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   He won 4 Oscars, several Baftas, several other major awards and was   
   nominated dozens of times.  He also was the only SFX guy to ever get a   
   star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.  Who's the other?  Ray Harryhausen?   
      
   Rick Baker and John Williams also legends.  Phil Tippett coming pretty   
   damned close too (he does HUGE films really now and is associated with   
   all the major ones that require complex SFX).  there are others, but   
   only a few Huge ones like these.   
      
   There are levels of fans here and I can see why some wouldn't know   
   them, but if you want to collect icons, it's cool to think outside of   
   the box and get these people....not just actors.  Actually these   
   people have more talent than many of the A-List actors of today.   
   Hell, Hanna Montana or Stan Winston?  LOL It's not even a contest.   
   Stan would never become a has-been while Hanna Montana girl will be.   
   I have all the above in my collection as well as people like   
   Spielberg, Lucas, Coppola, Peter Jackson etc.  That's not to say   
   everyone should collect them, but there IS some satisfaction from   
   learning about what people do, what influence in film they have, how   
   they shape our viewing.  You can see one hell of a suckass movie but   
   it will "pass" merely because of the likes of Stan Winston or a Ray   
   Harryhausen.  Or even a John Williams or Rick Baker.  Just my opinion.   
      
   On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:49:31 -0700 (PDT), barefoot   
    wrote:   
      
   >are you kidding...   
   >the guy was a VISIONARY who  set the looks of some of what's probably   
   >your favorite films...   
   >jurassic park doesn't get made at all without him. steven spielberg   
   >has said that much himself. terminator movies would have just   
   >relegated themselves to comic books if it weren't for him. his   
   >animatronic work set the pace for the rest of the film industry. ask   
   >any animation student who wants to do special effects and the first   
   >names out of their mouths should be stan winston (could be ray   
   >harryhausen (sp?)). and his work set studios in motion to find a way   
   >to combine 3d animation with live action in a way that works..   
   >this guy was one of the busiest people in hollywood for almost 30   
   >years and he changed the way we think of movies...   
   >just try to remember all those interviews and behind the scenes stuff   
   >on terminator and jurassic park where they called the movies   
   >"groundbreaking."   
   >if you want to talk about a "legend" this guy could be one of them.   
   >oh, and he has 4 oscars, which is pretty much twice as many as anyone   
   >else you can think of (rick baker and john williams aside).   
   >   
   >not to get into it here..but i do find it funny someone called him a   
   >"nobody," when it's so far from the actuality...actors only paly a   
   >small part in the movies we all love, and there's very few behind the   
   >scenes "masters" that many other people can even remember their names.   
   >this guy was truly one of the greats.   
   >m   
      
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