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H.R. Giger passed away (Age 74)

C2BC2B SwitzerlandRegistered User regular
edited May 2014 in Debate and/or Discourse
From fatal wounds after he fell down stairs

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/360839/scitech/geeksandgaming/aliens-creator-h-r-giger-passes-away

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  • UnknownUnknown
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  • Rhan9Rhan9 Registered User regular
    Well... shit. One of the most genuinely unique artists in recent memory.

  • YogoYogo Registered User regular
    To be honest, I actually thought he had died years ago based on how people commented on his works (past-tense).

    Sucks that he died that way :(

  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    Oh, no! I love his work. A friend had a big coffee table book of his stuff with lots of anecdotes about the making of the Alien series. Apparently the 'lips' of the alien eggs were originally designed to open in half instead of fourths but it too closely resembled the female anatomy and the studio was sure the church would raise all hell.

  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    As an aside, can we get mod permission to [NSFW] tag this thread so we can post and discuss the man's art?

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  • Curly_BraceCurly_Brace Robot Girl Mimiga VillageRegistered User regular
    Dang, he will be missed. Probably one of my favorite artists.

  • Golden YakGolden Yak Burnished Bovine The sunny beaches of CanadaRegistered User regular
    Accidental death too, what a shame.

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  • Irond WillIrond Will WARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!! Cambridge. MAModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2014
    TL DR wrote: »
    As an aside, can we get mod permission to [NSFW] tag this thread so we can post and discuss the man's art?

    @ElJeffe‌ @Irond Will‌

    i think we don't actually do this

    just link especially nsfw images and put mildly nsfw images in labeled spoiler tags

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Registered User, ClubPA regular
    And a big chunk of this guy's work would be grossly unsuitable for inlining even with the NSFW label. Because holy shit.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    His artwork even made it onto guitars.

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    It figures it'd be Ibanez, though.

  • ArchArch Neat-o, mosquito! Registered User regular
    Oh noooo

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  • Linespider5Linespider5 ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGER Registered User regular
    For a long time I had a limited appreciation for Giger, until reading on his rationalizations behind the designs for the Alien and its various life stages revealed one of the first modern examples of creature design that was more than a scary thing, but was actually realized in terms of Why it had certain features, in how the anatomy served the life cycle and helped the thing survive. There's an essay he wrote....somewhere...online that goes into detail on this process. The level of intelligence he put into realizing the Alien is commendible.

  • syndalissyndalis Getting Classy On the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Products, Transition Team regular
    His visual contributions to Prometheus were the absolute best part of that film.

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    C2B wrote: »
    From fatal wounds after he fell down stairs

    well jeeze that's why you don't build your stairs out of the phallic sharpened ribbing of xenomorph skeletons

    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
  • ElvenshaeElvenshae Registered User regular
    syndalis wrote: »
    His visual contributions to Prometheus were the absolute best part of that film.

    Dare I say, only good part?
    Haven't actually seen the entire movie; the part I ended up seeing just pissed me off so much I couldn't watch the rest of it.

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  • Typhoid MannyTyphoid Manny Registered User regular
    Linespider5 wrote: »
    For a long time I had a limited appreciation for Giger, until reading on his rationalizations behind the designs for the Alien and its various life stages revealed one of the first modern examples of creature design that was more than a scary thing, but was actually realized in terms of Why it had certain features, in how the anatomy served the life cycle and helped the thing survive. There's an essay he wrote....somewhere...online that goes into detail on this process. The level of intelligence he put into realizing the Alien is commendible.

    If you happen to find that essay, please post a link. That sounds interesting as hell

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    My first exposure to him was Brain Salad Surgery by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. Dad had both the LP and a cd in a special case that mimicked the LP cover.
    That hauntingly beautiful woman, then opening the cover and then that bio-mechanical aspect is turned up.


    Then I saw Alien/Aliens and started making the connection.

    And now I can't go down on a female without thinking about getting Facehugged (not that I would mind at that point).

    Seriously, look at the underside of a Facehugger and a woman's lady parts. The eggs may not have been able to open like he wanted but he still got that in there.

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  • VeeveeVeevee WisconsinRegistered User regular
    guess its time to watch alien and aliens tonight. Maybe prometheus if i'm feeling up to it

  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    At least his work will live on in nightmares.
    Nocren wrote: »
    My first exposure to him was Brain Salad Surgery by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. Dad had both the LP and a cd in a special case that mimicked the LP cover.
    That hauntingly beautiful woman, then opening the cover and then that bio-mechanical aspect is turned up.
    Then I saw Alien/Aliens and started making the connection.
    And now I can't go down on a female without thinking about getting Facehugged (not that I would mind at that point).
    Seriously, look at the underside of a Facehugger and a woman's lady parts. The eggs may not have been able to open like he wanted but he still got that in there.
    Look, if we're going to get into all the sexual imagery that Giger slipped into the Alien franchise, we're going to need a bigger thread. And then probably a second thread as well.
    Cause damned near everything in those movies was dude bits or lady parts run through a WTF filter and given teeth.

  • XandarXandar Registered User regular
    Elvenshae wrote: »
    syndalis wrote: »
    His visual contributions to Prometheus were the absolute best part of that film.

    Dare I say, only good part?
    Haven't actually seen the entire movie; the part I ended up seeing just pissed me off so much I couldn't watch the rest of it.
    Fassbender's performance was very good. Otherwise, yeah, not a great film.

    Loved me Giger's work, very unsettling stuff.

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  • The EnderThe Ender Registered User regular
    Game over, man.


    Game over.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited May 2014
    Typhoid Manny wrote: »
    Linespider5 wrote: »
    For a long time I had a limited appreciation for Giger, until reading on his rationalizations behind the designs for the Alien and its various life stages revealed one of the first modern examples of creature design that was more than a scary thing, but was actually realized in terms of Why it had certain features, in how the anatomy served the life cycle and helped the thing survive. There's an essay he wrote....somewhere...online that goes into detail on this process. The level of intelligence he put into realizing the Alien is commendible.

    If you happen to find that essay, please post a link. That sounds interesting as hell

    Without actually tracking down the whole thing... the life-cycle of the Xenomorph incorporates sexual imagery both female and male and its life-cycle contains symbolism of dark sexual natures. The egg is obviously vaginal in nature, as is the facehugger, but the facehugger performs violent sexual actions as a male, forcibly penetrating the host and impregnating them, in essence raping them. And when the larvae is born, they erupt in a bloody fashion after "kicking" a bit, in a macabre take on pregnancy. The adult Xenomorph, of course, is just dripping with phallic symbolism from head to tail (haha) and mouth-in-mouth.

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  • CorehealerCorehealer The Apothecary The softer edge of the universe.Registered User regular
    As someone who was inspired by this good man's art and Aliens in particular when I was a kid, and has been developing a xenomorph inspired race for my own fiction ever since, I am very sad right now.

    All the best to his wife and family.

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  • Linespider5Linespider5 ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGER Registered User regular
    I...kinda like that he calls it 'Bat Man Mobile.'

  • Rhan9Rhan9 Registered User regular
    Bat Man Mobil
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  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2014
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    NSFW - lower half of a female

    This stuff hit anyone else right in the Super Metroid nostalgia?

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  • syndalissyndalis Getting Classy On the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Products, Transition Team regular
    The first image, sure. I can see it.

    The linked one? Nope. I don't get a metroid vibe... Just a macabre and grotesquely sexualized biomechanical work... So, y'know, Giger.

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