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@MasriNBA I would be 100% okay trading back to 2nd if I get to start next year with Peterson and Bailey!!
Like no fucking joke!
Actually; might see if I can make it happen in 2k
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@CollegeFBPortal @BYUfootball @SSN_Cougars @BYUFBRecruiting @BYU_CoachJustin @BYUCougars @byubarstool @LockedOnCougars @Mitch_Harper @CriddleBenjamin What class would he have been next season?
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@CollegeFBPortal @BYUfootball @SSN_Cougars @BYUFBRecruiting @BYU_CoachJustin @BYUCougars @byubarstool @LockedOnCougars @Mitch_Harper @CriddleBenjamin for injury reasons or for mormon reasons?
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Most people remember him as Saruman, Count Dooku, or Dracula. But those iconic roles were merely shadows of the man behind them.
Christopher Lee didn't live one life. He lived several—each more extraordinary than most people's entire existence.
Born in London in 1922, Lee grew up in a family of old European distinction. His step-cousin was Ian Fleming, who would go on to create James Bond—a character whose elegance and danger some say carried echoes of Lee himself.
Then the world erupted into war.
Lee volunteered immediately. Poor eyesight kept him from flying, so he joined RAF Intelligence instead, eventually moving into special operations—the kind of work that remains partially classified even today. He worked behind enemy lines in the final stages of the war and beyond, doing things he would almost never discuss.
Years later, on the set of The Lord of the Rings, that silence broke for just a moment.
Peter Jackson was directing a scene where Saruman gets stabbed from behind. He suggested Lee let out a dramatic scream.
Lee calmly interrupted: "Have you any idea what kind of noise a man makes when he's stabbed in the back? Because I do."
The set fell silent. Jackson quietly adjusted the scene.
After the war, Lee turned to acting—not chasing stardom, but simply working. And he worked relentlessly. Over 280 films across seven decades, in multiple languages.
He spoke fluent English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish, with working knowledge of Swedish, Russian, and Greek. Long before Hollywood embraced international stars, Lee was one—performing across Europe with the same commanding presence he brought to British cinema.
He became the face of Dracula for a generation. He brought menace and sophistication to villains that could have been cartoonish. He made every role—great or forgettable—watchable simply by being in it.
Then, at age 88, he did something nobody expected.
Christopher Lee released a heavy metal album.
Not as a novelty. Not as a joke. A serious, symphonic metal concept album about Charlemagne—sung in multiple languages, backed by actual metal musicians who respected his vision.
Critics were stunned. It was genuinely good.
He released another album at 91. Another at 92. His final recording was a thunderous metal cover of "My Way"—less Frank Sinatra's croon, more Viking battle cry.
A man born before television existed was recording metal music in the streaming era.
But perhaps his most profound connection was literary.
In the late 1950s, long before The Lord of the Rings became a global phenomenon, Christopher Lee met J.R.R. Tolkien briefly at a pub in Oxford. Lee was already a devoted fan who read the trilogy every single year.
Decades later, when Peter Jackson assembled his cast, Christopher Lee was the only actor who had actually met the author himself.
He desperately wanted to play Gandalf. He was cast as Saruman instead.
And he gave that role a gravity no one else could have—because he wasn't just performing Tolkien's words. He had heard Tolkien speak. He understood the weight of that world from the source.
Lee never retired. His final film roles came in 2015—the year he died—at 93 years old. He worked until the very end, not from necessity, but because creation was simply how he lived.
Think about the span of that existence:
Born in 1922. Fought in WWII. Worked in intelligence operations that remain classified. Witnessed the birth of cinema, television, and the internet. Moved from silent films to CGI blockbusters. Played Dracula, wizards, Sith Lords, and sang heavy metal in his nineties.
Legends grew around him—some exaggerated, some untrue. But the truth never needed embellishment.
Christopher Lee was a war veteran, a polyglot, a cinematic titan, a metal musician, and the last living bridge between Tolkien's world and its retelling on screen.
He once said: "Every actor has to make terrible films from time to time. The trick is never to be terrible in them."
#archaeohistories

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I am blessed and proud to announce that I am committing to play football at BYU🤙‼️
#CougerNation #GoCougs🤙
@BYUfootball @kalanifsitake @Pouha91 @GrangerFB_WVC @All_Poly_Sports @BrandonHuffman @GregBiggins

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My top 12 horror movies of the 90’s
Which is your favorite?

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My Top 12 horror movies of the 1990s which is your favorite?
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How would you rank Pierce Brosnan’s run as #JamesBond? 🍸
👁️ GOLDENEYE
📰 TOMORROW NEVER DIES
🌍 THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
🧊 DIE ANOTHER DAY
Let’s see your rankings 👇

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@TheExtremeMusi1 Molly’s Dad :
If they played in my garden, I’d go out for a pint instead
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@squirrellydan79 "I got news for you pal you ain't leading but two things right now ,Jack and shit, and Jack left town." 🤣😂
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