In space, nobody hears you chasing a beachball alien

[electric indigo]

Alien, Blue Thunder, Dark Star - Dan O'Bannon participated in the creation of quite a handful of movies that defined old school science fiction cinema for me.

Farewell, Sgt. Pinback.

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[taksraven]

Oh no. Thats terrible. The loss of another SF visionary! I love a lot of his work, and he was always keen on SF, taking an active interest in promoting it.

Its funny, cause just the other day I was watching a doco on my 2001 DVD which featured Dan talking about it. I think the doco was produced a few years ago but I still thought he didn't look well.

One of the great SF 'ideas' people has moved on.

RIP

Taksraven

[Knight26]

no that sucks man, I still have an old Dan O'Bannon book with a ton of unused art from early ALien concepts, that I just love

[Graham]

RIP Dan. You will be missed.

Graham

[Hikuro]

Aw wtf? I will certaintly miss that guy! He helped bring Sci/fi into a more realistic light with Alien, showing you can make a low budget film and make it horribly scary and give you nightmares well into your adult years!

[taksraven]

Aw wtf? I will certaintly miss that guy! He helped bring Sci/fi into a more realistic light with Alien, showing you can make a low budget film and make it horribly scary and give you nightmares well into your adult years!

It usually the actors and maybe the directors who get their praises sung but the writers are often neglected. I just hope that most who have enjoyed the Alien franchise appreciate that they have lost a hero of the genre.

Taksraven

[blacklotus]

Thanks for the heads up. Wow! So this is the guy who wrote the B-17 segment in the 1981 Heavy Metal movie. That segment has ever since flashed into my head every time I see or hear the word Zombie.

Finally I get to see his face. Too late to meet him though. sigh...maybe later on...