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Dan O'Bannon RIP.

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MFalc1

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Dec 18, 2009, 5:40:20 PM12/18/09
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Screenwriter of DARK STAR, ALIEN and TOTAL RECALL passes away at 63.
Don't have exact link but there's a good article called "The Nerd That
Roared"
at http://www.shadowlocked.com

Mark L. Falconer
http://www.youtube.com/terrymcca
http://www.poetry-arts-confidential.blogspot.com
[with recent post about my choices for people of 2009]

TBerk

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Dec 18, 2009, 7:33:50 PM12/18/09
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On Dec 18, 2:40 pm, MFalc1 <mfa...@aol.com> wrote:
> Screenwriter of DARK STAR, ALIEN and TOTAL RECALL passes away at 63.
> Don't have exact link but there's a good article called "The Nerd That
> Roared"
> athttp://www.shadowlocked.com
>
> Mark L. Falconerhttp://www.youtube.com/terrymccahttp://www.poetry-arts-confidential.blogspot.com

> [with recent post about my choices for people of 2009]

That make THREE then?


berk

trotsky

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Dec 18, 2009, 8:31:06 PM12/18/09
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MFalc1 wrote:
> Screenwriter of DARK STAR, ALIEN and TOTAL RECALL passes away at 63.
> Don't have exact link but there's a good article called "The Nerd That
> Roared"


I never saw a movie he was attached to that I didn't like.

Death From Above

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Dec 18, 2009, 8:46:56 PM12/18/09
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On Dec 18, 4:40 pm, MFalc1 <mfa...@aol.com> wrote:
> Screenwriter of DARK STAR, ALIEN and TOTAL RECALL passes away at 63.
> Don't have exact link but there's a good article called "The Nerd That
> Roared"
> athttp://www.shadowlocked.com
>
> Mark L. Falconerhttp://www.youtube.com/terrymccahttp://www.poetry-arts-confidential.blogspot.com

> [with recent post about my choices for people of 2009]

Isn't Daniel O'Bannion the big nasty guy in Dazed and Confused?

David Oberman

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Dec 18, 2009, 9:04:00 PM12/18/09
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On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:46:56 -0800 (PST), Death From Above
<cerebur...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Isn't Daniel O'Bannion the big nasty guy in Dazed and Confused?

I thought it was the troubled cop in THE BIG HEAT.

Rich

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Dec 18, 2009, 9:42:18 PM12/18/09
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MFalc1 <mfa...@aol.com> wrote in news:76f91b9b-9045-4acc-a4a5-02a583187a28
@h40g2000prf.googlegroups.com:

It's ok, we don't need great men like him, we have screenwriters who pen
things like "Twilight" now...

william

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Dec 18, 2009, 9:52:46 PM12/18/09
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On Dec 18, 9:04 pm, David Oberman <DavidOber...@att.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:46:56 -0800 (PST), Death From Above
>
> <cerebureaucr...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >Isn't Daniel O'Bannion the big nasty guy in Dazed and Confused?
>
> I thought it was the troubled cop in THE BIG HEAT.

That's Dave Banion, Dave.

William
www.williamahearn.com

moviePig

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Dec 18, 2009, 10:37:58 PM12/18/09
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...or showed at least *some* inspiration. Same here...

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David Oberman

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Dec 19, 2009, 12:21:45 AM12/19/09
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On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:52:46 -0800 (PST), william <wlah...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>> >Isn't Daniel O'Bannion the big nasty guy in Dazed and Confused?
>>
>> I thought it was the troubled cop in THE BIG HEAT.
>
>That's Dave Banion, Dave.

Ah, yes. I get my Banions all mixed up!

tomcervo

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Dec 19, 2009, 6:23:28 AM12/19/09
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On Dec 19, 12:21 am, David Oberman <DavidOber...@att.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:52:46 -0800 (PST), william <wlahe...@gmail.com>

> wrote:
>
> >> >Isn't Daniel O'Bannion the big nasty guy in Dazed and Confused?
>
> >> I thought it was the troubled cop in THE BIG HEAT.
>
> >That's Dave Banion, Dave.
>
> Ah, yes. I get my Banions all mixed up!

Why don't you have a cup of coffee?

trotsky

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Dec 19, 2009, 8:55:32 AM12/19/09
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moviePig wrote:
> On Dec 18, 8:31 pm, trotsky <gmsi...@email.com> wrote:
>> MFalc1 wrote:
>>> Screenwriter of DARK STAR, ALIEN and TOTAL RECALL passes away at 63.
>>> Don't have exact link but there's a good article called "The Nerd That
>>> Roared"
>> I never saw a movie he was attached to that I didn't like.
>
> ...or showed at least *some* inspiration. Same here...


I wonder if anyone will have enough sense of humor to put "More brains!"
on his tombstone.

moviePig

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Dec 19, 2009, 10:22:42 AM12/19/09
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(You win 'Double Entendre of the Day'...)

David Oberman

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Dec 19, 2009, 10:57:53 AM12/19/09
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On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:23:28 -0800 (PST), tomcervo <tomc...@aol.com>
wrote:

>> >> >Isn't Daniel O'Bannion the big nasty guy in Dazed and Confused?
>>
>> >> I thought it was the troubled cop in THE BIG HEAT.
>>
>> >That's Dave Banion, Dave.
>>
>> Ah, yes. I get my Banions all mixed up!
>
>Why don't you have a cup of coffee?

Are the two greatest coffee-in-the-face scenes in THE BIG HEAT & RAW
DEAL?

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