Ray Harryhausen, 1920-2013

[jeriendhal]

Stop motion pioneer Ray Harryhausen has died today at age 92.

These days, in an era where even the crappiest movie can have dazzling CGI special effects, it's hard to understand how amazing RH's carefully crafted, mostly one man stop motion effects must have appeared when they first came to the screen. After Star Wars premiered, his era of stop-

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[seawasp]

Golden Voyage of Sinbad, as I remarked in my own post on this. That's a link to my blog article on Harryhausen and Golden Voyage in particular.

[krillia]

Clash of the Titans, honestly. But only after the godawful remake. Put them side-by-side and the difference it breathtaking. The original looks silly by modern standards, sure, but the care and work and creativity that went into it is obvious. Whereas the remake looks flashy, but lacks any sort of inspiration or soul.

[allah_sulu]

A tribute to Ray Harryhausen (you've probably seen this before).