Jason and the Argonauts

[Ck]

It's my favourite film EVER!

Made in 1963 it was way ahead of it's time. The special effects wouldn't look out of place in a modern movie.

It's usually on over Chrimbo, anyone know when exactly?

[SFB]

I think that's why my firstborn was named Jason, he arrived in Dec 64 and was the first of many to follow around that period, Ringo Starr's boy arrived later.

[Alpha]

is that the one with the skeletons that come back to life?

[Earl]

That's the one Alphy, and the bronze statue of Achilles.

[Ck]

My favourite bit is when the old blind man who had to eat scraps turns the tables and he gets to eat like a king.

[Earl]

Oh yeah, the Harpies.

[Ernest Rants]

My favourite bit is when the old blind man who had to eat scraps turns the tables and he gets to eat like a king.

That would be Dr Who (Patrick Troughton)

[Donachiel]

With some fantastic special effects from Ray Harryhausen.

I think the effects he produced are still better than some of the amazing, glossy computer graphics produced today. And I'm a firm believer in the art of CGI. However, it is an art. Too often I think people believe that a special effect is just a trick. But it has to be lovingly crafted by a skilled artist. And Ray Harryhausen breathed life and charater into everyone of his creations. Everyone of the skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts seems to have it's own personallity and agenda. Whereas the droids in Star Wars Episode 1 (and I am a Star Wars fan) look a little too special effecty for my liking. A characteristic George Lucas fixes in later in Episode 3 when the droids seem a little more 'quirky' and imaginative.

Special effects are small pieces of art, and Ray Harryhausen is a trully exceptional artist, a shame he no longer works in special effects. Not that he'd get much done at the age of 87...

[Zombie Mastermind]

Awesome film, I hope it's on over Crimbo.



g.

[Alpha]

guess what, it's on next monday at 3pm on the Sci-Fi channel.