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86-504: The core series is a trilogy of feature-length illustrated films beginning with Godkiller: Walk Among Us , illustrated by Anna Muckcracker and featuring performances by Lance Henriksen , Davey Havok (lead singer of AFI ), Danielle Harris , Bill Moseley , Lydia Lunch , Nicki Clyne , and Justin Pierre (lead singer of Motion City Soundtrack ). The series is particularly notable for its use of experimental and innovative media formats, such as

172-467: A People's Choice Award nomination for Favorite New Male TV Star, and three consecutive Golden Globe nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series (1997–1999). The series was cancelled in 1999. On television, Henriksen appeared in the ensemble of Into the West (2005), a miniseries executive-produced by Steven Spielberg. He appeared in a Brazilian soap opera , Caminhos do Coração ( Ways of

258-517: A 2003 series of Australian television commercials for Visa , titled Unexplained (about the raining of fish from the sky over Norfolk ) and Big Cats (about the Beast of Bodmin Moor). In these commercials, Henriksen speaks as a Frank Black-type character about these phenomena as Mark Snow -inspired mysterious music plays in the background, as a link to Henriksen's TV series Millennium . Unexplained went on to

344-561: A 6-issue comic book series (debuting in 2008) and a 3-episode film series (debuting in 2009) before the completed Walk Among Us feature film opened theatrically in 2010. The Walk Among Us film was slated for a unique release of limited edition, bi-monthly DVDs starting September 29, 2009, followed by a theatrical run of the full feature in January 2010 and a DVD/Blu-ray release in March 2010. Due to overwhelming demand far beyond studio expectations,

430-604: A September 17 occupation in Lower Manhattan . The first such proposal appeared on the Adbusters website on February 2, 2011, under the title "A Million Man March on Wall Street." Lasn registered the OccupyWallStreet.org web address on June 9. The website redirected to Adbusters.org/Campaigns/OccupyWallStreet and Adbusters.org/OccupyWallStreet, but later became "Not Found" . In a blog post on July 13, 2011, Adbusters proposed

516-557: A commemorative sixth issue published in May 2014, to support OWS activist Cecily McMillan during the sentencing phase of her trial. Tidal: Occupy Theory, Occupy Strategy magazine was published twice a year, with its first release in December 2011, the fourth and final issue in March 2013. It consisted of long essays, poetry and art within thirty pages. Each issue had a circulation of 12,000 to 50,000. In Front and Center: Critical Voices in

602-433: A crazy story and a new filmmaking format at the same time. But once I saw Anna's art I knew that no traditional form of animation could do justice to the grimy, textured, surreal aesthetic she created. It was really an artistic choice, because from a business point of view it's just so risky. According to Fangoria , " Lance Henriksen , Bill Moseley and Tiffany Shepis are the genre stalwarts lending their vocal talents to

688-451: A dance instructor, waitress and model. His parents divorced when he was two years old, and his mother struggled to raise him and his brother Walter, leading to his spending part of his childhood in foster care. During an interview, Henriksen recounted how, at the age of seven, his mother handed him his birth certificate and said, "You'll always know who you are", then pushed him out of his home. Henriksen did not actually leave home until he

774-464: A file on the movement and monitors social media for information. On December 21, 2012, Partnership for Civil Justice obtained and published U.S. government documents revealing that over a dozen local FBI field offices, DHS and other federal agencies monitored Occupy Wall Street, despite labeling it a peaceful movement. The New York Times reported in May 2014 that declassified documents showed extensive surveillance of OWS-related groups across

860-567: A gold world medal at the 2004 New York Festivals. He made a cameo appearance in the 2009 horror comedy Jennifer's Body , and starred in the After Dark Horrorfest film, Scream of the Banshee , released in 2011. He played Henry Gale in Leigh Scott's The Witches of Oz . In January 2015, he was signed for the lead in the indie thriller Monday at 11:01 A.M. In 2016, he starred in

946-477: A little under 8,000 Occupy-affiliated arrests have been documented by tallying numbers published in local newspapers. In a report that followed an eight-month study, researchers at the law schools of NYU and Fordham accuse the NYPD of deploying unnecessarily aggressive force, obstructing press freedoms and making arbitrary and baseless arrests. On October 1, 2011, a large group of protesters set out to walk across

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1032-402: A makeshift kitchen. In November, a man was arrested for breaking an EMT 's leg. After several weeks of occupation, protesters had made enough allegations of rape, sexual assault, and gropings that women-only sleeping tents were set up. Occupy Wall Street organizers released a statement regarding the sexual assaults stating, "As individuals and as a community, we have the responsibility and

1118-402: A peaceful occupation of Wall Street to protest corporate influence on democracy, the lack of legal consequences for those who brought about the global crisis of monetary insolvency, and an increasing disparity in wealth. The protest was promoted with an image featuring a dancer atop Wall Street's iconic Charging Bull statue. In July, Justine Tunney registered OccupyWallSt.org which became

1204-437: A permit to use "amplified sound", including electric bullhorns. Since Occupy Wall Street did not have a permit, the protesters created the " human microphone " in which a speaker pauses while the nearby members of the audience repeat the phrase in unison. On October 13, New York City Mayor Bloomberg and Brookfield Properties announced that the park must be vacated for cleaning the following morning at 7 am. The next morning

1290-407: A populist youth movement targeting Wall Street, but now when Spiderland comes out everyone will be like oh yeah that's so obvious haha. Pizzolo has indicated that his 2010 graphic novel series The Long Knives takes place in a shared universe with Godkiller and deals with several key Godkiller characters during the breakdown of society that precedes Godkiller: Walk Among Us . The Long Knives

1376-710: A role like this." He received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actor at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, for his performance in Falling . In 2022, Henriksen was cast in the upcoming American horror film, Awaken the Reaper . The film is currently shooting in New York and slated for a 2024 release date. It is directed by Justin Paul and Dave Campfield and produced by Fourth Horizon Cinema, Impact Media Studios and Design Weapons. Henriksen has been married three times. He

1462-464: A staged car accident for the insurance money. Growing up, Henriksen had a reputation for getting into trouble in the various schools he attended, and even spent time in a children's home. He left school after completing first grade, and was illiterate until the age of 30. Henriksen served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War , attaining the rank of Petty Officer Third Class . He later served with

1548-584: Is Kerchak , the ape who serves as Tarzan's surrogate father. He provided the voice for the alien supervillain Brainiac in Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2006) and for the character Mulciber in Godkiller (2009). Henriksen is the voice of the character Molov in the video game Red Faction II (2002) and has also contributed to GUN (2005), Run Like Hell (2002), the canceled title Four Horsemen of

1634-586: Is a Giallo -style horror illustrated by newcomer Ana Ludeshka. Ludeshka told Bloody Disgusting : I was very shocked when I first read the Long Knives script. And not only because of the blood and the gore. There's no mercy in this story. It burns like cold things burn. In the near future, 17-year-old Joe Junior and his girlfriend Bee run a speakeasy in the basement of an abandoned NYC church where they serve narcotic drinks to underagers while providing sanctuary and black-market employment to draft dodgers. When Joe

1720-563: Is different in film ... it's not like Michael Madsen bounces around the frame in Reservoir Dogs the way Wakko does in Animaniacs . Explaining the decision to develop the new filmmaking format, Pizzolo told Bloody Disgusting : When we decided to make an anime adaptation of the comic book, I couldn't see how a traditional animated approach would do justice to Anna's incredibly lush and detailed illustrations. It made perfect sense to adapt

1806-445: Is illustrated-films are an attempt to merge comic book sequential art with cinematic storytelling, whereas motion comics seem more intent on re-purposing comic books into cartoons. And I don't mean to sound like a dick because I think motion comics are cool, these are just different. On first glance, they look very similar ... and people might say 'it's moving comics on a screen, that's motion comics' to which I say 'just because Seinfeld

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1892-410: Is moving people captured on 35mm film doesn't make it the same thing as Full Metal Jacket ’. On one level you could see motion comics and illustrated films as siblings like comics books vs graphics novels or TV shows vs feature films, but there are deeper distinctions. Basically, we're filmmakers so we're bringing a cinematic sensibility to this... We animate motion in the frame, but the need for motion

1978-473: Is nothing as simple and beautiful as raw clay... And that Potters have the remaining soul of the nomads...always searching...." Occupy Wall Street [REDACTED] Government of New York City Zuccotti Park Other activity in NYC: Progressive Era Repression and persecution Anti-war and civil rights movements Contemporary Occupy Wall Street ( OWS )

2064-454: Is recruited by an armed cult of populist assassins, he is thrust into a secret world of international cabals, alien conspiracies, and the countdown to Armageddon. A deadly viral pandemic is tearing America apart. Amid the looting and lawlessness, a murderous gang of awol black ops is abducting children ... but no one knows why. When 16-year-old Bird winds up in their clutches, she'll uncover a dark conspiracy with terrifying consequences. Set in

2150-634: Is unorthodox and crazy, hopefully everyone will enjoy the ride. The early chapters of Silent War (from October 2009 to March 2010) depicted chaotic, youth-driven protests on Wall Street and are now considered prescient of the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in September 2011. The protest scenes were illustrated by Muckcracker in mid-2011 as flashbacks in the comic book Godkiller: Tomorrow's Ashes - Spiderland and bear an uncanny resemblance to Occupy imagery. Pizzolo talked to Bleeding Cool about how

2236-529: The Halloween franchise), Katie Nisa ( Threat ), and Nicki Clyne ( Battlestar Galactica ) have joined previously announced cast members Lance Henriksen , Bill Moseley , Tiffany Shepis , Justin Pierre (singer of Motion City Soundtrack ), Lydia Lunch ( Richard Kern's 'Hardcore Collection'), and Davey Havok ( AFI ) in the cast of the 'illustrated film' adaptation Godkiller , written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Matt Pizzolo ( Threat ) based on

2322-486: The Brooklyn Bridge resulting in 768 arrests, the largest number of arrests in one day at any Occupy event. By October 2, all but 20 of the arrestees had been released with citations for disorderly conduct and a criminal court summons. On October 4, a group of protesters who were arrested on the bridge filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that officers had violated their constitutional rights by luring them into

2408-707: The Occupy movement in the United States . Many commentators have stated that the Occupy Wall Street movement has roots in the philosophy of anarchism . The Occupy protesters' slogan "We are the 99%" referred to the income disparity in the US and economic inequality in general, which were main issues for OWS. It derives from a "We the 99%" flyer calling for OWS's second General Assembly in August 2011. The variation "We are

2494-458: The U.S. Merchant Marine . Henriksen found work as a muralist and as a laborer on ships. For a time, he worked in Europe . His first theater work, around age 30, was as set designer , and he received his first acting role because he built the set for a production. Illiterate until then, it was around this time that he taught himself to read. For his first role, he put the entire script to tape with

2580-535: The illustrated film format Pizzolo developed with producer Brian Giberson that merges sequential art with 3D CGI , motion graphics and dramatic voice performances in the style of a radio play . In 2010, following an underground release by Halo 8 as episodic shortform DVDs, the complete illustrated film was distributed wide by Warner Bros. The October 2009 illustrated film DVD Godkiller: Walk Among Us - Episode 1 quickly established itself as its distributor's all-time fastest-selling release. In January 2012,

2666-572: The 99% was a fully-online publication managed by an editorial collective of OWS participants. It featured critical essays and reflections from within OWS, aiming to put the voices, experiences and issues of oppressed and marginalized communities in the front and center of the Occupy movement. It is still available online. OWS demonstrators complained of thefts of assorted items such as cell phones and laptops; thieves also stole $ 2,500 of donations that were stored in

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2752-589: The 99%" originated from a Tumblr page of the same name. Huffington Post reporter Paul Taylor said the slogan was "arguably the most successful slogan since ' Hell no, we won't go! '" of the Vietnam War era, and that the vast majority of Americans saw the income gap as causing social friction. The slogan was boosted by statistics which were confirmed by a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report released in October 2011. Writing in 2022, historian Gary Gerstle says that

2838-643: The Apocalypse (2004), and the role-playing game Mass Effect (2007) as Admiral Hackett of the Human Systems Alliance. Henriksen was also the voice behind PlayStation 3 's internet promotional videos. In 2005, Henriksen was the voice of Andrei Rublev in Cartoon Network 's IGPX . The actor lent his voice to the animated television series Transformers: Animated as the character Lockdown . In 2009, Henriksen voiced Lieutenant General Shepherd in

2924-631: The Comic-Con C2E2. Lance Henriksen Lance James Henriksen (born May 5, 1940) is an American actor. He is known for his works in various science fiction, action and horror, such as that of Bishop in the Alien film franchise , and Frank Black in Fox television series Millennium (1996–1999) and The X-Files (1999). He has also done extensive voice work, including the Disney film Tarzan (1999) and

3010-490: The Evil (1997), and the dystopian classic Paranoia 1.0 (2004). In 1996, Henriksen starred in the television series Millennium , created and produced by Chris Carter , the creator of The X-Files . Henriksen played Frank Black , a former FBI agent who possessed a unique ability to see into the minds of killers. Carter created the role specifically for the actor. His performances on Millennium earned him critical acclaim,

3096-540: The General Assemblies of Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Philadelphia . During the occupation in Liberty Square, a declaration was issued with a list of grievances. The declaration stated that the "grievances are not all-inclusive". The assembly was the main OWS decision-making body and used a modified consensus process, where participants attempted to reach consensus and then dropped to a 9/10 vote if consensus

3182-502: The Heart ) from Rede Record , aired in 2007–2008. Henriksen guest-starred on a Season 6 episode of NCIS (2009) playing an Arizona sheriff, and appeared in a recurring role as The Major on NBC 's The Blacklist . In the years after Millennium , Henriksen has become an active voice actor, lending his distinctive voice to a number of animated features and video game titles. In Disney's Tarzan (1999) and its direct-to-video followup, he

3268-669: The New York Stock Exchange as well as other intersections in the area. This, along with several violations of Zuccotti Park rules, led police to surround groups of protesters, at times pulling protesters from the crowds to be arrested for blocking pedestrian traffic. There were 185 arrests across the city. Occupy Wall Street activists disseminated their movement updates through a variety of mediums, including social media, print magazines, newspapers, film, radio and live stream. Like much of Occupy, many of these alternative media projects were collectively managed, while autonomous from

3354-854: The Terminator , the Alien and the Predator . He played the vampire leader Jesse Hooker in Kathryn Bigelow 's cult film Near Dark . He portrayed gunfighters in the Westerns Dead Man and The Quick and the Dead , and appeared with British actor Bruce Payne in Aurora: Operation Intercept in 1995. That year, he also played Sheriff Doug Barnum in the film Powder . He appeared with Payne again in Face

3440-580: The United States, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began keeping tabs on protesters, under the pretext that the protest was a potential locus of violence. Following this, there was a DHS report entitled "SPECIAL COVERAGE: Occupy Wall Street", dated October 2011, observed that "mass gatherings associated with public protest movements can have disruptive effects on transportation, commercial, and government services, especially when staged in major metropolitan areas ." The DHS keeps

3526-949: The aftermath of the Great Recession in the United States. There were many particular points of interest leading up to the Occupy movement that angered populist and left-wing groups. For instance, the 2008 bank bailouts under the George W. Bush administration utilized congressionally appropriated taxpayer funds to create the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), which purchased toxic assets from failing banks and financial institutions. The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. FEC in January 2010 allowed corporations to spend unlimited amounts on independent political expenditures without government regulation . This angered many populist and left-wing groups that viewed

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3612-492: The astronaut Walter Schirra in The Right Stuff (1983), and actor Charles Bronson in the television film Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991). When James Cameron was writing The Terminator (1984), he originally envisioned Henriksen, with whom he had worked on Piranha II: The Spawning , playing the title role , a cyborg . The role ultimately went to Arnold Schwarzenegger . Henriksen does appear in

3698-646: The award-winning game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 . He would later voice Karl Bishop Weyland in Aliens vs. Predator ; also, this character's appearance resembles Henriksen's. Henriksen voiced Master Gnost-Dural in Star Wars: The Old Republic , and he also reprised his role as Admiral Hackett in Mass Effect 3 . Henriksen reprised his role as Bishop in Aliens: Colonial Marines . He starred in

3784-648: The comic book he created with illustrator Anna Muckcracker." Pizzolo, Giberson and actresses Danielle Harris and Tiffany Shepis presented two exclusive preview clips of the Godkiller illustrated film at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors in Los Angeles on April 18, 2009. Immediately following the preview clip debut at Weekend of Horrors , Fangoria posted the first exclusive online clip of Godkiller on its website. The film premiered on April 20, 2010 in Chicago as part of

3870-762: The country. The first person arrested was Alexander Arbuckle, a student videographer from New York University engaged in a class project. The police department alleged he was blocking the street. However, video shown at his trial showed the protesters including Arbuckle, had followed police orders and withdrew to the sidewalk. Gideon Oliver, who represented Occupy with the National Lawyers Guild in New York, said about 2,000 [protesters] had been arrested just in New York City alone. Most of these arrests in New York and elsewhere, were on charges of disorderly conduct , trespassing , and failure to disperse. Nationally,

3956-519: The curation of the fourth and special edition of The Occupied Wall Street Journal (OWSJ) . Afterwards, it continued to collect and publish images under the Creative Commons for non commercial use license, to spread the artwork throughout the movement. The Occupy! Gazette was founded by editors Astra Taylor , Keith Gessen of n+1 and Sarah Leonard of Dissent Magazine . It published five issues from October 2011 to September 2012, with

4042-558: The decision-making bodies of Occupy Wall Street. The Occupied Wall Street Journal ( OWSJ ) was a free newspaper founded in October 2011 by independent journalists Arun Gupta, Jed Brandt and Michael Levitin. The first issue had a total print run of 70,000 copies, along with an unspecified number in Spanish. Its last article appeared in February 2012. The Occuprint collective, founded by Jesse Goldstein and Josh MacPhee , formed through

4128-457: The feature film Deserted , a psychological thriller. Henriksen played the role of Hopper. In 2018, Henriksen performed motion capture and vocal performance for the character of Carl Manfred in the video game Detroit: Become Human . The game's plot involves androids gaining sentience and free will, topics explored briefly with Henriksen's Bishop character in Aliens . In October 2018, Henriksen

4214-536: The film as Hal Vukovich, a Detective in the Los Angeles Police Department . Henriksen played the android Bishop in Cameron's film Aliens (1986), and as Bishop's designer Michael Weyland in Alien 3 (1992). He also played Charles Bishop Weyland, the man upon whom Bishop was based, in Alien vs. Predator (2004). Along with Bill Paxton , Henriksen is the only actor whose characters got killed by

4300-469: The first DVD's street date was delayed until October 6, 2009, so enough DVDs could be supplied to the stores, including Best Buy , Borders Books , F.Y.E. and Suncoast , among many more retailers. Pizzolo and Muckcracker are currently working on the second part of the trilogy, Godkiller: Tomorrow's Ashes . The new series was slated to be released in mid-2011, followed soon after by the next wave of films. The complete Tomorrow's Ashes feature-length film

4386-526: The first issue of the Godkiller 2: Tomorrow's Ashes comic book series debuted as a digital series. Godkiller returned in 2014 as a monthly paper comic book series from Black Mask Studios . In November 2014, it was reported that Godkiller would be rebooted as an animated feature film trilogy directed by Pizzolo. Godkiller returned to comic book stores in July 2021 with the sequel Godkiller: Tomorrow's Ashes #1. The painted cover by Nen Chang immediately became

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4472-427: The foreclosure situation . Some media labeled the protests "anti-capitalist", while others disputed the relevance of this label. Some protesters favored a fairly concrete set of national policy proposals. One OWS group that favored specific demands created a document entitled the 99 Percent Declaration , but this was regarded as an attempt to "co-opt" the "Occupy" name, and the document and group were rejected by

4558-573: The front of the line, while white men often had to wait for a turn to speak. In addition to the over 70 working groups, the organizational structure also included "spokes councils", at which every working group could participate. The People's Library at Occupy Wall Street was started a few days after the protest when a pile of books was left in a cardboard box at Zuccotti Park. The books were passed around and organized, and as time passed, it received additional books and resources from readers, private citizens, authors and corporations. As of November 2011

4644-435: The future after an economic collapse, a nuclear holy war and an alien invasion, Godkiller: Walk Among Us follows orphan Tommy as he searches for a new heart for his ill sister, Lucy. The story continues Tommy's quest from Godkiller: Walk Among Us . Pizzolo developed the concept of an illustrated film with his producing partner Brian Giberson, mixing elements of anime, radio drama, video games, and motion comics. Utilizing

4730-722: The help of a friend, learning everyone's part in addition to his own. Soon afterward, he graduated from the Actors Studio and began acting in New York City. Henriksen's first film appearance was in It Ain't Easy in 1972. It was followed by supporting roles in a variety of films, including Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), and Damien - Omen II (1978). He played Police Chief Steve Kimbrough in Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1982),

4816-513: The illustrations in a way where you can really take a moment to absorb the art in the same way you can when reading a comic book ... Motion comics are closer to a form of limited animation that uses comics as source material. Illustrated films are closer to the experimental cinema of Ralph Bakshi's work, Chris Marker's La jetée or animation like Liquid Television . Pizzolo gave Bloody Disgusting additional thoughts on differences between motion comics and illustrated films: The simple answer

4902-921: The images of violent street protest, including a lynching of the Wall Street Charging Bull , were not widely considered predictive at the time of their initial release. We start tying in the events of Silent War in Spiderland. Silent War was previously a serialized prequel novella included on the Walk Among Us DVDs as e-books and audiobooks. I wrote it back in 2009 and some of the core plot takes place among young radicals protesting on Wall Street. The pages in Spiderland look like they're directly lifted from Occupy Wall Street, but Anna actually illustrated those pages last summer before Occupy started. It's funny because when Silent War started coming out people were telling me they didn't believe there would be

4988-468: The library had 5,554 books cataloged in LibraryThing and its collection was described as including some rare or unique articles of historical interest. According to American Libraries , the library's collection had "thousands of circulating volumes", which included "holy books of every faith, books reflecting the entire political spectrum, and works for all ages on a huge range of topics." The library

5074-486: The main online hub for the movement. The U.S. Day of Rage, a group that organized to protest "corporate influence [that] corrupts our political parties, our elections, and the institutions of government", also joined the movement. The protest itself began on September 17; a Facebook page for the demonstrations began two days later on September 19 featuring a YouTube video of earlier events. By mid-October, Facebook listed 125 Occupy-related pages. The original location for

5160-514: The medium to suit her art, rather than vice versa. Pizzolo clarified further in an interview with Horror News : There are lots of reasons [Godkiller was made as an illustrated film], but I think the most important one was really being inspired by Anna Muckcracker's gorgeous artwork. Brian Giberson (my partner at Halo-8) and I had been experimenting with the illustrated film format for a while, but we might still have gone with traditional animation for Godkiller since it's really risky to experiment with

5246-426: The movement's six-month anniversary by reoccupying Zuccotti Park. Protesters were soon cleared away by police, who made over 70 arrests. On March 24, hundreds of OWS protesters marched from Zuccotti Park to Union Square in a demonstration against police violence. On September 17, 2012, protesters returned to Zuccotti Park to mark the first anniversary of the beginning of the occupation. Protesters blocked access to

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5332-491: The occupation of the space, somewhere between 100 and 200 people slept in Zuccotti Park. Initially tents were not allowed and protesters slept in sleeping bags or under blankets. Meal service started at a total cost of about $ 1,000 per day. Many protesters used the bathrooms of nearby business establishments. Some supporters donated use of their bathrooms for showers and the sanitary needs of protesters. New York City requires

5418-422: The opportunity to create an alternative to this culture of violence, We are working for an OWS and a world in which survivors are respected and supported unconditionally ... We are redoubling our efforts to raise awareness about sexual violence. This includes taking preventive measures such as encouraging healthy relationship dynamics and consent practices that can help to limit harm." As the movement spread across

5504-412: The original artwork from the comic book, the illustrated film adds motion animation, visual effects, elaborate sound design, music, and voice-acting performances. Wired asked Pizzolo to explain the differences between motion comics and illustrated films: In illustrated films, we drive the pace of the storytelling with the dramatic voice performances and the sound design, so that allows us to showcase

5590-421: The park, arresting some 200 people in the process, including a number of journalists. On December 31, 2011, protesters started to re-occupy the park. Police in riot gear started to clear out the park around 1:30 am. Sixty-eight people were arrested in connection with the event, including one accused by media of stabbing a police officer in the hand with a pair of scissors. When the Zuccotti Park encampment

5676-425: The petitioning to authorities . The protesters were forced out of Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011. Protesters then turned their focus to occupying banks, corporate headquarters, board meetings, foreclosed homes, college and university campuses and social media. The original protest was called for by Kalle Lasn , Micah White and others of Adbusters , a Canadian anti-consumerist publication, who conceived of

5762-480: The political process was unable to enact serious reforms to address the causes or consequences of the economic crisis did we see the emergence of the OWS movement." OWS's goals included a reduction in the influence of corporations on politics, more balanced distribution of income, more and better jobs , bank reform (especially to curtail speculative trading by banks ), forgiveness of student loan debt or other relief for indebted students, and alleviation of

5848-459: The pre-nuke world of Silent War and there's the post-nuke world of the graphic novel and illustrated film Walk Among Us . So Silent War is only a prequel insofar as it happens beforehand, but its events drive the Walk Among Us story, and many of the same characters appear in both. I'm super excited that the two stories can roll out together in this integrated way--everything about this project

5934-527: The project; also on board in that capacity are underground cinema queen Lydia Lunch and singers Justin Pierre (of Motion City Soundtrack ) and Davey Havok (of AFI )". Pizzolo and Giberson unveiled a preview clip of the Godkiller illustrated film during the "Comic Books & Indie Movies" panel at Comic-Con International's Wondercon in San Francisco on February 28, 2009. According to Shock Till You Drop , " Danielle Harris (known for her turns in

6020-685: The property owner postponed its cleaning effort. Having prepared for a confrontation with the authorities to prevent the cleaning effort from proceeding, some protesters clashed with police in riot gear outside City Hall after it was canceled. Shortly after midnight on November 15, 2011, the New York City Police Department gave protesters notice from the park's owner to leave Zuccotti Park due to its purportedly unsanitary and hazardous conditions. The notice stated that they could return without sleeping bags, tarps or tents. About an hour later, police in riot gear began removing protesters from

6106-683: The property owner. At a press conference held the same day the protests began, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg explained, "people have a right to protest, and if they want to protest, we'll be happy to make sure they have locations to do it." Antecedent and subsequent OWS prototypes include the British student protests of 2010 , 2009-2010 Iranian election protests , the Arab Spring protests , and, more closely related, protests in Chile , Greece , Spain and India . Occupy Wall Street, in turn, gave rise to

6192-410: The protest was One Chase Manhattan Plaza , with Bowling Green Park (the site of the "Charging Bull") and Zuccotti Park as alternate choices. Police discovered this before the protest began and fenced off two locations; but they left Zuccotti Park, the group's third choice, open. Since the park was private property, police could not legally force protesters to leave without being requested to do so by

6278-512: The publisher's all-time bestseller. With an initial print run over 40,000, it sold out in its first day of release. The publisher rushed a second printing to stores with a new cover by artist Yasmin Flores Montanez. Pizzolo said about the inspiration behind Godkiller : I thought it would be fun to design a new mythology for fuck-ups and misfits. My goal with it is to present heroes that don't behave heroically because it's their job to maintain

6364-506: The ruling as a way for moneyed interests to corrupt public institutions and legislative bodies, such as the United States Congress . The protests gave rise to the wider Occupy movement in the United States and other Western countries. The Canadian anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters initiated the call for a protest. The main issues raised by Occupy Wall Street were social and economic inequality, greed, corruption and

6450-479: The slogan "proved surprisingly appealing" in a nation that, during its neoliberal high point, often denounced ideas of class warfare . Income inequality and wealth inequality were focal points of the Occupy Wall Street protests. This focus by the movement was studied by Arindajit Dube and Ethan Kaplan of the University of Massachusetts Amherst , who noted that "... Only after it became increasingly clear that

6536-495: The status quo or because they're bored and want to rescue a princess, they act heroically because they're regular misfits who are trying to do the best they can for each other in an unjust, fucked-up world. The Godkiller series was devised to be simultaneously produced as a series of graphic novels and films (both utilizing the same sequential art) with the ultimate goal being a trilogy of feature-length films. Pizzolo and Muckcracker began by serializing Godkiller: Walk Among Us into

6622-404: The undue influence of corporations on government—particularly from the financial services sector. The OWS slogan, " We are the 99% ", refers to income and wealth inequality in the U.S. between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of the population. To achieve their goals, protesters acted on consensus-based decisions made in general assemblies which emphasized redress through direct action over

6708-589: The video games Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) and BioWare 's Mass Effect trilogy (2007–2012). Other film credits include The Right Stuff (1983), The Terminator (1984), Color of Night (1994), Powder (1995), Scream 3 (2000) and Appaloosa (2008). Henriksen was born on May 5, 1940, in Manhattan , New York. His father, James Henriksen, was a Norwegian merchant sailor and boxer nicknamed "Icewater" who spent most of his life at sea, while his mother, Margueritte Werner, struggled to find work as

6794-436: Was 12, saying he'd "had enough" of his home life, and that he had been physically assaulted by multiple family members: "I got bludgeoned a lot. Different people, relatives. I remember every single face from my childhood. My alcoholic uncles, whoever. I'm not having a pity party here; I'm not Quasimodo. That's just how it was". On another occasion, two of his uncles tried to persuade him to take Methadrine and then take part in

6880-517: Was a left-wing populist movement against economic inequality , corporate greed , big finance , and the influence of money in politics that began in Zuccotti Park , located in New York City 's Financial District , and lasted for fifty-nine days—from September 17 to November 15, 2011. The motivations for Occupy Wall Street largely resulted from public distrust in the private sector during

6966-589: Was closed, some former campers were allowed to sleep in local churches. After the closure of the Zuccotti Park encampment, the movement turned its focus on occupying banks, corporate headquarters, board meetings, foreclosed homes, college and university campuses, and Wall Street itself. As of March 15, 2012, since its inception the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City had cost the city an estimated $ 17 million in overtime fees to provide policing of protests and encampment inside Zuccotti Park. On March 17, 2012, Occupy Wall Street demonstrators attempted to mark

7052-481: Was expected to premiere theatrically in 2011. Pizzolo also wrote the serialized, pre-apocalyptic prequel Godkiller: Silent War , an urban fantasy novel series which debuted as episodic e-books & audiobooks on the special features of the Godkiller: Walk Among Us DVDs in October 2009. Pizzolo explained the dramatic structure to Dread Central : Godkiller is split into two periods ... there's

7138-679: Was largely destroyed during the November 15, 2011 raid and, in a court settlement, the City later agreed to pay $ 360,000 in compensation, including attorney fees. Similarly, the City of New York has since begun settling cases with individual participants. There were already libraries in the encampments of Spain and Greece. Following the example of the OWS People's Library, protesters throughout North America and Europe formed sister libraries at their encampments. Prior to being closed to overnight use and during

7224-547: Was married to Mary Jane Evans from 1985 to 1989 and to Jane Pollack from 1995 to 2006. Henriksen has four children; three with Pollack and one with Lunde. Henriksen currently resides in Santa Clarita, California . Henriksen continues to produce art. He worked as a muralist before he became an actor, and he has worked with clay since 1960. In September 2017, Henriksen set up a website to showcase and find homes for some of his most recent clay works. He "still believes that there

7310-633: Was not reached. Assembly meetings involved OWS working groups and affinity groups, and were open to the public for both attendance and speaking. The meetings lacked formal leadership. Participants commented upon committee proposals using a process called a "stack", which is a queue of speakers that anyone can join. New York used a progressive stack , in which people from marginalized groups are sometimes allowed to speak before people from dominant groups. Facilitators and "stack-keepers" urged speakers to "step forward, or step back" based on which group they belong to, meaning that women and minorities often moved to

7396-512: Was signed for one of the two leads in Falling , the directorial debut of actor Viggo Mortensen , who also wrote, produced and co-starred. Reviewing the film's 2020 premiere, The Hollywood Reporter ' s John DeFore noted not only the quality of Henriksen's performance, but the opportunity Mortensen's script presented: "[F]ew moviegoers who've enjoyed him over the years will be surprised, but many will resent that we, and he, have waited so long for

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