Before CGI animation, there was Ray Harryhausen

He was the Godfather & inspiration of modern special effects. Mainstream movie business ignores Stop Motion now. There are technical advances in stop motion special effects and can be viable in independent film genre such as fantasy, horror, science fiction.
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[@MrButtonpresser]

The fighting skeleton sequence from "Jason" is iconic movie magic.

[@chonconnor6144]

Even as a kid watching cable in the early 90s those skeletons were awesome, so threatening and entertaining on screen.

[@gotanygrapes831]

Fuck yes

[@yuvgotubekidding]

The music adds to the drama. The harpies were cool too.

[@Charleston777]

Iason not Jason

[@Nacho-Mamma]

Always a fun scene. But, Ray Harryhausen did it first in “The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad”. And, I later years, both films would be the inspiration for the “Army Of The Dead” part 3 of the “Evil Dead” trilogy. His spanned over 7 decades, and his movies were cinematic magic. He wrote the Bible of stop motion animation, that is still referenced and used in cinema today.

[@DPhasely]

That is true movie art! The patience and discipline to create these models and animate them is amazing. His best work in my opinion is GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD.

[@ericrotsinger9729]

Watching the stop motion at the theater as a 10 year old was magical.

[@The_PokeSaurus]

Back when special effects were actually special! If it wasn't for Ray Harryhausen and Willis Obrian we probably wouldn't have Godzilla or Jurassic Park!

[@triassicgaming2424]

That is actually true! Godzilla was inspired by the Rhedosaurus

[@antiskeptic]

Phil Tippett...inspired by Harryhausen. Tippett is your Star Wars stop-motion guy. :)

[@tenhirankei]

Personally I wouldn't really have shed a tear, if I had had to miss seeing Jurassic Park. That's just my own opinion and should not be taken too seriously. I don't even try to take myself too seriously. It helps keep me humble and you can see for yourself from my own comments and my replies to comments of others how successful my attempts at being humble are!

[@annastasijaspellman2536]

ok boomer

[@rahmspinat]

Absolutely, it is called "uncanny valley" in aesthetics. The jerkyness throws our monkey brain off.

[@danchaneyufosuapsaliencontact]

Have loved his work since I was a child! Because of him I would make a wide variety of monsters out of clay & spend hours playing with them!

[@chino1moreno]

This is pure magic! Stop motion will never die as long as some one is amazed by it

[@vm7528]

I'm from Czech Republic, so former USSR. Lots of "western" movies, including those with Harryhausen's effects, came here after fall of USSR, in the 90s. They're my childhood and I still love them. The three Sinbad movies (Seventh Voyage, Eye of the Tiger and Golden Voyage) are my all time favourite. The music, the effects, the adventure, scary monsters, beautiful women and dashing hero. Perfect

[@Psalm-yg6yi]

*I saw "Twenty Million miles to Earth" in South Carolina at my grandparents house in Saluda, South Carolina when I was a five year old boy. I loved it* !

[@Davy.J.Y]

very sad to see him go, 1 million years bc made me a huge fan of fantasy and science,

[@johnnybravo5726]

this is amazing 24:23 this is mind blowing! the arms moving in sync looks unbelievable!

[@stevendame4404]

I wished there were more people who loved Ray Harryhousen as much as I do He lit the imaginations of millions of kids in the 50s and 60s

[@miriamgreen3973]

I was petrified of Jason and the Argonauts!! That's how good it is!

[@mayor_obrien6751]

They had an epic exhibit on his work at the Oklahoma City Science and History museum a few years back. I drove up from Dallas, TX to see lots of his drawings and a “TON” of the figures he used in his films. It was amazing!!

[@kathleen7849]

Loved them as a kid and still love them.

[@Del-Canada]

I grew up on Harryhausen's motion pictures and talkies.

[@CRuf-qw4yv]

Took a course on stop animation while in college (Masters in Ed. 1st semester....night courses as I worked my way with thru graduate studies with the GI Bill...circa 1983). Our 4 student team got an A for a film called "Pac-Roids". Instructor said I had a talent for doing special effects and wanted to mentor me but at the time I was raising a family working as a chemist at a fuel ethanol plant, so advanced academia took a back-seat.. Often think back to that Professor and what might have been.

[@CYI3ERPUNK]

i will always remember fondly the original Clash of the Titans ; some amazing stop-motion in that film ; just wonderful work

[@Chris.Davies]

Narrated by Dr. Who! Tom Baker. Awesome.

[@chuckcelemin5249]

Watching "20 Million Miles to Earth" & Ymir's plight taught me more about the meaning of literary tragedy than any English Lit class I ever took.

[@susangiudice2721]

Harryhausen - what an awesome lesson in patience

[@Adeno]

Stop motion is very alive and well in the hands of toy collectors who love seeing their toys being alive! Lots of stop motion hobbyist animators nowadays using modern day toys like Figuarts, Figma, Storm Collectibles and more!

[@vyaa58]

It took 3 weeks to set up the skeleton shots in Jason and the Argonots, You had to rely on your raw talent and creativity. No digital computers back then you had to use your brains. Ray was a Genius way ahead of time. Pure genius. 💀🤨🧠

[@mfghost7641]

I remember the Terminator stop motion scaring the absolute s**t out of me as a kid. Thanks for the nightmares Ray!

[@gkprivate433]

I remember all of these. The 20 million miles to Earth was a good one as the creature grew

[@JavoCover]

Robocop vs Robocain still is one of my favorite robot fight ever.

[@wedin1051919]

Stand in the place that you live now face north ....Requiem for a Tuesday was the best 7 seconds ever.

[@ricev7071]

I love Rays work, always have since I was a small kid. Even movies today show it's characters watching a movie with Rays monsters as a nod to the man. I would rather watch a movie with stop motion than a movie rife with blatant CGI.

[@josephs2137]

Ray Harryhausen was a fan of the metric system! Who'd have thought?

[@JarharaJaiArik]

in the "the dark crystal"-series they make kind of a meta-joke by referring to puppet performance as an ancient form of great art and i think the same is true for stop-motion. puppet and stop-motion movies may have something uncanny about them sometimes but they also have soul and tangibility unlike anything else i feel like both styles deserve much more credit then they often get.

[@rickriffel6246]

Willis O'Brien inspired him. He was a contemporary of George Pal, Jim Danforth and Wah Chang. He inspired Dennis Muren, David Allen, Thomas St. Amand, Phil Tippett, Will Vinton, Jan Svankmajer, The Brothers Quay, and Mike Jittlov.

[@jonathanjollimore7156]

Stop motion is pain staking art but it can make for some amazing animation that CGI just can't replicate

[@beverlyjordan8957]

To this day I love mysterious island.

[@lamecasuelas2]

If you talk about monsters and movie creatures you always gotta have Joe Dante

[@riffbw]

What's funny is even in 2021, CGI works best with a physical model on set that can be enhanced with technology. There are only a handful of moviemakers since Harryhausen that have even come close to understanding how to direct a lifeless entity in to being a real monster on screen. And no one will ever top the genius that was directing and animating 7 skeletons vs 3 men and getting every movement detail perfect. Every single Harryhausen creature was alive in its own way and that only comes from the man behind the scenes. There are plenty of more realistic looking creatures, but none have ever captured the realism in their motion that Harryhausen did with his more primitive technology.

[@Ndlanding]

Certainly one of the best things I've seen this year. When I was wee, I went to see Jason and the Argonauts, and the skelingtons arising from the ground are with me to this day, so to speak. We all knew it was a bit jerky, but we also knew we were watching a movie, so it was just a simulation within a simulation and required little acceptanece. CGI is fine, I suppose, but I can't accept it so easily. Spot effects are usually fine, but when the film is just one long indulgence in CGI, I'm afraid I quickly switch off. The "Uncanny Valley" just puts me off, and leaves me pointing at the screen, especially on TV.

[@cookieskoon2028]

The way they said CGI was delivered with the same venom as Gandalf might speak the name of Sauron.

[@jerk1921]

I saw the skeleton scene when I was a kid, also, around 1987 and it blew my head off as well.

[@oeliku3033]

I find it intriguing how he is using metric units

[@erik-victory]

I loved this!

[@igorlopes4985]

A GENIUS !!!

[@JonesCrimson]

The Thing (1982): "Am I A Joke To You?"

[@c.d.rstudios4691]

The thing only had about 3 seconds of stopmotion when the tentacle reaches through a hole and grabs a jerry can

[@walkonthewildside6597]

Guy was badass...straight up

[@bigmamajama2829]

Why did this technique look so much more terrifying, I think it's the uncanny valley look of most of todays special effects that make things look fake.

[@mightyoss]

I’m worried about Ray

[@georgealexander141]

Not a fan of CGI. I’ve noticed that scenes are usually darker because the imperfections of CGI have to be hidden. and most important you lose the wonder of how these practical special effects were created instead of saying: “Oh yeah, that was done on a computer”.

[@rajb5595]

The King of patience

[@christopherdunbar394]

legend motion pictures

[@honeysucklecat]

It wasn’t that his stuff looked real, but that it looked awesome. Beautiful art. Better than real.

[@riffbw]

It didn't look real, but it moved and behaved like it was real. It's something modern CGI rarely does exceptionally well and Harryhausen did it perfectly.

[@marsoelflaco5722]

It was "realistic", and that's all that we needed.✌🏽

[@sidgar1]

It looked surreal, almost otherworldly. Its style truly lent itself to the fantastical creatures it was animating.

[@burlhorse61]

it looked amazing-but wont call it realistic

[@renz1013]

reminds me of old video games. the graphics are limited to their time but the game play is amazing

[@EgoCityGamingUK]

I’m 38 and I still vividly remember nightmares I had as a kid about those skeletons. I absolutely love stop motion.

[@_adheeb.]

😀

[@brushstroke3733]

If you enjoy homemade stop motion, I'd appreciate a view on one of my He-Man and Skeletor videos! (Scold Friends, Blue Friends and The Secret of the Machine have the best examples of my stop motion work!)

[@vyaa58]

Those skeletons were/ amazing exceptionally well executed What a genius 😁👏

[@dougdoesall]

I think the stop motion jerkiness makes the monster more scary. It's an unnatural surreal visual that conveys something other worldly. The "fake" to me was an element that haunting mysterious creatures from another place unknown to mankind possessed. A magical element.

[@MarkRuslinzski]

I agree

[@manicpixiefangirl4189]

That shot of the Terminator right behind Sarah and Kyle as they close the door is the creepiest part of all the movies and it’s entirely because of the stop motion. Still gives me the willies.

[@cmbaz1140]

Yeah...and its fcking cool

[@PrinceJes]

Not really lol

[@evo5dave]

Yeah I agree. The suspension of disbelief was part of the fun and excitement. Same with shows like Star Trek. No impressive effects means that your imagination has to wake up and you become more engrossed.

[@davidanderson1639]

I had the honour of meeting Ray Harryhausen back in 2002, when he received an honorary doctorate the same year I graduated from art college where I’d been studying theatre & film design. It was probably one of the most incredible moments of my life. Once I’d got my nerves under control, I told him that his work had had a huge impact upon myself & countless others on the course. A few years later in 2005, after I’d moved to London, I got to meet another of my idols...the imposing & utterly awesome Sir Christopher Lee (he was making an appearance to promote one of his heavy metal albums). He signed my copy of The Wicker Man & was more than happy to talk about that & his roles with Hammer Films.

[@tomfitzpatrick7335]

Wow, you must have been so blessed to meet 2 of your idols in your lifetime, so blessed!

[@ZNA_Productions]

Harryhausen? It's impossible to get a reservation there!

[@Ranstone]

I have a suspicion that was actually a nod to his legacy. However, he's no match for googley bear.

[@CaptainMcTubeSnoot]

"Not for Googly Bear"

[@aurora8749]

I thought the name reminded me of Mike wazoski

[@tenhirankei]

What do they serve at Harry (or is it Hairy) Hausen? I can tell you why it's impossible to get a reservation there. It closed a very long time ago. Wasn't Harry Hausen a German restaurant in the Flintstones cartoon series? I think the name of the place translates from German to English to mean "Harry's Houses" as in a restaurant franchise or it was "House of Hairy Men" in reference to the usual grooming habits (or lack thereof) of the male customers.

[@arodtheanxious780]

@@CaptainMcTubeSnoot Mike Wazowski: I will see you at quitting time and not a minute later.

[@Composer_DanielPerez]

You know what's incredible is that according to the video he animated that skeleton after 20 years and look at how believable and smooth it turned out at the end! Harryhausen was a master at his craft. May he rest in peace.

[@daveroche6522]

Ray and Derek Meddings (yes, Thunderbirds etc.) - both so creative and imaginative - we're lucky they never took a job in the civil service!

[@RicardoGarcia-xz1rz]

Don't look smooth at all. That's why the stop motion was replaced by well done CGI. And I'm not talking about the atrocious CGI of Marvel these days.

[@groundbreaker91]

@@RicardoGarcia-xz1rz Don't be so pedantic. CGI can only take effects so far. Using practical effects like stop-motion may be janky, but it is still more believable than copying and pasting a non-existent entity onto a greenscreen.

[@red_Sun24]

@@groundbreaker91 i guarantee you you have seen cgi multiple times without realising it in movies and advertisements. you only notice it when it's bad. if you put it next to stop motion 100% of people would agree the stop motion looks far less believable

[@groundbreaker91]

@@red_Sun24 Believability =/= Quality. I know that goes a bit away from my point, and I will grant you that most modern uses of CGI are pretty indistinguishable from real life, but it seems that directors who go out of their way to use stop motion, and use it well, tend to garner success, monetary and otherwise, on a fairly regular basis.

[@sidgar1]

That scene with Medusa in Clash of the Titans haunted me as a child! One of the creepiest and dread-filled sequences in film to this day. There's something magical about stop-motion that cannot be duplicated by CGI technology.

[@DylansPen]

Yes the jerky quality of stop-motion adds to the creepy scariness of the thing.

[@karonte16]

yes, and the remake was awful!!

[@immanismjr5606]

It could be duplicated though…

[@edwinreid8355]

Didn't give me nightmares but the horned devil beast ( who was originally human but cursed like the Beast in & Beauty & The Beast ) looked terrifying aswell.

[@20th_century_Ghost]

Agreed. Those Harryhousen films are indeed Magical and are still better than the majority of what Hollywood produces nowadays.

[@0PsychosisMedia0]

Holy crap..the narrator is also a legend..Tom Baker (Dr. Who) who also stared in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. I met Mr. Harryhausen at a convention. Got to sit down at the lobby and chat with him for a little bit. Nicest man you would ever meet. He signed some stuff for me also. Such a great memory.

[@nklin6]

tom baker will always be my favourite dr who!

[@wagonsworld9592]

@@nklin6 He is my fav Dr Who too.

[@lisaellis2593]

Wow! Wow! just. WOW!

[@limerent72]

The narrator's delivery reminded me of the narrator on 1001 Ways to Die.

[@0PsychosisMedia0]

@@Midwinter2 At that lobby chit chat i told him he gave me some great childhood memories watching them and that they will always be something i cherish, and thanked him. He look at me in the face and said that is one of the nicest things that has ever been said to him and we shook hands..yeah what a great memory.

[@jessesands4099]

The man was an absolute genius!🤗👌👍

[@im3phirebird81]

One of a kind ^^

[@SageofSorrow]

2:09 I forgot how the first Terminator was bordering on being a damn horror movie lol

[@soulrebel6309]

That's why I liked the 1st one the best

[@Nikki_the_G]

It absolutely WAS. I remember when it came out, watching it was exactly like watching a really, really good horror film and the Terminator was the ultimate monster, it was the best, to me.

[@evanlindsey1100]

It's a slasher movie with science fiction trappings.

[@ludicerX]

It _is_ a horror movie. The sci-fi aspect in T1 is pretty much inconsequential. The Terminator could have been a magical invincible demon from another dimension instead and it would have been exactly the same film. Even in T2, where the horror element is blunted because the good guys have their own killer robot, and it's more of a straight actioner, the shapeshifting T-1000 is a rather terrifying villain who wouldn't be out of place in horror.

[@SiefausOsna]

Its not a horror movie. Maybe for beta males but gigachads only see an action robot.

[@5809AUJG]

I dearly loved Mr Harryhausen's great films as a kid. At the age of 70 now, I still do. His like will never come again. ❤

[@GlennDavey]

I'm very glad my first movie-going experience was 1987's "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids", because watching stop-motion ants and scorpions fighting tiny humans next to giant Lego blocks on the big screen was like seeing magic for the first time. Inspired me to make my own stop-motion Lego movies as a teenager.

[@Ndlanding]

I never saw that movie because I hated the title!

[@WildTrek]

@@Ndlanding the first one is a classic. The rest are mostly trash. I’d definitely give it a watch though.

[@bidenadministrationischina5091]

Yeah that was epic

[@Ndlanding]

@@WildTrek I'm looking for it!

[@Tom-qp6oh]

1989

[@Phantasia_Workshop]

Thank you, KZbin algorithm, for suggesting this to us 8 years later! : )

[@AltimaNEO]

Same here! Pretty neat video though!

[@Skull19O1]

So there not supposed to recommend old videos?

[@dickolas3018]

Sameee lmao

[@julijakeit]

me too!

[@2a2777f2g]

It says 7, are you from the future or is it that Russia is 1 year apart of the rest of the word? 😂

[@digidrum2003]

Watching any of the Harryhausen movies as a kid took me to another place that was magical.....kids today will never understand what seeing these creatures back in the days did to us and our imaginations!!!

[@QuackersAhoy]

Back in the day when special effects really were 'special'. As an impressionable little kid, I was mesmerised by Harryhausen's effects and even now, nigh on 4 decades later, I'm still thrilled watching these old movies.

[@bucharestbiketraffic]

The narrators voice is the narrator from the PC game, Hostile Waters. Fascinating.

[@frankdrws]

and little britain

[@Lazerspike]

It's Tom Baker, the 4th doctor.

[@mantequillaop8262]

Hai salut :)))

[@moy_moy85]

And Trap Door "BURT! FEED ME!!!"

[@Skraboing649]

@@moy_moy85 No, that was Willie Rushton.

[@noelquinones58]

He will forever live in our minds and our hearts, long live Jason and the Argonauts!!!!!!

[@JohnDonovanProductions]

And a few others 😉

[@robertmartinez1645]

All of them!!!!!

[@danacoleman4007]

not if TMBG have anything to say about it! lol

[@BRG1807]

I Have to admit the hero kind of story clash of the titans was better for that

[@MILLTICKET7]

Rip Ray I grew up watching and loving your stop motion :)

[@drlovesmobilerecording8367]

Yeah Ray informed my childhood! What he was producing was miles ahead of anyone else at the time! Truly inspirational to me as a young boy and young man!

[@natk8541]

I had the absolute privilege of sitting in on a lecture given by Mr. Harryhausen a few years ago in Vancouver. A truly amazing man. I could hype up how interesting his insight and commentaries were, but I think I'll share a rather weird detail instead: The man had the hands of a titan. Absolutely enormous. That always stuck with me, because you might think such beefy mittens might make it harder to produce such finely detailed and lifelike animation. Obviously this was not the case.

[@casiopistachio1107]

Never spent much time with my father but we always used to enjoy watching Jason and the Argonauts together, my father is an old fashioned sort of guy and we both had an appreciation for the artform, Thanks Ray

[@johnmitchelljr]

I saw 7th Voyage of Sinbad as a kid when it came out, we were sure lucky to have a movie maker like him. Let's not forget the great music he had in a lot of his movies. Thanks for sharing.

[@marcelmischeaux7256]

Bernard HERMANN - Icon (from 976-CREOLEMAN)!

[@BRG1807]

I watched recently with my family when I was 13 I didn't expect much but when I saw the cyclops it was just awesome

[@giovanna8187]

@@Midwinter2 In 1960 I was a 14 year old girl in love with Sinbad lead Kerwin Mathews,as well as all the fabulous monsters, so it was a full banquet feast for me:))

[@fivefiveniner1537]

In my youth there was Saturday morning cartoons and there were Saturday afternoon Sinbad or Jason And The Argonauts sometimes Kong vs Godzilla programming. Loved his genius thank you bud! 💯

[@lisaellis2593]

Same!

[@Massivehero1]

It’s my family tradition to sit and watch Jason and the Argonauts every Easter. No religious connection, just always happened to be on tv and we just carried it on! Great film though!

[@sTIGERTIGER]

Ray Harryhausen the god of special effects

[@tomfitzpatrick7335]

He put the "special" in special effects alongside his mentor Willis O'Brien

[@squiremuldoon5462]

James Cameron made The Abyss yet stop motion animation was one of the most grueling experiences of his life.

[@brownsamurai3070]

Being married to Gale Anne Hurd was also one of the most grueling experiences of his life.

[@moderatemexicanamericanpat4904]

@@brownsamurai3070 haaaa!!!

[@squiremuldoon5462]

@@brownsamurai3070 oh my god even i have nightmares of what it must have been like to piss her off and ive never even met her.

[@davidroddick91]

I remember I was just a young boy when my father was watching Jason and the Argonauts on TV. When I saw that statue turn his head, that creeped me out for years. I still got a chill when I saw it here. Thank God for Ray Harryhausen. Without him, even today's films would be much less interesting.

[@Ndlanding]

Today's films *are* much less interesting. Well, often.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

I didn't realise until I saw the credits at the end that that was the voice of Tom Baker, the 4th Doctor Who, who was narrating. And it's fitting, because he played Koura in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (that's him at 24:25 in this), and it was this role that brought him to the attention of the Doctor Who showrunners and got him the part. Harryhausen was simply the greatest special effects maestro of all time. His influence was phenomenal. At the time he retired after Clash of the Titans in 1981, the Star Wars trilogy was in full swing, and stop motion played a massive part in those films- the Dejarik board from A New Hope, the Tauntauns, the space slug and the AT-AT's from Empire Strikes Back, the Rancor from Return of the Jedi, and I think they used a lot of it in the space battles of all three as well. I've seen a lot of the latest CG-heavy effects-based blockbusters from the last few years- the MCU films, the new Star Wars trilogy, the Monsterverse, but the stop motion marvels of Harryhausen still amaze me to this day. Medusa may be his greatest work, but I still have to cite the duel against Kali as my favourite.

[@omeninodocachecol]

Oh, my i thought that was just me lol

[@christianb4256]

R.I.P. Ray F. Harryhausen 1920 - 2013. We will*NEVER* forget you ray, You have been such an incredible inspiration to us all, And you *ALWAYS* and forever will be a stop motion animation legend to us. For everything and all the spectacular films you and your dear friend Charles H. Schneer and most especially your life long idol Willis H. O'Brien have made in the past century, You 3 have such *INCREDIBLE INSPIRING MIND-BOGGLING and UNBELIEVABLE* talent! And that is what makes you all so very special to the world of cinema. And in conclusion, God bless you Ray, Thank you for all of the spectacular work you have done and created for us all, And we'll see you in heaven. 😇😇😇😇😇 3/11/2020.

[@unrewritable]

This is painstaking work. I salute you Ray Harryhausen!

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Ray's patience and love and dedication to his outstanding craft and talent brought us TRUE movie magic and really made us dream. You could basically taste the periods in which his movies were playing. And I will forever respect this man and his works. Watching his films as a kid and then later re-watching them as an adult is an everlasting experience that just always amazes you and leaves you speechless. Mister Harryhausen, you will be sorely missed. It has been a true honor to have you among us.

[@jamespurcer3730]

Harryhausen's animation was so friking awesome at the time his work was produced! As a child, and as a teen watching his art in the movies, I was taken away to a realm where the incredible became real and alive. I will be eternally thankful for his contributions to the art.

[@gwydionml6479]

Stop motion isn’t dead. Kobe and the Two Strings was 100% stop motion, was also amazing, and came out in 2016

[@adrianlee3497]

The Jawa playing EVH's Eruption as well. Painstakingly done to get the fingering right.

[@whatwouldhousedo5136]

Nick Park who did Wallace and Gromit and many other amazing stop-motion films does incredible work.

[@Digibetus79]

Kubo and the two strings is a wonderful example of modern stop motion

[@Paraclef]

channel Animist counter656

[@moderatemexicanamericanpat4904]

@Randall Johnson yea but that show is retarded

[@insertname1841]

I still think stop motion can be used today, especially to instill horror from the alien-like motion. It was effective in The Terminator and the cartoon series Courage the Cowardly Dog Show.

[@Numischannel]

My 10 y.o. daughter saw "Jason and the Argonauts" 3 years ago when she was 7, and she couldn't sleep for 2 nights; I saw it for the first time decades ago when I was 10 or 11 and could never forget it

[@riffbw]

The colossus still gets me. That was nightmare fuel for me as a kid and it's just as real today as it was back then.

[@Numischannel]

@@riffbw My daughter Emma said almost exactly the same

[@Numischannel]

@@riffbw And yet in my case what I best remember from my childhood is the fight with the skeletons. But Talos is scary indeed.

[@davidbrims5825]

@@Numischannel And the Bernard Herrmann music when Talos came alive.

[@BRG1807]

I wasn't like that probably because I just recently watched did when I was 13 but damn it was cool seeing it's head turn around my hear was filled with fear but mainly excitement it was just amazing how it towered over all and it's weird movements were awesome

[@Blacknicksculpture]

I enjoyed seeing that. Especially Ray animating the skeleton!

[@papawshane]

His work was amazing! Everything seemed so lifelike, so fluid and realistic. The characters moved and reacted, just the way you would imagine. I was always amazed.

[@jafmoveez2446]

He was the master & a lot of people don't even know who he is.

[@sclogse1]

Tom Hanks does.

[@JohnDonovanProductions]

Isn’t that how it is though…

[@redpillnibbler4423]

Ray Harryhausen - genius at work. I still think the skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts were easily as effective as the Terminator robot sequence at the end of that movie.Brilliant.

[@redpillnibbler4423]

@Roots Lifted I’m 54 and it’s still one of my favourite films,the skeletons coming out of the ground is legendary,the whole film is magic.

[@MrMortull]

As much as I love The Terminator as a whole, I'd actually say that the "skeletal" Terminator at the climax is probably one of the weakest parts of the film. Definitely, Jason and the Argonauts' skeletons are more smoothly animated, involving and scarier on their own. I won't say "more believable" because they just aren't that, but as a mythological movie that isn't the point. I "believe" the Terminator more readily, but am more invested in Argonauts' skeletons.

[@redpillnibbler4423]

@@MrMortull Good point that - scary and effective doesn’t have to equate to realistic.Movies are an art form and limited only by imagination.

[@MisterGoblin65]

A truly amazing talent

[@DevilFish69]

What was your favorite Harryhausen monster?

[@frankb3347]

This is so much more magical then most CGI these days.

[@nebularain3338]

Found the boomer comment.

[@frankb3347]

I'm actually from right at the younger Gen X/older Millennial transition but thanks. :)

[@hunterericson6782]

Found the idiot repeating internet lingo cause they think it’s cool I guess ???

[@MisterUnknown707]

@@nebularain3338 Fuck You, asshole.

[@canesvenatici9588]

@@nebularain3338 Go back to tiktok, zoomer. Don't forget to bring your tide pods for snack.

[@Khultan]

Back in 1997 when it was revealed that director George Lucas announced he was working on what he called the prequels, I was collecting this magazine called Wizards and this particular issue was keeping updates on casting and bits of description on story details and one of those was about 'shape shifting battle Droids', I thought of the creepiness of the warrior skeletons.

[@chonconnor6144]

Too bad the Prequels ended up being hot garbage, computer effects ruined it ironically.

[@bickyboo7789]

@@chonconnor6144 I disagree, the CGI is actually quite impressive imo.

[@darthjoel6357]

I grew up watching these movies on Tv and Theater. I miss those days. Ty Harry! Ty for all you did.

[@SuperDaddytv]

hail to the king Ray will live forever

[@tomfitzpatrick7335]

What a man

[@bongiblox4593]

stop motion is not over yet many people are making stop motions on KZbin

[@herohiroguy]

Sure are, myself included! Will always look to Ray Harryhausen for inspiration! 😊

[@Jedindy]

Same here! Brickfilms

[@michaelspilman5220]

long may they continue. From Michael from Yorkshire and proud of it.

[@BoleDaPole]

Its a unique way to make films that will never truly die out.

[@yuriyu123]

my father told me a few times how those movies back then were like nothing else. they didn't know what cg was, so for them stop motion felt very real. i think that maybe my grandchildren will witness something even more realistic in the future, and talk about how cg and stop motion are "not real enough". times change.

[@joeneighbor]

RIP Mr. Harryhausen for brining childhood fantasy movies like "Jason and the Argonauts" alive. Also RIP Forrest J Ackerman (who I had the pleasure of meeting in the 80's). Incidentally Peter Jackson has most of Forrest J Ackerman's collection now of days.

[@davidschmidt9339]

I loved these movies growing up. I still watch 7th Voyage and Jason every once in a while

[@paulburns1333]

Me too.

[@Deepthoughtsabound]

There is a person on KZbin who speeds up his work to 60fps, and I would take stop motion and practical effects over CGI any day.

[@phillipchambers6055]

I hear Tom Bakers voice in the narration? Great!

[@dragon-tamer7956]

Who else thinks General Grievous is just a cheap copy of Shiva? XD

[@sclogse1]

Why say cheap? It's a nod to Ray, and superbly done.

[@networknomad5600]

Man, what painstakingly detailed work.

[@j.s.connolly8579]

When I was a Senior in High School in 1983, My friend Doug and I did a FIVE MINUTE Short film "Return to Hoth" in my back yard. We started over Winter/Christmas Vacation and ENDED JUST Before we Graduated! But we DID Get an 'A' on our project for Film Class! We even added Sound and "Blaster Bolts"! It still exists SOMEWHERE in our High School's Film class Archives! So for a FIVE MINUTE Piece of short film... it took us almost SIX MONTHS of hard work! But DAMN it was SO COOL! And the "REBELS" Won this time! :D

[@Jedindy]

Sounds awesome!!!

[@QwantomLeaper]

"we dismembered this crab and crammed in a mechanism" Ice Cold

[@sophiaperennis2360]

This kills the crab

[@Matthew-ut6ed]

@@sophiaperennis2360 Seeing as how he bought it from Harrods the crab was already dead...

[@moderatemexicanamericanpat4904]

@@sophiaperennis2360 and ?

[@mojebi3804]

@@moderatemexicanamericanpat4904 It's an old meme/joke referencing some weird instructions floating around the net on how to cook a crab with pictures. In said instructions they started from having a live crab in your poessession. The first or second picture was cutting the head of the crab with scissors and it simply said "this kills the crab." It was kinda like "well no shit that would kill the crab." Phew glad I explained that 2 months later.

[@ivancorredera4241]

33:54 “I think we’ve pretty much seen the last of stop-motion.” Laika-not with that attitude!

[@Nikki_the_G]

Isle of Dogs would like a word! That movie was magical to watch. There is just something about stop motion that will always be great. All the great Tim Burton films.....