After the one who died the most, let's move to the one who killed the most

Today I'll talk about a funny subject. After the guy who died the most, I logically have to talk about the guy who killed the most characters in cinema. I think you got a chance to find who it is. So, common and make a list of all the muscular, strong-armed and testosterone-fuelled actors you know and try to find who I want to talk about. No, I'm not talking about Silvester Stallone or Steven Seagal. The one who I'm talking about is Arnold Schwarzenegger!
 
Schwarzenneger's story is fascinating, it's close to the American dream. Arnold was born in 1947 in a small European village called Thal, Austria. He emigrated pennilessly to the United States at the age of 21. That's when all started for him: he got some prestigious bodybuilding titles, some roles in action movies, married to J.F. Kennedy's niece and finally became governor of California. He's actually known in cinema for playing in Terminator (1984), Predator (1987) and Total Recall (1990).

Anyway, let's talk about serious stuff. At January 2. 2014, Schwarzy's - that's his surname, slightly unpronounceable for English speaking people - killcount reached 509 (source: http://kotaku.com). That means the characters he played has killed at least 509 other characters in movies. I said "at least" because according to the article, Arnold Schwarzenegger played aside in B-movies which have not been taken into account. He's followed by Chow Yun-Fat with 295 kills and Sylvester Stallone with 267 kills. However, if you don't trust me, here's the video to make yourself sure that it's the truth:

Personally, Schwarzy makes me laugh. Even if I'm not a big fan of action movies, I sometimes enjoy watching some movies in which he plays, but it's above all to hear his ridiculous punchlines and his Austrian accent!

Sean Bean: the guy who always dies

Today I will talk about an actor who is known for a special reason. Now, you will probably ask me which is it. This reason is that he dies always before the end. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am glad to introduce you today's subject: Sean Bean!

Let's stop kidding ourselves, I will set the tone: this guy died more than 25 times in his movies. Of course, he's not really dying, I'm talking about the characters he plays. In fact, he dies so often that it became hard to find articles up to date about the number of times he died. For those who don't know Sean, it is the guy who played Boromir in The Lord of the Rings (2002) or Eddard Stark in Game of Thrones.

Sean Bean

I will spare you the whole wikipedia crap, all you have to know is that he died too much times in his movies. No, seriously, Sean Bean is a guy who was born in 1959 in Sheffield, England. He's career is classic: Sean starred in some low ambitious movies in his beginnings till he got some bigger roles in blockbusters. Now, he's known as a good actor who plays different types of roles.

 

 

He is popularly known for playing characters dying during the movie. Since few years, it became funny to talk about him as the guy who gets killed every time. So he became a sort of mascot in the cinematic culture. As example, you can find many sorts of jokes about him on the web.

Sean Bean wearing a t-shirt on which stands "#DontKillSeanBean

On top of that, a web site has been created (http://dontkillseanbean.com) which is dedicated to the ending of Sean's character on television and movies. Nowadays, he's called the "two legged spoiler" because he's appearance on the screen means almost officially that he will die. I personnaly love Sean Bean.

Let's laugh a bit, the best things for the end. Here's for you a video which shows the scenes shot till 2012 where he dies.

Some urban legends about cinema

Hi everybody!

Today I will talk about some urban legends about cinema you already may have heared. As you certainly know, some controversial anecdotes have become so popular that it became hard to make the difference between what's true and what's false. I will talk about two well-knowned urban legends on movies.

Urban Legend n°1: The Poltergeist Curse

The rumour says that all the actors of the saga Poltergeist died in mysterious circumstances while making the movie. Poltergeist is a horror saga and some people say that those movies are cursed. True or false? I have been investigating for you.

First of all you need a little overview of the situation. Poltergeist is made of three movies: Poltergeist 1 (1982), Poltergeist 2 (1986) and Poltergeist 3 (1988). I personnaly remember that heared about that "curse" when I was a child. Anyway, whats the truth about it? Eventually, four actors who starred in Poltergeist died between the first movie and the last one: Dominique Dunne, Julian Beck, Will Sampson and the twelve year old Heather O’Rourke. Anyway, is it a curse? The answer is no. Will Sampson, Julian Beck and the young Heather O'Rourke died because of serious health diseases they already had. Dominique Dunne has been found strangled by her boyfriend. So there is an explanation for all these facts and Poltergeist is not mysteriously cursed as many say it.

Urban Legend n°2: Sexy Disney

There is a popular rumour which says that some Disney movies contain pornographic pictures. The biggest thing someone told me: The porn industrie would have payed Walt Disney Pictures in the late 80's to put subliminal images in their pictures. The goal: to incite children to watch porn later. That sounds amazing, but what's the truth about it? Once again, I have been investigating for you and I found that there are two different urban legends about Disney's.

The first one is that there is a picture of a topless woman in The Rescuers (1977, known in France as Bernard et Bianca for you french reader). That's definitely not a rumor. You can see it in the following video.

 

                              

The topless woman has been noticed twenty two years after the movie release. Untill now, nobody knows who has made it. Disney pleads not guilty. However, Walt Disney Pictures swapped all the concerned versions with a corrected one without the topless girl.

The second rumour about Disney is that The Lion King (1994) contains a scene where a cloud in the sky presents the word "SEX" in capital letters. Look:

                              

I see you look sceptical. Don't worry, the word you are seeing isn't "SEX" but the abbreviation "SFX" which stands for special effects. Used by those who make cartoons, "SFX" is like a signature which you can find in most of the anime movies.