Friday, December 18, 2009

Dan O'Bannon

Dan O'Bannon died.

It would be easy to find eulogies to the guy online. I don't feel the need to add to it, beyond to say that ALIEN is one of the best movies ever made, and is deeply important to me in the sense of the path I took in life.

I would put RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD up there as one of the best horror-comedies of all time, right up with EVIL DEAD II in terms of brilliance. Hell... let's not shove it into a niche. It's not just an amazing horror-comedy, it's a damn good movie, period.

One of the hardest times I've ever laughed in my life is the first appearance of the beach ball monster in DARK STAR.

Thanks, man.

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