Today with but a few keystrokes on a computer you can conjurer up anything that the mind could possibly imagine yet many of these modern creations pale in comparison to the practical special effects orchestrated decades earlier by a talented group of effects artists who pioneered the field of special effects, and the king of…
Tag: Charles H. Schneer
Earth vs. The Flying Saucers (1956) – Review
When it comes to alien visitations the Earth must have a huge “Kick Me” sign posted on its backside because even peaceful aliens like Klaatu from The Day the Earth Stood Still brought along threats of violence when he stopped by for a visit, but in 1956 special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen took up the…
Clash of the Titans (1981) From Myth to Movie
If you have spent any amount of time reading about the Greek gods the one big takeaway will be that the gods were a bunch of colossal dicks. Take every human foible, explode them way out of proportion, give them all various superpowers and that is basically the Greek gods, but this also made for…