Sunday, December 20, 2009
RIP, Dan O'Bannon
One of my favorite writers died yesterday. (You all know Ketchup isn't exactly the hot spot of breaking news.)
I consider Dan O'Bannon among my early influences. Growing up in a sci fi household, I was just the right age to be W*O*W*ed when Alien hit theaters. Later, I discovered The Return of the Living Dead on my own, since my parents hadn't been interested in letting me watch this one as a young teenager... but I freaking LOVE zombie movies and Return is my second-favorite of the entire genre behind only Romero's Day Of The Dead, and that's only because Day has the awesomely disturbing revelation of Bub, a zombie, remembering things from his previous life. Plus the insane combat.
In Return, for the most part, the characters act intelligently throughout their apocalypse, which is a rarity in horror films, so that puts this film at the very top. Plus you've got Frank and Freddie blamming the bejeezus out of the split dog with a crutch.
"What are we going to do!?! What are we going to do!?!?"
"We're going to KILL IT!"
Wham!!!
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Great stuff. Solid writing, sweet concepts. Rest in peace, Dan.
I consider Dan O'Bannon among my early influences. Growing up in a sci fi household, I was just the right age to be W*O*W*ed when Alien hit theaters. Later, I discovered The Return of the Living Dead on my own, since my parents hadn't been interested in letting me watch this one as a young teenager... but I freaking LOVE zombie movies and Return is my second-favorite of the entire genre behind only Romero's Day Of The Dead, and that's only because Day has the awesomely disturbing revelation of Bub, a zombie, remembering things from his previous life. Plus the insane combat.
In Return, for the most part, the characters act intelligently throughout their apocalypse, which is a rarity in horror films, so that puts this film at the very top. Plus you've got Frank and Freddie blamming the bejeezus out of the split dog with a crutch.
"What are we going to do!?! What are we going to do!?!?"
"We're going to KILL IT!"
Wham!!!
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Great stuff. Solid writing, sweet concepts. Rest in peace, Dan.
Labels: Alien, Dan O'Bannon, The Return of the Living Dead
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