tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post5899049408424625463..comments2023-10-14T02:24:04.900-07:00Comments on This Day In Science Fiction: Never to be forgotten:Ray Harryhausen 1920-2013Prof. Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575880031145705761noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-21086434630048526482013-05-08T11:51:06.597-07:002013-05-08T11:51:06.597-07:00Thanks for stopping by, Zombie Rotten. It is fair ...Thanks for stopping by, Zombie Rotten. It is fair to say you had need to express yourself about the state of the art of special effects and you expressed yourself well.<br /><br />It should also be noted that Harryhausen did a lot of the work that made it possible to have tiny people or giants in moving matte shots in color films. Stop motion animation was not his only skill.<br /><br />I cannot disagree with your last paragraph in any way.<br />Prof. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575880031145705761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-61684479986494221512013-05-08T10:32:47.294-07:002013-05-08T10:32:47.294-07:00Elsewhere, someone made the point that unless hand...Elsewhere, someone made the point that unless handled well, CGI can look very unreal also. I recall a scene from Jurassic Park where a raptor falls down, and gets back onto its feet without any real balance or leverage of its limbs; kind of like a plastic toy dinosaur being flipped so it stands up by a four year old boy. Talk about being yanked out of a suspension of disbelief.<br /><br />Stop motion animation, from it's very nature, is able to have a realistic range of motion, and is much easier made to represent the textures of actual things; also, a lot of times CGI kind of botches mass and impulse of an item.<br /><br />Not saying CGI can't do that, of course; just that in either case, a talented artist needs to be in control.<br /><br />Also, I miss the sci fi movies that used models for spaceships. tricked out CGI just doesn't quite cut it. Also, the special effects guys don't get to blow up a bunch of tiny little ships.<br /><br />In any case, Harryhausen was a star in his field and his work changed moviemaking forever. Which, I guess, you said.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.com