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The definition of movie magic.
Aww... :(
What a fantastic creative head on his shoulders! Some of my scariest and most memorable childhood moments in the cinema were due to him... RIP Ray Harrryhausen.
Last edited by MerlinShepherd; 7th May 2013 at 19:38.
RIP Harry. I still most CGI looks dreadful when compared to his stop motion work.
Dang. Much miss spent youth watching movies with his work. A loss
RIP indeed. I've enjoyed lots of his work over the years, let's hope some of the films he worked on are given an airing.
F.T.F.A.
His animation made some of my favourite films. The skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing.
I'm sure many of us were mesmerised by his work, RIP.
Yeah the skeletons coming out of the ground are amazing and scaried the bejesus out of me when i was a nipper! RIP Harry, your work will outlast most of modern CGI.
A true pioneer and master of an artform - I met him a couple of times. He leaves a terrific legacy.
So clever my foot fell off.
A stop-motion magician. RIP.
R.I.P A master story teller, who took me on many an adventure as a spellbound lad. Sad loss.
+1 as a kid I was spell boundOriginally Posted by SlimJim16v
The bronze giant (can't remember the film) scared the crap out of me as a kid, still not keen on it now! A genius, sadly gone.
I think that was 'Jason and the Argonauts', and it still looks great to this day. I think I remember Steven Spielberg saying in a documentary that RH was one of his main inspirations when he was younger.
Seeing that film for the first time as a youngster simply confirmed my love of fantasy/sci-fi. He was a master. RIP.
That's a shame, a decent innings though.
I loved his stuff as a kid and as previously mentioned knocked spots off of that crappy CGI you see in everything nowadays.
His effects looked real.
RIP
Cheers,
Neil.
For anyone who doubts Mr Harryhausen's impact, BAFTA had a tribute night for his 90th Birthday
http://www.bafta.org/heritage/featur...n,1153,BA.html
It includes a film made by Peter Jackson (Of LOTR/Hobbit fame) when he was a teenager directly inspired Ray.
Ray lived in Britain from the 1960s and his entire collection of models and artwork was donated to the National Media Museum in Bradford- they are still in the process of cataloguing it but if you're local it will be worth checking back.
http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.u...rryhausen.aspx
his work thrilled me as a child. Now, i find i am bored and irritated by too much cgi in movies. The film 300 was an awful cgi nerdgasm of a film. hated it. Jason and the Argonauts had me transfixed.
So sad, that guy was a true legend.
Yes, still like watching that.
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms is on iTunes in HD and will get getting a rental this afternoon.
RIP.
I remember watching Jason and The Argonauts at school when I was about seven. The skeleton fight blew my mind.
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