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    Image of tamoko tamoko
    06:56 PM

    In reply to R.I.P. Alien Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon
    I'll miss you Dan. You contributed to scaring the crap out of me as a nine year old in 79, and I never looked back...
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    12/19/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Alien Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon
    I watched Alien again last night, and I'm amazed by the quality of the script. It's like a Howard Hawks movie, in that it's really driven by the dialogue. It could almost be a play.
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    12/18/09

    In reply to Want To Rent Jane Wiedlin's Scifi Loft In Los Angeles?
    Love the pillowcases! Several friends have told me that she is Leonard Nimoy's niece. He makes a cameo in one of her videos, unfortunately I cannot recall which.
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    12/18/09

    In reply to Want To Rent Jane Wiedlin's Scifi Loft In Los Angeles?
    Jane's the best! She's got oodles of geek cred and she's a hoot! Her home is a reflection of how adorkable she really is. I would totally want to live there, too bad she doesn't come with the place! ;-)
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    Image of joetato joetato
    12/18/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Alien Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon
    He's actually not Sgt. Pinback, but I'll leave that tidbit for the folks who haven't yet seen Dark Star. Some call it slow, I call it hysterically brilliant! Remember, it was made before Star Wars, so Trek, Silent Running, and 2001: A Space Odyssey were the main sources of sci-fi for that era.

    Benson, Arizona the same stars fill the sky. The nights seemed so much kinder when we watched them, you and I. R.I.P.
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    12/19/09

    @joetato: Amen.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/18/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Alien Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon
    We have used the line "When I brought you onboard, I thought you were cute" in so many situations over the past decade.

    He will be missed indeed. SF movies wouldn't be what they are without him.
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    12/18/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Alien Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon
    I'd forgotten about his involvement in the Jodoworsky Dune. Now *that* was a batsh*t crazy production. (Sample tidbit: Salvador Dali was supposed to play the emperor. He demanded that he be paid more than any other actor to that point, even though he would only be working for a day. Seriously - google this. It would have been the most insane movie ever made)
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    12/18/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Alien Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon
    Thinking about it, O'Bannon is responsible for many of the things that scared the crap out of me the most as a young'un. Even as an adult, I saw his zombie airman segment in Heavy Metal and it freaked the hell out of me. He was definitely on the vanguard when it comes to zombies and body horror.
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    12/18/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Alien Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon
    Massive loss.
    ROTLD was pure, unadulterated genius.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/18/09

    @Plague: As was Lifeforce. The man was truly a genius.
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    12/18/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I've heard Lifeforce was ruined by studio meddling. I never saw it, just remember it as "the Naked Space Vampire movie."
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    12/18/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Also, you might chuckle at this.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/18/09

    @Wookie1972: Lifeforce "ruined"!? You mean it could've been even better? Seriously, I do love that movie. I guess for some Naked Space Vampire Movie is a negative. Not for this guy.

    And I did get a chuckle out of that until they showed Riker smirking at the viewscreen at which point it turned into a full on LOL.
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    12/18/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Alien Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon
    Sigh. I was just thinking about how everybody gives Cameron credit for Aliens, and if after that Giger. O'Bannon was the true author.
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    Image of John Hazard John Hazard
    12/18/09

    @Wookie1972: Cameron deserves the credit for the awesome AlienS. It was the respectable sequel to the hard to follow classic Alien that O'Bannon, Giger, Ronald Shusett, Ron Cobb, Moebius, Ridley Scott and others.

    Nitpick!
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    12/18/09

    @John Hazard: Nonetheless, I've heard people say how Cameron "made" the Alien franchise, which really annoys me (yes, I fully admit, I don't like the guy) which ignores the fact that the first movie was a colossal hit, and the first major horror/sci fi combination.
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    Image of John Hazard John Hazard
    12/18/09

    @Wookie1972: Yeah, well peoples is STUPID! But you know that, you're a Wookie!
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    12/18/09

    @John Hazard: Fair enough. It just bugs the hell out of me when *some* act like Cameron took this little cult movie and made a big sequel to it. The fact is that Alien was HUGE when it first came out. I was way too young to see it at the time, but I remember the iconic posters and people talking about the chest-bursting scene. I actually saw Aliens first, but when I saw the original, it was kind of like seeing 2001 after seeing 2010: improved FX did not make for a better movie.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/18/09

    @Wookie1972: Couldn't agree more. The first one was the real breakthrough.
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    Image of firstofnormalin firstofnormalin
    12/19/09

    @Wookie1972:
    Who borrowed the idea of an acid blooded outerspace alien who lays eggs inside the crew members like a predator wasp from A.E. van Vogt.
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    12/19/09

    @firstofnormalin: Didn't know that. Cool. Van Vogt is from my hometown. ALthough I read that one of the influences on the "chest burster" was his battle with Crohn's disease.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    12/18/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Alien Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon
    RIP. Your talent is valued and will be remembered.

    (on side note I really need to watch this clip's movie. Attacked and tickled by a giant beach ball)
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/18/09

    @LittleDragon: You haven't seen "Dark Star"? :O

    OMG! Go rent it before I petition to have your star taken away!
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    12/19/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Its not my fault. I was young. I didn't know. It is on my netflixs list now. Have a heart. Didn't you ever do anything foolish?
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    12/19/09

    @LittleDragon: I saw it a long, long, long time ago on TV late one night. Only line I remember is "we just got your last transmission. Got great reviews in the trades."
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    12/18/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Alien Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon
    Patrick Swayze, John Hughes and now Dan O'Bannon. For goodness sake!

    2009 has been a real shitter for Hollywood and the film loving comunity. losing some of its most influential figures.

    I hope 2010 is'nt as bad!
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    12/18/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Don't forget whats her name. Damn I for got her name its on the tip of my brain. Died of Cancer. Farrah Fawcett. Thats her.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    12/18/09

    @LittleDragon: Yup. With every name I forgot. The list gets bigger and grimer!! 2009 sucked for movie related deaths!
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    12/18/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Alien Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon
    Thank you Dan O'Bannon, you will be remembered.
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    12/18/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Alien Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon
    He did Screamers? I LOVED that movie. Wow, what a creative talent. Sad.
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    Image of AngriestGeek AngriestGeek
    12/18/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Alien Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon
    This is sad and he'll be missed, but since when has Blue Thunder been a "great helicopter movie" and does such a thing even exist? The "only helicopter movie" and "better than the other helicopter movie" does not equal "great."

    That said, this is sad. Death has been on a talent hunt this year.
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    Image of PBV PBV
    12/18/09

    @AngriestGeek: Blue Thunder's been a great movie since 1983, I believe.
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    Image of AngriestGeek AngriestGeek
    12/18/09

    @PBV: Actually, it's been an overrated B-movie since 1983. From a partner who might as well have been wearing a Red Shirt to very poorly depicted loop-de-loop at the end. Fun, but don't think about it too much.
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