R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen

[Raffine]

I've been neglectful of my Badmovies.org family of late, but I had to stop by with the sad news of Ray Harryhausen's death at age 92.


http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/05/07/ray-harryhausen-dead/

[ChaosTheory]

 

Goodby, Mr. Harryhausen.  There'll never be another like you.

[ulthar]

Very sad day, but one I knew had to be coming.

RIP Ray.  You have given far more than just enjoyable movies.

[SynapticBoomstick]

A moment please, a large portion of my world just crumbled away.

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

Damn.  I just teared up...I never do that. 
Thaks Ray, you made my movie world.

-Ed

[Andrew]

He was a huge contributor to my love of monster movies.  RIP Mr. Harryhausen, and thank you for everything.

[akiratubo]

 

The man was a HUGE part of my childhood.  Wherever he is, I hope he knows how happy he made me and so many others.

[JayJayM12]

A true classic and innovator!  R.I.P.

[tracy]

Wow....what a sad loss! He made so many of my favorite movies and his genius in stop-motion was so ground-breaking. Even my 21 year old daughter,a lover of today's CGI work,grew to really appreciate his innovations. R.I.P.,Ray.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF_Fi7x93PY

[alandhopewell]

      I got to hear him lecture, at Case Western Reserve Univeersity in Cleveland, back in '93. There was a line for autographs afterwards, and I was two people away from him when his wife asked our induklgence; he was tired, and needed to return to the hotel, to rest.

     So close....Thank you, Mr. Harryhausen.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF_Fi7x93PY

[Torgo]

R.I.P. to one of my personal heroes. A true genius that left a huge mark on filmmaking and movies in general that is still being felt to this date. There will never be another Ray Harryhausen!

[316zombie]

 i weep. ray was my hero,always. the world has lost a legend today.

[WingedSerpent]

What an incredible loss.  Ray was responsible for my favorite creature features.  If not directly, then indirectly by influencing those that made them.  Sitting just above my computer, I can see my DVD collection of his films.  I own several of his books that show that he was a man of boundless imagination.  Every interview he was in seemed to say he was a good, friendly guy as well.  Think I'll plan a movie marathon in his honor. 

[JaseSF]

R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen. His Special FX were the stars of so many truly fun, classic sci-fi and fantasy films. It's largely because Harryhausen put so much into his creations that they became the true stars of those films moreso really than any of the actors and actresses involved and became larger than life personalities on screen.  Truly a loss though, there will never be another quite like him.

[Raffine]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Dee7D1u5I