RIPs

[moly]

The 14 innocent people in Catalonia murdered by pathetic twisted scum

[Zarjazzer]

All my sympathies to the people of Spain at this terrible time.oblivion awaits the trash that did it.

Alas another star has gone out.
Sonny Landham he of Predator fame.

http://www.tmz.com/2017/08/18/predator-fighter-sonny-landham-dies-at-76/

[Steve Green]

Artist Alfonso Azpiri has died.

[Old Tankie]

RIP Sonny Landham, i was in a film with him, nice guy.

[Something Fishy]

You used to act tank? Cool!

[sheridan]

Artist Alfonso Azpiri has died.

Sad news - as well as his mainland European work he illustrated all but the first three Tornado Blackhawk episodes.

[Professor Bear]

Ah no - Jerry Lewis.

[IAMTHESYSTEM]

Damn, sorry to hear Jerry Lewis has gone to the Comedy circuit in the sky.

[von Boom]

Sci Fi author Brian Aldiss has died at 92. RIP.

[IAMTHESYSTEM]

Nooo! Rotten weekend and a rotten Monday.

[TordelBack]

Sci Fi author Brian Aldiss has died at 92. RIP.

His Great Year has finally ended.  Now there's a writer who completely changed my view of SF, practically introduced teenage me to the importance of historical context in art and literature, and to the notion of Gaian systems.  I've bored more people with Aldiss insights passed off as my own than almost any other author (well, maybe he's tied with Pinker there).  May his spirit return to the Original Beholder.

[JOE SOAP]

Another great talent worth celebrating.

[Daveycandlish]

Tobe Hooper, director of 'Salem's Lot and Poltergeist, amongst others

[IAMTHESYSTEM]

This year is turning into a rerun of 2016!  Tobe Hooper did excellent work in the horror genre. Salem's Lot will live in my memory as one of the scariest television shows I've ever seen.

[Heath C Ackley]

Salem' s Lot was a brilliant adaptation. I remember how people talked about it for days after that first broadcast.

Hooper was a fine director, unfortunately overlooked by the business due to the furore over his first movie. Yet, watching Chainsaw again years after the whole video nasty debacle, it surprised me how shots and scenes were almost arthouse in style. It was one of the first documentary style horror films but there was an discordant abstraction to it all. And that soundtrack! It made my skin crawl and my brain itch!