King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963).
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It’s east versus west, giant reptile versus mega-mammal, the “Big G” versus the “Eighth Wonder of the World.”
Godzilla vs. Kong a new slugfest from Legendary Pictures is set to be released in theaters and on HBO Max on March 31, 2021. But it won t be the first time these two iconic movie monsters have faced off. They met once before in 1962’s
King Kong vs. Godzilla a crossover battle for the ages that also featured a rampaging octopus and a future Bond Girl. Not to mention the craziest tree-related violence you’ll ever see outside an M. Night Shyamalan flick.
In this bi-weekly series reviewing classic science fiction and fantasy books, Alan Brown looks at the front lines and frontiers of the field; books about soldiers and spacers, scientists and engineers, explorers and adventurers. Stories full of what Shakespeare used to refer to as “alarums and excursions”: battles, chases, clashes, and the stuff of excitement.
Greg Bear is one of the most respected science fiction writers to emerge in the latter part of the 20
th century, producing books on a great variety of subjects, in a wide range of settings, with all of them being well-constructed and engaging. So, when I saw that he had written a sequel to one of my favorite novels,
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Few film-makers have left their mark upon the medium on quite such a grand scale as Ray Harryhausen (1920–2013). Over the course of a remarkable career, Harryhausen extended the technical possibilities of cinema and the visual language of science-fiction and fantasy film. Having honed his stop-motion work on early Cold War creature features such as
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), he went on to create the relentless skeleton warriors of
Jason and the Argonauts (1963) and the giant mythological monstrosities of
Clash of the Titans (1981), the last of the grand pre-CGI spectacles. ‘Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema’ at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art offers a unique glimpse into film history through the animator’s extensive archive of source material, sketches, models and test footage. One exhibit – a poster for the first
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How They Designed The T-Rex Roar in Jurassic Park
One of the rare sound effects as iconic as its accompanying visual effect.
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Welcome to
How’d They Do That? a bi-monthly column that unpacks moments of movie magic and celebrates the technical wizards who pulled them off.
This entry explains how they designed the roar of the T-rex in Jurassic Park.
What are some of the most memorable movie sound effects? The threatening hum of an unsheathed lightsaber? What about the ghostly gurgling in
The Grudge? Or the Wilhelm scream?
Well, for my money, there are few examples of sound design as singular, recognizable, and soul-shattering as the