As I don't find fitting words right now, here's a lovely tribute:
#3
Hailey Knight
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I loved his work. I worshiped him when I was a kid. I'd watch his movies over and over. I watched his biographies. He got his start working with Willis O'Brien, who did the effects to the original King Kong. When I was a kid, I wanted to be next, not realizing how CGI and animatronics had taken over and that no one really did stop-motion anymore. He was one of my childhood heroes.
#4
klew
Back in 2006, he visited my local fancy theater to present a restored print of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, then hung around after for a Q&A, and to sign stuff. I got my DVD cover autographed.
#5
North_Ranger
There are a handful of people in every generation who truly shape the minds of the next generation, and whose influence echoes through time.
I think Ray Harryhausen was one of those people, giving us monsters and creatures both terrifying and touchingly human, and opening entirely new vistas of imagination.
He will be missed.
#6
Espy
He will be missed. His work was astounding.
#7
PatrThom
There's always the chance that he could become one of his own skeletons at some point in the future.
...it would probably be THE creepiest homage ever.
--Patrick
#8
ThatNickGuy
I'm amazed (and pleased) he was able to stay with us for this long. I actually thought he'd passed away quite a number of years ago. Regardless, I'm grateful for all the contributions he gave us and the legacy - to say nothing of inspiring thousands, if not more artists.
This isn't the death of a man that should be mourned. This is the passing of an artist that should be celebrated.
#9
Frank
I loved Jason and the Argonauts as a boy something fierce.
Ray was a pioneer and a trailblazer without whom film would not be the same.
