Stan Winston 1946 - 2008

[Magus]

Special effects expert responsible for Jurassic Park, Terminator, T2, Aliens, Predator, The Thing and Iron Man passed away. Amazing that the grandfather of SFX Ray Harryhausen outlives him.

I always loved Winston's use of practical effects like puppetry and make-up (often combined with CG and animation), and I hope filmmakers like Guillermo Del Toro, Peter Jackson and Jon Favreau continue to keep the practical tradition alive.

[Hyper Dingo]

Re: Stan Winston 1946 - 2008

nooooooooooooooooooo

[Goufunaki]

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Damn.

[DK]

Re: Stan Winston 1946 - 2008

My girlfriend and I like to play around with sfx makeup and naturally I spend a good deal of time researching his techniques. He'll remain an inspiration in the field.

[Perversion]

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As soon as I saw his name on the main page, I thought to myself, "Please don't let me read that Stan Winston died." Alas, it's true. That is seriously a damn shame. And I was not aware that Harryhausen was still kicking around. Hmmmm.....

RIP, Mr. Winston.

[highwind]

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i learned about him in college.

innovative fella!

peace, smart guy!

[Funk]

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Gah, I loved his work in JP.

[The_Real_Crunk]

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JP is still one of my favorite movies ever. Hell, nearly ALL the movies this guy helped do the special effects for are my all time favorite movies.

[Duel]

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His effects kicked ass. But death doesn't skip the rich or famous.

RIP

[John Mora]

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I always loved Winston's use of practical effects like puppetry and make-up (often combined with CG and animation), and I hope filmmakers like Guillermo Del Toro, Peter Jackson and Jon Favreau continue to keep the practical tradition alive.

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I don't really think Favreau could give a monkey's ball about special effects outside of Iron Man.

[Magus]

Re: Stan Winston 1946 - 2008

Glad you took the bait, man. Thanks for stopping by!