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Old Dec 1, 2013 | 12:14 AM
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RIP: Paul Walker is dead.

Been making the rounds on forums, haven't seen it hear yet. But Paul Walker of F&F fame died in a crash. He was the passenger in a porsche that T'd a tree and caught fire.

Hope it was a quick death, because being trapped in a burning car definitely one of the worst ways to go I think.

http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-...025930737.html

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Old Dec 1, 2013 | 12:34 AM
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Re: RIP: Paul Walker is dead.

Heard about this maybe 4 hours ago from my friend. Almost couldn't believe it.

What's with celebs dying too young in Porsches throughout modern history? Jeez.

Sad to hear it, I hope F&F continues on strong without him, too.
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Old Dec 1, 2013 | 12:44 AM
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Heard about this maybe 4 hours ago from my friend. Almost couldn't believe it.

What's with celebs dying too young in Porsches throughout modern history? Jeez.

Sad to hear it, I hope F&F continues on strong without him, too.
Yeah, I thought of James Dean too.

As for F&F continuing on? I don't think it will. Principle filming for F&F 7 started in Sep 2013, and I don't think it was done. F&F 7 will either need to be partially reshot, or completely re-written.
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Old Dec 1, 2013 | 01:11 AM
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...Rest In Peace...
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Old Dec 1, 2013 | 10:18 AM
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Re: RIP: Paul Walker is dead.

It's a loss for someone who gave back so much to the world through his charities and donations. I don't know the guy Roger who was driving but RIP to him too.
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Old Dec 1, 2013 | 04:55 PM
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Re: RIP: Paul Walker is dead.

unfortunate. Haven't seen the last F&F yet...waiting for it to come to netflix or redbox...
anywho, sad to hear it happen. I take it that the incident occured during charity run? Not a good way to go, but then again at least when he went, he was doing it for a good cause. RIP
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Old Dec 1, 2013 | 08:44 PM
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Re: RIP: Paul Walker is dead.

RIP at least he died in a nice sports car
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Old Dec 3, 2013 | 04:35 PM
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Re: RIP: Paul Walker is dead.

Still cant believe this happened to him... RIP
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Old Dec 3, 2013 | 06:37 PM
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sad way too soon
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Old Dec 4, 2013 | 11:41 AM
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Re: RIP: Paul Walker is dead.

Ok I'm gonna admit the .gif is funny, but let's try and keep it semi clean.

By all accounts he seems to actually have been a stand up guy and did not get a giant head when he got famous, which let's be honest, that doesn't happen much anymore.

I never had a problem with him per se, but I cannot forgive the fake that is Fast and the Furious anything.
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Old Dec 4, 2013 | 07:21 PM
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Re: RIP: Paul Walker is dead.

Originally Posted by 3.8TransAM
Ok I'm gonna admit the .gif is funny, but let's try and keep it semi clean.

By all accounts he seems to actually have been a stand up guy and did not get a giant head when he got famous, which let's be honest, that doesn't happen much anymore.

I never had a problem with him per se, but I cannot forgive the fake that is Fast and the Furious anything.
Ive heard he was a good guy too, looks by the crash they were going a little more than the 45mph limit posted feel bad for their families and during the holidays makes it worse.
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Old Dec 4, 2013 | 10:58 PM
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Re: RIP: Paul Walker is dead.

yea that crash looks like it was at a much higher speed. I heard he was burning to death trapped in there as they emptied fire extinguisher one by one. painful way to go. He was a stand up guy. Seemed like a good role model unlike some other Hollywood trash.. to bad it was not Justin bieber.
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Old Dec 7, 2013 | 11:55 AM
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Re: RIP: Paul Walker is dead.

This really sucks. I just lost my uncle ZIO Vittorio to a drunk driver on November 19. This brings back too many bad memories of that night. the curse of the little bastard strikes again.
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Old Dec 7, 2013 | 09:41 PM
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Re: RIP: Paul Walker is dead.

I work in santa clarita went last night to see the site many fans put nos tanks little nissan skyline toy cars pictures f and f posters and tons of candles
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Old Dec 7, 2013 | 11:23 PM
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Re: RIP: Paul Walker is dead.

The same happened with Ryan Dunn from jackass, nobody said anything, now Paul dies and porshe get's it *** busted. This isn't the first time Porshe did this either,
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Old Dec 8, 2013 | 01:08 PM
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Re: RIP: Paul Walker is dead.

None of what you posted relates to Porsche at all. Not the LeMans accidents, nor Ryan Dunn's accident. Ryan Dunn was drunk off his ***, more than double the legal limit. You could kill yourself in a Go-Kart with that level of intoxication.

The Jury is still out on Paul Walkers accident be it a bad judgement, or mechanical failure. And we've all sped before. Its not an excuse, but Track or Street mistakes can happen. Trying to crucify Porsche is a mistake.
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Re: RIP: Paul Walker is dead.

Originally Posted by Thirdgen89GTA
None of what you posted relates to Porsche at all. Not the LeMans accidents, nor Ryan Dunn's accident. Ryan Dunn was drunk off his ***, more than double the legal limit. You could kill yourself in a Go-Kart with that level of intoxication.

The Jury is still out on Paul Walkers accident be it a bad judgement, or mechanical failure. And we've all sped before. Its not an excuse, but Track or Street mistakes can happen. Trying to crucify Porsche is a mistake.
I'm not trying to crucify Porsche, i love Porsche! I'm looking into buying a 944 as we speak, the point i was trying to make while you was jumping to conclusions was that Porsche has always been in the news for killing Celebs there all related to one thing death and Porsche. Exciting, i bet it helps there sells.
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Old Dec 8, 2013 | 07:10 PM
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Re: RIP: Paul Walker is dead.

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I'm not trying to crucify Porsche, i love Porsche! I'm looking into buying a 944 as we speak, the point i was trying to make while you was jumping to conclusions was that Porsche has always been in the news for killing Celebs there all related to one thing death and Porsche. Exciting, i bet it helps there sells.
Porsche doesn't want death associated with their products. Their parent group wouldn't even allow Bumblebee to be a VW, and such we have Bumblebee the Camaro.

I wonder about your logic.
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"Porsche It's so fast it will kill your ***" - Travis O'Dell
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Old Dec 8, 2013 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Thirdgen89GTA
Porsche doesn't want death associated with their products. Their parent group wouldn't even allow Bumblebee to be a VW, and such we have Bumblebee the Camaro.

I wonder about your logic.
No company wants death associated with their products? ya think? Any publicity is good publicity.


Toyota cars Throttle sticking taking 5 lives and the best selling car.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2...ehicle_recalls
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Re: RIP: Paul Walker is dead.

Did paul walker ever drive a honda in his movies??
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Old Dec 8, 2013 | 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by SMOOTHANDHARD69
Did paul walker ever drive a honda in his movies??
I don't think so but what's your point? What would that prove even if he did lol?
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Old Dec 8, 2013 | 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by SMOOTHANDHARD69
Did paul walker ever drive a honda in his movies??
Mitsubishi. Toyota. Ford. Chevy. Nissan. Subaru. There might be one or two more but I don't think I Honda is one if them.
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