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R.I.P. H.R. Giger
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Lisa Gentilette
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2014-05-13 09:11:20 UTC
Swiss artist Hans Ruedi Giger, better known as H.R. Giger, has died at the age of 74. The celebrated Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor, and set designer sustained injuries in a fall and died in hospital yesterday afternoon.

Swiss source:
http://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/alien-schoepfer-hr-giger-ist-tot

Big inspiration, you'll be missed.
Meiyang Lee
Game Instrument Applications
#2 - 2014-05-13 09:44:56 UTC
Fantastic artist and an inspiration to many.
He will be missed. Cry
Debora Tsung
Perkone
Caldari State
#3 - 2014-05-13 10:08:46 UTC
Meiyang Lee wrote:
He will be missed. Cry
True, he was the creepiest of us all. Cry

Stupidity should be a bannable offense.

Fighting back is more fun than not.

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Erica Dusette
Division 13
#4 - 2014-05-13 10:40:44 UTC
Cry

RIP.

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Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2014-05-13 10:41:38 UTC
Giger died?Sad

[img]http://eve-files.com/sig/grimpak[/img]

[quote]The more I know about humans, the more I love animals.[/quote] ain't that right
Sibyyl
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2014-05-13 11:26:46 UTC
Amazing artist. Designed Aliens and inspired the Borg.

RIP.

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Aspalis
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2014-05-13 13:49:26 UTC
RIP and thank you so much for one of the most iconic cinema monsters of all time! Sad

Marcus Gord: "Aspalis is an onion. Many layers, each one makes you cry."
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#8 - 2014-05-13 14:02:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Ugh. This one actually hurts.

I'll never ever forget the shock, when I was 10 years old and "shopping with Mom at K-mart". I was looking through the rock albums (all vinyl of course....there were some 8-Tracks, but no cassettes, yet), and out pops this Emerson Lake and Palmer album with this cover.

I was never the same.

Within a few years, Omni magazine started using his work to illustrate short stories and such. And then, of course, came the famous design of the most amazing monster ever designed for film.

True Horrorshow, most indeed.

Sometime during this period was the first time I saw the word "bio-mechanical".

I always liked his cover for Debbie Harry's solo album "Koo Koo".

Even people who didn't like the subject matter could not help but acknowledging there was an extreme talent at work.

This is the one sad part for me of getting older. Those who blew your mind when you were young start disappearing.

What an amazing, beautiful genius, who shall be very much missed.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#9 - 2014-05-13 14:07:17 UTC
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#10 - 2014-05-13 14:29:12 UTC
he fell? that's a rather ignominious ending for one such as he. Sad
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#11 - 2014-05-13 14:30:47 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#12 - 2014-05-13 16:52:44 UTC
Giger comments on his work for the (thankfully) never filmed Jodorowsky's "Dune".

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Black Panpher
CastleKickers
Rote Kapelle
#13 - 2014-05-13 17:04:21 UTC
Sad news indeed.
What a weird and wonderful mind to lose.
stoicfaux
#14 - 2014-05-13 18:31:24 UTC
Bah. He'll always be with us in our nightmares.

The ones I truly weep for are the current generation whose nightmares are filled with nothing but loud explosions. Note to self, send M. Bay banana peels.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#15 - 2014-05-13 18:52:46 UTC
Found: I never knew Giger did a video for that Debbie Harry solo album (gets better around the 4:30 mark).

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Baneken
Arctic Light Inc.
Arctic Light
#16 - 2014-05-13 20:50:22 UTC
Also Darkseed was based on H.R. Gigers work and is still a frigging scary affair for an adventure game. Cool

But mostly I think that taking part in making the film Alien was a smartest thing Giger could had ever done to improve his career.
Ian Morbius
Robby Altair Corporation
#17 - 2014-05-13 21:23:00 UTC
Kimpaz
The Stooges
#18 - 2014-05-14 02:33:58 UTC
This is truly sad. Such an inspiring artist gone. Sad
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#19 - 2014-05-14 12:49:46 UTC
Bittersweet cartoon

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#20 - 2014-05-15 00:13:34 UTC
R.I.P. disturbing uniquely genius bizarre man. I think he'd take that as a compliment-- I meant it that way at least.
By the way, he and another bizarre fellow Klaus Kinski kind of resembled each other.
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