Comments on: So long, Stan.

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Time Well Wasted » Blog Archive » Items of Interest — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:07:21 +0000

[...] Sigler and JC Hutchins have had some wonderful things to say about Stan [...]

By: Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff

Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:06:28 +0000

Back in the day when I used to do that kind of thing, I had about 4-5 meetings at Stan Winston’s offices over near the Van Nuys Airport to talk about a couple of projects that never materialized. The very first time I walked into his conference room and saw the lifesize models of the Alien, Terminator and his other major creations I was so awestruck that I blew the pitch entirely and had to come back a couple of weeks later to do it again. Just the sense of being among these things that had so shaped my creative interests was like touching the hem of the garment of absolute genius. I’ve been in a number of major museums and have stood in front of reknowned masterpieces of art but I’ve never had the feelings of complete awe that I had that day at Stan Winston Studios. Unfortunately, I never met Stan himself but he will definitely be missed.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:45:22 +0000

Even fifteen years later, Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park are still benchmarks in making a fictional tale seem startlingly realistic. Unfortunately I didn’t really know this man by name but after reading this I looked at my shelf of DVD’s and realized how much his work had contributed to movies I had enjoyed, even if I was ten when J.P. came out and couldn’t appreciate the magic behind it at the time. Definitely sad to hear he has passed on.