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spiritoradio
Heart of Metal
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Age : 41
|  Subject: RIP Stan Winston  Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:30 pm | |
| I can't believe this one slipped by me. One of the greatest special effects creators/monster makers ever to live and work in the movies Stan Winston died on June 15th at the age of 62 from cancer. He created the famous alien for the Alien series, he did the special fx for the Terminator movies and won an Oscar for T2; Judgement Day among many others.
I've been a huge fan of his since I started watching movies and will, along with a lot of others miss the magic touch that he put on rather unbelievable movies.
R.I.P. Stan Winston you will be missed
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kmorg
Metal is my Life
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Age : 49
| | Subject: Re: RIP Stan Winston Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:35 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: RIP Stan Winston Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:50 pm | |
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XYZ
Card-carrying Van Halen Freak
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| | Subject: Re: RIP Stan Winston Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:54 pm | |
| Wow, I forgot he worked on Jurassic Park. He is a legend. Rest in peace. | |
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Fat Freddy
Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37955
Age : 54
| | Subject: Re: RIP Stan Winston Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:40 pm | |
| Wow! This is a shock. He designed creatures for some of my favorite films (Aliens, Predator, etc.) -- R.I.P.
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tohostudios
King Of Kaiju
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Age : 64
| | Subject: Re: RIP Stan Winston Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:41 pm | |
| I saw this. One of my favorite FX guys.
And no one's mentioned Pumpkinhead yet???
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Fat Freddy
Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37955
Age : 54
| | Subject: Re: RIP Stan Winston Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:17 pm | |
| - tohostudios wrote:
And no one's mentioned Pumpkinhead yet??? I thought of it but didn't know if anyone would remember Pumpkinhead. It was Stan's directorial debut, I understand that he was pretty bitter about it going direct-to-video.
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kmorg
Metal is my Life
Number of posts : 13862
Age : 49
| | Subject: Re: RIP Stan Winston Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:30 pm | |
| Wasn't he involved with Hellraiser too? _________________ | |
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Troublezone
Road Warrior
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Age : 48
| | Subject: Re: RIP Stan Winston Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:05 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: RIP Stan Winston Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:12 pm | |
| I remember watching Jurassic Park for the first time I was just...Can't explain it...It was awesome. Still today this movie didn't really grow. |
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Troublezone
Road Warrior
Number of posts : 17180
Age : 48
| | Subject: Re: RIP Stan Winston Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:16 pm | |
| At first glance i thought it was Stan Lee creator of Marvel comics. | |
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Shiney
Scarred But Smarter
Number of posts : 3487
Age : 53
| | Subject: Re: RIP Stan Winston Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:58 pm | |
| The first PUMPKINHEAD was killer...
a true loss....
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tohostudios
King Of Kaiju
Number of posts : 30892
Age : 64
| | Subject: Re: RIP Stan Winston Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:38 pm | |
| - Shiney wrote:
- The first PUMPKINHEAD was killer...
a true loss.... Yep! One of my favorite monster movies. It has a plot, character development and a really cool looking monster!
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Required Fields
Metal is my Life
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Age : 39
| | Subject: Re: RIP Stan Winston Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:41 pm | |
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metalinmyveins
Metal is in my blood
Number of posts : 3325
Age : 53
| | Subject: Re: RIP Stan Winston Sat Jun 21, 2008 12:19 am | |
| Wow....I haven't been on the computer much this week, which is where I get much of my info. Predator is easily my favorite action/sci-fi movie of all time. My brother and I used to know almost every line of this movie. When we share a beer at the bar, it's fair to say a line from that movie will come out of one of our mouths, and then more lines ensue. Aliens is probably my 2nd favorite of the same type of genre. The guy was truly an expert at his craft.
I don't know how many special effects/makeup artists are as well known? I will tell you this, the only other person I know that blew me away was Tom Savini of Friday the 13th fame.
R.I.P. Stan Winston, you will be missed!!! | |
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DallasBlack
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| | Subject: Re: RIP Stan Winston Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:04 am | |
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Leatherface
Metal is my Life
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| | Subject: Re: RIP Stan Winston Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:47 am | |
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Fat Freddy
Metal, Movies, Beer
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Age : 54
| | Subject: Re: RIP Stan Winston Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:22 am | |
| A pretty cool countdown here of Stan's 10 Greatest Creations:
http://www.tomsgames.com/us/2008/06/23/stanwinston_tribute/
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spiritoradio
Heart of Metal
Number of posts : 1510
Age : 41
| | Subject: Re: RIP Stan Winston Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:50 pm | |
| - Fat Freddy wrote:
- A pretty cool countdown here of Stan's 10 Greatest Creations:
http://www.tomsgames.com/us/2008/06/23/stanwinston_tribute/ The man certainly had a gift. Movies will never be the same. | |
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