one of the great gods of special effects is gone

[thehefner]

Stan Winston, father of the dinosaurs in JURASSIC PARK, IRON MAN, PUMPKINHEAD, GALAXY QUEST, the Monsters in MONSTER SQUAD, and of ALIENS and PREDATOR and THE TERMINATOR... has passed on.

Never has there been a better time to play the dirge-like TERMINATOR 2 theme.

Comments

Sad... :(

[american-arcane.livejournal.com]

He was one of my favorites. He did a whole lot to make special effect "secrets" accessible to the horror fans out there. Definitely one of the legends up there with Dick Smith and Harryhausen.

[droidboy010101.livejournal.com]

*Takes mask off and stands in silence*

:(

[bimmin.livejournal.com]

Oh no.... ;_; I hadn't heard...

[demonfafa.livejournal.com]

A real fitting tribute would be getting rid of movies that are 90% CGI and letting masters of craft like Winston do their job.

[american-arcane.livejournal.com]

I can get behind that idea!

Too many take the cheap and easy way out.

[frumple.livejournal.com]

:(