H.R. Giger is dead

DARTH · Post by **DARTH** » Tue May 13, 2014 7:03 pm

Loved his artwork.

T200 · Post by **T200** » Tue May 13, 2014 8:19 pm

His work for Jodorowsky's unfilmed Dune (new doc out but I haven't seen it yet...the "movie" sounds fucking phenomenal):

http://www.duneinfo.com/unseen/hr-giger.aspx

RIP

Holland Oates · Post by **Holland Oates** » Tue May 13, 2014 8:28 pm

There is no way Giger and Jodorowsky could have made Dune. The cost would have been astronomical. But GAWDDAMN it would have been awesome. Too bad they didn't go the animated route with Giger and Jodorowsky's concepts.

Kenny X · Post by **Kenny X** » Tue May 13, 2014 8:57 pm

Ed Zachary wrote:There is no way Giger and Jodorowsky could have made Dune. The cost would have been astronomical. But GAWDDAMN it would have been awesome. Too bad they didn't go the animated route with Giger and Jodorowsky's concepts.

That would have been epic.

Also- RIP

T200 · Post by **T200** » Tue May 13, 2014 9:01 pm

I think Moebius was also in on the concept art.

Here is the trailer for the doc:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEW6kZnxRQs[/youtube]

Holland Oates · Post by **Holland Oates** » Tue May 13, 2014 9:24 pm

T are you watching Metal Hurlant on Syfy?

T200 · Post by **T200** » Tue May 13, 2014 9:28 pm

No I don't watch anything regularly except UFC and RAW these days. Workaholics when it was on.

Holland Oates · Post by **Holland Oates** » Tue May 13, 2014 9:30 pm

It's cheesy as fuck but it's based off of actual Metal Hurlant stories. 30 minute episodes with Low A and B level actors.

Kazuya Mishima · Post by **Kazuya Mishima** » Tue May 13, 2014 10:30 pm

Ed Zachary wrote:It's cheesy as fuck but it's based off of actual Metal Hurlant stories. 30 minute episodes with Low A and B level actors.

I've tried to watch it but...not good.

Would rather score old back issues of Heavy Metal and read those.

Kenny X · Post by **Kenny X** » Wed May 14, 2014 12:27 am

T200 wrote:I think Moebius was also in on the concept art.

Here is the trailer for the doc:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEW6kZnxRQs[/youtube]

That's very cool!

I'm a huge DUNE fan. I'm have a nerd boner for DUNE like most fanboys have for Star Wars, or Star Trek. Fucking awesome.

And Kaz mentioned Heavy Metal. I believe it was Ralph Bakshi -correct me if I'm wrong- that did an animated Heavy Metal movie. Harry Canyon the taxi driver, Dan of Earth, voiced by none other than John Candy. The aliens blowing lines of space coke. Great fucking animated movie.

Now that I think of it, Ralph Bakshi did the drawings and animation for Wizards (another great one), not Heavy Metal.

DARTH · Post by **DARTH** » Wed May 14, 2014 6:15 am

I saw Wizards in the theatres when I was a little boy. Probably fucked me up. hat as the first and last time I saw it until one night in 97 and it beat any Shrink session in the world.

T200 · Post by **T200** » Wed May 14, 2014 1:16 pm

Bakshi's Coonskin/Streetfight was one of my favorite movies for a long time. Rented it so many times. Heavy Traffic, Hey Good Lookin' and American Pop are also awesome.

Also Bakshi was the creative force on the great 1960s Amazing Spider-Man cartoon for the latter half of episodes. It was his run of weirdness that got the show axed is my understanding.

Coonskin trailer:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdfcKBuKjY0[/youtube]

And here is the complete Coonskin:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvUQKUkG9g0[/youtube]

IGX

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