#John Cygan

[aleister-carpathia]

"Why do we fight? Because there is hope! Because only through battle can we break the chains that fate has forged! Don't you see? We have been given a chance! Though some of us will die, we will die knowing that our lives are finally our own! That we are no longer slaves to the whims of fate! Would you throw that away, just for fear of another defeat? Not I. I will fight! And if I die, I die knowing that I have made a choice... and that this choice, for good or for ill, was my own!"

-Agarth, "Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning"

[movies-to-add-to-your-tbw]

Title: WALL-E

Rating: G

Director: Andrew Stanton

Cast: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, Sigourney Weaver, Teddy Newton, Bob Bergen, John Cygan, Pete Docter, Paul Eiding, Donald Fullilove, Teresa Ganzel, Mickie McGowan, Laraine Newman, Lori Alan

Release year: 2008

Genres: science fiction, adventure

Blurb: WALL-E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun with garbage, all humans having fled to outer space. For seven hundred years, he has continued to try and clean up the mess, but has developed some rather human-like qualities. When a ship arrives with a sleek new robot, WALL-E thinks he's finally found a friend, and stows away on the ship when it leaves.

[downwithpeople]

x-files roundup

the host: GOOD. not since tooms has monster of the week been so appropriate. the flukeman is just a really nasty, horrible dude come to fuck your day up. that alone would be enough to make this a good ep but i also really like the character beats we get with mulder and scully missing each other, as well as skinner cementing himself as Da Chief.

blood: GOOD. objectively kind of a bad episode but we get william sanderson as eric funsch going hog wild for 45 fantastic minutes. all of the plot stuff is gilding the lily to me. i don't actually give a shit why computer screens are telling people to kill people, it's just cool. the thing that's bumming me out at this point is that it's become obvious to me how much of the writing and directing is just about hiding anderson's baby bump and i know we're in for a stretch of low-scully episodes. john cygan as the good-hearted wholesome small town sheriff feels like he should be on a different show than x-files.

sleepless: GOOD. it's got tony fucking todd doing cool psychic shit. the project to make soldiers who don't need to sleep is a cool concept. for a MOTW episode this is another vital one because we get the first on-screen appearance of X and the introduction of the syndicate's sopping wet assassin krychek. it's very amusing watching him be disrespected by everyone around him knowing that he deserves every second of it.

duane barry: GOOD. railsback's duane barry is an unforgettable performance; the raw exposed-wire energy of a guy who's been through hell and is willing to do anything to avoid going back there. duchovny's been forced to carry these low-scully episodes and more than anywhere this is where he proves that he can do it. there's a great tension between him needing to save the hostages and also uncover the truth. then it ends on a crazy cliffhanger!

ascension: GOOD. it's insane that season 2 starts with five fantastic episodes back-to-back. this episode represents a big escalation and the establishment of a new status quo. even if it was to accomodate anderson's maternity leave i think it's real ballsy to have mulder utterly fail to protect her and be left with nothing, not a single lead to go on, just a hope that she's not going to be killed by aliens. if i'm gonna criticise anything i'm gonna say that the nick cave needle drop doesn't do anything for me.

i know the next episode is gonna suck

[joysweeper]

and it looks like this! not always pink but they kept making Choices with colors.

In addition it was made into an audio drama which is unfortunately off Youtube now. I remember it was the highest melodrama, there was a fantastic brainwashing scene, and it also ratcheted Luke way up on the power scale. And they had John Cygan voice Luke, the VA who later did Canderous Ordo in KotOR, and sometimes you can tell.

The old Dark Empire comics where Palpatine returns and Luke becomes his apprentice for a hot minute are melodramatic and silly but I'm still fond of them. Palps dresses Luke like Vader minus the headgear and chest box and makes him replace his prosthetic with what I dearly like to think is a spare Vader hand much too large for him, and that he keeps using for way too long afterwards.

Ok first of all wow I'm sorry it took me 10 business days to respond to this. My deepest apologies, it will probably happen again.

Second of all holy shit? Like like, hold on just one hot second. This is beautiful. This is the exact kind of ridiculous tomfoolery hiding deeply fucked up implications that I love in my Star Wars. How have I never heard of this before?

I am loving the knock off RoTJ poster here. This is glorious.

[sabrerine911]

Since this year marks 20 years for Metal Gear Solid 2 

I felt like drawing one of the best characters of the whole franchise, and the main antagonist of MGS2, Solidus Snake.He is already one of my top favorites, my growing love  for dual wielding in fiction has only increased that love XD

Rest in piece John Cygan, and hats off for delivering such an astonishing performance, for such a badass character.

Here is the sped up video of the drawing processhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-nHRNSiI4w

[vintagewarhol]

[therealmrpositive]

Leo the Lion (2013)

In today's review, I find the courage and mystery at the heart of the jungle. As I attempt a #positive review of the infamous animated story of Leo the Lion #DanielAmerman #JohnCygan #MatthewMercer #AmandaAllan #PorterHansen

The depths of the jungle hold many wonders, with animals frolicking and species intermingling, if you are looking for non-human drama, it might just be the first place you’d start. In 2013 (possibly, depending on who you ask) an animated tale of courage, adventure and believing in yourself found its way onto Netflix and told the tall tale of Leo the Lion. After the success of the likes of Lion…

[slyandthefamilybook]

John Cygan will forever be the voice of my Luke Skywalker. the world lost a real talent when he died

save me 1990s Star Wars radio dramas. 1990s Star Wars radio dramas. Save me

[metalgearinformer]

John Cygan, voice of Solidus Snake, passed away on May 13

[kwebtv]

John Cygan (April 27, 1954 – May 13, 2017) Actor, voice artist and comedian notable for playing Detective Paulie "Pants" Pantangeli (1991–1992; 1994–1995) on the TV series, The Commish.  He also portrayed Harlan Stone on the short-lived TV series, Bob.  

Other series he appeared in were Frasier, Diagnosis: Murder, Modern Family, NYPD Blue, Judging Amy, The Hughleys, The Shield and The X-Files. 

[rngwaifuanna-blog]

“We’re all born with an expiration date. No one lasts forever. Life is nothing but a grace period for turning our genetic material into the next generation. The data of life is transferred from parent to child. That’s how it works. But we have no heirs, no legacy. Cloned from our father with the ability to reproduce conveniently engineered out. What is our legacy if we cannot pass the torch? Proof of our existence – a mark of some sort.” 

Actor John Cygan passed away at age 63 a few days ago after a longtime battle with cancer.  He was a prolific film and voice actor that did loads of voice work for Pixar films, with roles like Twitch in Toy Story 3 and Solidus Snake in Metal Gear Solid 2.

Thank you for the childhood memories, John.  You will be missed.

[homeless-guy-eats-crap]

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[the-rockers]

John Cygan, voice actor for Solidus Snake, passed away 2 days ago

Rest in Peace, Boss. You will not be forgotten.

[allronix]

Okay, no matter what this guy played, the best role I remember was Canderous Ordo, in the Knights of the Old Republic games.

Nu kyr'adyc, shi taab'echaaj'la. Ret'urcye mhi, Te Talyr Mandal'or. ("Not gone, merely marching far away. Goodbye, Mandalore the Preserver)

[wrasslerjedi]

RIP in peace, Canderous Ordo. :/

[ljaesch]

Voice Actor John Cygan Passes Away

Voice Actor John Cygan Passes Away

Actor and voice actor John Cygan passed away on May 13, 2017 after a long battle with cancer. He was 63 at the time of his passing. Cygan was part of the English dub cast for Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo anime film. He also provided the voice of Twitch in Toy Story 3. He played Lt. Paulie Pentangeli in 35 episodes of ABC’s The Commish series, and also played Sheriff Spencer in The X-Files. He has also…