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strangenstein	Very cool stop-motion test reel	Lead	[-]
Mar 26 10 5:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hi all, I wasn't sure where to post this, so I figured this folder was as good as any. A friend of mine posted this footage on another message board today and I wanted to share it here. This is some of the smoothest stop-motion I've ever seen! Anyone know anything else about the creator? Very talented. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkEwKcSLlz8 Strangenstein
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gorgozilla		#1	[-]
Mar 27 10 9:01 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That was done by Pete Peterson, who was Willis O'brien's assistant for many of his movies, including THE BLACK SCORPION. This test animation is an extra on the SCORPION DVD, along with the O'Brien/Harryhausen dinosaur sequence from THE ANIMAL WORLD.
Buzz Dixon		#2	[-]
Mar 27 10 9:41 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The critter's got a nice Chthulu-esque quality to it. I like the fact its nose literally gets out of joint after it brings down the helicopter. www.SnokieStories.com www.BuzzDixon.com http://twitter.com/snokiestories
strangenstein		#3	[-]
Mar 28 10 12:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hey GZ, Thanks for the information. The small piece of stop-motion was some of the best I've ever seen. Bravo! Strangenstein
rvoyttbots		#4	[-]
Apr 7 10 8:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Too bad it was never finished. Though the phallic-like noses are a bit much. I bet a teen audience would have been laughing up a storm.
PJAceto		#5	[-]
Apr 9 10 11:14 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This clip is on the Black Scorpion DVD. On that same disk is another clip of some other creatures swarming over a ridge.
Bill Warren		#6	[-]
Apr 12 10 6:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I believe the creature was a radioactively mutated baboon, but of course, any explanation that fits would do. I think the same truck turns up in BLACK SCORPION..
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Dr Spyclops		#7	[-]
Apr 12 10 8:41 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Bill, I'm wondering if that's also the same truck that Mighty Joe Young stowed aboard on several years earlier. Here's another question for stop-motion buffs..... The poor guy hiding in the cabin that the mutated baboon attacks, is that Pete Peterson?
Aupperle		#8	[-]
Apr 13 10 4:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Dr Spyclops wrote: Bill, I'm wondering if that's also the same truck that Mighty Joe Young stowed aboard on several years earlier. Here's another question for stop-motion buffs..... The poor guy hiding in the cabin that the mutated baboon attacks, is that Pete Peterson? There's a photo of Pete Peterson standing next to the JOE YOUNG truck over at http://monsterkidclassich...rum.yuku.com/topic/30257 Thanks to Rakshasa for that photo and many others. I'm not sure this is true but I do remember hearing that David Allen used the armature of the Las Vegas Monster inside the puppet of The Great God Porno in FLESH GORDON. here's some info on Pete Peterson http://www.roguecinema.com/article2024.html several more Peterson puppets can be seen at http://newboards.kongiski...ew_expanded;guest=344914 Jim Aupperle Last Edited By: Aupperle Apr 13 10 5:36 PM. Edited 3 times.
Dr Spyclops		#9	[-]
Apr 13 10 11:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Great links, Jim. Thanks very much. The truck looks identical to me. I'd be very surprised if it wasn't the same. I'm still undecided whether or not the baboon's victim is Peterson. It certainly makes sense that he'd shoot footage of himself if he was working alone on test animation and I think there's a definite facial resemblance.
BijouBob8mm		#10	[-]
May 21 10 10:36 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I would swear I have read (or heard) that the truck from MJY was the one used in the test footage. (Isn't the helicopter from BLACK SCORPION?)
horrorfilmx		#11	[-]
May 22 10 10:34 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My understanding is that the Vegas Monster test was shot right after Black Scorpion using leftover sets, props, etc...
Edkkakumon		#12	[-]
May 22 10 5:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It's good work. Was a film planned, or was it meant to demonstrate what he could do?
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