Author Topic: RIP Peter Fonda (Read 5588 times)

LowRyter · « **on:** August 16, 2019, 05:36:20 PM »

79 and lung cancer.

Ride easy now.

Ncdan · « **Reply #1 on:** August 16, 2019, 05:47:37 PM »

God speed Captain America 👍

yogidozer · « **Reply #2 on:** August 16, 2019, 06:08:37 PM »

Holy crap, terrible news.
So many, including myself loved the Easyrider movie, except for the end.

oldbike54 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 16, 2019, 06:51:51 PM »

Had a very brief conversation with him at the store located near Devil's Tower . Really seemed a normal bloke , no entourage , just a guy on a motorbike . RIP Mr Fonda .

Dusty

Shorty · « **Reply #4 on:** August 16, 2019, 06:56:42 PM »

Finally free, and no more hassles by "the man".

I hope somebody does an image of him and Hopper together in Motorcycle Heaven. Corny, but I would buy one. RIP!

bad Chad · « **Reply #5 on:** August 16, 2019, 07:15:48 PM »

Lousy loss. Some how I figured he live way long. He was cool.

yogidozer · « **Reply #6 on:** August 16, 2019, 07:20:48 PM »

memories
Easy Rider "The Weight" - The Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzr6pBjWtDc

gthorpe · « **Reply #7 on:** August 16, 2019, 07:25:20 PM »

So sad to hear. RIP Peter Fonda.

Joliet Jim · « **Reply #8 on:** August 16, 2019, 07:47:10 PM »

I probably never would have started riding if not for that movie. Thanks Captain America

ohiorider · « **Reply #9 on:** August 16, 2019, 08:05:36 PM »

RIP, Mr. Fonda.

rocker59 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 16, 2019, 09:20:32 PM »

Quote from: Joliet Jim on August 16, 2019, 07:47:10 PM

I probably never would have started riding if not for that movie. Thanks Captain America

Yeah. That movie made me want to ride the west.

Especially this scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsFOKNQxIhQ

Gliderjohn · « **Reply #11 on:** August 16, 2019, 10:13:01 PM »

Dang, happening too regular these days. RIP Peter.
GliderJohn

oldbike54 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 16, 2019, 10:13:30 PM »

It's kinda weird , don't think I've ever actually watched Easyriders from beginning to end , just bits and pieces a few times . Really no idea what it was about other than a couple of dudes were riding choppers across the country . Maybe watching it in one chunk would be fun , any advice ? Funny , I've read about the making of the movie , there was an interesting story re it in the large book about the Art of the Motorcycle , apparently Hopper wanted nothing to do with it , and there was a problem with the money after it was finished , Hopper and Fonda basically never spoke again . Also know the movie was filmed in reverse , shooting started in New Orleans in Winter and moved West thru Spring .

Dusty

gthorpe · « **Reply #13 on:** August 16, 2019, 10:20:24 PM »

That movie had a cool soundtrack and cinematography.

I'm not certain but this scene looks like it was filmed around the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAjWYFBSFNs

rocker59 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 16, 2019, 10:53:03 PM »

Quote from: gthorpe on August 16, 2019, 10:20:24 PM

That movie had a cool soundtrack and cinematography.

I'm not certain but this scene looks like it was filmed around the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAjWYFBSFNs

Yep. You're correct.

Mr Pootle · « **Reply #15 on:** August 17, 2019, 02:51:32 AM »

I've always loved it when he throws his watch away. And people post here about the best way to attach a satnav or charge a phone!

John Ulrich · « **Reply #16 on:** August 17, 2019, 06:07:55 AM »

Quote from: rocker59 on August 16, 2019, 09:20:32 PM

Yeah. That movie made me want to ride the west.

Especially this scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsFOKNQxIhQ

Looks like Monument Valley, Utah

pete roper · « **Reply #17 on:** August 17, 2019, 06:15:59 AM »

Certainly some of it was Monument Valley. It's one of my favourite places on earth. At least the bits I've been lucky enough to see.

Rough Edge racing · « **Reply #18 on:** August 17, 2019, 08:15:25 AM »

i watched the movie when it was new and saw it again a few years ago.... Not all that impressive, probably just me..

Huzo · « **Reply #19 on:** August 17, 2019, 08:59:57 AM »

It’s actually weak as piss, but some of us are reminded of simpler times by watching it.
In the same vein.
We had a horrible movie called Stone, here in Oz in the early seventies. It coincided with the Australian release of the Kawasaki Z900 more or less and I was physically and some say noticeably aroused by it at the time.
Watching it now reminds me of some of Linda Lovelace’s acting in THAT movie, the acting is no better and plot wise, her offering was superior.
But both were good at the time and struck a chord...

However, like meeting your first girlfriend or riding one of your early bikes again (if you’ll accept the metaphor), some things are better left in the past.
I’m reminded of this when I get off my Norge and take the Mk 2 out..

LowRyter · « **Reply #20 on:** August 17, 2019, 09:56:43 AM »

Jane Fonda told Variety that she was “very sad” about the death of her younger brother.

“He was my sweet-hearted baby brother. The talker of the family. I have had beautiful alone time with him these last days. He went out laughing,” she said.

MadMike · « **Reply #21 on:** August 17, 2019, 09:59:35 AM »

Good call regarding the soundtrack- like another character in the movie, Steppenwolf left their mark with some of the most memorable music associated with the open road and motorcycle travel. I know after watching Easy Rider in the early nineties, all I wanted to do was escape the burbs of the Jersey Shore, explore, and create some "heavy metal thunder". Tool at hand was a 1976 KZ400.

LowRyter · « **Reply #22 on:** August 17, 2019, 10:12:52 AM »

Insofar as critiquing the movie. The music and vista scenes were great, perhaps inspired by Hopper's experience in Westerns? The dumbest scene is when those stupid hippies are throwing seeds in the rocky desert to grow food. But there was also funny stuff with the Ace Trucking Co. The best were all the Nicholson scenes, particularly the one around the campfire. Jack's break out.

Ncdan · « **Reply #23 on:** August 17, 2019, 10:46:26 AM »

Quote from: gthorpe on August 16, 2019, 10:20:24 PM

That movie had a cool soundtrack and cinematography.

I'm not certain but this scene looks like it was filmed around the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAjWYFBSFNs

Yep, I had an 8 track of EASY RIDER, I love some Steppenwolf !!!

sign216 · « **Reply #24 on:** August 17, 2019, 11:07:43 AM »

Quote from: Huzo on August 17, 2019, 08:59:57 AM

It’s actually weak as piss, but some of us are reminded of simpler times by watching it.
In the same vein.
We had a horrible movie called Stone, here in Oz in the early seventies. It coincided with the Australian release of the Kawasaki Z900 more or less and I was physically and some say noticeably aroused by it at the time.
Watching it now reminds me of some of Linda Lovelace’s acting in THAT movie, the acting is no better and plot wise, her offering was superior.
But both were good at the time and struck a chord...
However, like meeting your first girlfriend or riding one of your early bikes again (if you’ll accept the metaphor), some things are better left in the past.
I’m reminded of this when I get off my Norge and take the Mk 2 out..

Huzo,
Your post made me look up the Aussie film "Stone." It's got a mixed reception, but Quentin Tarantino is quoted as saying that he admired it, and on Rotten Tomatoes it has an audience score of 65%. Not great, but much above a bad film. Some people say that Stone is a "true" biker film, and Easy Rider was ... something softer, for Hollywood.

Idk, but I'll seek out Stone. It'll be interesting.

Getting back to Easy Rider, I saw it again a few months ago. It has value when viewed for the time it came out, and as a look on the actors' early roles. I enjoyed it, but mainly as a nostalgic trip.

Joe

fotoguzzi · « **Reply #25 on:** August 17, 2019, 11:47:26 AM »

I've had the poster longer that I can remember

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Shorty · « **Reply #26 on:** August 17, 2019, 12:46:09 PM »

Quote from: fotoguzzi on August 17, 2019, 11:47:26 AM

I've had the poster longer that I can remember

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Frame crabbing and watching old biker movies bring about the same question: "Why did I once enjoy this?"

fotoguzzi · « **Reply #27 on:** August 17, 2019, 01:34:45 PM »

Quote from: Shorty on August 17, 2019, 12:46:09 PM

Frame crabbing and watching old biker movies bring about the same question: "Why did I once enjoy this?"

that is SO True!

rocker59 · « **Reply #28 on:** August 17, 2019, 06:10:33 PM »

Quote from: John Ulrich on August 17, 2019, 06:07:55 AM

Looks like Monument Valley, Utah

Arizona, but yeah. Beautiful!

rocker59 · « **Reply #29 on:** August 17, 2019, 06:15:05 PM »

Quote from: LowRyter on August 17, 2019, 10:12:52 AM

The dumbest scene is when those stupid hippies are throwing seeds in the rocky desert to grow food.

They were really doing that, at the time, in the Taos New Mexico area. Several hippie communes. The kids didn't know how hard it is to grow anything on Taos Mesa. Hopper wanted to film at Wavy Gravy's real-deal commune, but Wavy wasn't interested, so they had to improvise.

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Author Topic: RIP Peter Fonda (Read 5588 times)

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