With the passing of Stan Winston this week I think it only fitting that for the Friday Top Five we take a look at some of Stan Winston’s work:
- The T-Rex - Ok, you watch a movie from the 90s and it has CGI whatever in it and you think to yourself man that CGI barely holds up I can’t believe how cool I though that was. You watch Jurassic Park and the T-Rex comes out and even today you say to yourself, cool, they built themselves a life sized T-Rex robot and it looks awesome. Thank you Stan.
- The Terminator endoskeleton - yes it’s an endoskeleton, not an exoskeleton. I’m not sure why that is mixed up so much. Arnold is scary enough in the first Terminator then when they rip off his skin and reveal the endoskeleton underneath it changes your whole perspective on stuff when you see it for the first time. Simply iconic, thank you Stan!
- Iron Man - I don’t know how much he was involved in the development of the Iron Man suit, I’ve read that it was heavily involved. Basically the coolest exoskeleton on screen (OK I may be stretching this point too far) but it is one of the coolest designs on the screen. Thank you Stan!!!
- The Predator - Once again the costume maketh the film, a movie that could easily have fallen into the B grade cemetery and forgotten by everyone is elevated by the creation of a suitably iconic alien predator. When the helmet is first removed to display the weird thing underneath it’s a pay off that makes the effect of the cloak hiding the alien for the majority of the film all OK. Cheers for that Stan.
- The Penguin - My favourite of the Batman films is Batman Returns and a big part of that is a believable Penguin. Danny DeVito is awesome as the character but the make up is amazing. Thank you Stan!!
There are so many creature creations to choose from so if you have favourite that’s not listed here you know what to do!!
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20/06/2008 at 11:44 am Permalink
And the lions on the ghost and the darkness. Spooky.
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20/06/2008 at 11:59 am Permalink
Predator was definitely fantastic work! Without the cool Predator look he came up with, that movie would have been no where near as awesome as it was, and would not have spawned so many spin offs. Could you imagine a predator comic if the original predator had looked lame??
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20/06/2008 at 4:47 pm Permalink
*note to self..go watch Ironman!!!*
The rest..couldn’t agree more.
Awesome movie parts/moments.
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21/06/2008 at 5:40 pm Permalink
Bettina - I forgot about the lions in that film actually - sometimes you forget that even the earthly effects take so much talent.
21/06/2008 at 5:42 pm Permalink
Swollenpickles - the thing I like about Winston is that his work can be seen on so many different film from real low budget up to the blockbusters - lets face it even the Terminator could have looked rubbish without those cool make up effects and the endoskeleton!
21/06/2008 at 5:43 pm Permalink
Arjan - GO SEE IRON MAN ALREADY!!!!!