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#114693 - Sun Jan 09 2005 06:40 PM Top special effects
SHAG Offline
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Posts: 36
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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 Offline
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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 Offline
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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
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Posts: 3857
Loc: Tokyo
Gollum gollum
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#114697 - Tue Jan 11 2005 10:49 AM Re: Top special effects
joshnii Offline
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Registered: Mon Jan 06 2003
Posts: 1184
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
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Registered: Sat Feb 08 2003
Posts: 458
Loc: Japan
The Thing was class. And as said, the dialogue makes the scene. Spiderman 2 - any good?
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#114699 - Thu Jan 13 2005 04:29 PM Re: Top special effects
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Posts: 579
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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