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Stan Winston (SFX guru) has died

rehan (Elite) posted this on Monday, 16th June 2008, 18:56

AICN is reporting his death.

He is the Oscar winning artist that created -
Terminator
Predator
Alien Queen in Aliens
The Dinosaurs in the Jurassic Park films.

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marksparks999 (Elite) posted this on Monday, 16th June 2008, 19:40

a great artist... RIP



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cassius76 (Elite) posted this on Monday, 16th June 2008, 19:51

WHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ! (:¦

No way!

A tragic loss. He made the movies for me. Aliens, Predators, Terminators..Heartbeeps.... and on and on.. I can`t really believe it... You`d think this guy would last forever... He really was a celebrity in his own right. If it had Stans name on it, you KNEW it would be great.


I really am shocked and saddened by this...

My DVD collection


(:¦

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Pete-MK (Elite Donator) posted this on Monday, 16th June 2008, 20:03

Very very sad. Didn`t he also get an oscar for the American Werewolf in London transformation scene?

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Ben Franklin (Reviewer) posted this on Monday, 16th June 2008, 20:04

Legend. RIP.




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RE: Stan Winston (SFX guru) has died

cassius76 (Elite) posted this on Monday, 16th June 2008, 20:06

Quote:
Very very sad. Didn`t he also get an oscar for the American Werewolf in London transformation scene?



That was Rick Baker.

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RE: Stan Winston (SFX guru) has died

Pete-MK (Elite Donator) posted this on Monday, 16th June 2008, 20:19

Oops. Still, a legend has passed

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RE: Stan Winston (SFX guru) has died

Ivan Dobsky (Elite) posted this on Monday, 16th June 2008, 21:52

As Cassius said - if you saw his name you knew it would be good.

A sad loss for filmmaking, especially as recently I have read more and more comment in the press about the importance of `old-fashioned` effects and how CGI shouldn`t take over completely - including comments from directors about wanting to maintain some sense of realism. His work truly embodied that idea.

RE: Stan Winston (SFX guru) has died

floyd_dylan (Elite) posted this on Monday, 16th June 2008, 22:10

He did a great cult horror movie called Pumpkinhead.


R.I,P,
Stan Winston
1946 - 2008

floyd

RE: Stan Winston (SFX guru) has died

Mark Oates (Reviewer) posted this on Monday, 16th June 2008, 23:41

Stan Winston was one of the pantheon of special effects greats - up there with Willis O`Brien, Ray Harryhausen, Derek Meddings, John Stears, Douglas Trumbull (I could nerd on for hours...)

RIP.

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