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Stan Winston, a giant in old school special effects, has passed away. He is survived by Karen, his wife of 37 years, and his two children. Without his perseverance, imagination and the comradeship he had with those at Stan Winston Studios we wouldn’t have Terminators, “Stay Away From Her, You Bitch” Aliens, Pumpkinheads, Scissorhands, Small Soldiers, and Jurassic Park dinosaurs as we see them today. He won four Academy Awards.

Revel in his brilliance here.

At a time when practically all visual wizardry can be accomplished with a computer, Winston’s work makes a compelling argument for the you-see-what-you-see handcrafted effects that are taken for granted. For granted because those seemingly breathing creatures on the screen made us focus on the real gem: the story.

German filmmaker Werner Herzog actually hauled a 360-ton boat up a muddy 40-degree slope in the Amazon jungle when filming Fitzcarraldo (1982) because visual effects wouldn’t be able to express such a feat as completely. I think Stan Winston would’ve appreciated that.

Before his death he supervising the special effects for Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins to be released next year. The last completed film Winston conjured with his magic touch was the brilliant Iron Man (2008). With his passing, the world just got less awesome.

Greetings, Screenhead.net. My name is Samuel D. Jennings and I will be a contributing writer here at Screenhead.net. I love movies, I know lots of otherwise useless movie trivia, and I get personally offended when a movie sucks (I’m looking at you, Jessica Alba). I look forward to sharing my highly opinionated views with you.

To read more about where I’m coming from, here is an opinion-piece I wrote on actors just before this years Oscars: Continue reading →

Here’s the deal. Having a .net domain kind of sucks.

I’m in the process of picking a new domain name. Here’s my shameless plug. If I mention the site I am using to pick my domain name, I get to use the service for free, so here it is. The site is PickyDomains. I apologize, and I promise you this is the last time I will ever do a post like this (unless it is about our sponsors.)

Back to the movies.

By the way, if you have any great domain ideas, please share.

Keifer

What do you think about the current picture situation? Would you like more pictures above the fold? Or is everything fine as it is?

Just thought I’d pose the question.

Keifer

When Douglas Adams told the people of the world that the answer to the life, universe, and everything, was 42, he was wrong. The answer would have to be movies. Think about it, what is the one things that almost everyone does (except for eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, hate on Bush)? Continue reading →