Ray Harryhausen / Chuck Jones exhibit

Thanks for telling us about this great exhibit, i went there and was blown away by how much work went into these models,
I found a video walk through of the London Museum heres the link,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_JWQgChxsQ

anyone else thinking that ray is most likly not going to make it to 90?
i mean it would be a privlage to go and see him and i probably will but i have only seen at least 1 person all my life out of around 20 that have made it past 20. so thats about a 5% chance of him living that long.
but again this is how i see this

That was very cool

I checked out the exhibition on Saturday in London and it was very good. Unfortunately I was not allowed to take any pictures, but the content was very cool. In addition to that, they did have a lot of cool stuff from other movies which was quite awesome, especially the money from Total Recall.

Argh, I wish I had seen this sooner. I was just in LA and would have loved to see it. Ah well, I guess I still had a good time regardless.

Chuck Jones has always been a BIG influence on my artwork. Him, and John Krikfalusi (Creator of Ren & Stimpy).

AWESOME!! i live in texas and i'm taking summer school ay univ. texas tech

This exhibit looks very interesting, I would got check it out if I didn't had to cross an ocean to go see it! I hope you got some videos to let us check it out from overseas!!!

@thetoiletfarm: Hmm. I guess I read the comment wrong. Silly me. Sorry about that. Maybe they're from another country and that's why they have not heard of Chuck or Ray. That or they're from the XY generation of which they grew up not seeing Chuck's work as the Y, the X and generations before that saw them on the weekends all the time. I grew up on Ray's movies. I think I had to watch some of his movies for school projects if I remember right. Ah, what it was being a kid in the late 80s and early 90s.

@TwistedSpeech Thanks for the correction, but I didn't say I never heard of him. The first comment says they don't know who he is.

ah looney toons, i had been watching them since 2 years old, also the age when i started video game on the NES. My dad likes to collect and watch alot of movies so I also have seen j and a at a young age to, im into mythoelogy kinda stuff too. If you havnt played it already, i recommend trying god of war if you like myth based games.

I would love to go and see that. Thanks for the addresses.

O MAN!! I Really wish I can visit there. Unfortunately I can't. James it will be great if you can do a video / takes pictures/ and talk about this gallery. THANKS!!

Wow that exhibit sounds awesome! Especially the Chuck Jones! The Grinch is tied for my favorite Christmas movie of all time as well!

Interesting.

I'm hanging out for Jason and the Argonauts on bluray in July. Haven't seen it in years and it'll be great to see those skeletons in high def.

I've also got the six Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD sets, packed with all sorts of looney extras on chuck jones and those guys. Many Looney Tunes really are clever and well edited. Some of the gags still make me laugh out loud.

I am going to the London one, cannot wait!

That's epic. “Jason and the Argonauts" is a personal favourite.

I really want to go to that London Film Museum exhibit. I would recommend that you Nerd go to that museum. It has loads of film props like the Alien Queen from Aliens and a Terminator head from The Terminator but also has scripts from films like Shaun of the Dead and An American Werewolf in London. Definitely recommend you check that museum out

Wow sounds cool. It would be awesome to check these museums out. Thanks for the info James

Soooo jealous, James. I'm a huge fan of both of their work. Not only did you get to be at an amazing E3, you got to see some awesome exhibits. Must've been fun!

That's right down the street from my house, and I totally would have never known about it but for your posting this James. I'm definitely gonna check it out. Thanks!!!

Nice James, To bad no photos! And what is it with people in writing fucking books on your website!

i remember as a kid with my genisis buddy watching jason and the argunots and cracking up at the skeletons,cuz we were acting like they were drunk,they partied so hard they were losing there heads. come on at 14 before you actully can drink beer ,alcohol is funny.

Yeah, Harryhausen came to my college for a presentation of Jason and the Argonauts, along with a Q&A and book signing of his newest book. It was a great experience, and Harryhausen seemed to be in great shape for his age (a little difficulty hearing, but mentally he could have passed for a man 15 years younger).

Glad you got to see some of his stuff. The only piece of his history he brought with him was one of the stop motion skeleton puppets (tiny thing, but seeing it was real cool anyway).

HARRYHAUSEN-A-THON!

@toiletfam: Only you. Oh and it's Chuck no Chuch.

Did someone just say they don't know who Chuch Jones is?

just read the comment on harryhausen-a-thon, i second that.

chuck jones is the nuts.,you lucky man james, i also fukn love the skeleton fight in clash of the titans ( not new one) them skeletons scared the shit out of me as a kid, the way they moved. Im gonna go to the london one as i live 20 mins away sweet.

Don't worry James I will tell you all the Details from The Harryhausen Exhibition!

By The Way When You Have Some Extra Time You Should Make a Harryhausen-A-Thon! Please!

That Would Be Awesome!

Dude! Im a hardcore Fan Of Ray i Have all his 15 movies and i'm going to trip to London, i'm will go to the exhibition, but i didn't know he is going to be there! THAT'S FUCKING AMAZING!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!!

If you guys want to watch a really old but beautiful animated movie check out "Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed."

Thank you so much for this post! I'm a huge fan of Harryhausens work, and didn't know about the exhibition in London. I will go to London this summer, and I will definately check it out (not the opening though :( ) Thanks for letting me know!!

I think I read that they tried to pull him (Harryhausen) out of retirement to work as a consultant on the new Clash of the Titans... I believe he declined the offer.

Hey James,

Thanks for giving me the heads up on the London Harryhausen Exhibit, I'm an animator myself so it would be awesome to see this!

If I end up going, would you want me to shoot some photos for you?

Ray Harryhausen is the man! I wish I could see all that, the Chuck Jones stuff looks pretty cool too.

Cool stuff, James. Sorry to say, but I thought Ray died back in the late 80s or early 90s. I never knew he was still amongst the living. Glad you got a chance to see that museum. Don't know if it was around in 2007 when I was there for a week in 2007 with my band recording our debut album. By the way have you listened to my band, Dead Bang Go's music yet? Have you made a choice in who's music you're going to use yet for your 300 project.

please tell me did you see Ymir, him fighting the elephant in the movie: 20 million miles to earth is what I consider a masterpiece of filmmaking!

Wow James, you are SO lucky to see that! Too bad i'm in fucking Florida! "Jason and the Argonauts" is a REALLY great movie, which I learned about thanks to you.

And Chuck Jones is an amazing artist! Looney Tunes is one of my favorite cartoons, a childhood favorite of mine. The Grinch is really good too, a classic!

sucks to live in Denmark when hearing of this.

they are genius' just like you James

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cool

Sounds awesome, tough i dont really know who is Chuck Jones and Harryhausen. But if you have been a fan of harryhausen from when you were child, must feel really cool.