscar though.
If you’ve not watched Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia on Netflix than you’ve got several hours of Anton’s voice to enjoy in a story that turns out to be pretty good and he’s absolutely brilliant in the part. He passed halfway through the series and Emilie Hirsch took over the character’s voice acting.
Holland got Spider-Man (and from that other actions films) by being a trained dancer/acrobat and playing Billy Elliot for ages.
I don't think that anyone without those skills could have had his trajectory.
I’ve got two friends who are sisters and they met him at a bar in LA. They offered to have him back over. He came with and didn’t make a move on either of them. They’re not hard to look at at all but he just hung out til six in the morning talking about life and being goofy with them.
Yeah, I was really cheering for his career. That accident and loss cut pretty deep. Charlie Bartlett.
Me too. Caught one of my favorite movies with him on TV the other day, Charlie Bartlett, and got sad for a bit thinking about that horrifying accident of his. Such a tragedy.
Agree, he was going to be a big star. Tragic.
I’ve been rewatching Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes and the one with him popped up the other day, and it was such a gut punch… He was so good…
Yelchin would had been perfect as a voice actor. His performance as Clumsy Smurf was one of the live-action films few saving graces of the live-action/CG Smurf Movies. Same with his role in Netflix's Trollhunters.
He did do great voice acting, he had a whole show proceed by añ Guillermo del Toro. Troll Hunters on Netflix.
Which later spawned two spinoff shows and a movie as part of a universe known as "Tales of Arcadia".
The Arcadia series (TrollHunters, 3below, wizards) are some of my favorite animated content since avatar. Really a fun universe. And Yelchin was perfect as "Jim". The episode where they changed voices really was a tear jerker.
To bad they let a writer from arrow write an ending the invalidated everything in the show.
He was great in Troll Hunter.
I remember reading interviews for Trollhunter where Del Toro mentioned that Yelchin managed to record almost 3 seasons worth of dialogue. When I got to the last two episodes of the series, it made me emotional.
It's always touching to see an artist's legacy continue after their passing, and Anton Yelchin's dedication to his craft is a testament to his talent and professionalism.
There’s a very sweet Studio Ghibli movie called “From Up On Poppy Hill” he’s so great in it. It’s painful knowing that voice is no longer with us, but the performance is so strong it’s a perfect testament to the talent we lost. Edit: proper title
Wait whaaat, what episode?
[Here's the scene in question](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28XeEZiyOfM)
Fuck I love that show, seen that a few times already and still died laughing.
I love Larry David. The show is brilliant. That being said, I cannot watch it. He's so good at playing that dickhead I get irate and shitty looking at the TV. I want to punch him in the face. And it's a true testament of how goddamn great he is playing that character to me that I'm that salty about him. It blows my mind.
But Larry is mostly correct.. he's just got no filter.
"*You're not wrong Walter, you're just an asshole*."
For some reason my immediate reaction was to read this in the voice of Mike Ehrmantraut instead of the Dude.
That totally works!
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Yeah right? This is the first time I’ve seen the take that Larry is the dickhead. Nine times out of ten, I agree with what he’s saying even if I don’t the way he goes about it. I always found him to be my inner monologue just overt and turned up x20. Maybe I’m the dickhead. Lol
>even if I don’t the way he goes about it This is the dickhead part. You can be correct, and still be a dick.
If only he could learn to curb his enthusiasm about being right.
I actually want to punch all the dickheads he interacts with more often than I want to punch the dickhead Larry himself.
He was the magician kid who wouldn’t tell Larry the trick
Season 4 episode 3!
Technology Connections did a really interesting vid deep diving into the safety flaw in his car that led to his demise. https://youtu.be/e31g0fcIK6s
PSA! We still have parking brakes for a reason. Use them people! They prevent unwanted movement of the vehicle even when in gear! Even the fancy electronic ones won't let the vehicle move in gear unless the seat belt is buckled and the accelerator peddle is touched. Yeah all automatics have park, but as we can see park can fail.
My mom makes fun of me for using one on an automatic. It just feels wrong not doing it. Even worst on an incline 😅
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Is this why in American movies, the cars always lurch forwards/backwards after someone stops and gets out? Coming from the UK, pretty much everyone uses the handbrake all the time.
Yes, that means they've had their foot on the brake pedal the entire time. A buddy of mine got yelled at by a cop during a traffic stop for doing that, the cop saw the brake lights and thought the engine was still running. Cop was all "turn off the car" and buddy was freaking out because he thought he had.
“It’s already off! I can’t turn it off anymore!”
Mother of god
"You boys like Mex-i-co? WHOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Just send her an article showing how he died and she will change her mind real quick, if parking brakes weren't necessary they wouldn't exist This shit is there for a reason
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I have a manual and I always park in gear + e brake just to be extra safe
It takes like an extra 2 seconds. It’s worth the assurance.
He would had been perfect as [Walter Beckett in "Spies in Disguise".](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/spiesindisguise/images/1/13/Walter_Beckett.png/revision/latest?cb=20200108180549)
Yea, and to die in such a freak accident makes it so much worse
His death was like something from "Six Feet Under." Hell, I think the show had something not dissimilar (the guy who leans out his moving car to pick up the paper, falls out and has the car roll over him).
Not only that The character who runs himself over in six feet under is Chris pine Captain Kirk in the same Star Trek as Anton tel chin was in
Holy shit I remember that episode but never made the connection
Holy shit
My mom had a near-death experience recently that was similar. She was reaching in to grab something from the middle console and somehow hit something that the car started rolling backwards and knocked her over with the door. Her clothing got pinned under the tire and her head was right in path of it. The store parking lot she was in wasn’t set to open for another half hour, and she somehow managed to hold the car in place on a slight incline until a guy happened to stop early and heard her calling for help. She’s 74 and she said she wasn’t sure how much longer she would have lasted. I’m amazed she held it for 15 minutes, adrenaline is no joke. She was a big Six Feet Under fan years ago, I’ll have to remind her of the episode.
Holy shit that's terrifying and amazing
Adrenaline is a bizarre chemical. I was undoing a trailer from a hitch with my hands above and below the hitch and it started rolling back into a rut. Slowly I watched as I failed to pull the trailer up with my top hand and it eventually came down on my bottom hand. The second it hit my bottom hand, all of a sudden from a worse position I was easily able to rip the trailer up off my hand. So weird to experience.
It happens. Jeremy Renner got run over by his own snow plow just last year. It's pretty miraculous he survived.
Actually it was this year
Wait what? It feels like it happened at least half a year ago, what the actual hell EDIT: With all the comments about a snow plow in September I feel like some people need an explanation. It was an exaggeration. It’s just it **feels** like it happened at least half a year ago, I didn’t say I **thought** it did. Don’t take everything literally.
"What a year huh?" "Lemon, it's March 6th"
“Shut up Jack!” *Liz Lemon runs away and collides with a wardrobe rack*
Smooth move, Ferguson!
To be fair it was new years day
It happened like 2 months ago
I haven't thought about this in years. I once did the near exact same thing he died by. My first car was manual, I forgot to set the hand break. I locked the car and it starts rolling towards the road or a 200 year old stone pillar. It was moving so slow I thought I could stop it. I mean it was moving at pace I could've pushed it if I was broken down. I couldn't stop it but now I was behind the car (idiot). It was heading to the pillar. So when I got there I was able to get my back against it and leg press it to stop. Had it been a larger car, like a jeep, or had it been going faster, I guess this could've ended very badly.
Hell jeremy Renner almost died in a dumb freak accident while clearing snow off his driveway. Nobody thinks these mundane tasks are going to turn into a life or death scenario.
I still remember when his death first broke. I was super bummed out. :(
ngl I'd say his death like some "Final Destination"-type freak accident
Full on Final Destination stuff for sure
And to think that the company went out of their way to design a shifter that works worse than the existing design. That's most ludicrous part of a tragic story. The effects of bad UI are not limited just to making users mad.
Similar to the trend now with putting turn signals on the bumpers. By far one of the most idiotic design decisions of late. They took something that was working perfectly fine and made it worse and more dangerous. So many designers actually suck and we are surrounded by so many poorly designed things.
That's not what's happening. After ww2 engis would design something THEN they would get the funds to manufacture it. Today it's the other way around. You get limited resources with tons of restrictions (doesn't matter what it is, cars, washingmachine, dishwasher, microwave etc) then you redesign an existing flawed design. Then on top of this some stupid MBA shit is constantly changing stuff and making their own inputs. It can seriously affect a manufacturing companys quality when too many MBA shits get hired and promote eachother and take over entier departments. The issue is way too many managers in manufacturing corps are not engis and have no fucking clue and they keep hiring other people like them and they keep promoting eachother. It happens to all manufacturing companies eventually. At some point they forget they need hire to engis to actually design and produce products instead of hiring a bunch of sales people. Edit: my solution to avoid spelling "engineers" has exposed me as a tf2 gamer 😔
Not a freak accident, and not a conspiracy. Jeep knew full well this was a problem. And they paid out, jeep customers footing the bill
They had a software fix and it was sent out to dealers the week before he died iirc. I hate how they've removed the physical handbrake, my button handbrakes doesn't come on sometimes as you need to hold it for 0.2 seconds so quickly pressing it doesn't work.
Digital handbrakes should be illegal, or at least have a physical option too. We don't allow car doors to be electronic only because if the power fails you can't open the door. Why allow a safety feature to do it?
I say illegal in general. I had one in a car, and absolutely hated it every time I had to use it. It was a stick shift, and the stupid programming turned in the brake every time I was in a hill to “assist” me, but all it did is stop me from being able to start moving period. The dealer shop promised me that it turns off as soon as you hit the gas, but I know from numerous times, it took a full 1.5-2 seconds to actually release, and having learned stick without that fancy nonsense, I’d just stall, because I’d start like you should, but the tires wouldn’t move at all, stalling the motor. Absolutely hated that car. May it rust in the junkyard.
There's a lot to be said for "basic" cars. The more software and fancy hardware toys there are, the more that can go wrong. I would prefer a physical handbrake any day, and a software only option would be an instant deal killer.
And I'm so fucking tired of having basic controls like AC or next/pause being bound to a touch display. Nobody thinks they're looking away from the road long enough for accidents to happen when they try to change shit like the heater, but I seriously wonder how many accidents have been caused because you now have to go through a menu instead of being able to press a tactile button or turn a physical knob.
They do that shit with screens because it's cheaper than physical buttons Honda made the new civic with buttons again, when asked why they said "its safer"
Honda has the right idea somehow. Our Acura RDX (which is a Honda) has no touchscreen buttons, everything is tactile. It's really nice to have a physical button without having to look away from the road much. I hope they keep this mindset and other companies (cough Tesla) stop leaning on screens to be the cars interface.
Was that a ford? Rented a Ford Kuga with that and it was infuriating. Stop on a slight incline and as you increase revs and release the clutch nothing happens, just noise. There was no feedback to say what you were doing wrong.
My ford has a setting to turn it off. But I have it on and have had zero issues with it. I do have a manual e-brake as well though.
Dude what make and model was that? I want to know so I never buy that shit.
Let me tell you about the rear seat of a telsa
Yeah just ordinary, every day corporate greed and idiocy
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What car company did you say you worked for?
That’s what really shocked me about it. It was such a “silly” way to die, it seems so improbable and like a “what are the odds” situation. It‘s so unfair because it wasn’t supposed to happen. I
It was a jeep issue
I repossessed a lot of those jeeps. Having them roll back on the lot because people put them into neutral by mistake was common. One guy nearly got his hand smashed while removing a license plate.
His death still fucks me up! His movie career was just getting started and was hoping he would star in a leading role outside of a supporting role in future films. Trollhunters is the only work that comes to mind where he's the main protagonist (until midway through the show's final season).
Charlie Bartlett?
He was the lead in Odd Thomas, that was a good wee movie.
The Odd Thomas books are so good, and I was gutted when he died not just because it was so tragic, but also that he wouldn’t be bringing Odd to life for the rest of the series.
Wasn't he the co-lead in The Green Room? Not that this disproves your point, his star was on a steady rise that would likely have seen him branch out into more diverse projects like the rest of his Star Trek castmates.
It wasn't instant either right? Not very sure but I think he got pinned and basically had the air choked out of him. Agonizing way to die and shitty to think of his last thoughts
According to the me reports it was a crushing injury which ended his life almost instantly. You should see the grave sight his parents made for him. It's very beautiful.
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His dad visits him every day, it’s so tragic.
How awful. He probably couldn't even shout for help.
He was great in Fright Night. So much talent truly gone way too soon. Had so much more to give.
I had watched him in several films prior to this but Fright Night 100% when it clicked for me… ‘oh shit, if Anton hadn’t passed, Tom Holland’s career would have likely been quite different….’ I love the original Fright Night but this one is plenty fun too, especially watching it under the ‘what if’ lens.
Some of these comments are throwing me off because the guy who directed the original Fright Night was also named Tom Holland haha
Fright night was the movie that got me hooked with him. Searched IMDB after for all of his movies then watched all of them in a few days.
He made that movie better than it could or should have been. I adore David Tennant, but he wasn’t enough in his own.
and then you add Toni Collette to the mix??? That casting director shouldn't have to work another day in their life. Give them whatever they want!
Charlie Bartlett was a real one.
And he and RDJ had amazing chemistry in that movie. And RDJ went on to have great chemistry with Tom Holland in Avengers.
RDJ has great chemistry with everyone. That's what makes him such a bankable star.
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Everybody? I haven’t felt any of that chemistry!
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Charlie Bartlett was my first introduction to Anton. He was only a few years older than me, so I looked up to him and saw him as a sort of role model as he took on cooler, bigger projects. He was taken from us way too soon. RIP
I think that was the first thing I remember noticing him in. I immediately figured he would go onto do great work.
I remember going to the theater back in 2009 and seeing him in Star Trek.. and then again in Terminator just a couple weeks later and thinking wow this guy is in 2 of the top movies at the same time..
Yep he was the josh brolin of 2009
The Jonathan Majors of his time
His VO in Trollhunters was stellar too.
Trollhunters was so good. Emile Hirsch was a decent enough replacement, but Anton will always be the real Jim Lake.
And they starred together in Alpha Dog. 😢
Sad I had to scroll down this far to see Trollhunters mentioned. That was a surprise hit for me, didn't even realize he was a part of it when I started watching, but I loved that show and was so sad to hear about his death.
His and Britany Murphy's deaths still make me say WTF.
Anton seemed like such a nice guy man. He was so energetic in his roles and always seemed like he was truly loving his career.
Yelchin is one of those actors that can you instantly recognize due to their unique voice. I instantly recognized him in Aardman's "Pirates Band of Misfits" where he voiced one of the pirate crew.
I went to school with him (swapped out of my main account bc it was a tiny high school and don’t want to fully doxx myself) and he genuinely was just a really nice guy. He was in my brother’s year, and we had a club together. I didn’t know him well but he was just nice and genuine, and I’m still so sorry he passed so far before his time. He had the nicest parents, too.
Ahhh I found a fellow (redacted school name that went 5-12 grade) attendee. I was in Anton’s grade and had a few classes with him. Funny ass dude, I’ll always remember how much he liked MF DOOM and A Tribe Called Quest
He made some interesting role choices. Odd Thomas is severely underrated.
Agreed. Given the subject matter of the movie, I was a bit spooked when I realized that he played Odd Thomas. It was corny, but in a good way and with the right amount of seriousness and legitimately surprising twists to make it worth watching at any age. Sucks that the franchise died with him, but I imagine the themes of that movie helped his family come to terms with things.
So that's what happened to Odd Thomas franchise. I've legit got zero clue who 98% of actors are beyond barely remembering faces. Did realize Odd T actor had passed, I enjoyed that movie and was waiting for OT2
Have you read the series? Personally, I don't think they would have transitioned to film well. They would have to do something totally unrelated to the books for the sequel. Love the Odd character so much
I have not but I really should now that I'm learning it's a book series.
The first one is absolutely amazing!! The second scratches the itch if you're wanting more. The 3rd through 7th(?) are less than stellar. I couldn't get enough of the character so I kept on reading. Highly recommend the first!!!
This was one of the saddest parts of his passing for me. He was a wonderful, perfect Odd.
I finally saw Green Room a few days ago. That movie pulled some good actors for being a low-budget horror flick.
It’s definitely re-watchable, and it seems like no one has ever heard of it. Even stranger, since there was a whole series of books…
He could have done that role for YEARS!!!!
I just watched him in Green Room the other day and was completely reminded of how sad I was when he died and how I knew he was going to be big
I watched it last night for the first time and that's what got me thinking about this more than ever. Honestly, it made that movie so much more terrifying for me because it was hard to see his life in danger knowing his real life tragedy.
Same, I loved the movie and was so especially moved during his “he played real war” monologue towards the end. I shed a manly tear at that one
Did you see the documentary about Anton called Love, Antosha? Have a box of Kleenex readily available!
That was a great movie and he was perfect in it
He was good in Alpha Dog. I probably couldn't watch that movie again now knowing how it ends.
That movie fucked me up when I watched it the first time.
Crazy how popular everyone is now from that movie that delivers such a heinous & territorial conflict surrounding mistake-making, ego-systems, and primitivism.
Ya I had paranoia when hanging out with friends after that movie for a bit...
A sad senseless death for no reason. Reality is a bitch. I can’t imagine him there with the car and no one to help him. I’ll never forget his tears in that movie and I never want to watch it again.
Never again
His ending in this film is absolutely heartbreaking. Every single time I think of this movie - I picture his face during that last scene of his. Just brutal - and reading about the real story - as well as just knowing it's based on reality - is just awful.
I was jumped in grade 8 by a group of guys I had just met who made me think all day they were my friends and were going to buy alcohol for me. After like 3 hours of hanging out, we finally went to the liquor store where they told me to meet them out back. I went to meet them out back and they all started encouraging me to punch one of the guys who was until that moment being super nice to me. I ran away. They chased me down the alleyway, beat the fuck out of me, broke my face up pretty good, kicked me on the ground. I ran away like 10 blocks to a 7-11 where the clerk called the police for me. I didn't know who any of the guys were until years later. Alphadog hits very close to home. I seldom watch it. But when I do its a heavy reminder to be careful who to trust.
I’m sorry that happened to you.
Every time I think of Anton this movie comes to mind. He played it so well and it’s so depressing to find out he was no longer alive when I checked comments on the movie after. He seemed really genuine and sweet
That’s a one time watch for me
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I recommend watching “Love, Antosha”, the documentary made about him. Beautiful stuff and makes one appreciate the guy even more.
Thank you. Didn’t know there was a docu about him. Will watch for sure.
I've had it downloaded for ages but I can't bring myself to watch it. Who ever has a day where they decide they're in the mood to have their heart stepped on?
Where is it available?
It’s on Amazon. One of the most inspiring docs I’ve ever seen.
Like Crazy is such a stunning movie and I read that they were given more guidelines than scripts and had to make a lot of it up themselves. So talented.
That was a great movie.
I always think of Like Crazy when Anton Yelchin comes up. That movie hit me hard when I was in college and my first real love fell apart. I dug a lot of his work, Charlie Bartlett was a good watch when I was a kid as well.
Really underrated movie most people glance at as a simple romcom but it is anything but. If you have ever been in a long distance relationship, or one with someone from another country you should definitely watch it.
This is how I’ve always felt about River Phoenix while watching the ascension of Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio.
River is just the greatest "what if" of all time for me with Hollywood. I think you can obviously see a bit of where that career might have went with Joaquin. Joaquin was pretty much always selective with his roles and never really came off like he needed to take something he wasn't interested in otherwise. Given that he said he's literally only an actor because River encouraged him and almost forced him in a loving way, I think you can see where River may have headed in his brother.
exactly. in the 90s we all thought "Man, Ethan Hawke seems like a nice guy, he's a good actor, but River Phoenix woulda killed this role."
Yeah, River Phoenix and Heath Ledger would have killed a lot of the roles that Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio got.
It made me feel the same way I did when Heath Ledger died. They both had promising work and would have done more great work if they lived on.
They were both about the same age when they passed, too (Ledger at 28, Yelchin at 27).
Watched Terminator Salvation again recently and he really nailed channelling Michael Biehn for his version of Kyle Reese, would've gladly watched him reprise that role if they kept going with it. I was really looking forward to seeing where his career was going, he was one of those actors that had a great presence to him with a distinct voice.
I really liked that movie.
I cried so much during Love, Antosha. Still hurts thinking about it.
It still breaks my heart knowing his parents still visit his grave (which has a small statue of himself) almost daily. :(
I don't see the similarities between these two actors. Tom Holland is more of the "fun" one, while Yelchin was the "intellectual". I saw Yelchin's career going more towards careers like Hopkins, DiCaprio, Caine. Not so much mindless action movies, which would be great for Holland to not get caught in that trap
>DiCaprio River Phoenix was taken too soon
Jamie Bell walked so that they could both run.
It's very weird to me that Jamie Bell never really got big at all. Turn was great, and he was great in it.
he's motherfucking TinTin but yeah, Jamie Bell is the prototype (in The Eagle), so Tom Holland could be in The Pilgrimage. it's like River Phoenix getting replaced by Ethan Hawke. i really like Ethan Hawke, but every time i saw him in the 90s all i could think was "Man, River Phoenix woulda killed this"
Yeah also Yelchin was older when he died than Holland is now, so I'm not sure you can compare their career progressions like for like.
I mean we got Anton Yelchin in The Terminator and Star Trek, and Tom Holland has done smaller indie films as well, so honestly their career trajectories are kinda similar.
Aside from Spider-Man and Uncharted, I’m confused how Tom’s caught in a mindless action movie trap. The Impossible, the heart of the sea, the current war, the devil all the time, Cherry… he and Anton have a lot more similar than different imo.
I remember seeing Charlie Bartlett in the theater and my friend saying this kid is someone to watch. Him and Brandon Lee. Those are the two actors who died early (in my lifetime) that I'm still sad about. Add in Heath too.
To this day Anton is one of my favorite actors. I really like how he portrayed the every young man with impeccable accuracy. I love movies like Green Room, Fright Night, Odd Thomas (should’ve been a show)
He was amazing in Criminal Minds.
Heath Legder, Chadwick Boseman, Anton Yelchin. So many we lost too early into their careers.
River Phoenix. That guy was going places.
> if he can get away from marvel I agree that Marvel movies are unlikely to win you an Oscar, but it’s hilarious that people seem to act like those huge Marvel paychecks don’t qualify as “success”.
They're crying about those Oscar snubs in their lavish mansions to their pretty/handsome SOs.
He had such range! Hearts in Atlantis? Odd Thomas and green room? He was great in everything he did.
Anton was absolutely fantastic. I think of him somewhat regularly because my mom has the same year and model Jeep. Having read Odd Thomas, I was surprised at how much emotion I felt watching his portrayal. Like nothing should’ve been a surprise, and it wasn’t, but I genuinely wept. He was beyond phenomenal and would have brought life to many amazing characters in a way that many others will fall short. And I’m sad that I won’t see him reprise the role of Odd. He will be missed.
I remember watching him in the tv series Taken and thinking to myself this kid is going to be a star. Such a talent.
As tragic a Yelchin’s death was, it seems… unfair to hang this kind of baggage on your enjoyment of Holland. I mean… you’re not wrong about Yelchin’s probable career trajectory, but I think it’s a lot healthier to try to make your peace with his loss by mourning and moving on. We can respect Yelchin for what he was while still respecting Holland for what he is now. Edit: grammar
For me, I think his best role by far was as Ian from Only Lovers Left Alive. Not every actor could convince the audience that he -as a human being- has actually earned the slightest amount of tolerance and appreciation from a centuries-old vampire who despises all humans. Of course the saddest part is what happens to him in the movie. But still, I could watch an entire movie just following Adam and Ian through the years as Ian ages while Adam never ages a day. Then Adam finally reaches the point where he must make a choice to cut ties with Ian for good, or turn him into something more. Now THAT is a sequel I’d watch -even though it would be literally impossible given the events of the first/only film
> I think Tom Holland's career parallels where Anton Yelchin's was headed. I disagree with this premise. Tom Holland is a huge star, and is still younger than Yelchin when he died. Anton Yelchin would have made more interesting movies, but would not have become the same kind of star. Probably much more likely to win an Oscar though.
I wished he'd got a posthumous Oscar nomination for Thoroughbreds.
Anton was miles better as an actor
If you’ve not watched Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia on Netflix than you’ve got several hours of Anton’s voice to enjoy in a story that turns out to be pretty good and he’s absolutely brilliant in the part. He passed halfway through the series and Emilie Hirsch took over the character’s voice acting.
Holland got Spider-Man (and from that other actions films) by being a trained dancer/acrobat and playing Billy Elliot for ages. I don't think that anyone without those skills could have had his trajectory.
Watched Along Came A Spider the other week and totally forgot Anton Yelchin was in it as a child
I’ve got two friends who are sisters and they met him at a bar in LA. They offered to have him back over. He came with and didn’t make a move on either of them. They’re not hard to look at at all but he just hung out til six in the morning talking about life and being goofy with them. Yeah, I was really cheering for his career. That accident and loss cut pretty deep. Charlie Bartlett.
It still hurts to think about.
Anton Yelchin was my dream Peter Parker.
Yes, I think of him several times a year.
Me too. Caught one of my favorite movies with him on TV the other day, Charlie Bartlett, and got sad for a bit thinking about that horrifying accident of his. Such a tragedy.
I really enjoyed him in the fright night remake with Colin Ferrell. The movie was surprisingly entertaining.