The J Cline Memorial Celebrity Obituaries

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

Here will be the thread to post about well-known individuals that have passed. These types of posts were a major way that JCline (aka NewApp) interacted with this board. Someone suggested I start the thread and someone else suggested the thread title.

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

I think it fitting we start with this notice about JCline himself. He truly loved his Appalachian State Mountaineers.

https://www.edwardsfuneralhomes.com/obi ... nny-Gibson

[BallantyneApp]

I propose we change the name of the thread to “The J Cline memorial Celebrity obituaries” or something

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

I propose we change the name of the thread to “The J Cline memorial Celebrity obituaries” or something

I edited my Subject line and my own reply. I can't edit your subject line but going foward it will be with that thread title.

[CVAPP]

Former Vice President Cheney, architect of Iraq War, dies at 84

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/04/dick-c ... t-obituary

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/12/ ... east-side/

Zed’s dead

[RaleighApp27609]

https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/12/ ... east-side/

Zed’s dead

Zed: "Bring out the gimp"

"But the gimp's sleepin'"

Zed: "Well then guess that means you'll have to go wake him up then won't ya?"

[t4pizza]

https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/12/ ... east-side/

Zed’s dead

Zed: "Bring out the gimp"

"But the gimp's sleepin'"

Zed: "Well then guess that means you'll have to go wake him up then won't ya?"

Such a disturbing scene. Talk about a worst nightmare situation.

[ASUTodd]

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/rob-r ... dead-at-78

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

I wonder what happens to the Spinal Tap concert that is to be released this spring. I think this is to be a concert at Stonehenge. I assume a small statement at the start or end of the film.

[biggie]

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/rob-r ... dead-at-78

Haven't read much on it, but discussion on the radio this morning was that their 32 year old son killed them.

[AppfaninCAALand]

I don't think Rob Reiner gets included among the great filmmakers of his generation as much as he probably should, compared to people like Speilberg or Scorsese, because he has made "lighter" or "fluffier" films, including, God forbid, comedies. But how else should one look at a catalogue including greats like "The Princess Bride", "This Is Spinal Tap", "A Few Good Men", and "Stand By Me", classics all. And while "When Harry Met Sally" isn't my cup of tea, it is arguably the most well-made rom-com ever.

[t4pizza]

When I was at App (88-93), it was kind of a big deal that the water wheel outside of Geno's was used in The Princess Bride movie. It was one of the first times I realized the extraordinary lengths that film makers go to get one aspect of a scene. Like, couldn't they just build out a water wheel on a set cheaper then sending everyone to the high country for a single scene.

[AppfaninCAALand]

When I was at App (88-93), it was kind of a big deal that the water wheel outside of Geno's was used in The Princess Bride movie. It was one of the first times I realized the extraordinary lengths that film makers go to get one aspect of a scene. Like, couldn't they just build out a water wheel on a set cheaper then sending everyone to the high country for a single scene.

My brother has worked in Hollywood doing a lot of second unit and "below the line" production jobs. And even after 20 years in the business, he still surprises me with his stories of what seem to me to be a waste of money to get just the right shot. Last year while working on some dumb 5 episode streaming show on a service I had never heard of and the name of which I can't remember, he and two other second unit guys flew from LA to London and spent less than 12 hours on the ground to get a single scenery establishing shot of a random English country estate, and the shot ended up getting cut from the final edit anyway.

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

I don't think Rob Reiner gets included among the great filmmakers of his generation as much as he probably should, compared to people like Speilberg or Scorsese, because he has made "lighter" or "fluffier" films, including, God forbid, comedies. But how else should one look at a catalogue including greats like "The Princess Bride", "This Is Spinal Tap", "A Few Good Men", and "Stand By Me", classics all. And while "When Harry Met Sally" isn't my cup of tea, it is arguably the most well-made rom-com ever.

His range was remarkable. Comedy, fantasy, drama, real-life documentary such as the Spinal Tap movies.