The Hardcore Modeler’s Manual™: Volume One Chapter 47: BROS’ Most Influential Black People in Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy Cinema from A to Z (pp. 480-484)
In 2012, HMM correspondent, Sylvester (“Sly”) Johnson, introduced the GK world to Malcolm Xavier- Hollander, the 18 year old founder of the Black Resin Owners Society (BROS aka “The Brotherhood”), an enthusiastic group of Black GK artists looking to contribute to our hobby. This year BROS honors those Black folks who have made significant contributions to horror/sci-fi/fantasy film and television. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Malcolm X-H: “This year, BROS has published its first annual list of BROS Award winners. The award is called the BROscar® and the BROscars® go to the most influential Black people and Honorary Black people in Horror/Science-Fiction/Fantasy films. Congrats to all of this year’s BROscar® recipients.
BROS founder Malcolm Xavier-Hollander
BROS is also fully committed to supporting GK producers willing to produce and market kits based on Black characters created or portrayed by any of our BROscar® winners. You will have the full support of BROS’ national membership. Morgan Freeman, Halle Berry, Denzel Washington and Natalie Portman receiving their BROscars® this month ______
A) Arnold Schwarzenegger Notable genre films: Terminator 1-7; The Running Man; Predator; Total Recall; Last Action Hero; End of Days
B) Angela Bassett Notable genre films/roles: Contact; Strange Days; American Horror Story; played Tina Turner in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Say his name! Of course, he’s Black. Bassett training to star as Tina Turner in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome C) Bernie Casey Notable genre films: Gargoyles; Revenge of the Nerds; Star Trek: Deep Space 9; Dr.Black, Mr. Hyde D) Denzel Washington Notable genre films: Virtuosity; Fallen; The Book of Eli
E) Eddie Murphy Notable genre films: Vampire in Brooklyn; Haunted Mansion; The Nutty Professor1-2 F) Morgan Freeman Notable genre films: Dreamcatcher; Deep Impact; Batman Returns; The Dark Knight; The Dark Knight Rises; Oblivion G) George Lucas (Honorary Black Man; married to Mellody Hobson) Notable genre films: Star Wars 1-6 H) Halle Berry Notable genre films: Cat Woman; Gothika; X-Men 1-3; Cloud Atlas; Die Another Day
Vampire Murphy
George Lucas and wife Morgan Freeman
I) Idris Elba: Notable genre films: Pacific Rim; Thor and Thor 2; Prometheus
J) Samuel Jackson Notable genre films: Star Wars Episodes 1-3; Iron Man 1-3; Avengers; Captain America 1-2; Thor 1-2; Snakes on a Plane; The Incredibles; and a motherfucker in almost every one of Quentin Tarantino’s films K) Kevin Peter Hall Notable genre films: Predator; Predator 2; Harry and the Hendersons; Misfits of Science
L) Lon Chaney Notable genre films: Hunchback of Notre Dame; London After Midnight; A Blind Bargain; Phantom of the Opera; only a person of African descent could bring such angst, emotion, realism to the role of Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Consider the brother’s afro, chains and being whipped in a public square. Only one reasonable conclusion: he’s Black! L1) Lon Chaney, Jr. Notable genre films: The Wolf Man; Son of Dracula; The Mummy’s Tomb; Ghost of Frankenstein; Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. Dad was Black, so was he!
Lon Chaney, Sr. as Quasimodo Lon Chaney, Jr. and Frankenstein’s Monster, the Mummy and Wolf Man
M) William Marshall Notable genre films: Star Trek: TOS; Blacula; Scream, Blacula, Scream; PeeWee’s Playhouse; Abby; Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde
N) Nichele Nichols Notable genre films: Star Trek: TOS, Star Trek movies 1-6
O) Barack Obama (His two terms as President have been some of the most incredible political science fiction ever on TV)
P) Natalie Portman Notable genre films: Black Swan; V for Vendetta; Star Wars 1-3, Thor 1-2 President Obama and Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols
Q) Queen Latifah Notable genre films: Sphere; Living with the Dead; Scary Movie 3; Ice Age 1-2
R) Gene Roddenberry Notable genre films: All incarnations of Star Trek; awarded “Honorary Black Man” for frequent use of Black actors and breaking down racial barriers; scripted the first TV kiss of a Black woman by a white dude. Right on, Gene!
S) Sinbad iNotable genre films: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad; The Golden Voyage of Sinbad; Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
T) Tina Turner Notable genre roles and films: Auntie Entity in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
U) Blair Underwood Notable genre films: Gattaca; Deep Impact
V) Vin Diesel Notable genre films: Pitch Black; Chronicles of Riddick; Riddick; Babylon A.D.
W) Bruce Willis Notable genre roles and films: Different Strokes (TV sit-com); The Fifth Element; The Sixth Sense; Twelve Monkeys; Looper; G.I. Joe: Retaliation; Armageddon; Die Hard; Die Hard 2; Die Hard With a Vengeance; Live Free or Die Hard; A Good Day to Die Hard
X) Xeno Morpheus Notable genre films: Alien1-4; Aliens vs. Predator 1-2; Batman Dead End
”Whatchoo talkin’ ‘bout, Bruce Willis?”
Y) Yaphet Kotto Notable genre films: Alien, Running Man; Live and Let Die
Z) Zoe Saldana Notable genre films: Star Trek 1 & 2; Avatar; Columbiana; Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers.
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