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    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    12/14/09

    In reply to Did Prog Rock's Greatest Artist Inspire Avatar? All Signs Point To Yes
    Wow, it's 30 years since I went to an SF convention, and I never able to figure out what Freff did. Never heard another name for the guy either. Glad to see that the guy thinks he has a real job. What does his hair look like now? He always had some wild hair, even for the late 1970s
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    Image of Torley Torley
    12/14/09

    In reply to Did Prog Rock's Greatest Artist Inspire Avatar? All Signs Point To Yes
    Anyone else have fond memories of the Psygnosis games that Roger Dean did art for? Even some of the title fonts... such distinctive, gorgeous swirls!
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    12/14/09

    In reply to Did Prog Rock's Greatest Artist Inspire Avatar? All Signs Point To Yes
    Im looking forward to Cameron's next movie set in the Court of the Crimson King.
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    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    12/14/09

    In reply to Did Prog Rock's Greatest Artist Inspire Avatar? All Signs Point To Yes
    You know James Cameron spent the better part of the early 1970s sitting around his bedroom seeding his herb using Yes albums perched in his lap.
    If he used Frank Zappa albums, we might have a different filmmaker today.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    12/14/09

    @gods-n-clods: I think that this timeline played out the way it was supposed to.
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    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    12/14/09

    @The Curse of Millhaven: But he must have listened to some ELP somewhere along the line.
    Imagine what we could have now if things were different.
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    Image of schrodingers-katana schrodingers-katana
    12/14/09

    In reply to Did Prog Rock's Greatest Artist Inspire Avatar? All Signs Point To Yes
    I just wanted to chime in to say how much I loved the bad-pun title of this article. Good times.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    12/14/09

    In reply to Did Prog Rock's Greatest Artist Inspire Avatar? All Signs Point To Yes
    Who hasn't looked at a Roger Dean painting and thought, "Why can't they make a movie that looks like that?"
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    Image of Dimbo_Sama Dimbo_Sama
    12/14/09

    In reply to Did Prog Rock's Greatest Artist Inspire Avatar? All Signs Point To Yes
    I don't see a Yes cover in any of these, with possibly the exception of 10 or 28 but I wouldn't quote me on that.

    I do love Roger Dean though
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment Dimbo_Sama was starred Dimbo_Sama was unstarred
    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    12/14/09

    In reply to Did Prog Rock's Greatest Artist Inspire Avatar? All Signs Point To Yes
    I think Roger Dean's art was the first "coffee table" book I ever bought, way back in the 70s when I was a poor college student. I guess I'll have to rummage around in the basement to find it now!
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    12/14/09

    In reply to Did Prog Rock's Greatest Artist Inspire Avatar? All Signs Point To Yes
    The whole thing is just James Cameron's aspirations to be a rock star.
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    Image of Super Moose Super Moose
    12/14/09

    In reply to Did Prog Rock's Greatest Artist Inspire Avatar? All Signs Point To Yes
    Where might I find these in desktop wallpaper form?
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment Super Moose was starred Super Moose was unstarred
    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    12/14/09

    @Super Moose: I really don't know... I bet they're online somewhere though. If you click to enlarge, you get them quite a bit bigger, but maybe not desktop wallpaper sized.
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    Image of Super Moose Super Moose
    12/14/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: I guess I should just google it first next time.
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    12/14/09

    In reply to Did Prog Rock's Greatest Artist Inspire Avatar? All Signs Point To Yes
    I would like more than a few of these on my wall.
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    Image of revdrkevind revdrkevind
    12/14/09

    In reply to Did Prog Rock's Greatest Artist Inspire Avatar? All Signs Point To Yes
    Avatar's design isn't terribly original in any aspect. It's more of a question if this particular artist was an influence. The answer is absolutely yes, as his work has been a big influence on a lot of modern Sci-Fi art. You could also easily conclude that his art inspired the natural aspect of the "Halo" videogame, then compare the Marines (Alien-inspired themselves) back to Avatar, and we're going around in one big inspiration circle.
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment revdrkevind was starred revdrkevind was unstarred
    Image of Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies
    12/14/09

    In reply to Did Prog Rock's Greatest Artist Inspire Avatar? All Signs Point To Yes
    I think the bigger story here is that Roger Dean, James Cameron and Rusty Venture are all tapping directly into the Source-Mind.

    What do these three have in common? What must we change? How can we be closer to Zod?
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    Image of regis regis
    12/14/09

    @Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: yes! PROG ROCK IS THE SOURCE OF THE SCIENCE.
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    Image of kernow kernow
    12/14/09

    @Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: Damm you gut there first
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    Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies promoted this comment kernow was starred kernow was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    12/14/09

    In reply to Did Prog Rock's Greatest Artist Inspire Avatar? All Signs Point To Yes
    "...point to Yes"

    Ha HAW!!
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    Grey_Area was starred Grey_Area was unstarred
    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    12/14/09

    @Grey_Area: I facepalmed as soon as I read the headline
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    psychiccheese was starred psychiccheese was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/14/09

    @Grey_Area: The husband snerked. He owns several of these.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    12/14/09

    In reply to Did Prog Rock's Greatest Artist Inspire Avatar? All Signs Point To Yes
    I see that James Cameron and Dr Venture went to the same school of Rock.
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    ManchuCandidate was starred ManchuCandidate was unstarred
    Image of sogmasta sogmasta
    12/14/09

    @ManchuCandidate:

    Boris Vallejo too?
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment sogmasta was starred sogmasta was unstarred
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