R.I.P. Roger Corman

[Daikun]

The co-founder of New World Pictures and pioneer of low-budget B movies has passed away at the age of 98. R.I.P.

Roger Corman, Pioneering Independent Producer and King of B Movies, Dies at 98

Roger Corman, who directed and produced hundreds of B movies and discovered Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, has died. He was 98.

variety.com

 

[Frontier]

RIP Roger Corman.

 

[dumbfoolkid5]

RIP

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[MC_Lovecraft]

I had no idea he was still alive. RIP to the king of the drive-in.

 

[LinusFan303]

RIP to a legend.

 

[stephane dumas]

I saw this old clip where Roger Corman was interviewed by Conan.

 

[Dantheman]

He did a sci-fi remake of Seven Samurai first, and better, than Zack Synder did

RIP

 

[Rick Jones]

Wow, 98. That is a lot of time spent on this planet. Being born and raised in the VHS era, I think a lot of the random b-movies I grew up seeing were Corman productions or connected to New World. Heck, Marvel itself was connected to New World for a while. I think I was familiar with the name before I started learning about the Fantastic Four ashcan film, but I think that was what cemented it in my head.

Last week, I randomly thought of Corman during a stream of consciousness. I might have been watching Batman or something and recognized some familiar name from Filmation productions during the credits, which got me to my little inside joke of always thinking of Lou Scheimer as the Roger Corman of animation. Much like with Lou, my mind doesn't really go to Roger when I'm thinking of overwhelming quality but I think of someone with an eye for young talent and someone extremely frugal who was churning out content at as low of a cost as possible. It's always amazing to me just how many icons' careers he had a part in at the very beginning.