Ray Harryhausen has died

Ray Harryhausen Foundation ^ | 5/7/2013

[SparkyBass]

Yes!! Loved that one as a kid and recently re-viewed it... still love it!

[HerrBlucher]

RIP Mr. Harryhausen

[massgopguy]

You may have seen 20 Million Years to earth when it was called Quartermass and the Pit. The ancient Martians were Locust like creatures and quite demonic.

[left that other site]

“Jason and the Argonauts” was one of my all-time favorites!

[Monkey Face]

Ditto, here. We had a lot of those movies, but to my knowledge, the theater is still intact. Complete with gum under the seats and spilled soft drinks to sticky up the floor...

[Wiggins]

Earth vs The Flying Saucers was my favorite when I was a kid and I still watch it today.

[Monkey Face]

Wow. What could be more skeerier than THAT? (Back in the day!)

[big'ol_freeper]

A legend passes..

[D_Idaho]

I can’t tell you how I have dreaded this inevitable day. When I was a kid, I wanted to BE Ray Harryhausen. Although his repertoire was small compared to some filmmakers, he occupies a unique place in the history of movies. RIP, Ray.

[Beowulf9]

20 million miles to earth (more or less)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Ri8ogJ8q8

[RandallFlagg]

Bookmarking

[Beowulf9]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeN4ODQHZjE

[cripplecreek]

I believe the Valley Forge was one of his creations.

[Billthedrill]

RIP. I remember Clash of the Titans very fondly.

[Liberty Valance]

Rest in peace Mr Harryhausen.

Just saw Mysterious Island last week on TCM. They did an interesting retrospective on Mr Harryhausen's work.

[SMARTY]

I loved those movies. This is my favorite, although I know Harryhausen wasn't involved:

[Snickering Hound]

[4yearlurker]

Ditto what you said. I was all of 13 and modeled a Ymir bust out of clay and used my aunt's 8mm film camera that would expose one frame at a time. sadly the bright lights required melted the clay. I knew nothing about armatures and metal skeletons. I made a Giant octopus tentacle that grabbed a toy train car. Like you said,I wanted to be Harryhausen,but sadly had no real guidance. I hope TCM pays tribute to Ray.

[Prospero]

[eddie willers]

If you’d asked me when I was twelve, I’d say that Jason and the Argonauts was the greatest movie ever made.

That’s what I told my mother when she picked me up afterwards.