R.I.P. Dan O’Bannon

The celebrity apocalypse continues with the passing today of Dan O’Bannon. While perhaps not a household name, the product of his been have shaped our popular culture for the last thirty years: “Alien,” “Total Recall,” “The Return of the Living Dead,” “Blue Thunder,” “Life Force” and “Invaders From Mars” to name a few.

In addition to being a great writer, O’Bannon also was the special effects supervisor for the genre classic, “Dark Star” and also provided computer animation for a lightly regarded film by the name of “Star Wars.”

His departure from the mortal coil leaves us like the zombies on the radio of the ambulance, “Send more Dan O’Bannons.”