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Special effects in Movies 16:47 - Mar 9 with 733 views

Film4 @ 5.05pm today has Earth v the Flying Saucers.
Special effects by Ray Harryhausen.
Yes, you can see the strings.
This is where it all started.
Sci-Fi? Special effects? you ask.

No, audiences pi**ing themselves laughing.

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Special effects in Movies on 17:15 - Mar 9 with 678 views

mrfixit426

I'm a visual effects artist in movies. Harryhausen was a massive inspiration for a lot of people working in the industry. Clash of the Titans was always my favourite of his when I was a child.

However, EVTFS is pretty hokey. But everyone has to start somewhere!

Special effects in Movies on 17:19 - Mar 9 with 664 views

Oldsmoker

Special effects in Movies on 17:15 - Mar 9 by mrfixit426
I'm a visual effects artist in movies. Harryhausen was a massive inspiration for a lot of people working in the industry. Clash of the Titans was always my favourite of his when I was a child. However, EVTFS is pretty hokey. But everyone has to start somewhere!

I've seen the movie many times and although I laugh at some of the low-budget effects I'm quite protective of it when it comes to criticism.
Would The Outer limits and Twilight Zone have happened without this movie?
Probably not.

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Special effects in Movies on 17:23 - Mar 9 with 660 views

mrfixit426

Special effects in Movies on 17:19 - Mar 9 by Oldsmoker
I've seen the movie many times and although I laugh at some of the low-budget effects I'm quite protective of it when it comes to criticism. Would The Outer limits and Twilight Zone have happened without this movie? Probably not.

I love sci-fi movies from the 50s! X- The Unknown, Thing from Another World, Them etc. My wife doesn't get how I can watch them over and over again.

Special effects in Movies on 17:33 - Mar 9 with 631 views

Oldsmoker

Special effects in Movies on 17:23 - Mar 9 by mrfixit426
I love sci-fi movies from the 50s! X- The Unknown, Thing from Another World, Them etc. My wife doesn't get how I can watch them over and over again.

There are so many events in these movies which last 10 seconds - no more than that - but they appear as themes or even plots in later movies.
They have proved to be an inspiration for later generations.
As for visible strings on the flying saucers in EVTFS I give you Thunderbirds.

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Special effects in Movies on 17:47 - Mar 9 with 583 views

mrfixit426

Special effects in Movies on 17:33 - Mar 9 by Oldsmoker
There are so many events in these movies which last 10 seconds - no more than that - but they appear as themes or even plots in later movies. They have proved to be an inspiration for later generations. As for visible strings on the flying saucers in EVTFS I give you Thunderbirds.

I loved Gerry Anderson's work on Space 1999.

Special effects in Movies on 18:04 - Mar 9 with 569 views

Oldsmoker

Special effects in Movies on 17:47 - Mar 9 by mrfixit426
I loved Gerry Anderson's work on Space 1999.

Some British based Sci-fi fans will tell you that whatever you do "Don't Blink".

I say, "Anything can happen in the next half-hour".

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Special effects in Movies on 18:12 - Mar 9 with 560 views

GeoffSentence

For your dodgy special effects I see your "Earth versus Flying Sauces" and raise you "Plan 9 from Outer Space"

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Special effects in Movies on 18:30 - Mar 9 with 531 views

Oldsmoker

Special effects in Movies on 18:12 - Mar 9 by GeoffSentence
For your dodgy special effects I see your "Earth versus Flying Sauces" and raise you "Plan 9 from Outer Space"

EVTFS was released 1956.
Plan 9 from Outer Space was released in 1957.

Those were the release dates so there is probably a conversation to be had about who came first.
Ed Wood had real problems in getting people to fund his projects so who knows when he started Plan 9.

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Special effects in Movies on 18:43 - Mar 9 with 516 views

Coastalblue

Went to a Harryhausen exhibition last year, was fantastic.

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