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Alien Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon, Dead At 63
Dave Knott writes "The notable science fiction screenwriter and director Dan O'Bannon has died at the age of 63. O'Bannon's career began with a writing credit for John Carpenter's Dark Star and he went on the write many enduring science fiction and horror films such as Blue Thunder, Lifeforce, Screamers and Total Recall. He was also an occasional director, whose credits include The Return Of The Living Dead, the campy horror film that made popular the zombie chant of 'braaiiiinnnsss.' However, he will be best remembered as the writer of Alien, one of the all-time classics of both the science fiction and horror genres. O'Bannon died after a 30 year battle with Crohn's disease and is survived by his wife, Diane, and son, Adam."
I tried to kill myself ... (I would have been successful, but I was discovered before I died).
euthanasia is still an option I consider to continue
[Cold-hearted]
I guess after an attempted suicide, "they" won't let you do buy a pistol and do it right. There's always the black market...
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"I don't know, therefore Aliens" Wafflebox1
One time I took a huge shit in a trashcan at school.
There is too much of a chance that it won't kill you.
Ehh. Barrel in the mouth, aiming upwards.
I'd try a knife slit, though, to the side of the neck, to slit the jugular vein. Maybe some aspirin first, to thin the blood.
Also, consider the poor people that have to clean up after you
That's why you do it in the tub.
and consider the aftermath your family would have to be looking at.
He must have already considered that before his first attempt.
"I don't know, therefore Aliens" Wafflebox1
What? The guy who ripped off A.E. van Vogt's Voyage of the Space Beagle is dead?
Man, I'm glad that the studio settled out of court making them technically correct to dismiss the charges but who settles out of court when they are innocent in the first place?