View Full Version : Stan Winston Dead?
Roderick Usher
06-16-2008, 11:08 AM
Ain't I Cool News is reporting that effects wizard, filmmaker and all-around wonderful guy Stan Winston died last night.
Today the world is a less magical place.
hammerfan
06-16-2008, 11:11 AM
Ain't I Cool News is reporting that effects wizard, filmmaker and all-around wonderful guy Stan Winston died last night.
Today the world is a less magical place.
Rest in peace, Mr. Winston.
ferretchucker
06-16-2008, 11:26 AM
Wikipedia is saying he's dead.
urgeok2
06-16-2008, 11:26 AM
what the hell ???? how old was he ?
Roderick Usher
06-16-2008, 11:32 AM
He was 62
Great, great man. I only had tyhe chance to get a quick handshake from the man, but that was in his offices, surrounded by the most amazing artifacts - the Terminator, The Gil-Man from Monster Squad, several Men In Black creatures and a few Jurrasic Park Dinosaurs.
It was a great moment for a geek and I wish I had gotten to know the man personally.
from TransWorldNews it was cancer.
http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=50751&cat=14
urgeok2
06-16-2008, 12:22 PM
He was 62
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way too fucking young ... thats a terrible shame
_____V_____
06-16-2008, 12:39 PM
Yes he is. :(
And damn...I feel like a part of me is gone. Each one of his creations, his visions...was so much a part of my visual experiences.
I literally grew with the man and his work.
R.I.P. Stan. You will be very, very deeply missed.
Dante'sInferno
06-16-2008, 12:53 PM
I loved this man as a kid.I loved his creature work.When i was a kid i wanted to do creature designs and masks.He was my inspiration then.
Bye Stan.:(
GorePhobia
06-16-2008, 03:40 PM
When I logged into my Yahoo mail today I saw the headline and it didn't register right away and then I did a double check and said, "No this can't be that didn't say Stan Winston did it?" Low and behold it did and for the rest of the day I was saddened. The man was a genius and such an inspiration to anyone who wanted to become someone in the film industry and he will be truly missed.
Here is to you, sir.
May you Rest In Peace.
Vodstok
06-16-2008, 04:05 PM
he took Jim Cameron's drawings and made this, and forever changed my life when i was 12:
http://www.3dvf.com/DATA/PUBLISH/1344/images/queen_AlienPress_still01.jpg
Doc Faustus
06-16-2008, 04:32 PM
That sucks. We've lost an absolute exemplar of special effects.
crabapple
06-16-2008, 06:29 PM
Rest in peace Stan Winston, creator of a thousand images and dreams.
Elvis_Christ
06-16-2008, 06:52 PM
Thats terrible news :( His work on The Terminator and Aliens was amazing and were a big part in turning me onto the genre. I'll have to watch Pumpkinhead in his honour in the next couple of days.
RIP