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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
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 Posted - 06/16/2008 : 2:01:45 PM
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Damn. For the people of my generation he was even bigger than Harryhausen.
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Rest In Peace Stan Winston
Hey guys. Quint here with some absolutely horrible news. We had an unsubstantiated email come in about 20 minutes ago telling us that Stan Winston passed away last night. I couldn’t find any reference to it online at the AP wire, Variety, CNN or anywhere, so I figured it wasn’t true.
Then a second email came in, which made my heart drop into my stomach, a new person saying the same thing, without any backup. I asked for clarification and got it, so I got on the phone with a friend of mine who knows Winston and got the confirmation.
The father of the dinosaurs in JURASSIC PARK, of THE TERMINATOR, of PUMPKINHEAD and PREDATOR and the Monsters in MONSTER SQUAD and, of course, ALIENS, has passed on.
The man is a legend and created legends. He himself a God in his own right, sculpting Icons that will be remembered as long as people with imagination deem it prudent to tell stories to an audience.
He was a leader in practical effects work, having given opportunity to all top effects leaders today. Winston idolized the people that came before him in the field, like Ray Harryhausen, and sought to make his own iconography, inspiring yet more to follow in his lead.
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RVHorror
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
532 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2008 : 2:17:18 PM
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TheFoywonder
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
833 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2008 : 3:01:32 PM
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Originally posted by RVHorror
Agreed. His stuff, no matter the movie, was always first-rate (Bat People excepted).
Might want to add Skinwalkers to the exception list too.
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1475 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2008 : 6:18:46 PM
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Ouch. This one really hurts.
One of his earliest credits was also my favorite: his make-up work on the TV movie Gargoyles. Considering the medium (early '70 television) and the presumably paltry budget, his work on that film was outstanding.
Ironic, also. The type of "practical effects" work which he practically reinvented has also been dying out as more and more Hollywood geniuses remain convinced that CGI and CGI alone is the ticket to cinematic realism.
Anyway, that's a debate for another day. Rest easy, Stan. You can dream now. |
Edited by - zombiewhacker on 06/16/2008 6:19:17 PM |
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The Rev. D.D.
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 07/17/2008 : 10:30:51 AM
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Man, one of the masters of the craft, and a creator of so many great creatures. And as a lover of physical vs. CG effects, this is a true blow.
Rest well, and thank you for the years of incredible monsters and fun.
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Another great lost.... |
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