I wanna take a few minutes to speak of the passing of one of my idols.  Ray Harryhausen Passed away today at the age of 92.   What is thier to say about ol ray other then he was a legend and master of his craft of stop motion's.  Harryhausen was responsible for bringing to life such iconic and classic monster like the Kracken from clash of the titans,  mighty joe young and the beast from 20'000 fathoms.  I remember watching these films on AMC as a kid  and thinking to myself just how awesome they looked.   His work would later go on to influence sevreal great film makers like George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and even peter Jackson.  they would also influence several other future works. Godzilla was based on the Beast from 20'000 fathoms while many of the monsters from god of war where designed to still give a tip of their hat to the man.  Whats also interesting was he created and animated all these monsters and creatures by himself.  As a writer and film maker myself i can attest, that is no easy task.  it takes me days to plan out one scene while he would buzz through it with no problems what so ever. That is shear talent.

Ray Harryhausen was a huge influence on the world of cinema.  his works will continue to surprise generations to come and i for one will be sad to see him go.