Bruce Willis has dementia, family announces

[FloatingFatMan]

Well, damn... 😢 

 

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Actor Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia, his family has announced on social media.

 

In a statement on Instagram, his family said it was a "relief to finally have a clear diagnosis".

 

In spring 2022, he was diagnosed with aphasia - which causes difficulties with speech - but this has progressed and he has been given a more specific diagnosis, the family said.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64670521

 

[Steffan]

That sucks. I really enjoyed when came out and attempted to end the debate of Die Hard not being a Christmas movie.  Even though I disagree with him.  It happens during a Christmas party.

[Matthew S.]

Didn't he announce this last year?

 

 

On 16/02/2023 at 15:22, Steffan said:

That sucks. I really enjoyed when came out and attempted to end the debate of Die Hard not being a Christmas movie.  Even though I disagree with him.  It happens during a Christmas party.

It's a *bleeping* Bruce Willis Christmas Movie!

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On 16/02/2023 at 18:36, Matthew S. said:

Didn't he announce this last year?

It was announced he had aphasia, https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/30/health/aphasia-explainer-wellness/index.html

Which progressed to this now.

[inactive]

On 16/02/2023 at 15:22, Steffan said:

I really enjoyed when came out and attempted to end the debate of Die Hard not being a Christmas movie.

Die Hard is clearly NOT a true Christmas movie and here is why...

sure, technically there is some level of Christmas in it, but it's basically a action movie with a trace of Christmas in it as it does not really focus around Christmas like proper Christmas movies do. true Christmas movies are movies like Christmas Vacation/Home Alone etc which are unquestionably Christmas movies. Die Hard on the other hand can be questioned, which this alone makes it enough to say it's not a true Christmas movie.

so basically it boils down to your standards for qualification... if you got lower standards (as in any trace of Christmas in it makes it qualify), Die Hard is a Christmas movie. if you have more proper/higher standards, Die Hard is NOT a true Christmas movie.

so by the higher standard mindset... Die Hard does not really feel like a proper Christmas movie does. so I am clearly in the camp saying it's NOT a Christmas movie overall. even if you want to take the position that it is a Christmas movie, it's easily on the weak side of Christmas movies as movies like Christmas Vacation etc are unquestionably more Christmas like than Die Hard is.

[inactive]

In relation to my post above... two 'face palms' so far but no counter argument as to why Matthew S and Dick Montage gave me the face palm. because there really ain't much of a counter argument and they know it, but don't want to admit it.

but clearly it comes back to ones standard of what qualifies as a Christmas movie in whether it's a Christmas movie or not (which I made clear in my post above). I don't really think anyone can question that basic point since i think it's at the heart of that whole debate as to whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not as many, like myself, say it's not overall as the Christmas stuff takes a backseat to the general action movie. because with movies like Christmas Vacation, Christmas is clearly much more central to it. it would be difficult to disagree with this for anyone who's honest. hence, my point of ones standards for what qualifies as a Christmas movie is at the core of it.

[adrynalyne]

On 17/02/2023 at 03:59, ThaCrip said:

In relation to my post above... two 'face palms' so far but no counter argument as to why Matthew S and Dick Montage gave me the face palm. because there really ain't much of a counter argument and they know it, but don't want to admit it.

but clearly it comes back to ones standard of what qualifies as a Christmas movie in whether it's a Christmas movie or not (which I made clear in my post above). I don't really think anyone can question that basic point since i think it's at the heart of that whole debate as to whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not as many, like myself, say it's not overall as the Christmas stuff takes a backseat to the general action movie. because with movies like Christmas Vacation, Christmas is clearly much more central to it. it would be difficult to disagree with this for anyone who's honest. hence, my point of ones standards for what qualifies as a Christmas movie is at the core of it.

You received the facepalms because you missed the point of a well-known joke that’s been around for decades; no explanation is needed. You have four now btw. 

[spikey_richie]

On 17/02/2023 at 11:40, adrynalyne said:

You received the facepalms because you missed the point of a well-known joke that’s been around for decades; no explanation is needed. You have four now btw. 

When 4 becomes 8.

[Steven P. Administrators]

Here is the storyline according to the IMDB:

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NYPD cop John McClane goes on a Christmas vacation to visit his wife Holly in Los Angeles where she works for the Nakatomi Corporation. While they are at the Nakatomi headquarters for a Christmas party, a group of robbers led by Hans Gruber take control of the building and hold everyone hostage, with the exception of John, while they plan to perform a lucrative heist. Unable to escape and with no immediate police response, John is forced to take matters into his own hands.

Christmas is a plot device, therefore it is a Christmas movie.

[FloatingFatMan]

On 17/02/2023 at 10:59, ThaCrip said:

In relation to my post above... two 'face palms' so far but no counter argument as to why Matthew S and Dick Montage gave me the face palm. because there really ain't much of a counter argument and they know it, but don't want to admit it.

but clearly it comes back to ones standard of what qualifies as a Christmas movie in whether it's a Christmas movie or not (which I made clear in my post above). I don't really think anyone can question that basic point since i think it's at the heart of that whole debate as to whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not as many, like myself, say it's not overall as the Christmas stuff takes a backseat to the general action movie. because with movies like Christmas Vacation, Christmas is clearly much more central to it. it would be difficult to disagree with this for anyone who's honest. hence, my point of ones standards for what qualifies as a Christmas movie is at the core of it.

Seriously dude, WHO BLOODY CARES!! Just be sad that a nice guy has been stricken with a truly awful disease (I know, it took my mother), and leave it at that, yes?  Leave the pathetic Christmas movie arguments where they belong, elsewhere.  

 

[shockz]

On 17/02/2023 at 05:59, ThaCrip said:

In relation to my post above... two 'face palms' so far but no counter argument as to why Matthew S and Dick Montage gave me the face palm. because there really ain't much of a counter argument and they know it, but don't want to admit it.

but clearly it comes back to ones standard of what qualifies as a Christmas movie in whether it's a Christmas movie or not (which I made clear in my post above). I don't really think anyone can question that basic point since i think it's at the heart of that whole debate as to whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not as many, like myself, say it's not overall as the Christmas stuff takes a backseat to the general action movie. because with movies like Christmas Vacation, Christmas is clearly much more central to it. it would be difficult to disagree with this for anyone who's honest. hence, my point of ones standards for what qualifies as a Christmas movie is at the core of it.

I see we haven't finished the War on Christmas if you still don't think Diehard is a Christmas movie, I'll assemble the Happy Holiday troops to fire up the Festivius tanks that shoot Holiday Trees at Christmas decorations. More at 11.

[Michael Scrip]

"Now I have a machine gun... HO HO HO..."

🎅

[fintechfooty]

That's tough. My mom has Alzheimers so I hope the dementia is not as severe as that but doing some quick off the cuff research..it very well seems like it is..its very sad watching someone "slip away" from being recognizable to a far cry of their former selves. Hopefully everyone, including the media, are respectful to him and his condition.

[FloatingFatMan]

On 17/02/2023 at 16:39, suprNOVA said:

That's tough. My mom has Alzheimers so I hope the dementia is not as severe as that but doing some quick off the cuff research..it very well seems like it is..its very sad watching someone "slip away" from being recognizable to a far cry of their former selves. Hopefully everyone, including the media, are respectful to him and his condition.

It's one of the worse illness there are IMO, because though it eventually will take your life, first it takes your mind.  My mum was diagnosed at age 55 and it took 10 years to destroy her.  What was worse, is that before she became ill, she was a geriatric specialist nurse and had spent most of her life caring for dementia sufferers... She knew in intimate detail what was going to happen to her and she begged my dad not to let her go through that...

[spikey_richie]

On 17/02/2023 at 21:53, FloatingFatMan said:

It's one of the worse illness there are IMO, because though it eventually will take your life, first it takes your mind.  My mum was diagnosed at age 55 and it took 10 years to destroy her.  What was worse, is that before she became ill, she was a geriatric specialist nurse and had spent most of her life caring for dementia sufferers... She knew in intimate detail what was going to happen to her and she begged my dad not to let her go through that...

There's something to be said for voluntary euthanasia. Sorry for your loss.

[xrobwx71]

On 17/02/2023 at 09:37, shockz said:

I see we haven't finished the War on Christmas if you still don't think Diehard is a Christmas movie, I'll assemble the Happy Holiday troops to fire up the Festivius tanks that shoot Holiday Trees at Christmas decorations. More at 11.

[Orange]

Grew up with him in the 80's and 90's. Shame he did mostly 30 direct to videos in the last 5 years.

[vf-]

On 17/02/2023 at 15:48, Michael Scrip said:

"Now I have a machine gun... HO HO HO..."

🎅

 

Somebody actually gave me a grey top with that a long time ago.