R.I.P., Farrah.

[segnung]

I developed a crush on her when I was in middle school. Of course, I didn't recognize it as such at that point, I just knew she was yet another blonde woman who made me feel all funny (Daryl Hannah, Kate Capshaw, and Kim Basinger were the others). It was around the time she was painting using her body was the brush, and then subsequently posed in Playboy.

I've watched Saturn 3 so many times for her:

Not even Rex Reed/Raquel Welch could resist her, as seen in Myra Breckinridge:

And of course, Logan's Run (complete with the perfection of young Michael York):

Farrah Fawcett, to me, was the embodiment of the '70s female (her male counterpart would most certainly be Burt Reynolds). In that entire decade, no one could top her.

I can never approve of Ryan O'Neal, but he has redeemed himself somewhat by standing by her throughout this entire ordeal.

Comments

[ruby-stevens.livejournal.com]

That first picture is one of the loveliest I've seen of her. And you have excellent taste in blondes going by your other picks. She was an underrated actress.

[suspiriorum.livejournal.com]

She absolutely was. Her beauty got in the way of her talent in the '70s, and I'm glad Farrah wasn't content to sit on the sidelines and allow that to fuel her career. Extremities and The Burning Bed finally cemented her immense talent for many in the '80s, but I think anything she appeared in previously can verify that. She had such a vulnerability and gentle humor that came across rather well, but you know she could also beat your ass if she had to. All of my favorite '70s icons are dying and I'm not fond of it. Burt Reynolds and Keith Carradine had better stick around for another 20 years.

I greatly appreciated Splash, Temple of Doom, and Batman as a child for entirely different reasons from other little girls. I thought it'd be really great if Kim were in her underwear and made out with Batman.

[mercystars.livejournal.com]

Oh my GOD, Saturn 3...Harvey Keitel dubbed, for some reason.

[suspiriorum.livejournal.com]

The director thought that Harvey's natural accent was too harsh and so he was dubbed by Roy Dotrice. Not surprisingly, Harvey hated him.

I probably enjoy Saturn 3 more than I should, but it effectively creeps me out every damn time. I love that horrifying robot, Hector.

[mercystars.livejournal.com]

Heehee, my husband can make that weird alarm sound Hector made. That is a seriously creepy robot.

[suspiriorum.livejournal.com]

I think I'd cry if I were you. The future according to the '70s delights me. It's a wonderful combination of shiny and bleak and all technology is frightening and strange; yet it somehow managed to be optimistic.

Then came the future according to the '80s, wherein we're all doomed and keyboards are mounted to the walls.

[mercystars.livejournal.com]

Only when nobody's watching, bb. ;D

You know what I always, ALWAYS wondered about in Saturn 3--and I feel as if I can totally discuss this with you because you are probably one of three people in the world who would know what the hell I was even talking about--was the scene where Farrah and Kirk Douglas are going to split that blue pill, and Kirk cuts it in half and it's soft and mushy but not gel-filled. For some reason, I thought that was a GREAT Invention Of The Future.

[suspiriorum.livejournal.com]

YES. I'm such a weirdo that I even remember those pills being called 'blue dreamers'. I think about them every time I take any type of pill, as I have a horrendously awful gag reflex.

20 - 30 years ago, futuristic films took place in 2000 or thereabouts, but now that we've passed that and have no flying cars and robots, we've pushed THE FUTURE ahead another 50 - 100 years.

[germanpanther.livejournal.com]

Poor pretty ladyyyyy. I feel like Michael Jackson's death is far less important. Poor dear.

[suspiriorum.livejournal.com]

As do I. Now Michael was a huge part of my childhood and forever changed the music industry, but Farrah was something else to me. TVLand had their own tribute with two seminal Charlie's Angels episodes, and though she may not be getting the media spotlight like Michael, I'm glad for that. His kids are already in a frightening custody battle and he left behind a mountain of debt, among other things. Farrah's family is not being hounded, thankfully, and she's able to rest in peace.

Even in death, MJ is still a circus spectacle.