“I’ve got young kids at home and I need to get them to an age they can support themselves” those are the words of not only a great man but an amazing father. 🙏🏻 RIP Bill
It’s kinda odd that doctors (such as the one who caused Bill’s death) are padded from their action via insurance. It takes away the causal connection we have to our actions. I guess same goes for car insurance and qualified immunity for cops. It’s a way to help individuals escape the consequences of their actions, by forcing everyone to pay a small (and barely noticeable) burden. No wonder this world has become corrupted into believing things like reparations and collective guilt. In Christianity we believe that our own individual guilt can be only absorbed by ourselves or by Christ. So it makes sense that the world starts to believe in the inverse.
RIP Bill 🙏. What is not mentioned here but in the documentary, was that one of their dives was on Sept 11 2001 and they went down the morning and said that when they resurfaced that night, they only then found out that while they were down there, essentially the world had changed. Respect to him for making the dive more about remembering the souls lost on the vessel itself than simply about having the right to say he's been down there.
Respect?? No honey, it’s money. The “Deep Sea Diving Community” are all billionaires. If they had respect for the titanic or the globe the billionaires would leave that grave site the hell alone and help us fight climate change, or to feed people who are starving or housing the homeless. Bill Paxton was doing his job but James Cameron is just another Billionaire
Paxton died at 61 from a stroke that resulted from complications from a heart surgery he had 11 days prior. That sucks because you know we would have kept seeing him in all sorts of tv and movies for years to come. He really seemed like a great person and I always enjoyed his work as an actor.
@@metaforcesaber When did he die genius? As I recall, we've had yearly flu shots for a long time, corresponding almost exactly to the rise in the rate in autism. Are you suffering from autism? Or are you a genius?
I don't think Bill realized the impact he had on people's lives and just how immensely popular and adored he was to his multitude of fans. Among other of his projects my wife and I were big fans of the HBO series Big Love in which he was the central character....so darn sad to lose him so soon.
Although he wasn’t in any of these scenes on the 1912 flashback of Titanic, the fact he was on the actual Titanic in the present day and listening to Rose’s story, the movie wouldn’t have been ‘Titanic’ without him. RIP Buddy
I miss Mr. Paxton. It actually saddens me how little I see or hear of him anymore, in terms of people just referencing him or talking about his work… maybe I’m just getting older but it just seems like he passed away tragically and nobody paused to really pay tribute or remember his work the way he deserved. I am hopeful that someday, someone (maybe James Cameron?) will make a documentary about his life. He was a phenomenally underrated character actor who was often taken for granted imo, and he also seemed like a genuinely good person in his personal life.
you do and many other as do i when i watch a clip from near dark i remember some of his great scenes like the sleazy carsalesmen in true lies or of course hudsan
I love how he actually expressed everything any good, normal, compassionate human being would say/think about an event. I always liked Bill’s energy. I like him, and miss him more after seeing this. We were the same age. Condolences and best wishes to his family. RIP.
I remember doing a high school report on this ship when I was in 10th grade. I just remember being so into it and went deep into the report. I wrote an extra 4 pages. It was very detailed with pictures. I remember the teacher giving me an A+. I will forever love the story and connection to it. Brings back so many memories. RIP to the people and to the families who lost loved ones. RIP Bill Paxton. 🙏🏽
I too did a report on it after viewing a documentary at the insistence of my stepmom. She was already fascinated by the Titanic. I was completely hooked from then on. I too, got an A. 😊
Well considering what has happened with 'The Titan' I'd say his fear was pretty damn valid. Also it has been 6 years since he passed. Still hard for me to believe he is gone and has been gone that long . RIP Bill Paxton . Will always love ya .
These guys have the right attitudes towards what they are doing. Truly passionate about the RMS Titanic itself. As well as the upmost respect for the people that were actually aboard the Titanic on the night of the actual sinking. Cameron and Paxton..... 'Kings Of The World' 👑
Yup. And that is why Cameron's 33 dives so far have all been so successful. He wasn't doing it out of greed. He was doing it out of curiosity but cautiousness.
@@adale2771 $250,000US is a huge price to pay. For the luxury of 'never seeing the light of day again' The problem was the huge contract each passenger had to sign, before boarding the Titan. The families will find it hard to sue Ocean Gate. Especially now the company has folded.
Bill was an excellent story teller who appreciated the history of the films he was involved in and was so humble and kind. I wish he was still here and more actors were like him.
"Perfect tragedy" is a great way to describe the Titanic sinking. I remember first learning about it as a little kid and thinking I couldn't have imagined anything more sad and horrifying.
He said it couldn’t have been a better scripted tragedy but there was a book that was actually written about 14 years before the Titanic actually sunk. The book was called: The Wreck of the Titans. It came out in 1898 - same storyline. Unsinkable ship, hits an iceberg, not enough lifeboats, in the North Atlantic, similar boat size, etc.
It’s so weird how Stockton Rush just decided to innovate for the heck of it. They already solved submersibles. They know exactly what material is best, and in what way to use it. But, for some insane reason, this guy just decided it was time to change it up. Totally insane.
The Company inspector was fired after reporting the Hull was delaminating. Stockton couldn't pay for another submersible and was pushing his luck trying to get more money for the Co. Like Stockton, OceanGate too too will soon go under.
@@hellboundrubber4448 Shame, because done right, affordable Ocean tourism does sound cool! I'm sure another company will pick up where OceanGate left off.
Bill was such a good actor but an even better and greater human being. Rest in peace, Bill. Thank you for blessing us with your talents and love buddy!
Here’s a fact about Bill Paxton and Jim Cameron during the filming of titanic bill Paxton actually didn’t go down to the wreck of the titanic. He just acted that way. in 2001 Bill Paxton actually got a chance to go down to the titanic and he got to go with Jim Cameron, they were down at the titanic for about five hours when they came up to crew aboard the ship that they were going up to you was horrified and scared about what they just witnessed. It turns out while they were underwater having lunch by the titanic wreck 9/11 happened while they were underwater and they came up a little while after the towers fell
There's a movie called Raise the Titanic (free on RU-vid) where the Titanic is raised and towed back into NYC harbor. There is one shot in that movie of the Titanic being towed past the WTC in the background. Two historic tragedies in one shot, but this film was made in 1980. Titanic was actually found five years later.
is Bill Paxton in the movie Titanic? I don't even remember that, and I saw it twice (don't ask why) in the theatres when it came out. I do remember him very vividly from Twister though, from the year before.
Ghosts of the Abyss is one of my favorite films. I watched it over and over when it came out. I was 14 and fascinated by Titanic. 20 years later, I'm 34 and still read every book that comes out about the ship. Great film. In my opinion, Cameron's finest work.
I saw this at the OmniMax in St. Louis when it came out, and it was incredible. It really did make it all so real. We’re all thinking about it again since the Titan tragedy.
I saw Ghosts of the Abyss in 3D when in theaters. It was really good and the whole deal with the ghosts worked well to show you where you were at on the Titanic. Even by then, it had eroded so much to where it was difficult to see exactly what you were looking at.
I have the documentary and originally saw it in a theater. The date was April 14 at 11:30 pm Eastern. When my friend & I left the showing, it was 2am April 15th. The same time when TITANIC was sinking and sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic.
@@suburbantrapqueen yep. Anyone who is smart will always keep in mind that the ocean is unpredictable, and this is unnecessary risk, except with an important purpose. At this stage of development, I would not encourage any “tourism” excursions.
This interview speaks to Bill’s acting ability. The man in that interview is unseen in any of the roles he played in his career. With some actors you can see many of the characters they’ve played when speaking in interviews, but not Bill. He was one of a kind.
Miss this great man all the time. Such a wonderful dude so sad he passed unexpectedly. I remember as a kid I’d see Bill somewhere in an Arnold movie. He did a few small scenes for him.
@@SableMerl Haha yes. True lies. Small role in Commando the air traffic controller. And I believe he was a thug in Terminator 1. So Arnold and James Cameron films. Pretty neat.
I miss Bill. He had many excellent roles but to Aliens fans he will always be remembered as Private Hudson, the most lovable and ferocious goofball in the Colonial Marines.
Hey,Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man? She finishes her pull-up. No, have you? ===================== Or the scene when the aliens cut the power and Bill Paxton says, "What do you mean they cut the power, they're just animals!••••••••••••••••••• Aren't they? " The rise in panic level in his voice between , 'they're just animals' and 'aren't they?' a half second later sums up their situation. It was far far worse than they feared; the aliens were not 'just animals', they were SMART animals. Paxton delivered that line perfectly with just the right timing and that sudden horror at his realization.
Bill Paxton death seen in Tombstone is one of the most convincing passings I’ve ever seen in film.. Rabisi in SPRyan too. In both instances I am physically and heart fully affected. That’s the sign of a superb and award winning performance.. I’m really sorry Bill has gone much too soon.
Goes to show, you can have all the wealth and success possible, but in the end you have to have your health. He seemed like such a decent, likeable guy. Gone way too soon. RIP Bill.
Not only was Bill a amazing actor, but also an amazing director. Frailty and A Simple Plan are two of the best movies from the 90s. He directed and stared in both.
I remember James Cameron explaining how quick an implosion at that depth is and it happens so fast there’s literally no conscious level of awareness or thought of anything. You are alive and well one split second and the next it’s complete darkness of non existence. To be honest with you if you just had to die an unnatural death that is the number one way to go.
bill also played the punk with the knife in the parking lot in the 1984 terminator. "nice night for a walk" good guy also rip to the submersible crew onboard, that is a scary thing...
One of my very favorite roles played by Bill Paxton was the crazed hyped up vampire in "Near Dark" - scary & hilarious, especially during their romp in the red nek dive bar! " Finger lickin'good!" Ah-Ooooh! 👹 The Werewolf of Portland
