R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen

[richkat]

Thanks gamera that's the one I had just could not remember it......Rich

[Gixergs]

UHU02 has put his Talos and Skeleton Warriors up on his site for download as tribute to a great builder of fantasies.

[peter taft]

Sure will be missed - R.I.P Ray.

[vulcan8630]

Ray, thank you for fulfilling a young boys dream in your visual effects for Sinbad, It came from Beneath the Sea, Mysterious Island and other stop motion greats! May you be in Movie Heaven entertaining them there!

[Bengt Fredén]

R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen - puppet animation genius.
The skeleton sword fight is a movie classic.

Bengt

[tingmissartoq]

First Men in the Moon and Mysterious Island were favourites however all of them were fantastic.
I take unbrage to the coments his movies were B-Grade, they had excellent production values, outstanding film scores by some of the great composers (B Hermann for one) and they lacked the swearing, crudity and extreme violence of todays fare for many flicks aimed at the Adult/teenager market.
He will be missed, but his legacy will remain: Lest we forget.

[brianne]

Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is a particular favorite... Talos and the Minoton are also high favorites of mine! I can't wait to see the movies he's making in heaven!

[spaceagent-9]

there is a cavorite sphere out there somewhere........

[SCEtoAUX]

Here is a cavorite sphere source:
Mike Hungerford: Paper Models

I always liked the giant metallic man in Jason and the Argonauts. Harryhausen will be missed. Some very good stuff.