Comments on: Remembering Stan Winston

By: brent

brent — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:42:23 +0000

“They’ll have to come up with a lot of new adjectives when I get back” – Carl Denham, King Kong (1933)

By: RHS

RHS — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:04:27 +0000

There’s a lot of controversy regarding comments on IMDB that Mr. Winston was “the living embodiment of every wicked quality associated with Hollywood worldwide… his legacy is a lie”. Whenever I want to feel depressed about the human race I visit the IMDb message boards. The spelling alone is enough to drive me to the needle but the general level of envy and the desperation on the part of the anonymous posters to mean something just breaks my heart (and not in a good way). I didn't know Stan Winston but I'd bet you medals to navy beans that anyone resorting to the IMDb message boards to air a grievance about anyone doesn't deserve a minute of your time. And personally, I'd take it as a great compliment if someone referred to me as the living embodiment of every wicked quality." You just don't get enough superlatives like that these days.

By: brent

brent — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:22:56 +0000

There’s a lot of controversy regarding comments on IMDB that Mr. Winston was “the living embodiment of every wicked quality associated with Hollywood worldwide… his legacy is a lie”. Does anyone who KNEW him have any comments?
Aside from his personality (maybe), he left an idelible mark on late 20th century culture. STAR WARS alone would count, but… he left dozens of images as his testimony. R.I.P.

By: Medusa

Medusa — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:57:57 +0000

Excellent tribute to such a talented man.

I will never forget his amazing, scary, exotic, erotic and completely perfect work on “Gargoyles”, one of the best TV movies ever.

Thanks for this, rhs.