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obituaries1 month ago•18 min saved

Dream Warriors Director Chuck Russell Dies at 74

Chuck Russell, the director of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and The Mask, died at 74 at his San Diego–area home. His career also included The Blob (1988) and Eraser, and he wrote Dreamscape; he frequently collaborated with Frank Darabont. Survived by his wife Ania, and his children Logan, Riley and Carlyn, plus sister Anne, Russell described his career as a “magical mystery tour” and a “circus,” underscoring his love for directing across varied genres.

via The Hollywood Reporter|

#chuck-russell #eraser #nightmare-on-elm-street-3-dream-warriors

film1 month ago•15 min saved

Filmmaker Chuck Russell, Behind The Mask and The Blob, Dies at 74

Chuck Russell, the director of The Mask and the cult remake of The Blob who helped launch Cameron Diaz’s screen career, died at 74 in the San Diego area. His career spanned genre highlights from Nightmare on Elm Street 3 to Eraser and The Scorpion King, with later work including I Am Wrath, Junglee, Paradise City, a Witchboard remake in 2024, and AI-driven projects via his Neumorphic ventures Hyperia and b.

via Variety|

#a-nightmare-on-elm-street-3-dream-warriors #cameron-diaz #chuck-russell

science7 months ago•6 min saved

Silent North Pacific: 'The Blob' Triggers Unprecedented Murre Die-off in Alaska

A prolonged marine heatwave nicknamed 'The Blob' warmed North Pacific waters by up to 5.5°C, wiping out about 4 million common murres across Alaska from 2015–2016—the largest known die-off of a single vertebrate species—causing widespread reproductive failure, disrupted food webs, and cascading impacts on fisheries and top predators; no recovery has been observed through 2025.

via The Daily Galaxy|

#alaska #common-murre #marine-heatwave

science-and-nature3 years ago•5 min saved

When Sci-Fi Meets Reality: The Imitation of a Bizarre Species in a Classic Monster Movie

The iconic horror movie "The Blob" from 1958, starring Steve McQueen, bears resemblance to a real-life species called slime mold. Slime mold, a type of protist, engulfs bacteria and small organic molecules for food and forms a structure called a plasmodium. It moves by pulsating waves created by proteins found in animal muscle tissue. Slime mold can solve mazes and leaves an extracellular slime trail to navigate its surroundings. While slime molds can take up space, they are harmless to humans and typically grow to about five centimeters in the wild.

via Inverse|

#protists #science-and-nature #science-fiction