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     Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
Another film geat passes: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a191969/alien-writer-obannon-dies-aged-6 3.html  I recently bought DARK STAR on DVD. That's my Saturday night viewing taken care of, in tribute. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
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| Richard_gavin (Richard_gavin) Username: Richard_gavin Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 65.110.174.71 |
Aw, hell... This is terrible news. I'd heard last year that O'Bannon was quite ill from Crohn's Disease. So sad. He was one of my favourite screenwriters. Dark Star, Alien (obviously), but also the wonderful Charles Dexter Ward adaptation, The Resurrected, and the brilliantly comedic Return of the Living Dead. First Naschy, now Dan O'Bannon. sigh... RIP Dan. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
Let's not forget DEAD AND BURIED, which is a wonderful EC-style horror film. | ||
| Mark West (Mark_west) Username: Mark_west Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.39.177.173 |
A great shame - "Dark Star" was wonderful, as was "Blue Thunder" and "Return Of The Living Dead", but I'm with Gary, "Dead & Buried" is my favourite. The whole thing gives me the creeps now, even having watched the extras to see how they did most of it! | ||
| Richard_gavin (Richard_gavin) Username: Richard_gavin Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 65.110.174.71 |
"Let's not forget DEAD AND BURIED, which is a wonderful EC-style horror film." Amen! I adore that movie. ("Come, Dan, let me fix those for you.") I think I may just screen it tonight... | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.227.78 |
Sad news indeed. | ||
| Chris_morris (Chris_morris) Username: Chris_morris Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 12.165.240.116 |
Ah, crap. I'm fond of many of his works. God bless ya, Dan old boy. | ||
| Gcw (Gcw) Username: Gcw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.155.105.158 |
Very sad. I'm with the rest of yer - Dead & Buried a true forgotten classic. gcw | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 188.147.73.60 |
RIP, a great loss. | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.198.99.161 |
RIP | ||
| Seanmcd (Seanmcd) Username: Seanmcd Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 86.154.130.250 |
Yeah! RIP Dan. I love Dead and Buried. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.157.23.81 |
D'oh! I didn't like Dead and Buried, though it does have one of my all time favourite horor moments - 'Bury me!' That decks me, that bit. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.17.252.126 |
Another sad loss... Let's not forget 'Lifeforce' but 'Dark Star' will always be my favourite. | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.198.99.161 |
I rewatched the Alien commentary with him and Ron Schusett this weekend- what a duo they were. |