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#114693 - Sun Jan 09 2005 06:40 PM Top special effects
SHAG SJ'er with 25+ posts Registered: Sat Sep 04 2004 Posts: 36 Loc: Shinjuku	See the Star Wars fanboys out in force again. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4158961.stm My vote goes to Harry and his skelingtons. $\:D$ Top 10 Special Effects: 1 Star Wars - opening (1977) 2 King Kong - climax (1933) 3 The Thing - spider head (1982) 4 Jason and the Argonauts - the skeletons (1963) 5 Terminator 2: Judgment Day - the T-1000 (1991) 6 Forbidden Planet - Krell machinery (1956) 7 The Lord of the Rings trilogy - Gollum (2001-2003) 8 The Matrix - bullet-time (1999) 9 Alien - bursting chest (1979) 10 Spider-Man 2 - train fight (2004)
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#114694 - Sun Jan 09 2005 08:35 PM Re: Top special effects
DokiDokiWakuWaku SJ'er with 50+ posts Registered: Tue Dec 21 2004 Posts: 51 Loc: Tadaba	Harry Harryhausenhausenen or whatever he was called was a genius. Loved those flicks.
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#114695 - Mon Jan 10 2005 06:56 AM Re: Top special effects
Worm SJ'er with 75+ posts Registered: Fri Feb 20 2004 Posts: 92 Loc: Chiba	The Thing spider head - and accompanying dialogue $\:\)$
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#114696 - Mon Jan 10 2005 03:49 PM Re: Top special effects
big-will SJ'er with 4000+ posts Registered: Sun Dec 02 2001 Posts: 4229 Loc: Tokyo	Gollum gollum _________________________ ============================== big-will - he's big, ladies ==============================
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#114697 - Tue Jan 11 2005 10:49 AM Re: Top special effects
joshnii SJ'er with 1000+ posts Registered: Mon Jan 06 2003 Posts: 1232 Loc: Niigata	They should be in categies. How can you compare gollum with the skeletons with the chestburster?
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#114698 - Wed Jan 12 2005 06:02 AM Re: Top special effects
Roger's head SJ'er with 400+ posts Registered: Sat Feb 08 2003 Posts: 463 Loc: Japan	The Thing was class. And as said, the dialogue makes the scene. Spiderman 2 - any good? _________________________ I'm not really an alien.
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#114699 - Thu Jan 13 2005 04:29 PM Re: Top special effects
nagoid SJ'er with 500+ posts Registered: Mon Feb 04 2002 Posts: 600 Loc: Nagano-ken	I find lots of modern CGI very cold and uninteresting. Old style effects like Harry did were the best.
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