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2021/04/17 03:56:14
Subject: Requiescat in Pace - the 2021 memorial thread
Kentaro Miura, creator of the utterly brilliant Manga series Berserk (which I highly recommend to anyone), dead at 54 of acute aortic dissection.
For those not in the know, Berserk has been HUGELY influential on Japanese Fantasy, and directly influential on a lot of media - such as the Dark Souls franchise - that is popular in the West.
Last year I picked up a visual guide to Berserk, as I've been a fan since I was in uni, and thought it'd be a nice thing to have as a curio, and found a lot of info inside on not only the influences that Miura took from pop culture, but also the absolutely staggering amount of historical and even anatomical research he did to create the setting of Berserk, which transitions seamlessly from very classically kitsch Japanese High Fantasy, to nastily gritty historic realism, to Heironimous Bosch-esque hellscapes.
It's a series that I really deeply love, and is masterfully done. No writer I've ever come across has so quickly been able to make me go from "I'm sure this character is about to live happily ever after, everything is gonna work out great" to "Oh, please, just let their death be quick and painless" with such astonising speed.
Berserk will almost certainly remain unfinished, having been ongoing, and in-and-out of hiatus since its original publication in the 1980s, however, with the burgeoning popularity of the Souls series, and it's growing impact in the West, I'm sure Mr. Miura's legacy will continue to burn just a brilliantly as it deserves.
If you haven't already, try to check out Berserk, and, as I'm sure there are other Berserk fans here, take a lil moment for a real master of his craft, and a titan of Manga.
さようなら
2021/05/20 06:17:57
Subject: Requiescat in Pace - the 2021 memorial thread
Personally I always liked his relatively minor role in the movie Kelly's Heroes, where he played Oddball's "mechanical genius", Moriarty.
RIP Gavin, and my condolences to his family and friends.
My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 12 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
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2021/06/23 04:24:51
Subject: Re:Requiescat in Pace - the 2021 memorial thread
RIP Joanne Linville, probably best known to sci-fi fans as the attractive Romulan commander who fell for Spock in the original series Star Trek episode "The Enterprise Incident". She was 93 years old.
Personally, I've always really liked that episode of Trek. One of my favorites from the original series, and Ms. Linville was brilliant in it. Very sad to hear of her passing.
Another bit of trivia: In the fan-made series Star Trek Continues, the role of the female Romulan commander is played by Joanne Linville's daughter, Amy Rydell.
My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 12 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
Mr_Rose wrote: Who doesn’t love crazy mutant squawk-puppies? Eh? Nobody, that’s who.
2021/06/23 20:17:17
Subject: Re:Requiescat in Pace - the 2021 memorial thread
Surprised it wasn't mentioned before: Donald Rumsfeld passed on last week.
Obviously, many of us have strong feelings (both good and bad) about the guy, but it is undeniable that he was an important figure in the early 21st century.
2021/07/07 14:59:21
Subject: Re:Requiescat in Pace - the 2021 memorial thread
Some of the obituaries to that guy made for pretty rich reading, and re-kindled memories of my student days and protesting in Bristol. Think there were hundreds of thousands there (believe I've read approaching half a million?), it was something pretty special, for all the good it did.
I have pretty strong feelings indeed, in that he was probably one of the few human beings whose actions have made me earnestly wish that Hell is real.
That one hurts. Got to see ZZ Top perform a few years back at Winstar Casino.
"Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see.
One chants out between two worlds: Fire, walk with me." - Twin Peaks
"You listen to me. While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I am a naysayer and hatchetman in the fight against violence. I pride myself in taking a punch and I'll gladly take another because I choose to live my life in the company of Gandhi and King. My concerns are global. I reject absolutely revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method... is love. I love you Sheriff Truman." - Twin Peaks
2021/07/29 14:18:34
Subject: Requiescat in Pace - the 2021 memorial thread