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Jun 14 11 2:26 PM
Jun 14 11 3:51 PM
Rick wrote:And, yes, I have no doubt that if I'd seen it in the theatre when I was a kid, I'd probably give those effects a lot more leeway.
Jun 14 11 5:55 PM
horrorfilmx wrote:Monsterpal wrote: In a conversation with the late Gene Warren Sr many years ago, I mentioned how much I like KRONOS and Mr. Warren expressed surprised, saying he didn't care for the film and that he thought some of the best effects he worked on in that period were in TARANTULA. It was my turn to be surprised, because I didn't even know he had worked on TARANTULA, for which he received no credit.The big hairy mock-up maybe? I'd be very curious to learn the extent of his participation.
Monsterpal wrote: In a conversation with the late Gene Warren Sr many years ago, I mentioned how much I like KRONOS and Mr. Warren expressed surprised, saying he didn't care for the film and that he thought some of the best effects he worked on in that period were in TARANTULA. It was my turn to be surprised, because I didn't even know he had worked on TARANTULA, for which he received no credit.
Jun 15 11 12:40 PM
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Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
Jul 24 11 5:59 PM
Jul 24 11 6:35 PM
delgadosaur wrote:Well, not when a tarantula arm plants its foot on clean air instead of the background plate's mountainside. I understand budgetary stuff, but both studio and production need to look at a shots like that and fix them before the picture is released, in my opinion.
Jul 24 11 9:19 PM
Jul 24 11 11:12 PM
Bill Warren wrote: That's the one. Now where's the TARANTULA still of the model just standing there on what looks like a linoleum floor?OK, here are both back-to-back. Sure looks like the same critter with a different head to me... Uploaded with ImageShack.us
Bill Warren wrote: That's the one. Now where's the TARANTULA still of the model just standing there on what looks like a linoleum floor?
Jul 25 11 1:20 PM
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Jun 27 12 7:03 PM
Babetician wrote:Looks like they might have used the same model (the legs seem to match) but revamped the head, which is *much* better, with very sophisticated hair work and better eyes. Looks nothing like a tarantula. The legs are too long, for one thing.
Jun 30 12 7:23 PM
DougGorius wrote:Do we know TARANTULA's correct aspect ratio? I know this was made and released during a time of transition where the aspect ratio intended by the DP, the AR enforced by the studio, and the AR of a flat film's screening at any given theater probably all differed, but this film seems especially ambiguous. For one, there are MASSIVE amounts of head room, which could suggest an AR of something like 2.00:1. When I mat it to that ratio it looks good but, hell, there is still some head room to spare on occasion, and if I offset the frame any lower, the top of some credit blocks get cut off (of course, this could be a case of Universal zooming in select portions of the film for the DVD, which we know they have done before on open-matte releases). If anybody could present documentation on how cinematographer George Robinson or U-I intended the film to be framed, I would appreciate it.
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SteveZodiak wrote:TCM again. If you see a pool of unidentified white fluid around skeletal remains, the definitve field test is first sniff it, then taste it.
Jan 9 13 12:22 AM
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