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Special Effects Wizard Stan Winston Dead At 62

Posted by kdawson on from the terminator-scissorhands dept.

Dusty101 writes "Special effects maestro Stan Winston has died at the age of 62. Winston was responsible for many of the physical special effects in films such as The Terminator, Jurassic Park, Edward Scissorhands, and Iron Man. Winston died on Sunday, June 15, 2008, after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma."

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  1. He's Not Dead ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... that's just a special effect.

    Right? :(

    1. Re:He's Not Dead ... by Dystopian+Rebel · · Score: 3, Funny

      you know he's dead if he doesn't emerge out of a vat of acid/flaming wreckage/terrific, seemingly unsurvivable explosion to attack his nemesis one last time.

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  2. Re:Let me be the first to say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Let me be the first to say:

    You are a twat!
  3. Re:He's Not Dead... by Bastard+of+Subhumani · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm sure it wasn't suicide. His programming wouldn't allow him to self-terminate.

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  4. Re:Sarah o'Conner took him out. by Cur8or · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes. By "take care" I meant terminate. The twist is that Sarah was a Terminator all along and is fixing all the bad scifi in Cyberdyne's blueray collection from the past. That makes John a machine-human hybrid, but not to worry; Starbuck will fly into a star and go back in time to Earth and kill him.

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  5. He's in heaven with Ray Harryhausen now by elrous0 · · Score: 3, Funny
    You're finally free from James Cameron's ego, beautiful traveler.

    Wait, Ray Harryhausen is still ALIVE?!?!

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