I mean I like his stuff and totally recognize that he was a huge influence on film making but mans was 82 or something and he probably died comfortably a millionaire surrounded by loved ones so its not like a huge tragedy. Also he would probably find jokes like this very funny as he was kind of a lynchpin of dark comedy (pun obviously intended)

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 9 points 9 hours ago

i heard he had emphysema and hadn't been well enough to ;eave his house in some time and e probably kicked it because of the fire/evacuation.

i don't care about the guy in particular but health problems can destroy a lot of the comforts of wealth

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 18 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Oh no I thought it was hilarious (hence the lmao) I was just kinda expanding on the bit. I am in fact very sad about his passing but you're totally right. He's a nut and I just read something where he was interviewed and was asked why he was referring to Angelo Badalamenti in present tense (dude passed away) and Lynch was like "eh we just lose our physical form we don't die, disappearing forever is stupid everything is fine". So yeah he's probably having a good laugh at us dorks rn

[–] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 9 points 10 hours ago

He's a nut

One of my favourite things about Lynch is his success as a just unironically weird dude who creates art from that very earnest place. It's something I hadn't ever really heard other people say and then Guillermo del Toro also talked about it in an interview about Hideo Kojima of all places. Here from about 2:35/2:40