Comments on: Interview with Ray Harryhausen http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/interview-with-ray-harryausen.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/interview-with-ray-harryausen.html#comment-1542309 Preston Sturges Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183662#comment-1542309 "Mars Attacks" was a loving tribute to "Earth Versus The Flying Saucers"  "20 Million Miles To Earth" is also a fine movie, and the creature sequences were well composed and edited. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_Million_Miles_to_Earth  “Mars Attacks” was a loving tribute to “Earth Versus The Flying Saucers” 

“20 Million Miles To Earth” is also a fine movie, and the creature sequences were well composed and edited.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_Million_Miles_to_Earth 

]]> By: puppybeard http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/interview-with-ray-harryausen.html#comment-1542004 puppybeard Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183662#comment-1542004 I know of a man, a friend's colleague, who was nuts about special effects as a teenager, to the point where his mother took it on herself to write to Harryhausen asking for advice. He responded by having the young lad over for dinner with him and his wife. One of the things he told him was that he couldn't simply teach him to do what he does, because every job is different, and new solutions were always needed, you need to be able to think on your toes. Yer man ended up working on Aliens, Jurassic Park, and a bunch of other pretty flippin cool special effects jobs. I know of a man, a friend’s colleague, who was nuts about special effects as a teenager, to the point where his mother took it on herself to write to Harryhausen asking for advice.

He responded by having the young lad over for dinner with him and his wife. One of the things he told him was that he couldn’t simply teach him to do what he does, because every job is different, and new solutions were always needed, you need to be able to think on your toes.

Yer man ended up working on Aliens, Jurassic Park, and a bunch of other pretty flippin cool special effects jobs.

]]> By: Tralala http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/interview-with-ray-harryausen.html#comment-1541993 Tralala Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183662#comment-1541993 A better interview about stop frame animation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YlEpI00ouU A better interview about stop frame animation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YlEpI00ouU

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/interview-with-ray-harryausen.html#comment-1541870 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 26 Sep 2012 05:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183662#comment-1541870 Fixed. Fixed.

]]> By: Art Carnage http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/interview-with-ray-harryausen.html#comment-1541846 Art Carnage Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183662#comment-1541846 I got the chance to meet him briefly, back in 1981, at a preview screening of "Clash of the Titans". Afterwards, he gave a talk on his career. He was an assistant on "King Kong", and the had a nightmare trying to make adjustments to the model without disturbing the fur. They decided to explain the weird fur movement as Kong's rippling muscles.  Once he reached a point in his career where he could call the shots, he never again animated a fur-covered creature. He brought some props, not only from "Clash", but other films, including one of the skeleton warriors from "Jason and the Argonauts". It took me back to when I was nine years old, seeing the film for the first time, and being dumbfounded when the skeleton warriors emerged from the earth. Afterwards, I managed to talk to him briefly, and get his autograph. Both it and the memory of the evening are treasured. I got the chance to meet him briefly, back in 1981, at a preview screening of “Clash of the Titans”. Afterwards, he gave a talk on his career. He was an assistant on “King Kong”, and the had a nightmare trying to make adjustments to the model without disturbing the fur. They decided to explain the weird fur movement as Kong’s rippling muscles.  Once he reached a point in his career where he could call the shots, he never again animated a fur-covered creature. He brought some props, not only from “Clash”, but other films, including one of the skeleton warriors from “Jason and the Argonauts”. It took me back to when I was nine years old, seeing the film for the first time, and being dumbfounded when the skeleton warriors emerged from the earth. Afterwards, I managed to talk to him briefly, and get his autograph. Both it and the memory of the evening are treasured.

]]> By: danimagoo http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/interview-with-ray-harryausen.html#comment-1541841 danimagoo Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183662#comment-1541841 You dropped an "h". You dropped an “h”.

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