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RIP Ray Harryhausen, genius of special effects - Uncle Wig - 05-07-2013
His work scared me nearly to death as a kid! Especially this scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF_Fi7x93PY
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-hollywood-reacts-ray-harryhausen-dead-20130507,0,3656321.story
Re: RIP Ray Harryhausen, genius of special effects - Racer X - 05-07-2013
I was fascinated by his work as a kid.
Re: RIP Ray Harryhausen, genius of special effects - cbelt3 - 05-07-2013
Awww...
We did a lot of stop action in high school with our brand new video camera in 1971. And that funky reel to reel video recorder.
Thanks for the memories, Ray.
Re: RIP Ray Harryhausen, genius of special effects - Paul F. - 05-07-2013
Ya beat me to post...
And I remember that scene most clearly of that whole movie.
The patience it took to film stop-motion things like that must have been incredible! Not to mention not losing your place! ("Wait, was I moving this arm down? Or this one? Oh, nuts! " )
Re: RIP Ray Harryhausen, genius of special effects - hal - 05-07-2013
Just watched a great documentary about him and the history of special effects a few weeks ago... Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1839590/
Features interviews with Harryhausen, Peter Jackson, James Cameron, John Landis, Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, Steven Spielberg, Ray Bradbury, Joe Dante, Robert Zemeckis & Guillermo del Toro
It's a lovefest, a tribute and a very informative movie...
Re: RIP Ray Harryhausen, genius of special effects - Shakes - 05-07-2013
I thought he had already passed. I loved his stuff.:bunny:
Re: RIP Ray Harryhausen, genius of special effects - PeterB - 05-07-2013
That's a great scene with the skeletons, but the one I remember is this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X7W-oPhY48
... the comments are right. So much better than the current CGI junk.
Re: RIP Ray Harryhausen, genius of special effects - decay - 05-07-2013
One of my heroes.
Re: RIP Ray Harryhausen, genius of special effects - Uncle Wig - 05-07-2013
PeterB wrote:
That's a great scene with the skeletons, but the one I remember is this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X7W-oPhY48
... the comments are right. So much better than the current CGI junk.
Yeah, a lot of CGI is junk but it isn't the fault of the technology. It just seems like the directors are too in love with swoopy camera movements and exaggerated, oversped motion (CGI airplanes are the absolute worst). The movements of Harryhausen's creatures were subtle and measured. No reason they can't do that on a computer, they just don't.
Re: RIP Ray Harryhausen, genius of special effects - Zoidberg - 05-07-2013
My daughter, being a fan of dinosaurs from a young age, watches VALLEY OF GWANGI with me every once in a while. I'd read interviews with him where he said his personal favorite sequence was the roping of the Allosaur in Gwangi; it was difficult but so rewarding to get the live action to line up perfectly with the stop motion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRjBYuqzIoc
RIP, Ray.