RIP Thread

Rhythm · Post by **Rhythm** » Tue Dec 31, 2019 10:20 am 0

Syd Mead

Difficult to overstate Syd's influence on sci-fi over the past 40 years.

(o)(o) · Post by **(o)(o)** » Tue Dec 31, 2019 11:17 am 0

tufty wrote:

Well hmm.. did you get 3 Grammy award nominations lads?

Adore this :

F-ZeroOne · Post by **F-ZeroOne** » Tue Dec 31, 2019 9:39 pm 0

Syd will always be famous for his work on "Blade Runner", but for anime fans hes equally well known for proving that if you want to create the most devastating Mobile SUIT ever, you need the awesome, unstoppable power of... the 'TACHE:

(Syd did the concepts for the mecha of "Turn-A Gundam" - not coincidentally, one of the most unique of all the entries in the "Gundam" series - but he also worked on an aborted live-action "Gundam" movie too).

carolen · Post by **carolen** » Fri Jan 10, 2020 11:14 pm 0

Neil Peart. Brain cancer. Damn.

everklear · Post by **everklear** » Sat Jan 11, 2020 9:14 am 0

Gah.

TFO · Post by **TFO** » Wed Jan 22, 2020 1:55 pm 0

Terry Jones has gone

Lost his long battle with Dementia yesterday.
And there's another of my comedy heroes gone.

Especially now, this world does not need fewer Pythons.

lazerwalker · Post by **lazerwalker** » Sat Feb 01, 2020 10:55 pm 0

Andy Gill, from Gang of Four. One of the best bands of the post punk era. That guitar sound is just perfect.

F-ZeroOne · Post by **F-ZeroOne** » Mon Mar 02, 2020 8:52 pm 0

Seems to have gotten a bit lost among all the plague news, a true visionary has departed:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/202 ... n-obituary

PFVA · Post by **PFVA** » Tue Mar 24, 2020 2:19 pm 0

RIP Uderzo

RIP

F-ZeroOne · Post by **F-ZeroOne** » Tue Mar 24, 2020 5:30 pm 0

I grew up reading Asterix books, and pretty much everything I know about Latin - which is very little - I learned from them.

PFVA, in English, the druid character is known as "Getafix", the bard as "Cacofonix" and the village chief as "Vitalstatistix". These are of course all puns in English and a good example of how translation is as much as art as it is a science.

rowan · Post by **rowan** » Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:13 pm 0

Sorry to hear of Uderzo but glad he lived to a good age.
Funnily enough I just stuck a bunch of Asterix books on a birthday list a few days back.

I remember when I was really young seeing that they were 'by Goscinny & Uderzo' - I couldn't figure out how they were even real names

I liked the books anyway but when I understood them they got a lot better.

everklear · Post by **everklear** » Fri Apr 10, 2020 6:48 pm 0

John Prine
Bill Withers
Laura Smith (who nobody on here is likely to have heard of, but she was fantastic - had a hard life with various medical and psychological issues)
Kenny Rogers

All musicians/singers, I know, but the death of people who I have had a musical connection with always seem to hit me hard.

KlaxonCow · Post by **KlaxonCow** » Sun Apr 12, 2020 5:40 pm 0

Mathematician John Conway - of "Conway's Game of Life" - and Sir Tim Brooke-Taylor - of the Goodies - have been taken from us by the coronavirus.

I'm afraid, in the coming weeks, we'll inevitably start seeing more names we know.

dsssssssss9 · Post by **dsssssssss9** » Sun Apr 12, 2020 5:48 pm 0

Very sad To hear tha Tiem Brooke-Taylor has died

The Goodies is one of the most loved shows from my childhood

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52262490

F-ZeroOne · Post by **F-ZeroOne** » Sun Apr 12, 2020 8:45 pm 0

Sir Stirling Moss has also passed away, though its currently unclear if its the result of the Coronavirus or not.

YakYak

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