http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/25fj5y/hr_giger_is_dead_designer_of_the_alien/ (http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/25fj5y/hr_giger_is_dead_designer_of_the_alien/)
http://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/alien-schoepfer-hr-giger-ist-tot (http://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/alien-schoepfer-hr-giger-ist-tot)
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Alien_creator_H.R._Giger_is_dead.html?cid=38569780 (http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Alien_creator_H.R._Giger_is_dead.html?cid=38569780) English Version.
bummer mang
The world has lost a truly great artist. A moment of silence for Hans Rudi Giger.
RIP you insane, talented man.
Damn. What a legacy he left for the world.
Such sad news!
What a true talent of nightmares.
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According to the SRF, he died on Monday in hospital injuries he had sustained in a fall.
http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/kino/Bericht-HR-Giger-ist-tot-/story/10859595 (http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/kino/Bericht-HR-Giger-ist-tot-/story/10859595)
Rest in peace and Thank you for your nightmares,
Your body might have expired, but your legacy is Eternal.
f**k! not much else my brain can come up with right now.... :'(
Damn...
This makes me so sad.
Not that saying much would lend any kind of credence to begin with.
To say he had an impact on modern art, design and fictional enterprise is a vast and unyielding understatement. I got his autograph some years back on a pic of Big Chap along with Scott, Weaver, Skerritt, Kotto and Karl Toop, and it's unsettling and odd looking at it now as a piece of the past instead of the present.
He was an absolutely monstrous influence on my life and work, probably even still in ways I haven't encapsulated yet or learned to express. Few people are willing to approach things with the kind of honesty and lack of pretense laden adornment that he did, to speak their mind plainly and let their work speak on its own, for its own.
Fewer people still can claim to have created something 100% their own. He did all that and more.
The world is a smaller and lesser place today than it was before.
Wow... this News. is just... wow...
Giger's work has been a part of my life for 35 years.
I'm just totally shocked at the moment. totalyy.
:'(
Checked around to see if I was being trolled, but it's on Reuters. (http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/13/us-people-giger-idUSKBN0DT0HX20140513 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/13/us-people-giger-idUSKBN0DT0HX20140513))
A sad day.
A sad day indeed.
Quote from: Xhan on May 13, 2014, 08:58:01 AM
Not that saying much would lend any kind of credence to begin with.
To say he had an impact on modern art, design and fictional enterprise is a vast and unyielding understatement. I got his autograph some years back on a pic of Big Chap along with Scott, Weaver, Skerritt, Kotto and Karl Toop, and it's unsettling and odd looking at it now as a piece of the past instead of the present.
He was an absolutely monstrous influence on my life and work, probably even still in ways I haven't encapsulated yet or learned to express. Few people are willing to approach things with the kind of honesty and lack of pretense laden adornment that he did, to speak their mind plainly and let their work speak on its own, for its own.
Fewer people still can claim to have created something 100% their own. He did all that and more.
The world is smaller and lesser place today than it was before.
Couldn't have put it better.
RIP Hans. :'(
Xhan sums it up nicely.
Rest well, knowing you have touched so many minds, Mr. Giger.
This is just horrible news. Khan echoes all my sentiments about the man. Without his unique designs, I really don't think we'd all be here now.
Double damn, no more hope for Promy 2.
RIP Giger 1940 - 2014
Rest in Peace :'(
God dammit!
One of my biggest inspirations.
RIP H.R, you fuelled generations of nightmares and will fuel many to come.
Oh man...oh man.
Rest in peace you crazy, brilliant man. Your legacy of art lives on.
Damn.35th anniversary just around the corner too.RIP.
RIP
A sad day indeed R.I.P. H.R. Giger.
...
In the simplest terms, this guy designed something that changed me. In ways I can't even begin to quantify properly. It's difficult to find the words.
Rest in peace.
Sad news to read....thoughts go out to all off his family!
Reading all your messages it's clear to see his work had a massive impact on your life's! I remember doing my final GCSE art project on Giger!
R.I.P
Shit...I credit giger for my inspiration and imagination in my artwork. His work will live on forever.
May the creator of the most magnificent nightmares that have gone on to inspire and intrigue rest in peace. What an amazing artist the world has lost; fans of science-fiction, horror, and film in general will be feeling this, but perhaps no more than us, devotees to the series. His work is revolutionary, and will live on as his legacy. I don't know what more to say, I'm still very taken aback by this.
A legend is gone but his art and legacy is not.
What a great and unique person.
:'(
RIP HR Giger - the Alien universe is now finished.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on May 13, 2014, 09:49:07 AM
This is just horrible news. Khan echoes all my sentiments about the man. Without his unique designs, I really don't think we'd all be here now.
This, right here. I almost cried. While I admit I'm ignorant of some of the man's work, it's easy to see why he was so revered based on what I
have seen. I seriously doubt there will be another like him.
Rest in peace Sir :'(
I'll always remember seeing that hardback copy of Giger's Alien in a comic/book shop window when I was aged just 9 years old.
So mesmorised by the artwork that inspired ALIEN (which I also saw at age 9) I got my mother to purchase it against much protest.
I still have it today.
Goodbye Giger thank you for all your contribution to classic films, videogames, music album covers, serialist art........
I'm gonna view his musuem/artwork collection the first chance I get.
This is devastating news, i'm trully shocked. The ALIEN movies have - to a certain extend - shaped my identity and my fascination for alien life in our galaxy, and most of the fascination for the ALIEN creature is due to MR. Giger and his surreal and unsurpassed creature designs - RIP :(
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RIP YOU LEGEND!
The mind of that man... the possibilities... wow
RIP!
That's sweet :)
my deepest condolence to his family
his work was a big part of my life
RIP Maestro, you really did see more than we domesticated primates.
RIP :'(
Yes indeed, R.I.P. Giger. It is sad
Rest in peace H.R.Giger. I too was ignorant to most of his other work. But even then I was greatly impacted by this man's work. I would get drawn to his work after seeing his concept art in the special features of the Alien movies though, and I would look up his work online to see what other Insanities he could cement into reality. His art invoked (or maybe even evoked..) many interesting thoughts and feelings over the years and for this I am grateful. Other art almost never has this effect on me, and if it did it was in the other spectrum of "beautiful" and nothing so macabre or sexual .He was a genius in his own right and he will be missed.
f**k.
Rest in peace Herr Giger. Your work both challenged and inspired; confused and enlightened. May your nightmare continue to open minds through the ages.
:'(
Genuinely sad atm.
RIP, Giger. Thanks for all the nightmares.
Wow... talk about shocking news. :'(
Rest in peace H.R. Giger, and thank you for designing the creature that has had such a profound impact on my life. Without your work Alien certainly would not have been the same wonderful and mesmerizing film that it is and I probably would not have been interested in film in the way that I am today.
You were definitely a genius in your field and, surely, will continue to inspire myself and others for many years to come.
The fact people are still so fascinated by his designs so many years later speaks volumes for how incredible they were.
RIP Giger.
On of those things you don expact until it`s too late. Sad, but that`s how the life goes.
Very sad to hear that he has died, I'd always intended to visit his museum at some point, and hopefully even meet the man.
I'd like to echo the comments that the things he created were truly unique, while there may be stylist imitations and interpretations in years to come today we lost the creative source, an artistic genius; the father of biomechanics.
RIP Hans.
I'm incredibly sad for this. Unbelievable, almost.
Thank you for everything -- and Rest in Peace.
A true master of design.
Rest in Peace :(
He's left behind a singular, peerless legacy, and the already estimable appreciation and influence of his work will only continue to grow.
RIP.
Crushing news. I, like other here, didn't know much of his artwork past Alien material, but I don't care. He arguably created the most menacing and frightening creature in the history of sci-fi. I will always admire and respect him and his work.
His legacy will always live on through fans like us.
R.I.P., Mr. Giger.
this is quite a sad day indeed. I think many of us where moved and many more inspired by his work. Giger will be sorely missed but his awesome legacy lives on in his many original and amazing work like Alien and Species just to name a few.
R.I.P.
Quote from: Xhan on May 13, 2014, 08:58:01 AM
Not that saying much would lend any kind of credence to begin with.
To say he had an impact on modern art, design and fictional enterprise is a vast and unyielding understatement. I got his autograph some years back on a pic of Big Chap along with Scott, Weaver, Skerritt, Kotto and Karl Toop, and it's unsettling and odd looking at it now as a piece of the past instead of the present.
He was an absolutely monstrous influence on my life and work, probably even still in ways I haven't encapsulated yet or learned to express. Few people are willing to approach things with the kind of honesty and lack of pretense laden adornment that he did, to speak their mind plainly and let their work speak on its own, for its own.
Fewer people still can claim to have created something 100% their own. He did all that and more.
The world is a smaller and lesser place today than it was before.
Well said. :'(
Im shocked, absolutely shcoked. Certainly havent expect that. It flet if someone just suddenly punched me in the chest, very sad and shcoking news. Very sad. He was a very, very unique and extremely talented artists
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Such a brillaint artist.
Giger leave us and went to LV 426 to stay with his masterpiece forever and ever :'(
Damn, was woken up at 2AM just to be told he had passed. RIP Giger, you crazy bastard.
Sad news. But he won't truly die, will he? The work lives on.
Strange Shapes obituary: http://alienseries.wordpress.com/2014/05/13/thank-you-for-the-nightmares-hans-rudolf-giger-1940-2014/ (http://alienseries.wordpress.com/2014/05/13/thank-you-for-the-nightmares-hans-rudolf-giger-1940-2014/)
Thanks for all Giger
Rest in peace, you beautiful twisted man x
Terrible news. I absolutely love his unique biomechanical artwork style. Never come across any other artist quite like him.
So sad. He will continue to inspire though. My tattoo suddenly has even more value to me.
Such sad news... :'(
Condolences to his family and fans
Legend
Truely sad news. I've loved his art before I even knew he created it. I loved the Alien kenner toys before I ever saw the alien movie. I also remember renting out the "Giger's Alien" from the libray countless times from the library until I got my own copy. It also sucks that alot of the films and games never credited him for creating the orignial Alien, like many people say if it we're not for him, the Alien film would have been a flop... it would have been a "B" movie of it's time if it we're not for him. We would not have AVP, we would not have had A L () E N S, countless comics, movies, video games and books. Sad Sad Sad day....
An artistic genius. RIP. :'(
Gonna be watching Alien tonight to honor the man's memory.
He was consulted for a few things in Prometheus and I was really hoping that his vision would be utilized more for the (potential) sequel. Too bad he's gone.
R.I.P.
Truly terrible and sad news. RIP H.R. Giger
Rest in peace HR Giger.
Your legacy will live forever and influencing a generation of artists, whether in film, art or culture science fiction and fantasy.
Thank you HR Giger.
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on May 13, 2014, 09:52:44 AM
Double damn, no more hope for Promy 2.
RIP Giger 1940 - 2014
Was his stuff even used in Prom1?
I know there was one wall design but the rest was not his stuff.
R.I.P. :'(
:-[
The world feels smaller and lesser this day... a profound loss that will send echos through the remainder of our days. I am saddened beyond words at the news of his passing... and yet... his work lives on. Throughout history, it is only when an artist passes that their art takes on life. HR Giger was blessed to see his work take on life while he still lived. His art... his legacy... he gave it life and watched it grow over many years.
I cannot even put proper words to how I feel about the news of his passing. Only that whatever I type.. whatever I say.. doesn't quite do the man justice. :(
Found this from another forum.
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Rest in Peace, H.R. Giger
:'(
Quote from: DaddyYautja on May 13, 2014, 05:31:43 PM
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on May 13, 2014, 09:52:44 AM
Double damn, no more hope for Promy 2.
RIP Giger 1940 - 2014
Was his stuff even used in Prom1?
I know there was one wall design but the rest was not his stuff.
Apart from the mural I don't think there was anything new that he specifically made for Prometheus that ended up in the final cut. Lots of influence from his older work though. Would have really loved to see him getting more involved with the sequel but alas!
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That sucks man. Been a huge fan of his art for so long. Wish he would of lived just 10 years longer or so to actually get to meet him and shit and visit his museum. Too bad man. May the H.R. Giger rest in piece.
What a terrible loss..
Jeez, haven't heard anything about him in a while and suddenly I just find out he dies. RIP.
RIP :'(
RIP. How sad.
Wow, this one is close to home. The Alien is still the most fascinating, other-worldy thing I've seen in a film. Been utterly obsessed with the films since I was 10 and have watched countless documentaries repeatedly with Giger taking centre-place.
RIP. Very sad.
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Quote from: Xhan on May 13, 2014, 07:30:17 PM
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Nice
I first saw this news when I got out of bed this morning. The news is terrible and I hate seeing a great legend pass away. The franchise is not the same without him now. I'm really going to miss my favorite artist of all time since his style is so unique. His art is like something you never see anything before. RIP :(!
Man, I haven't been this sad over movie deaths since Stan Winston passed away. :(
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We all have been witnesses to his art and designs, another great artist gone. RIP HR.
I was so shocked when I stumbled over the "recently passed persons" section on wiki today and saw Giger's name there. Sad day in Alien history but his work will never be forgotten and will live on.
R.I.P. Meister Giger
You will always be my inspiration in art Hans Reudi Giger.
Ohhhh my f**king god........ Noo.... No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
RIP Giger. You created the best creature ever that has haunted our nightmares for generations..
Commemorate his genius by watching this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPZaNlYX2vk#t=11 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPZaNlYX2vk#t=11)
In the moments like this it feels as though the world around is closing in, becoming smaller and devastated place...
Master of Dark Art, rest in peace, your oeuvre will live on with us,
Thank you for your nightmares!..
I recall him jokingly saying (paraphrased): "My poor mum would always ask me, 'why can't you paint a nice bowl of fruit?'".
Clear skies, Herr Giger, and thank you for doing things your way.
Sad day indeed....
Give Li a big hug up there Hans, you haven't seen her in a long time. :'(
R.I.P.
I was just going to post the other day that H.R. Giger IS GOD. That is because to me, the Alien and the Queen are the most beautiful and intricate animal designs in nature, even if they aren't real. They actually beat real animals that actually exist. The aliens are far more interesting than anything in nature, and I thank H.R. Giger for giving me the Xenomorph for me to obsess over. Without Giger, there would have been no Alien movies.
That was like I saw it the first time 1986 :'(
Such bad news to hear today.
Giger's work on the ALIEN movie, such as the 'derelict' craft and it's interiors, along with the 'spacejockey' set and adult alien design were what gave it it's memorably nightmarish feel. They still remain the highest benchmark for 'otherworldly' production design as far as I'm concerned, and I'll never forget the unsettling vibe of my first big-screen viewing of them.
Sadly, Ridley's PROMETHEUS was Giger-'lite' when it came to it's overall designs, and I'd really been hoping for a lot more of Giger's actual involvement on the forthcoming follow-up... Too bad, alas.
He was a true talent with a unique art style, and I just wish he'd been asked to get involved in a lot more movies during his lifetime.
Quote from: Elicas on May 13, 2014, 09:44:09 PM
Commemorate his genius by watching this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPZaNlYX2vk#t=11 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPZaNlYX2vk#t=11)
26 minutes in, this man's work still enchants me.
I heard this first from an XBOX live friend, I checked here to be sure. The mad genius behind the Alien design is gone and strangely enough the world is darker without him. His legacy will live forever, may he rest in peace.
Another great and talented man is gone from our world...
Abschied, bis wir uns wieder treffen, Hans Rudolf Giger :'(
A true visionary of the artistic community, who Hollywood never truly managed to utilise properly - or even with professional respect.
He may have given nightmares to generations, but here's hoping that whatever awaits in the afterlife is much more peaceful for him than the troubled dreamscapes which informed his work. That he's now in a happier place with Li and others who passed before him...
We have witnessed the passing of a legend.
An Oscar is fairly respectful.
God damn that sucks so hard.
I've been planning a trip to go to his museum and bar. I wish I could have gotten there while he was still with us. I will have to visit his grave.
RIP your work was truly amazing and you will be missed.
An unique and genius mind. He gave us so much.
May he rest in peace...
This is a truly tragic day for all alien fans everywhere. Now a moment of silence for one of the greatest artist that ever lived.
Very sad news. He was truly one of a kind.
RIP.
Damn.
Your art will always be immortalized in the amazing movie ALIEN.
Rest in peace, H.R. Giger. You will be missed.
Stunned here . . . totally stunned. Earlier today I was admiring his work on a Google image search for the umpteenth time (even though I've already owned Necronomican I & II forever) and I happened to catch this depressing headline. All I could think of was "no, no, no". The man that was absolutely, without doubt THE most important figure in the "Alien" universe has left this place and I'm sad that there will be no more new nightmares for the fans he left behind.
I'm pretty stunned here as well. I love his work, his Space Jockey artwork is hands down my favorite thing he's done. He was truly one of a kind - other people have mimicked his style over the years, but only he could truly do what he did.
RIP.
Emerson Lake and Palmer's Brain Salad Surgery's LP cover was done by him too. Legendary album with artwork that is just as good as the music!
Brilliant visionary. Sad.
Never in the history of modern fantasy art had ever been such great, genius, magnificent and mad creator... (well, perhaps Dalí too).
Rest in biomechanoid heaven, dear master... :'(
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https://twitter.com/andrewrjuhl/status/466252325733281792/photo/1 (https://twitter.com/andrewrjuhl/status/466252325733281792/photo/1)
And in light of today's reveal of the new costume, an ironic reminder of Giger's Batmobile design is included in this recent(ish) interview:
http://www.vice.com/read/hr-giger-works-weekends (http://www.vice.com/read/hr-giger-works-weekends)
"I had to sell several paintings to pay for the castle. That was shit." :laugh:
patton oswalt tweets. on giger.
"Hey, why are the Pearly Gates suddenly made from bio-mechanical alien penises?"
.. hope he's free from depression and torment . rip :'( :-* :-[
Just came here to pay my respects to the great man. Hans Rudolf Giger was an extremely talented visionary. I think he will be remembered as one of the most iconic artists of the 20th century.
The Alien films introduced me to his work. I now own several of his books and framed lithographs of his beautiful art. He was one of my heroes. No other artworks have touched my soul as deeply as Giger's. I have shed tears today. R.I.P. Hans Rudolf Giger.
What a sad sad news this is... He was the biggest inspiration for my art work...
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R.I.P.....
Sad news...
I was reading quite absentmindedly news articles on the net, then I told myself, when I found one about him, 'Why a retrospective about Giger now ?'. Then I found out I had not read the begnning and the title of the article, which were about his passing.
He was an important and influential artist and I deem that even those who are not really receptive to his art and genre cannot say that at least some of his works, amongst which those that appear in his contributions to movies, are not masterpieces (not only in their particular genre, but in general).
F**king Legend!
Found a quote from Ridley Scott about H.R. Giger's death:
http://time.com/97857/hr-giger-ridley-scott-statement/ (http://time.com/97857/hr-giger-ridley-scott-statement/)
"I am very saddened to hear of Giger's passing. I think back on how committed and passionate he was, and then consequently, all the security we built up around his 'lock up' studios at Shepperton. I was the only one allowed the honor of going in, and I absolutely enjoyed every hour I spent with him there. He was a real artist and great eccentric, a true original, but above all, he was a really nice man. He will be missed."
Quote from: Darkness on May 14, 2014, 05:53:25 PM
Found a quote from Ridley Scott about H.R. Giger's death:
http://time.com/97857/hr-giger-ridley-scott-statement/ (http://time.com/97857/hr-giger-ridley-scott-statement/)
"I am very saddened to hear of Giger's passing. I think back on how committed and passionate he was, and then consequently, all the security we built up around his 'lock up' studios at Shepperton. I was the only one allowed the honor of going in, and I absolutely enjoyed every hour I spent with him there. He was a real artist and great eccentric, a true original, but above all, he was a really nice man. He will be missed."
That's very nice from ole Riddlez.
A relative of mine had one of his books and as a child I remember looking at his art and being physically moved by what I saw. My heart was racing, my hands were shaky and I was sweaty . I believe it was the first time art touched me and I will never forget that feeling and I'm so thankful to have been able to live in his time.
I love looking at his art with my wife and talking about how we see his work and how the images make us feel. Words fall short in describing H.R. Giger the man and his work. Truly a special human being.
R.i.P. Giger
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R.I.P.
I just heard the news, and I'm so bummed right now.
RIP Giger
RIP Giger :-\
Watching Alien even today still fills me with dread and terror and it is largely because of Giger's designs (The Alien itself and the derelict), will bust out Alien on blu-ray for the weekend for him. Such an artist. :-\
Just read this today, very sad...
He was a modern Goya in spirit -- feared yet revered, disturbing yet erotic...fearless art born of a nightmare haunted mind...
He is legend...RIP
Erik Lensherr, young man, don't you use the "f" word here, this is uncalled for. This is the place to commemorate the memory of a great man.
This is not Ridley Scott's obituary, is it ? A great director whom I admire, incidentally, but I don't think he treats his collaborators fairly. People who are in power rarely do, I guess.
I wouldn't think of showing disrespect to the dead. I cherish some living persons but I like the dead. I have dead people in my head, they show themselves to me in my dreams and they never talk. The dead don't do that.
The day Moebius died, I cried. With H.R. Giger gone, I can't help feeling again that another huge part of my youth, of what mattered to me as a teen, has left me never to return. It's a loss, I know the meaning of this word believe me. But the legacy remains.
Some artists take risks and venture into the darkest places of the mind, the ones where it's dangerous lingering, to bring back visions that haunt you. They pay the price for it : for giving you the opportunity to peer safely into Hell. Picasso said art is the enemy of good taste. Giger certainly demonstrated this, but there was a refinement, a sense of beauty in his work that drew its inspiration from Gaudi, from Francis Bacon, from Charles Rennie MacIntosh or Hector Guimard, which set him apart from so many practitioners of the gratuitously shocking or scatological, or of the demonic genre.
Giger the rebellious explorer showed me that the territories of death and madness could be beautiful too and I thank him for that. I loved him.
Now I'll keep mute.
You forgot Bosch.
And why wouldn't it be Riddles' tribute. Sounds quite heartfelt.
True, I'm sorry I got unnecessarily hot headed.
But I don't think that this is rightly the place to insult another artist because of one's passage.
Well, this was shitty news to come home to.
Rest In Peace and thank you for creating one of the scariest movies monsters of all time
What can one say that hasn't already been said? Thank you to my favourite artist for sharing your gift with the world.
Rest in Peace HR Giger. Your legacy will live on. You were an inspiration to millions. A true modern master.
Sorry for asking this but I cant find any info: All reports says he died at a hospital after he fell and injured himself: But what exactly did he die of? Its not like one magically dies from falling xD Did he hurt his head severely or what happened? :/
Complications from the fall as far as I know.
Quote from: judge death on Jun 01, 2014, 08:48:52 AMSorry for asking this but I cant find any info: All reports says he died at a hospital after he fell and injured himself: But what exactly did he die of? Its not like one magically dies from falling xD Did he hurt his head severely or what happened? :/
If he broke a bone he could've got blood poisoning.
Any number of things can happen when you fall. If it's any kind of head injury you could have a bleed and die from that, if the fall hit a major organ or artery. I mean, he wasn't exactly in his prime, so injuries of that sort can be much more devastating. I've known/of many 70+ers who died of pneumonia which was usually contracted as a complication of some other thing/sickness.
Eh... Just such a sad piece of news. I didn't know the man personally, but as with all of us i'm sure we all know he had his influence in our lives. For the more artistically inclined he may have even inspired creations of our own. He cut a swath in the artistic world that nobody else can ever touch quite like he did, and he opened our eyes to the many wondrous possibilities that exist between beauty and horror. I'm very sad we never got to see another one of his wonderful unvarnished creations brought to life. Rest in Peace H.R. Giger...
So sad to hear this, without his designs I doubt that the alien franchise would have ever taken off. I remember studying his work during art classes at school, and it filled me with dread and wonder. He should be honoured for his brilliant work, Prometheus 2 should be dedicated to him.
This is the most recent news that I've found concerning his passing.
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Friends_bid_farewell_to_HR_Giger.html?cid=38695440 (http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Friends_bid_farewell_to_HR_Giger.html?cid=38695440)
HRG Is Alien . I first discovered his work on an album cover by Emerson , Lake , Palmer , which was 1973 maybe five ,Man Oh Man it blew me away ! At the moment I am to sadden to say more.
Quote from: redalert51 on Jun 07, 2014, 01:30:08 AM
HRG Is Alien . I first discovered his work on an album cover by Emerson , Lake , Palmer , which was 1973 maybe five ,Man Oh Man it blew me away ! At the moment I am to sadden to say more.
Brain Salad Surgery was the album. Fantastic cover it is too, even more fantastic music!
One year ago today we lost an extraordinary man. I don't think it would be an exaggeration to say that without H. R. Giger that the Alien franchise wouldn't be as lasting as it has been. His designs for Alien helped elevate the film to whole other level.
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Wow, a year already.
Was watching the Alien Evolution doc last night, and this quote from Giger really cracked me up: "I always wanted my Alien to be a very beautiful thing. Not just disgusting, not just a monster, but something aesthetic. Throughout the creature's evolution what they've done is change it from something aesthetic to something that looks like shit. I mean literally, it looks like a turd." :)
RIP.
Already one year. It is truly important that his work and influence may not be forgotten and we as fans have the responsibility to keep it that way.
Quote from: HuDaFuK on May 12, 2015, 09:58:42 AM
Wow, a year already.
Was watching the Alien Evolution doc last night, and this quote from Giger really cracked me up: "I always wanted my Alien to be a very beautiful thing. Not just disgusting, not just a monster, but something aesthetic. Throughout the creature's evolution what they've done is change it from something aesthetic to something that looks like shit. I mean literally, it looks like a turd." :)
RIP.
Yes, it is sad that he had to witness the downfall of his design. Let´s hope that some have the brains to get back to the original and give it a proper appearance on the silver screen once more. Even it would be a mere copy without the masters touch, but at least a bow to him.
Quote from: locusta on May 12, 2015, 11:00:41 AM
Already one year. It is truly important that his work and influence may not be forgotten and we as fans have the responsibility to keep it that way.
I'm sure his work will endure.
And I honestly think that Blomkamp will be going back to those original designs for his new film.
Damn. The world lost a great artist and visionary this time last year. RIP you brilliant man.
Has it been a year already. It feels like yesterday to me :(.