Bill Pullman was Lonestar, therefore he wins everything.
― the emancipation of distraction (askance johnson), Sunday, 19 June 2011 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
paxton.
though pullman's fake sax playing in lost highway will always have a place in my heart.
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Sunday, 19 June 2011 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
man, these two are fuckin ashit, i cant even choose
― nakhchivan, Sunday, 19 June 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
Voting Pullman because I think Paxton's gonna walk this but really they're both winners as far I'm concerned.
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Sunday, 19 June 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
Greil Marcus has written about Pullman like he's Marlon Brando or somebody, but I don't have any sense of him at all, beyond that he starred in an insane David Lynch film. I liked Paxton in A Simple Plan and Twister (I don't remember much about One False Move, and should look at that again).
― clemenza, Sunday, 19 June 2011 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
Only one of these men is motherfucking King of New York
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWli7LeYQuU&feature=related
― free inappropriate education (Abbbottt), Sunday, 19 June 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
go ahead, vote pullman
http://media.dvdtown.com/images/displayimage.php?id=13820
i dare you
― Heady Snobbin (Pillbox), Sunday, 19 June 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://content6.flixster.com/photo/11/38/30/11383028_gal.jpg
― lots of janitors have something to say (Shakey Mo Collier), Sunday, 19 June 2011 17:21 (twelve years ago) link
omg Abbott OTM x1000
so glad I voted Pullman
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Sunday, 19 June 2011 17:21 (twelve years ago) link
Paxton 4 Lyfe
― Nhex, Sunday, 19 June 2011 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
I've liked Pullman in some stuff, but he was the worst SNL host I've ever seen. Paxton by a fucking mile.
― da croupier, Sunday, 19 June 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
I can't decide if Pullman should be docked for that "oh my fiancee is leaving me to meet a guy she's never spoken to on the empire state building well swell i'll pick up the tab" scene in sleepless in seattle or given points for somehow surviving it
― da croupier, Sunday, 19 June 2011 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
i forget he was also in spaceballs and ruthless people, too. I think the SNL nightmare makes me forget he's been decent, but Paxton can fucking own the screen, and I can't say that about Pullman (sax solos aside)
― da croupier, Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
also if Bill Pullman has ever been part of a new wave duo who credited judge reinhold for whistling on their album, someone should let us know
― da croupier, Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
For Spaceballs and Lost Highway, I have to pick Pullman. Don't think I can name a single Bill Paxton movie.
― Moodles, Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
you can't name aliens? or titanic? or weird science?
― balls, Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
lol forgot about chet!
http://cinemade.startlogic.com/weirdsci-paxton.gif
― Heady Snobbin (Pillbox), Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
geezus he's been in some awesome flicks, don't make Paxton sound like he's fucking Richard Grieco!
― aero w. smith (Neanderthal), Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
he was even in that shitty Twister movie
http://blueprintreview.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/near-dark-bill-paxton.jpg
― da croupier, Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
From wikipedia: Paxton has the distinction of being one of only two actors, the other being Lance Henriksen, who has starred alongside an Alien, a Predator, and a Terminator. He further holds a distinct honor of being the only actor to have been "killed" by all three, as each of his characters in these films meets his end during conflict with the lead antagonists.
― da croupier, Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
game over
― aero w. smith (Neanderthal), Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
god near dark is so fucking great
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
Paxton, despite being in Titanic, should win this.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
part of me wants bigelow to squander all her post-oscar middlebrow good will by showing these vampire pretenders how it's done
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
she already did!
― little dieter wants to FUCK (Princess TamTam), Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
oh well good.
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
Bigelow is doing the Osama Bin Laden movie next actually..
Despite Frailty, Near Dark and a few others, it's gotta be Pullman.
― Davek (davek_00), Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
paxton 4 eva
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
oh man i forgot about coconut pete
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtrjUyoGzN4
― da croupier, Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEclreHys-Q
"fuck that guy...son of a son of a bitch!"
― da croupier, Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
TS: Bill Paxton / Will Patton v. Bill Pullman / Jeff Daniels
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:24 AM (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
Pullman for managing to deliver that speech in Independence Day without laughing.
― gyac, Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
fish heads
― slugbuggy, Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
okay, i had no idea paxton had anything to do with fish heads. this just isn't fair to pullman anymore.
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
so far the argument for pullman, afaicthe sax shit in Lost highwayhe was funny in ruthless peoplehe stood next to some funny people in spaceballsyoung boys twirled around him in newsieshe got through a bad speech in ID4he got through a bad scene in Sleepless in Seattlei also believe he's done some theater
this against the director of both Fish Heads and Frailty, who has been murdered by a terminator, alien and predator, and played the most bad-ass vampire in the most bad-ass vampire movie. plus he's played the lead in a bunch of solid b movies, supreme goofballs in weird science and the dark backward, "coconut pete" in a broken lizard movie, managed to hold his own against three wives for a handful of seasons on HBO, yeah c'mon people.
also, martini ranch.
― da croupier, Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
this poll has inspired me to watch Near Dark, which I've been meaning to get around to for a while now tbh
― Heady Snobbin (Pillbox), Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
Near Dark by itself makes Paxton the winner, not to mention Alien, but ever since that Greil Marcus shit I've been a pretty big Pullman defender, like he seemed really hurt and confused about his American berserk face.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Sunday, 19 June 2011 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
Not only did young boys twirl around him in Newsies, you boys also twirled him around in Newsies!
― free inappropriate education (Abbbottt), Sunday, 19 June 2011 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
you boys, you!
― free inappropriate education (Abbbottt), Sunday, 19 June 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
Poor Pullman.
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Sunday, 19 June 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
http://inthenameofmovies.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/while-you-were-sleeping.jpg
i haven't seen this movie but i find it weird that he's holding her in the air above the subway tracks. that's just not safe.
― da croupier, Sunday, 19 June 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
Bill Paxton = motherfucker who looks like he has some secrets
― aero w. smith (Neanderthal), Sunday, 19 June 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
i think bill will happily tell you all of that shit
― da croupier, Sunday, 19 June 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
Bill Paxton motherfucker who looks like he has some crazy stories about getting drunk with jim cameron in 1983
I had no idea Nathan Patrelli had an acting career prior to "Heroes"!
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Sunday, 19 June 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
As an eight-year-old, Bill Paxton was in the crowd waving when President John F. Kennedy emerged from the Hotel Texas in Ft. Worth, Texas, on the morning of Nov. 22, 1963. There are pictures at the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas where the young Paxton can clearly be seen astride the shoulders of an unidentified man.
― aero w. smith (Neanderthal), Sunday, 19 June 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
oh man, you should check out his TV series Profit, so ridiculous
― Nhex, Sunday, 19 June 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
paxton in a walk. pullman is a dork
― Lo_Ol (cozen), Sunday, 19 June 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
RONG, Bill Pullman all the way. Who cares if Paxton was killed by Alien/Predator/Terminator? Pullman would've kicked all their asses, that's why he wasn't cast in the first place!
Nah, Pullman in Lost Highway is fab though
― ...wow! (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 19 June 2011 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
I like Pullman but c'mon
"What do you mean, *They* cut the power? How could they cut the power, man? They're animals!"
― in no way more ancient than fucking space (latebloomer), Monday, 20 June 2011 10:00 (twelve years ago) link
abbott just likes pullman because he lost his sense of smell in college after an injury left him in a coma for two days.
― mookieproof, Monday, June 20, 2011 2:26 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark
wow...that makes him starring in While You Were Sleeping kind of fucked up
― The bigman from the glorious 'e street' band (some dude), Monday, 20 June 2011 11:53 (twelve years ago) link
Pullman was in Zero Effect, and Paxton wasn't. But I still got to give it to Paxton despite the high number of flaming turds in his cv.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 20 June 2011 11:57 (twelve years ago) link
blurring the distinction between "despite" and "because of"
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 20 June 2011 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
Oh shit i just remembered: Paxton was even in The Groove Tube way back in the '70s! No fucking contest (plus I already voted anyways.)
― boring wank about Linda's pies and Denny Laine's tunings (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 03:03 (twelve years ago) link
anosmic friend to newsiesthis man is living my ideal life
― free inappropriate education (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
paxton no contest
― Dr. Frog, B.S., M.S.E., Ph.D (Lamp), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
Bill Paxton why because he look intresting (as a vampire)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk_ZfUI4oPg
― Shart Shaped Box (Phil D.), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
MARTINI RANCH
― Morley Timmons, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
OK, someone here *has* to have seen this...
http://www.critcononline.com/images/brain%20dead%201990.jpg
Which Bill survives?
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
remember, a vote for Pullman = a vote for hen fap
― aguirre, the wrath of frogbs (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
this may be the most important poll in ilx history.
― Heady Snobbin (Pillbox), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 03:33 (twelve years ago) link
18 more hours to run a smear campaign
― aguirre, the wrath of frogbs (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 03:36 (twelve years ago) link
bah... picture didn't load
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PC0KY68DL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 04:09 (twelve years ago) link
If Pullman wins this, I'm quitting ILX. Ok probably not, but I'll be unhappy.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
I really don't think you need to worry about that happening.
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
Add The Last Seduction to that Pullman list.
He's been doing a lot of plays--would like to see how he does there.
― Let me tell you something about that song. (Eazy), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
pullman should have morphed into paxton in lost highway, not that balthazard guy
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
results too close, imo release the names of Pullman voters and let a tribunal decide their fate...
― SBing crosby (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
the good guys won
― Nhex, Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
doesn't matter, it's the principle
― SBing crosby (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/TopFilms/Godfather/MichaelEinde.jpg
damn this was close...too close.
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
every bill pullman movie has an ilxor who loves it enough to ignore the unfuckwithable glory of bill paxton's career
― da croupier, Thursday, 23 June 2011 04:40 (twelve years ago) link
watched "dead alive," which might be the only movie with pullman and paxton, with some chilx pals on saturday. pullman is definitely the star, but paxton has some substantial scenes, and it's kind of archetypical roles for both - pullman is nerdy and nervous, paxton is brash and swarmy. great movie if you haven't seen it, also has a creepy bud cort in a big role.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 22 October 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
you mean Brain Dead
― Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 October 2012 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
oh shit yeah
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 22 October 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
looks like i'm the one who's "brain dead"
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 22 October 2012 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.13wmaz.com/images/640/360/2/assetpool/photogallery/197835/BillPaxton.jpg
damn excited to find out what is up with his emmys stache
― da croupier, Monday, 22 October 2012 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
http://hollywoodleek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bill-pullman-bill-paxton2.jpg
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 22 October 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
disturbing
― ENBB, Monday, 22 October 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
AHHHHHHHHH! I HATE IT!
― ENBB, Monday, 22 October 2012 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
looks like gabriel byrne
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 22 October 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
can't believe paxton won this. paxton! over pullman! crazy world.
― tylerw, Monday, 22 October 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
― Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 October 2012 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
the best
― ENBB, Monday, 22 October 2012 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
http://d2oz5j6ef5tbf6.cloudfront.net/movie/large/Mr_wrong.jpg
― tylerw, Monday, 22 October 2012 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2007/03/the_day_bill_paxton_saw_john_f.php
― suggest butt (Pillbox), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 02:39 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/ftp_episodes/thefruithunters/gallery/images/08.jpg
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
lol.
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 08:21 (eleven years ago) link
Thought Pullman was excellent in Brokedown Palace.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 00:36 (nine years ago) link
paxton pwns in true lies
― post you had fecund thoughts about (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 01:40 (nine years ago) link
Pullman is aloof, arch, it almost always comes across to me like "I can't really act" acting which is fine, of course, but it doesn't work for me in his case. Paxton does the opposite really, or tries to, and it works for me. But maybe that's just cos I find him hot.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 02:29 (nine years ago) link
Well, bummer news indeed about Paxton. What a sad way to pass as well, after complications from surgery. He made a mark for sure.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 26 February 2017 15:52 (seven years ago) link
Oh no! I just listened to Dean Delray's* interview with him last week and was starting to work my way through his roles. Damn, what a bummer.
*It was amazing because it felt like Delray had finally found a guest who actually complimented his (often distracting) voice.
― how's life, Sunday, 26 February 2017 17:06 (seven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/deandelray/324-bill-paxton
― how's life, Sunday, 26 February 2017 17:16 (seven years ago) link