RIP Dan O'Bannon

Selezen · Post by **Selezen** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 4:54 pm

Just learned today that Dan O'Bannon, the creative mind behind Dark Star and one of the driving forces behind Alien, Blade Runner and Total Recall, died yesterday after a short illness.

Another sci-fi legend gone but not forgotten.

0235 · Post by **0235** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:48 pm

wow, truly a ledgendary person, ;ets hope other cary on his great ideas

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:56 pm

Tragic News - thanks for sharing.

ClymAngus · Post by **ClymAngus** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 6:34 pm

it's been a bad year. We also lost Patrick Dowling, the man who invented "vision on" and "the adventure game". Old things but underpinnings of my psyche.

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:50 pm

ClymAngus wrote:
it's been a bad year. We also lost Patrick Dowling, the man who invented "vision on" and "the adventure game". Old things but underpinnings of my psyche.

I thought I was the only one who remembered/adored "The adventure Game" - totally amazing - I used to watch it with my dad (that and "The Great Egg Race") - it was one of the few things I think we did together when I was kid. Sad news indeed...

Wiki pages · Post by **Thargoid** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:19 am

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ClymAngus · Post by **ClymAngus** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:45 am

Don't you shake your leaves at me in that threatening manner. Last time I checked aspidistra were some what suseptable to WEEDOL!

Well the adventure game, dramarama, battle of the planets, starfleet, those weird BBC childrens films like A Hitch in Time, anything with T-Bag in it (I see johnhasler is available I might have to get him for something), anything by oliver postgate. Etc etc etc

JazHaz · Post by **JazHaz** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 4:19 pm

Don't forget that we also lost the author of Elite - The Dark Wheel, Robert Holdstock.

ClymAngus · Post by **ClymAngus** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 4:46 pm

It's a bad year for storytelling.