Crushed to have to write it, Ron passed away after I wrote the following, but might give you a notion for a moment this week.
I wrote this up earlier today...
Industry/sci-fi/genre/fx/fannish friends. I have a request:
This week, on Thanksgiving, if you celebrate the way we tend to here States-way... if you find yourself in the middle of at least one decent conversation with a few folks you give a damn about, and the food is good, and the laughs are genuine, take a sec and think of Ron Thornton.
Who? Yeah, we'll get to that...
Ron slipped into a coma today, and short bit ago I heard that he is gone.
A few PMs, a few notes, a day of back and forth and checking messages and email (more than regular, which I have to admit isn't much for me)... well today just didn't happen. But time won't stop, and so ever onward.
Anyway, it's easy to point to imdb but instead I'll throw in some titles below, and let you in on something (the whole Thanksgiving bit): I can not think about Ron without thinking of really good food and conversations in and around a meal and a very good group of people. Because of how I met him and got to know him over a year plus, this is just how it is.
I still remember the first sequence in Babylon 5 that caught my eye, and over the years hearing a story about Real Genius, Spaceballs, Blake's 7, Captain Scarlet (the newer work), and more... and his thoughts on fx, media, creators, friends...
If B5, Enterprise, Real Genius, Captain Power, Voyager, Hypernauts... if any of those and the above gave you a cool fan moment, and definitely if any of the work inspired you, helped you to be 'where' or 'who' you are, as a fan or pro, then I don't think that a moment to think his way is out of the asking.
I wrote this up earlier today...
Industry/sci-fi/genre/fx/fannish friends. I have a request:
This week, on Thanksgiving, if you celebrate the way we tend to here States-way... if you find yourself in the middle of at least one decent conversation with a few folks you give a damn about, and the food is good, and the laughs are genuine, take a sec and think of Ron Thornton.
Who? Yeah, we'll get to that...
Ron slipped into a coma today, and short bit ago I heard that he is gone.
A few PMs, a few notes, a day of back and forth and checking messages and email (more than regular, which I have to admit isn't much for me)... well today just didn't happen. But time won't stop, and so ever onward.
Anyway, it's easy to point to imdb but instead I'll throw in some titles below, and let you in on something (the whole Thanksgiving bit): I can not think about Ron without thinking of really good food and conversations in and around a meal and a very good group of people. Because of how I met him and got to know him over a year plus, this is just how it is.
I still remember the first sequence in Babylon 5 that caught my eye, and over the years hearing a story about Real Genius, Spaceballs, Blake's 7, Captain Scarlet (the newer work), and more... and his thoughts on fx, media, creators, friends...
If B5, Enterprise, Real Genius, Captain Power, Voyager, Hypernauts... if any of those and the above gave you a cool fan moment, and definitely if any of the work inspired you, helped you to be 'where' or 'who' you are, as a fan or pro, then I don't think that a moment to think his way is out of the asking.
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