07/30/2008: X-E’s ‘08 Summer Megaparty: Dr. Pepper.
No content tonight, as I must get a shitload of paperwork done to avoid being shot to death tomorrow morning. Instead, a survey, and one sure to depress you: Talk about the saddest TV/movie moments you’ve ever seen.
There was another Doctor Who episode where he falls in love with a Princess/Queen. He first meets her as a child when an assasin tries to kill her and he stops it. The gimmick is that everytime he goes back to the Tardis, even briefly, years go by in her world. Eventually he falls in love with her and even decides to stay there, but has to go back to the Tardis for some reason. Well, she dies of old age waiting for him to come back. She wrote him a love letter before her death. Of course, he’s crushed.
Ghosted by JLAJRC @ 07/31/2008 7:08 PM EDT
The Chris Benoit tribute show. I knew Chris from my short time in wrestling, and to find out he was dead (I was working a crappy shift at a Gamestop at the time). When I watched it hurt.
Please don’t think him a Murderer. He was a sick man. Rational people don’t do what he did. There was something there that did something to trigger him, and it was one of the worst moments I’ve had in ages.
Please, try to forgive his sins. He was a man with a frail psyche for all his talent, and no one realized until it was too late how bad it was.
OK, Harry and the Hendersons is the first movie I ever cried for (I’m a youngin’, I’m not afraid). I kept crying cuz Harry had to go back. My parents tried explaining how he had his own family in the woods, but I wouldn’t have any of it. I thought it was a great injustice that they had to throw him back out in the woods like that.
Ghosted by Sean @ 07/31/2008 7:18 PM EDT
I agree with all of the Futurama references above. I don’t want to repeat any previous ideas though, so I’ll have to say I found the end of Last American Virgin to be very downbeat. Very odd ending for a comedy to say the least.
Ghosted by Jack @ 07/31/2008 7:38 PM EDT
I just thought of another one; the end of Short Circuit 2 where Johnny 5 nearly gets dismantled and rebuilds himself out of spare Radio Shack parts. The scene where he’s laying on the tarp and Ben is trying to revive him always has me bawling.
So….anyone know if there is a problem with internet connections getting their signal from covad? I have att and covad is the tower or whatever that I get my signal from….I’m wondering if someone knew if its out, or how to find out without calling India all night and being on hold.
I can get here obviously, but like google, yahoo…its a no go.
Ghosted by mandy_Reeves @ 07/31/2008 7:54 PM EDT
Jim Henson’s funeral. When Big Bird sang “It’s not easy being green” and then said “Thank you, Kermit.” It kills me to even think about it.
when i shit my pants at school and my parents punished me by not letting me watch the season finale of quantum leap. what in the fuck happened to sam? ill never know.
interesting fact, i jerked off to spanish women on the box of raisins that night instead.
Ghosted by Axel Rod @ 07/31/2008 7:59 PM EDT
As far as the sad TV/Movies go, i agree with Emmy about jurassic bark, i always start crying and freaking out when i watch it because it reminds me of my dead dog. also, i always cry at the end of the shawshank redemption. on a lighter note i started the grad school application process. im kind of excited and really scared all at the same time
Ghosted by Leigha @ 07/31/2008 8:13 PM EDT
Warning: SPOILERS!
The part in SLC Punk where Heroin Bob dies of the accidental drug overdose is a pretty sad even if Steve-o’s “only poseurs die!” line was pretty cheesy the emotion that Matt Lillard put into that scene was really intense. It made me tear up but not full out bawl. This isnt THE saddest for me but i figured i would put something nobody has mentioned yet. Oh yeah, Yoda “dying” in ROTJ and also the funeral pyre scene where Luke is cremating his father in the Darth Vader suit. The music during that scene makes it even more powerful.
Also, Jim Jesus I cracked up when reading your name. We have this ongoing joke at work about “Jim Jesus what a chop!” because someone wrote “Jime Jesus what a sale!” on a duplicate receipt when they made a huge laptop sale (i work at officemax) and then my store manager tried to quote it and instead said “Jesus Jones what a sale!” so now whenever that one crappy jesus jones song comes on I can’t help but laugh.
Ghosted by Leigha @ 07/31/2008 8:19 PM EDT
Wow, what a great comment-thread, and I can’t escape without accessing my own waterworks, SO:
-When Anthony Edwards’ character lost his battle to cancer on ER…
-When Jane Austen’s character never ended up with her soul-mate in the movie “Becoming Jane” (shut up to all you men on this thread)…that one made me sad because A: it’s sort of autobiographical, and B: it makes me think that maybe love is overrated (F**K!)
-DEFINITELY agree with Bill on the Big Fish one…that whole scene where all those “made up friends” show up at his funeral and the son realizes all those characters in his story were real afterall…*sigh*
-If I was a guy I would totally get beat up for this one: the whole Titanic thing…not necessarily that cheesy water moment where Jack is frozen and she lets go, but afterwards when they pull into NYC and it’s raining over the statue of Liberty and Rose has this faraway look on her face, as she contemplates the future..gets me a little emotional (SHUT UP!)
-That movie “Into the Wild”, not just the end (SPOILER ALERT) when the dude dies, but in between when he forms so many wonderful bonds with the people he meets along the way during his wild travels (especially the old man who wants to adopt him…awww!)
-in Life As A House, when Kevin Kline’s character has his self actualization about life as he’s building the house that summer and suffering through the final stages of cancer, beautiful and sad.
-Another one where I probably get beat up: umm…in Home Alone (SHUT UP!), when the mom comes home and she’s calling for Kevin, and then she sees him…and they hug…and…whatever.
Okay, that’s enough for now…I feel kinda sad so I’m gonna go eat some carbs.
I can’t believe i forgot about Big Fish…that was a great ending….
Ghosted by phunqsauce @ 07/31/2008 8:26 PM EDT
How did I forget about SLC Punk
Ghosted by Neg @ 07/31/2008 8:37 PM EDT
Romi you’re not the only one who’s cried at Home Alone. It didn’t so much affect me when I was little but now that I watch it as a grown up (especially around Christmas) I get all teary eyed…
Your comment about the women on the box of raisins really got me thinking. I never watched Quantum Leap, but I’ve been bored before for sure, and frankly I’m pretty bored right now.
i can’t get too choked up over the “Somewhere Out There” song from An American Tail after I saw a mouse with a penis sticking out of its back sing it on South Park >_>
Ghosted by Jacob @ 07/31/2008 8:40 PM EDT
Most Heart-wrenching moments-
1) one word: “Beaches”
2) “Life Goes On” – Corky got me nearly every week, but especially the episode in which Becca’s boyfriend Jesse dies after falling ill with AIDS.
3) Matt’s Hat-Day Article… – just makes me want to hug ‘im. Poor thing….
4)Being off-schedule with the Summer Mega Party. Each night I fight to stay awake for the next post and be able to participate in the threads before they’re stale… yet alas, here I am. Post number 794
Ghosted by J-2-Da-ENNA @ 07/31/2008 8:53 PM EDT
Oh man, I used to love SLC Punk when I was in high school.
I thought of another one: The scene in “Return of the King” when the Rohirrim are mustering for their charge on Minas Tirith, and they all start chanting “DEATH! DEATH!, etc.” I never fail to lose it at that point.
Ghosted by Cameron T. @ 07/31/2008 9:06 PM EDT
I agree with the person who said Planes, Trains and Automobiles. But I get sad even earlier than than the last scene where they freeze frame his face. I always get a tear in my eye when Dell (John Candy) tells Neil (Steve Martin) that he doesn’t have a home and that his wife has been dead for 8 years. I just saw that scene again the other day for like the millionth time and it still gets to me.
Ghosted by Bob K @ 07/31/2008 9:17 PM EDT
I end up tearing up in a lot of films and tv shows. Like a lot of people said, I get misty-eyed at the Pokemon movie and several episodes of the series (letting go of Butterfree and Pigeotto are big ones). Iron Giant and Yoda’s death in Return of the Jedi are also big ones. My heart sinks every time I hear that violin chord and he disappears.
Jabba’s death left me bawling the first time I watched it. He didn’t deserve to die at all! I still can’t look directly at the screen when it happens. Certain scenes inFollow that Bird, also, but moreover I feel sentimental.
The most unique one might be Son of Godzilla when Godzilla looks like he’s leaving Minya and then comes back to keep him warm. Can’t believe no one put that up yet. Possibly even more unique: I get really sad at the second half of the Nowhere Man song in Yellow Submarine. Might be because I can relate to poor Jeremy.
Does ANYONE agree with me on those last two?
Ghosted by troglodyte100 @ 07/31/2008 9:17 PM EDT
Most of mine have already been mentioned…
1. The “Angel” shelter & Purina shelter commercials.
2. the above mentioned scene from Dumbo, “Feed The Birds” from Mary Poppins, Song of the South (it depresses the hell out of me), when Thomasina dies in The Three Lives of Thomasina, during the parent deaths in Bambi & The Lion King, and The Fox & The Hound … I sob hysterically 4 different times during that movie. yeah Disney is for kids, sure.
3. I agree with the person who said any movie with mental handicaps. If you want to torture me you could tie me to a chair and make me watch Rain Man over & over.
4. Jim Henson’s funeral. That was the saddest day of my 4th grade life.
5. Saving Private Ryan
6. Reading- lots of books make me cry, but nothing gets me as bad as the week in which Farley died in “For Better or For Worse”
7. The (god damned) Christmas Shoes song
and many, many more. I’m a sap.
Ghosted by Becky @ 07/31/2008 9:25 PM EDT
I just got done watching Jim Hensons funeral on Youtube. I also remember watching the Muppet Tribute special to him. Both were very touching.
Ghosted by JLAJRC @ 07/31/2008 9:31 PM EDT
Definately Son of Godzilla where Godzilla hugs Minya in the snow is a big one. I don’t want to sound like a pansy,but even though I’m pretty sure there aren’t animatronics in the face of the suit,I swear you can see emotion in his eyes.
Eiji Tsubuyara is THE MAN,period.
Another big one is in the original when Serizawa has to kill Godzilla,but if he does,it will reveal his weapon which could cause a war so….
Well I won’t spoil it,but I will say if any of you think Japanese monster movies are cheesy campy crap,rent the uncut subtitled original Godzilla. Still a classic over 50 years later.
Ghosted by Kid Nicky @ 07/31/2008 9:46 PM EDT
Great topic. Had to contribute, in no particular order…
1) A few scenes in “Signs” did it for me, notably the Final Meal scene and the ending where the father realized his son wasn’t dead by virtue of circumstance. M. Night is nowhere near the filmmaker he used to be, but this was him at his apex.
2) “All Dogs Go To Heaven.” Specifics have been discussed.
3) The scene in “The Bear” where the cub witnesses his mother’s death by stoning. Not good. Not good at all.
4) The ending to “United 93.” Dear heavens, why did I remind myself of that one?
Ghosted by RTL @ 07/31/2008 9:49 PM EDT
I should not have sat and read this straight through. I am so depressed right now.
I think the saddest thing I’ve ever seen is Angels in America. I rented it having basically no idea what I was in for, and I cried for hours. Its six hours long, and I had to split it up into two separate days of watching because I was crying so much I couldn’t even keep the plot straight anymore.
But to whoever mentioned the episode of The Golden Girls where Phil dies: I am so glad I’m not the only one who gets torn up when that happens! I also always cry at the one where Clayton is afraid to tell Blanche that he is gay. Thinking about him having to hide himself from his closest relative for so long just gets to me. It’s not even a dramatic episode, I just can’t handle it.
Anything with animals suffering is completely and totally off limits. Suffering is one thing, but suffering and having no idea why or how or if it ever will stop? Completely unbearable.
Ghosted by Nannageddon @ 07/31/2008 9:57 PM EDT
Nannageddon: I know what you mean about critters sufferin. Alot of times you just feel SO dang helpless to do somethin about it! =(
Ghosted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/31/2008 10:02 PM EDT
If you didn’t tear up when old yeller you’re just not human.
Ghosted by los @ 07/31/2008 10:09 PM EDT
Oh yeah i didn’t cry at the end of Titanic like the rest of Seniors citizens did at the theater but thought it was funny as hell how the girl was like I’ll never forget you as she breaks Leo’s fucking fingers like a twig. So long chump
Ghosted by Anonymous @ 07/31/2008 10:13 PM EDT
Golden Girls when Dorothy thinks Sophia had a heart attack.
My Girl when she finds the moodring.
And that scene in The Peanut Butter Solution where the other guys on the soccer (?) team rip the wig off the guy who lost his hair… that kind of vulnerability in a lead character always makes me cry.
Hey thanks Nannageddon. And yes,the Old Yeller ending was sad. If I ever meet the guy who
wrote the ending, I’m going to say shame on
you to him. Hey Matt, if you’re still here, I
got a good idea for the next blog. Everyone
can tell us about the worst movie they ever
saw on the big screen.
I didn’t mean to post so much, but I’m reminded of that horrible Christmas movie, Noel. I didn’t cry, but I think I spent the whole movie slack-jawed that they made a children’s Christmas movie so dark. It’s the story of a Christmas ornament, and at the end (I feel the need to say spoiler alert, though I can’t imagine who would care) he falls off the tree and breaks and his soul (his “happiness”) escapes. That’s just the culmination of sad plot point after sad plot point.
Ghosted by Lori @ 07/31/2008 10:26 PM EDT
The Owen Hart tribute show on RAW, I just kept crying…even through the comercials!!!
The Walker Texas Ranger episode(’s) where Haley Joel Osment plays a kid with AIDS…when he dies at the end and they play that song while showing flash backs…yep, it gets the waterworks going.
Every Oscars when they play the tribute to all the Actors that have passed away that year.
Alias- when Vaughn “died”
LOST- When Ben’s daughter got killed.
Gremlins – When Gizmo gets the water dumpped on him, he just looks to be in the worst pain ever & also from Gremlins “Bye Bye Billy” 3 simple words, so many held back tears!!
Ghosted by Sharkagator @ 07/31/2008 10:27 PM EDT
I teared up at on the last episode of Rosanne, when you find out Dan’s been dead for years, and everything was just a story that she had been writing since season 2.
Ditto on the Home Improvement one.
My wife watches Grey’s Anatomy, and the one where Denny dies at the season finale got to me a bit.
I saw Transformers ‘86 in the theater. I didn’t cry, but I couldn’t remember the movie after Prime died until the end. Chalk it up to shock.
I cried during Owen’s show and Eddie’s. Eddie’s really got me. Benoit’s not so much. Something just didn’t seem right when you knew his whole family was dead, seemed kind of fishy.
Flair’s last raw tribute made me tear up to.
The last cartoon that made my eyes wet was a JLU episode, where Batman has to comfort the girl Ace as she is dying. That was pretty powerful stuff to me.
Ghosted by Bucky @ 07/31/2008 10:38 PM EDT
Jurassic Bark, even though it’s already been said 1,000 times. So fucking tragic.
Always brings a tear to my eye….and makes me want to stomp on some confederates.
Ghosted by Al @ 07/31/2008 10:53 PM EDT
I would be on the confederates side bein the redneck that I am.
Ghosted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/31/2008 11:00 PM EDT
The Puddins episode of Tom Goes To The Mayor where Tom’s stepson dies. It is really
messed up. Shame on you Tim and Eric. What
is the matter with you two guys? I’ve never
seen Simon Birch, though I would like to
throw his parents in a jail cell with the
biker from Fletch Lives. I won’t of course.
The episode of Today’s Special where Jeff
sacrifices his wish to become a real human
to help out his friends. I hope somebody
else remembers that.
Ghosted by LoneStar76 @ 07/31/2008 11:14 PM EDT
oh man my nerdy side is showing now
Avatar the Last Airbender
Tales from Ba Sing Se…Uncle Iroh’s song KILLS me.. and it is doubled in sadness by Mako’s death.
I also got choked up by Iroh and Zuko’s reunion…
Ghosted by jules @ 08/01/2008 12:59 AM EDT
Muppet Baby: have you read “A Prayer For Owen Meany” by John Irving? I’m a nerd so forgive me if I’m telling you something you already know, but “Simon Birch” is based on that book. They had to change the name because John Irving was very unhappy with the script. As is usually the case, the book was much better than the movie…and sadder.
JLAJRC: Ah yes, “The Girl In The Fireplace” episode of Doctor Who, with Madame du Pompadour. I love that one. Didn’t make me cry, but it is one of the many sad times for The Doctor because he’s lost someone. Like “Voyage of the Damned,” or “The Doctor’s Daughter.” If you haven’t seen season four’s finale yet, it’s a doozy too.
Freaks and Geeks – when Sam sees that his parents got him teh Atari and gives his dada big hug after seeing what a douche Neil’s dad was.
WWF Superstars of Wrestling – When MAcho Man wa sties up on the ropes and JAke the Snake’s python bit his arm.
Bride of Frankenstein- The entire hermit scene with the monster.
The Temptations- Blue’s funeral
Ghosted by WolfMan @ 08/01/2008 3:55 AM EDT
Saddest tv moment? Easy one.
Smallville Season 2. There was this kid Ryan that everybody liked, including the audience. The kid was just awsome.
The kid comes down with brain cancer, and dispite everyone’s best efforts, the kid is only given a few days to live.
The kid has always wanted to fly, so Clark gets him out of the hospitol and takes him on a hot air balloon. Ryan thanks Clark for giving him one last moment of happiness and tells him not to be sad when he is gone, because he will go on to help many people someday. They both hug eachother and cry. The next scene sees Clark picking up the kid’s comic books from an empty hospitol bed and walking out of the empty room crying, obviously indicating that the kid had died.
I was a 16 year old boy when I saw that and it still made me cry.
Ghosted by Chris @ 08/01/2008 5:35 AM EDT
In The Patriot, when both of Mel Gibson’s sons die.
Oh hohoho, but he gets his revenge.
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There was another Doctor Who episode where he falls in love with a Princess/Queen. He first meets her as a child when an assasin tries to kill her and he stops it. The gimmick is that everytime he goes back to the Tardis, even briefly, years go by in her world. Eventually he falls in love with her and even decides to stay there, but has to go back to the Tardis for some reason. Well, she dies of old age waiting for him to come back. She wrote him a love letter before her death. Of course, he’s crushed.