Ray Harryhausen

[urgeok]

Originally Posted by Vodstok

People were so poorly informed back then, i bet half the time the movie maklers said "fuck scince" the other half they said "whatever, we dont know, make something up".

Kind of like the new King Kong. i like that they kept the long-necked dinosaurs as "Brontosaurs", which never existed. the Brontosaurus skeleton was later called "Apatosaurus" when they discovered it was the body of one animal, with the head of a diplodocus. im not sure, but it htink they have found more apatosaurs so they can confirm the diffeence, but back in the 30s, it was brontosaurus.

I know, im a nerd and no one cares :)

i thought the brontosaurus was replaced by the brachyosauraus ?

[The Flayed One]

Originally Posted by urgeok

i thought the brontosaurus was replaced by the brachyosauraus ?

Why didn't you just correct their mistakes urge? I'm sure you saw a few in your time:D

[urgeok]

Originally Posted by The Flayed One

Why didn't you just correct their mistakes urge? I'm sure you saw a few in your time:D

didnt you read the post above ?
i saw woolly mamoths and saber tooth tigers but the dinos were long gone by the time i was a kid :p

[Vodstok]

They were always pretty much dead on with the brachyosaurus, those are the ones that they had in Jurrasic Park (the movie) with the big lump on their head, they were the biggest land animals that ever lived. ill see if i can dig up some info to clarify.

When i doubt, Wikipedia will set the world straight:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brontosaurus

[slasherman]

when I turned down the sound completly ....I could watch it...

[urgeok]

Originally Posted by Vodstok

They were always pretty much dead on with the brachyosaurus, those are the ones that they had in Jurrasic Park (the movie) with the big lump on their head, they were the biggest land animals that ever lived. ill see if i can dig up some info to clarify.

When i doubt, Wikipedia will set the world straight:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brontosaurus

ah - apatasaurus it is ...

dino from the flinstones will be very upset at the news.

[Vodstok]

Originally Posted by urgeok

ah - apatasaurus it is ...

dino from the flinstones will be very upset at the news.

Turns out he has the dinosaur equivelant of Down's syndrome, and a pretty sever case. he wont care.

[stygianwitch]

Originally Posted by ShankS

He's a God of Stop Motion.

My Sinbad & Jason films are the most watched of any films I've ever seen.

Jason & the Argonauts has been right at the top of my 'favourites' list since the day i first saw it, why..... those special effects, IMO, Harryhausen was way ahead of his time, this film held it's own, effects wise, right up until the advent of good CGI, it way outshone the early CGI tho

[Doc Faustus]

Actually, the Brontosaurus became the Apatosaurus. Brachiosaurs have thick bony skull thingies. And regarding Harryhausen, I think the Medusa in Clash of the Titans is my favorite special effect ever. So much personality, so much freedom of movement. I think it was brilliant and since Harryhausen, special effects monsters have lost their souls.

[Vodstok]

Originally Posted by Doc Faustus

Actually, the Brontosaurus became the Apatosaurus. Brachiosaurs have thick bony skull thingies. And regarding Harryhausen, I think the Medusa in Clash of the Titans is my favorite special effect ever. So much personality, so much freedom of movement. I think it was brilliant and since Harryhausen, special effects monsters have lost their souls.

Most have, but every once in a while a good one comes through. Stan Winston makes monsters with love; the queen alien is one of the greatest special effects ever.