Tons. Duke Nukem Forever pretty much killed Duke Nukem. Same goes for Blood 2. (The new Cultic is a good game for OG Blood fans.) I'm sure there are several other instances of films and TV-shows killing a long-running series.
I am the dust and the ashes of the temple of the Holy Ghost, and what marble is so precious?
โJohn Donne.
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
โT. S. Eliot.
But my day stays crowded with tiny stars
Like spangled dust rising from collapsed heaven.
โHarry Mathews.
Name Demian โDustyโ...
Aristides Palomino Ridder
A few days ago
โWe must burnish the old ways.โ The man scratched his head and then added, โOr we havenสผt a chance in the new world.โ
Aristides shrugged. โI understand.โ
โDo youโdo you have any family here?โ
โNo, sir.โ
โThat is good. I donสผt think itสผll go well.โ...
Sometimes I think they add to the humor. Nevertheless, I agree. It is a simply courtesy. I don't see the point in refusing it, since it does not take much time or effort.
There has definitely been a lot of appreciation for the much-maligned Prequels lately, especially after the release of the last Sequel film, which seems to have disappointed a lot of people.
Spooky stuff. It would be neat to explore precisely how these creatures reproduceโor transmit their nature to othersโ, or why antagonistic substances (e.g. silver) affect them as such.