Chindie Posted July 7, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 7, 2018 Steve Ditko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 7, 2018 Moderator Share Posted July 7, 2018 William Dunlop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 1 hour ago, BOF said: William Dunlop Are his heirs going to keep producing the tyres? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 His Dad and Uncle both died racing too apparently. It's one of those things I will never get my head around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 7, 2018 Moderator Share Posted July 7, 2018 15 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: His Dad and Uncle both died racing too apparently. It's one of those things I will never get my head around. They did indeed. Joey Dunlop (the uncle) is one of the greatest and most revered motorcycle racers that has ever lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 (edited) The passing of Harlan Ellison on 28/06/18 completely passed me by, somehow. His work was almost entirely unlike anything else I have ever read. Horrifying, thoughtful, funny and unkind in equal measure. My personal favourite short would probably be Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes. Possibly most famous for a computer game based on the unforgettable 'I have no mouth and I must scream', writing an award winning early episode of Star Trek (OS), and providing the 'inspiration' for The Terminator, or perhaps infamous for things like being fired by Disney on his first day int he job...as well as being a bit of a bastard. Don't think he ever did write the novelised version of Boy and his Dog... Edited July 16, 2018 by hogso 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 16, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2018 31 minutes ago, hogso said: The passing of Harlan Ellison on 28/06/18 completely passed me by, somehow. His work was almost entirely unlike anything else I have ever read. Horrifying, thoughtful, funny and unkind in equal measure. My personal favourite short would probably be Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes. Possibly most famous for a computer game based on the unforgettable 'I have no mouth and I must scream', writing an award winning early episode of Star Trek (OS), and providing the 'inspiration' for The Terminator, or perhaps infamous for things like being fired by Disney on his first day int he job...as well as being a bit of a bastard. Don't think he ever did write the novelised version of Boy and his Dog... Yeah, this is the first I've heard about his passing. Good writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 1 hour ago, hogso said: The passing of Harlan Ellison on 28/06/18 completely passed me by, somehow. His work was almost entirely unlike anything else I have ever read. Horrifying, thoughtful, funny and unkind in equal measure. My personal favourite short would probably be Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes. Possibly most famous for a computer game based on the unforgettable 'I have no mouth and I must scream', writing an award winning early episode of Star Trek (OS), and providing the 'inspiration' for The Terminator, or perhaps infamous for things like being fired by Disney on his first day int he job...as well as being a bit of a bastard. Don't think he ever did write the novelised version of Boy and his Dog... was reading about him a few weeks back ( prob when he died) .. didn't really know a lot about him but the Star trek episode thing was a strange one as he sorta distanced himself from it as they changed his ending , told evberyone it was crap and yet happily accepted the award .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 (edited) Yes, that's right. It's one of the most famous instances of him being a bit...obtuse? Although he was well within his rights to do so. I recall reading that at some of the more raucous Trekie conventions (what events they must be!) they sometimes put on dramatised performances of the behind the scenes events of that episode (which is a cracker from what I recall), with Ellison being an almost diva-esque character referring to Roddenberry as an 'Art Defiler'. Ellison had a very, very long history of taking various persons to court, and once said he wouldn't take a piss without checking he was getting paid first, or words to that effect. He also had an uneasy relationship with his fans, and detested being told what he should write, going so far as to write follow up stories to popular ones and killing off the characters so he wouldn't be bothered by fans pandering to him for sequels. I think he was married 5 or 6 times too. Interesting dude. Edited July 16, 2018 by hogso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 There was a piece on R4's Last Word obit programme this week. They said the change to his Star Trek episode was that ST wouldn't have a drug pusher on board, he'd figured a crew that size there would be someone peddling drugs. But the ST team decided they wanted at least a chance of a second series and re wrote it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 His sacking on his first day at Disney Studios occurred a few hours into his first shift. In the cafeteria, he joked with some of his new colleagues that they should animate a porno starring the most famous Disney characters up to that point. He then proceeded to act out various scenes, and provided the voices - which he was quite good at. Unfortunately, Roy Disney was sitting at the next table, listening to every horrifying detail as he desicrated his family's work. Within minutes he was out the door. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 seems like prince phillip has roared off into the atmosphere, free to call the stars a bunch of speckly layabouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted July 20, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 20, 2018 7 minutes ago, Rodders said: seems like prince phillip has roared off into the atmosphere, free to call the stars a bunch of speckly layabouts. Fake news I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Yes, I think I may have succumbed to twitter there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 20, 2018 Moderator Share Posted July 20, 2018 He's immortal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 20, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 20, 2018 They're probably just late on his weekly virgin blood protein mush being put into his stasis tank so his human suit is decomposing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted July 26, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 26, 2018 Team GB snowboarder Ellie Soutter dies on her 18th birthday. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Mary Ellis aged 101 WWII pilot Quote She was a member of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), which employed civilians to deliver planes from factories to airfields during the Second World War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 26, 2018 Moderator Share Posted July 26, 2018 Flew over 400 different Spitfires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 I'm surprised @mjmooney didn't mention Paul Madeley #oldpharts# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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