# RIP Roger Ebert 1942-2013 \[was 'Roger Ebert's cancer is back'\]

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 3, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-roger-ebert-1942-2013-was-roger-eberts-cancer-is-back/654744 "2013-04-03T17:38:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-roger-ebert-1942-2013-was-roger-eberts-cancer-is-back/654744/141 "2023-04-04T00:14:12Z")

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I wish he (and Siskel) could’ve seen the MCU. I wish Siskel could’ve seen LOTR.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-roger-ebert-1942-2013-was-roger-eberts-cancer-is-back/654744/142 "2023-04-04T00:17:49Z")

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I wonder what Ebert would have said about how superhero movies like the MCU have seemingly taken over Hollywood.

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**Author:** ![superwombat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superwombat/32/16616_2.png) [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-roger-ebert-1942-2013-was-roger-eberts-cancer-is-back/654744/143 "2023-04-04T02:06:21Z")

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When I was young, I didn’t appreciate him enough on At The Movies; it was reading his reviews and his dictionary of tropes (before tropes were a thing) on Microsoft Cinemania 95 that enlightened me to his vast wealth of knowledge and passion for cinema.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-roger-ebert-1942-2013-was-roger-eberts-cancer-is-back/654744/144 "2023-04-04T22:03:08Z")

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Also, I would’ve liked to have heard Siskel and Ebert discuss the La La Land/Moonlight Best Picture Oscar goof.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-roger-ebert-1942-2013-was-roger-eberts-cancer-is-back/654744/145 "2023-04-04T22:11:46Z")

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> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#):
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> I wish he (and Siskel) could’ve seen the MCU.

I wish he could have seen the Snyderverse. His reviews would have been savage and hilarious.

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