The great Michael Madsen has been found dead in his Malibu home, and at age 67 and not cancer-ridden (or even if he was) how can the authorities say his death was due to “natural causes”?

Way too soon, man. Madsen could have played a few Lawrence Tierney-ish roles (crusty old criminal) into his 80s or beyond. Very sorry that it’s already over for the poor fella. Respect.

I’m not even going to say that Madsen peaked in the ’90s (Thelma and Louise, Reservoir Dogs, The Getaway, Wyatt Earp, Donnie Brasco), although that’s how it played out. But man, Madsen kept working ever since.

HE-posted on 11.13.06: John Travolta and Michael Madsen as the twin brothers of Vic and Vincent Vega descending upon Los Angeles to avenge the deaths of Vic (drilled by Tim Roth‘s Mr. Orange in Reservoir Dogs) and Vincent (grease-gunned by Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction) in a new Vega Brothers movie? That”s the dumbiest sequel set-up I’ve ever heard in my life. Tarantino must be losing his mind.

But you know what? Fuck what happened in Dogs and Fiction…really. To hell with who got killed story or whaever. Just bring the brothers back and put them into some heavy-shit situations and just do it. Did anybody give a damn when Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson didn’t fall down bleeding when that dope-dealer kid ran out of the bathroom and started blasting? Of course not. Was it logical? No, and it doesn’t matter.