RIP Larry DiTillio

[TaZZerath]

I was already down for other personal reasons, but this truly made me sad today.

I was a 'gewunner' who held what few G1 toys in really high regard as a kid, until my rebellious post-divorce side shone through and I wanted to get rid of many as I could because of what I thought they represented and my shift towards computers and consoles and the need to get as much money as I could from them.

When Beast Wars came along I was finishing off high school and it was really tough going. I had major bouts of insomnia due to stress and pressure. Beast Wars, being free to air at the time, saved me, and I always tuned in to watch it. Code of Hero made me physically cry for the first time in a long time. Beast Wars re-ignited my Transformers love and I haven't looked back since.

RIP Larry. You're one with the Allspark now.

[Jetfire in the sky]

I was watching MOTU 200x and he was a writer on that too, brilliant story teller.

[griffin]

I had several Beast Wars episodes playing this weekend at home, in memory of Larry Ditillio. They were fun to watch, but sad too...

[griffin]

Another Beast Wars writer has passed this year - (Dorothy Catherine) DC Fontana, at the age of 80.

She is better known for her work in the Star Trek universe, as she only wrote one Transformers cartoon episode - Crossing of the Rubicon (the episode in the third season that saw Blackarachnia become a Transmetal, and a permanent Maximal, with the removal of her Predacon shell program).

That episode of Beast Wars aired 20 years ago!