The Best (Or Worst?) Death Scenes in a Movie or TV Show (Spoilers AHOY)

[SA]

OMG!  I can't believe I never mentioned Spike!

"Bang."

[Elven Doritos]

if i remember correctly (that was one section of the series i never fully watched), it wasnt so much a valiant sacrifice, as a clever (if unintentional) loophole; she had to give her life, but there never was any mention of how long she had to be without it. being dead for ten minutes seems more then enough to fulfill the requirement.

Incorrect. She was dead, fast and hard, and she stayed dead for the whole summer. When the next season began (which Joss didn't think would happen), the revival put her at odds with her friends and alienated her for a good chunk of time-- in "Once More, With Feeling", she mentions that Willow "pulled me out of Heaven."

The time that she died for about five minutes was her fight with the Master, in the earlier seasons. She suffocated, and was brought back to life by Xander administering CPR- that was the "loophole" that activated Faith from Potential to full-fledged Slayer status.

[Eladris]

Worst: FarScape Season 4, series finale.  In Evangelion-like outrage the fans convinced the producers to rehash it The Peacekeeper Wars, but it still stands as the worst ending to a story that I think I have ever experienced.

[SA]

Awesome: Lurtz from "Fellowship".  When Aragorn stabs him, Lurtz pulls himself along the sword so he can look his killer in the eye.

Now that's the definition of orc!

Also Awesome: Gollum.  A wretched end to a wretched creature.

[SDragon]

if i remember correctly (that was one section of the series i never fully watched), it wasnt so much a valiant sacrifice, as a clever (if unintentional) loophole; she had to give her life, but there never was any mention of how long she had to be without it. being dead for ten minutes seems more then enough to fulfill the requirement.

Incorrect. She was dead, fast and hard, and she stayed dead for the whole summer. When the next season began (which Joss didn't think would happen), the revival put her at odds with her friends and alienated her for a good chunk of time-- in "Once More, With Feeling", she mentions that Willow "pulled me out of Heaven."

The time that she died for about five minutes was her fight with the Master, in the earlier seasons. She suffocated, and was brought back to life by Xander administering CPR- that was the "loophole" that activated Faith from Potential to full-fledged Slayer status.

actually, now that you mentionn it, that does sound right; and after that, buffy (now replaced by faith as the slayer), went on that vision-quest thingy, right?

that makes more sense then what i was trying to piece together, so thanks for the correction :)

(by the way, the slayer-status loophole death, i think, was a very well-written one)

[Ishmayl-Retired]

Yeah, Buffy's death was pretty dramatic, because quite frankly, we really did think Joss was killing off the title character at the end of the series.  He didn't know the series would be picked up by a new network that next fall.  And yes, Spike!

[Matt Larkin (author)]

Worst: FarScape Season 4, series finale.  In Evangelion-like outrage the fans convinced the producers to rehash it The Peacekeeper Wars, but it still stands as the worst ending to a story that I think I have ever experienced.

Yeah, but it only ended that way because they cancelled the series after the season finale had been filmed.  We are left to assume the planned season five would have opened along the lines of PKW.

[Wrexham3]

Worst: FarScape Season 4, series finale.  In Evangelion-like outrage the fans convinced the producers to rehash it The Peacekeeper Wars, but it still stands as the worst ending to a story that I think I have ever experienced.

Actually I thought it was absolutely brilliant ending - Crichton finally get to tell Aeryn how he feels after four seasons of frustration...just as they run out of time and get freeze dried into popsicles.  I almost wish they'd left it like that.  

Alien IV, weird human-alien hybrid gets sucked out into space through a bullet hole in a window.  Nasty.  The film sucked too, otherwise.  

[CYMRO]

Alien IV, weird human-alien hybrid gets sucked out into space through a bullet hole in a window.  Nasty.  The film sucked too, otherwise.  

And it was the best of the Alien movies...

[Wrexham3]

Alien IV, weird human-alien hybrid gets sucked out into space through a bullet hole in a window.  Nasty.  The film sucked too, otherwise.  

And it was the best of the Alien movies...

I think they should have left the franchise at Alien and Aliens personally.  The death scene of Roy Batty at the end of Bladerunner is probably the best in movie history.  

"I've seen ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion..."

The actor Rutger Hauer apparently wrote all that himself.  Pity he made so many bad films after.    

[Túrin]

Trivia Time: Did you know Rutger Hauer is a Dutch actor?

Túrin

[Wrexham3]

I really liked Rutger in 'Soldier in Orange' (its the only Dutch film I've seen).  

[Túrin]

Dutch movies tend to be pretty crappy, so I generally avoid them unless someone specifically recommends one. I haven't seen Soldaat van Oranje, for instance, though I have seen Blade Runner, Sin City and other movies he's played in.

Túrin