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> In addition I'm a fan of "Valerian and Laureline" comics. Volume 16 were
the
> antetype for the design of the "5th Element" movie IIRC

Well I've been brought up with Valerian comics, and also with the drawings
of Moebius, so a good deal of my visual sci-fi reference comes from them.
The 5th Element was a fanboy dream come true, as it put on screen what most
of us lovers of French sci-fi comics had taken for granted for the past 20
years but couldn't really find in US-made sci-fi movies (Blader Runner being
the exception).
Actually, the comic strip that started it all is a short story from 1976 by
Moebius and Dan O'Bannon (of Alien fame), "The Long Tomorrow", which defined
the reference frame for good number of urban sci-fi stories, comics and
movies, from Blade Runner to cyberpunk. Both Ridley Scott and William Gibson
have acknowledged the influence of these 16 pages in their own work.
http://www.brmovie.com/FAQs/BR_FAQ_BR_Influence.htm
I guess that one reason this comic isn't more famous is that it's quite
no-holds-barred about violence and pornography... O'Bannon was supposed to
turn it into a TV show some years ago but if it was done now it would seem


G.

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