Goodnight, Sweet Prince

1/28/2010 1:16:10 PM

oh man, i loved The Langoliers.

1/28/2010 1:16:55 PM

lolz i bet mel gibson killed him for writing the "conspiracy theory" screenplay

1/28/2010 1:17:38 PM

well shit

this is in fact not a troll thread

1/28/2010 1:19:26 PM

Now there can finally be a movie for Catcher

Shia Lebouf for Holden!!!

1/28/2010 1:30:33 PM

I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera. It's terrible.

1/28/2010 1:32:25 PM

had no idea he was still alive

1/28/2010 1:32:59 PM

"hatchet" will always be my favorite work

1/28/2010 1:34:48 PM

He's too old now, but I always saw Ryan Gosling as a good Holden when he was younger. He seemed like he would be able to carry the sarcastic, cynical personality well.

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1/28/2010 1:34:59 PM

Fuck Gosling

LeBouf could win as Oscar in that role

1/28/2010 1:43:23 PM

I know you're trolling but I can't stand LeBouf and I'll leave it at that.

1/28/2010 1:46:52 PM

RIP....I love Catcher in the Rye and Nine Stories. I will read Franny and Zooey at some point.

1/28/2010 4:50:10 PM

It would be ridiculous, almost blasphemous, to make a movie out of Catcher in the Rye

like, more than almost any other book I can think of

never never never

also, RIP sir...your book meant a hell of a lot to me

1/28/2010 10:51:31 PM

i got a red hunting hat that i wear sometimes and my buddy calls me Holden when he sees me in it

1/29/2010 12:14:55 AM

He's the guy who killed John Lennon, right?

1/29/2010 12:18:18 AM

I thought this was Matthew Fox's character on Party of Five.

1/29/2010 12:24:10 AM

Maybe my first edition Catcher in Rye is worth more now

1/29/2010 1:06:00 AM

^^^ Yeah, he was in Attica State Prision, which John Lennon made a song about.

1/29/2010 1:07:48 AM

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bunch_of_phonies_mourn_j_d

1/29/2010 2:31:31 AM

^ haha, I love the onion.

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"It would be ridiculous, almost blasphemous, to make a movie out of Catcher in the Rye"

I agree, but they will. Studios have been trying to get the rights for quite some time.

The only actors that could play a believable Holden are dead. i.e. James Dean, Riv Phoenix......IMO

1/29/2010 8:04:14 AM

Catcher in the Rye was terrible.

1/29/2010 8:48:03 AM

i really really liked franny and zooey

i like catcher in the rye a lot

i've read like 3 of the nine stories, but put the book down a while ago and didnt get back into it

1/29/2010 9:49:35 AM

this is one of those people that I had assumed has been dead for decades....

1/29/2010 9:56:55 AM

one of my favorite books of all time.

But I can't really mourn the guy, he lived a full life, and wasn't exactly churning out awesome books left and right.

RIP.

1/29/2010 10:11:36 AM

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" But I can't really mourn the guy, he lived a full life, and wasn't exactly churning out awesome books left and right."

Some speculate he continued writing plenty, but refused to publish anything. There could be great, piss-stained manuscripts lining his shelves and drawers.

1/29/2010 10:38:01 AM

Catcher in the Rye was up there with Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man in the worst books I had to read in high school

1/29/2010 10:39:38 AM

Some people were still reading at a middle school level in high school, so I can see where you might be coming from.

1/29/2010 10:41:10 AM

^ Lol.

Yeah I didn't even get any A.R. points for it

Les Mis was worth like 185 pts in 8th grade.

1/29/2010 10:46:02 AM

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"Catcher in the Rye was terrible."

What in the hell?

That was one of the best works of fiction I've ever read.

1/29/2010 6:12:57 PM

great book. certainly not the best I've ever read, but absolutely holds its place in history as a great coming-of-age, pissed off teen adventure. great for the modern 15 year old cynic.

1/29/2010 6:16:47 PM

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"It would be ridiculous, almost blasphemous, to make a movie out of Catcher in the Rye"

1/29/2010 6:25:45 PM

^YEP. but some hollywood motherfuck is going to do it.

1/29/2010 6:26:32 PM