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Jurassic World is close to us, so I wanted to take a moment to remember someone that won’t be here to see it happens.

Meet Stan Winston.

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If the name doesn’t ring a bell, he’s the guy that worked on every non-CGI dinosaur from Jurassic Park/The Lost World/Jurassic Park III. And many don’t even realize how many there were!

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Oh, but that is not all.

He is also the guy that created and gave ”life” to some other movie stars…

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The characters of The Wiz? Stan Winston.

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The Dog-Thing from The Thing? Stan Winston.

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The Terminators of the original Terminator trilogy? PLUS Terminator Salvation? Stan Winston.

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The Alien-Queen of Aliens? Stan Winston.

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All the monsters of The Monster Squad? Stan Winston.

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The Predator from Predator I and II? Stan Winston.

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Pumpkinhead? Stan Winston.

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The iconic hands of Edward Scissorhands? Stan Winston.

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The Penguin looks form Batman Returns? Stan Winston.

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And

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so

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many

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MORE

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“I don’t do special effects. I do characters. I do creatures.”

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Happy birthday, Stan Winston (April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008)

You didn’t make special effects, you sir made the World special.

Hi, ok random question. What do you think about Dinosaurs?

♛*laughs* That is pretty random, as far as random questions go! It’s a subject that I enjoy very much. I go through these phases of intense interest on certain subjects for nights to months at a time, and dinosaurs is a recurring focus.

I assume you mean the animals, and not a specific movie or book series (Armand gave me my first Dinotopia book as a gag gift for my birthday some time ago – surprising me that he remembered or cared at all – saying, “It’s a children’s book, because you’re a child,” and I actually loved it; the illustration is very imaginative and highly detailed). Or the live-action TV show Dinosaurs from the early ‘90s which, honestly, I still can’t decide if it’s my cup of blood or not.

Dinosaurs the animals, they’re fascinating. Omnivores, carnivores, “veggiesaurs.“ The study of other predators means a lot to me. We still have more to learn about them, some still exist today in some form. The tooth size of the T. Rex is nearly unbelievable, even when I held one in my hand. I admit I was a little envious bc my own fangs are quite small in comparison, but mine are much sharper and more elegant than a T. Rex’s, being that they’re for a similar, but different, physical use *grins*

Jurassic Park is a film Louis and I can watch over and over, even though it’s given him a few choice quotes to use against me *grumbles*

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guiltyvengence:

Louis: W-wait you’re not Lestat *pulls away*

Armand: (thinking) Keep absolutely still. His vision is based on movement.

I’m the type who always needs to know and always starts the book looking at the last page. :D As a result few times I was crying while reading the whole book because I knew that e.g. main character dies in the end.

I know that feel. I used to do that. I am just not going to do it for this book, just to try it the other way! 

We all know Lestat lives, bc there are 2-3 more books planned to follow this one. 

But what does happen is so cracky… siiigh… 

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merciful-death#[ Louis when he reads Prince Lestat ]