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by **O.Supreme** » Mon May 13, 2013 12:43 am

Greetings,

In memory to the late great Mr. Ray Harryhausen it my pleasure and honor to provide the first poll in our second year dedicated to him. Several of his films have already won past polls and thus will not be on this poll:

Mighty Joe Young (#9)
Mysterious Island (#24)
Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (#33)
Valley of Gwangi (#40)
One Million Years B.C. (#46)

I thought of many different ways of selecting films. Mixes of Sci-Fi & Fantasy. But I tried to get a film from each "period" of his illustrious career. In my mind they are all winners :wink:

. But have fun and lets enjoy a film in his behalf this week

by **metal_bryan** » Mon May 13, 2013 1:31 am

I really love all of these movies, so this one I'm gonna have to soak in and decide on during the week.

by **MekaGojira3k** » Mon May 13, 2013 7:49 am

7th Voyage for me!

by **eabaker** » Mon May 13, 2013 3:06 pm

Voted for my most favoritest of them all, Jason and the Argonauts.

by **The Real McCoy** » Mon May 13, 2013 3:11 pm

Well, the only one I haven't seen is Golden Voyage of Sinbad, but I don't have access to it. So it'll be between Seventh Voyage and Jason and the Argonauts (kick-ass movie)

by **klen7** » Mon May 13, 2013 3:40 pm

by **MekaGojira3k** » Mon May 13, 2013 3:42 pm

by **Henry88** » Tue May 14, 2013 4:22 pm

there's that finger again

by **eabaker** » Tue May 14, 2013 4:26 pm

by **O.Supreme** » Tue May 14, 2013 4:59 pm

For me frowing up "7th Voyage" and "Argonaurts" always seemed to air together on Saturday/Sunday nights on the same station so they will always be tied together in my mind although they are very different films thematically. 7th voyage IS my personal favorite, but critically I'm pretty sure Jason & The Argonauts is the film most recognize as his greatest achievement (of which there were several). After all it's what Tom Hanks referrenced when Harryhausen got his award back in 1992.

Interestingly, although its not a Harryhausen film I didn't see Jack the Giant Killer until it was on Netflix a couple of years back, which has virtually the same human cast as 7th Voyage.

Also just a fun fact- for the longest time I thought Sinbad & The Eye of the Tiger was some ungodly 3+ hour long movie. The reason was the first time I ver saw it is was on my local PBS station (of all things!). I think it was some sort of TV premier since it was only a couple of years after the film was released theatrically. They kept taking "pledge breaks" which is what made the movie seem so long :lol:

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by **MekaGojira3k** » Tue May 14, 2013 5:57 pm

by **metal_bryan** » Tue May 14, 2013 11:40 pm

by **MekaGojira3k** » Tue May 14, 2013 11:47 pm

by **MouthForWar** » Wed May 15, 2013 12:47 am

by **eabaker** » Wed May 15, 2013 2:40 am

by **The Real McCoy** » Wed May 15, 2013 9:00 am

by **MekaGojira3k** » Wed May 15, 2013 9:02 am

by **O.Supreme** » Wed May 15, 2013 10:15 am

by **Henry88** » Wed May 15, 2013 1:34 pm

by **eabaker** » Wed May 15, 2013 3:09 pm

by **klen7** » Wed May 15, 2013 3:22 pm

by **MekaGojira3k** » Wed May 15, 2013 5:17 pm

by **Psycho Soldier** » Wed May 15, 2013 7:02 pm

by **The Real McCoy** » Thu May 16, 2013 8:40 am

by **Henry88** » Thu May 16, 2013 2:04 pm

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Weekly Movie Thread #51 Tribute to a Legend

Which film would you like to watch in tribute to Mr. Ray Harryhausen this week?

Weekly Movie Thread #51 Tribute to a Legend

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