For me at least, New Year's can end up to be one of the most draggiest days of the year. I don't particularly care for parades or bowl games. I did find out that lots of places were open on Jan. 1st, so I decided to check out my local Fry's (particularly for computer needs), but then, having plenty of time, I also decided to browse through their blu-ray/DVD inventory and lo and behold, "Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan", was
staring right at me!
It has been said that perhaps this was not as good as "The Harryhausen Chronicles". I think both have much to offer. True, "Chronicles" has the great narration from Leonard Nimoy and we get to see Harryhausen and Ray Bradbury in better days, as opposed to "Titan" where both men were reaching their finale. However, I love the way "Titan" went through all of Ray's movies including, "One Million Years B.C.", which talk of it was practically absent in "Chronicles". Plus, in "Titan", we get to see some fascinating test footage (which I had never seen), and some featuring Ray's father, Fred Harryhausen.
The interviews were fine, though it was something we haven't seen before. Again, Ray ends up becoming the most interesting of the interviewees.
With this, i can now finally say that my Harryhausen blu-ray collection is complete (unless of course, WB decides to issue "The Animal World" on BD).