Ray Harryhausen RIP

[edhopper]

In London at the age of 92.
Some may not know who that is, others owe the fantasy world of their childhood to the greatest stop motion animator in film history.
His movies are not his only legacy, the legion of film makes he inspired are as well.

[graham4anything]

1. Beast from 20,000 fathoms was my favorite.

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[johnnypneumatic]

6. you mean "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms"

1953

[Wednesdays]

2. They named a restaurant after him in Monsters, Inc.

Great animator...one of my favorite films as a kid was Mysterious Island.

[scarletwoman]

3. He was a true magician. Wielding a magic of awesome wonder and delight.

I was 8 years old when the "7th Voyage of Sinbad" was first released. It was a thrill I never forgot or outgrew.

Fair voyage to you, Mr. Harryhausen! The child in me will love you always.

sw

[mgc1961]

8. I liked the sword fight with the skelton he recreated for Jason and the Argonauts.

Cool!

[Eleanors38]

15. Agreed. Most excellent. Special FX studios are still catching up with him.

[FSogol]

4. Loved his films. n/t

[longship]

5. From "20 Million Miles to Earth" to Sinbad's journeys.

Sorry, Ray Harryhausen didn't do 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Check out IMDB, if you doubt that. That was a Disney production when Walt was still alive. There's no way Walt Disney hires Harryhausen when he has arguably the greatest animators on the planet under his employ.

I believe Harryhausen had something to do with a film that subsequently became known as the sequel to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. I don't think that was made by Disney, IIRC.

[NewJeffCT]

7. I loved Sinbad when I was a kid

May he rest in peace. Thanks for the memories

[nolabear]

9. A genius. He let us see magic.

His effects are still beautiful works of art. RIP. You scared the crap out of me, Man.

[bermudat]

10. OH NO!

[heaven05]

11. watched

'Earth vs Flying Saucers' last evening. Great effects. RIP big guy.

[quarbis]

12. I have

the DVD. It's great.
like your ribbon icon 70-71 myself

[heaven05]

17. 68-69

590th,9th Inf then when 9th got shipped to Germany because of Czechoslovakia, -Bearcat, got assigned to liaison with thais.

[quarbis]

18. I was in Radio Research which

was Army Security Agency I was a lingy

[heaven05]

19. ahhh ha

Me, I was convoy and berm guard. I traveled most of the III Corp. Vung Tau, Long Than, Zuan Loc,, Long Bien, Bien Hoa and Saigon of course. Had some hairy times, especially Tet, but here I am. Your MOS sounds like it might have been interesting.

[IveWornAHundredPants]

13. A special effects genius.

I still think his work is more effective than the digital equivalents today. They were things with weight, not just pixels.

[MrScorpio]

14. Rest in Power, Ray

Thanks for your vision and hard work.

[Eleanors38]

16. Another part of my childhood memory sails over the horizon. RIP.