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Title: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: RCMerchant on February 23, 2007, 11:33:10 AM
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The ONE MILLION YEARS BC thread got me remebering all the great movies Ray Harry hausuen did. My personal favorite is the SEVENTH VOYAGE of SINBAD,with JASON and the ARGONAUTS in second,and VALLY of GWANGI 3rd. I LOVE them all,though...they just don't make 'em like that no mo'.
                          OK: WHICH ARE YOUR TOP 3?

                     


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: JaseSF on February 23, 2007, 11:38:19 AM
I picked THE 7Th VOYAGE OF SINBAD, JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS and FIRST MEN IN THE MOON (I just love the monstrosities Harryhausen lets loose in those movies). Of course, I'm a huge fan of all of Harryhausen's work! I've reviewed IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA, EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS and 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH for Scifilm.


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: Menard on February 23, 2007, 11:38:59 AM
Oh thanks. :tongueout:

It has been so long since I have seen some of his work, I really can't make an honest choice. Now I feel that I have to watch some of his movies. I have never seen Valley of the Gwangi, but I have seen some clips and the effects look spectacular. CGI can't touch Harryhausen.


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: ulthar on February 23, 2007, 11:45:41 AM
How can you pick just three?

Anyway, I picked EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS, JASON and THE 7th VOYAGE OF SINBAD.  Really, though, it was just "okay, I'll check three."


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: Him on February 23, 2007, 11:46:57 AM
I like Earth vs the Flying Saucers and First Men in the Moon.


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: Kooshmeister on February 23, 2007, 08:20:02 PM
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad without a doubt, followed closely by Jason and the Argonauts. I just love the design of the cyclopes (cyclopses? What exactly is the plural for that?) in Sinbad, and the fight between the second one and the dragon. And in Jason, I'll never, ever get tired of the scene with Talos. The animation, the blaring brass music, it's just awesome!

Incidentally, I have a framed, autographed version of that photo with Ray and Mighty Joe Young. :)


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: RCMerchant on February 23, 2007, 08:46:04 PM
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad without a doubt, followed closely by Jason and the Argonauts. I just love the design of the cyclopes (cyclopses? What exactly is the plural for that?) in Sinbad, and the fight between the second one and the dragon. And in Jason, I'll never, ever get tired of the scene with Talos. The animation, the blaring brass music, it's just awesome!

Incidentally, I have a framed, autographed version of that photo with Ray and Mighty Joe Young. :)

wow.Thats pretty cool!
  I have a special place in my heart for EARTH vs. FLYING SAUCERS.And I get a big kick out of seeing them waste DC.
Also because I believe in ufo's (quit snickerin'!).


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: Dennis on February 23, 2007, 09:12:04 PM
I've been enthralled by Mr. Harryhausen for many years, I could have voted for all of the films but I picked Mighty Joe Young, It Came From Beneath the Sea, and The Beast From Twenty Thousand Fathoms. These are my favorite movies but my favorite scenes are from Jason and the Argonauts, the scene on the island with Talos, and the fight with the skeletons. I've got to say that I've never been disappointed by a movie that he's worked on.
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q122/DENNISDURWARDHAMMOND/jason_diorama.jpg)


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: RCMerchant on February 23, 2007, 09:32:01 PM
Dennis,I noticed you post photos of lotsa cool model kits or sculptures.Are they yours,or just pictures?Either way,they're pretty great!


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: Jim H on February 23, 2007, 09:53:04 PM
I voted for Jason and the Argonauts, 20 Million Miles to Earth and Clash of the Titans.  Probably the Seventh Voyage of Sinbad deserved a higher spot though.  Oh well.

Harryhausen came to my college for a screening of Jason and the Argonauts, which I managed to attend.  He also responded to a number of questions, and showed an animated version of The Tortoise and the Hare, which he started in the 50s and never finished (other animators did the remaining pieces recently using the original models as visual references.)

Then he signed autographs, but I didn't have his book and wasn't willing to buy it at the screening for $50, so oh well.

This was a few months ago, and I'm glad to report that he seemed physically and mentally quite healthy, especially for an 86-year old.


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: Shadow on February 23, 2007, 10:11:24 PM
I went with The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts and The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms. Ray's movies were shown a lot on TV when I was a kid, so I saw them all plenty of times by the time I was ten. Several local channels ran interviews with him or aired short documentary-type shows on his work. Thus, by the age of seven, I could tell you who Ray was, what films he had worked on, how his creatures were brought to life and even spell his name correctly. In a way, he was my first celebrity idol.


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: Dennis on February 24, 2007, 11:13:19 AM
Dennis,I noticed you post photos of lotsa cool model kits or sculptures.Are they yours,or just pictures?Either way,they're pretty great!

I've found the pictures on the internet, and as you've noticed a number are from model kits. Unfortunately I don't have the skill to hand paint the figures so they look real so they aren't mine, though I sometimes wish they were, couldn't display them here anyway, we live in a small home (720 square feet) and there's no room. The wife prefers the regular nic-nacs to models of Godzilla, Rodan etc. On the plus side though after 36 years she now likes "B" movies. :wink: :wink:


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: trekgeezer on February 24, 2007, 07:45:53 PM
I voted for three, but like everyone else I could've picked them all. Mighty Joe Young is the one I most remember watching when I was a kid.

I also remember watching Valley of Gwangi at the theater when I was a teenager. You need to see it Menard, cowboys and dinosaurs are quite a mix.  The blending of the live action with the stop motion stuff is fantastic in this  one.


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: BeyondTheGrave on February 24, 2007, 07:52:37 PM
I went with Mighty Joe Young, Jason and the Argonauts and of course Clash of the Titans.


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: raj on February 25, 2007, 04:42:49 PM
Jason, Earth vs. Flying Saucers, and Golden Voyage but really I could have chosen any half dozen.  Just got my copy of Clash of the Titans.


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: Ed, Ego and Superego on February 25, 2007, 07:39:19 PM
I have a soft spot for ol' Mighty Joe Young. 
-Ed


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: NiftyFifty on February 28, 2007, 01:53:12 PM

My favorite Harryhausen movies, I love them all but these are my favorite favorites

Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (saw this in the movies when it was first released-awesome!)
It Came From Beneath the Sea
Earth Vs the Flying Saucers
7th Voyage of Sinbad
Jason and the Argonauts
Valley of Gwangi


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: Dave M on March 03, 2007, 10:21:52 PM
Lots of good Harryhausen clips on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=harryhausen&search=Search


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: alandhopewell on November 02, 2012, 01:47:02 PM
     BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS

     SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD

     JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS

      This was tough! there's not one of these I don't like.
I almost got to meet him; he was lecturing at Case-Western Reserve University in Cleveland back in '93, and me and a friend went to see him.

     The lecture was great-he brought models, film clips, and story after story of the making of these classics. Afterward, there was a handshaking / autograph line, but just as I was two people away, his wife politely asked our leave, as Mr. Harryhausen was tired.


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: WingedSerpent on November 02, 2012, 03:43:50 PM
Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
One Million Years BC
Valley of Gwangi


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: tracy on November 03, 2012, 12:17:12 PM
I have a soft spot for ol' Mighty Joe Young. 
-Ed

Me,too.....plus I also picked Jason and the Argonaits and Valley of Gwangi. Of course,I like most anything Harryhausen did.


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: CheezeFlixz on December 01, 2012, 05:26:08 PM
Well I'm too late to vote... but One Million BC ... not even Ray Harryhausen can stop the motion of Raquel Welch.


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: Umaril Has Returned on December 11, 2012, 08:05:25 PM
For me, it's all about Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, Jason And The Argonauts and 20 Million Miles To Earth. The Ymir and the Rhedosaurus rocked!

Toho studios also allegedly admitted that the Rhedosaurus was their inspiration for a certain Asian ass-kicker named Godzilla.  That's totally cool.


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: Allhallowsday on December 11, 2012, 09:01:07 PM
MIGHTY JOE YOUNG
MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS


But I agree with everybody else; there isn't one I don't like! 


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: Pacman000 on December 12, 2012, 11:45:00 AM
I can't choose!


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: Umaril Has Returned on December 12, 2012, 04:57:30 PM
Well I'm too late to vote... but One Million BC ... not even Ray Harryhausen can stop the motion of Raquel Welch.

Well, if you think about it, I'm sure even HE didn't want to stop Raquel's motion, hehehe    I kind of like that DD animation system myself  :wink:


Title: Re: Ray Harryhausen!
Post by: Umaril Has Returned on December 12, 2012, 05:01:01 PM
MIGHTY JOE YOUNG
MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS


But I agree with everybody else; there isn't one I don't like! 

I remember being totally mesmerized by Jason And The Argonauts myself as a kid..I was around 5 or 6 when I first saw it,  and I was totally awed by Talos the bronze statue.  That motion, the creaking sounds he made, and everything else.

That and the the final scene where the priest raises the skeletons with the teeth of the hydra. A lot of work went into these movies and it definitely shows.