Who do YOU admire?

[Baran-no-goji]

Here's a neat topic. Who do you admire? The filmmakers of kaiju eiga? Can be anyone from any giant monster movie from any country. For starters, a person I've long admired is special effects director Teruyoshi Nakano who worked on the 70s godzilla films and Godzilla '84 and all sci fi movies from the 70s as well at Toho. He had so much potential and if those 70s G films had a more generous budget... His effects work on The Submersion of Japan, Prophecies of Nostradamus, Deathquake and Godzilla '84 were spectacular and very realistic. Apart from Eiji Tsuburaya, Koichi Kawakita and recent special effects directors, Nakano had a real dark side showing death and destruction. I love the way he made Godzilla look  and act in G'84 and the fight scenes in the 70s Godzilla films were extremely entertaining with wonderful cinematography, pyrotechnics and lighting. The final showdown at the end of G vs MG is truly amazing. I'll always wonder how he might have handled the rest of the Heisei series.

[Cole Deschain]

<font color='#0000FF'>Ray Harryhausen. The guy was a pioneer, and came up with some of the better American monstrosities.

Eiji Tsurubaya, obviously...

[Melkor]

The late Ishiro honda definitely merits a place in this list. The man easily made the best film of the entire Showa series, that being 'Gojira', of course. Eiji Tsuburaya is also deserving-- aside from cleverly devising the &quot;Suitmation&quot; method we all know and love, he also created such classic Japanese icons as Ultraman and his many enemies, among them the ever-popular Baltan. Tomoyuki Tanaka, the man who spawned Godzilla, should also be mentioned for very obvious reasons. I also admire Mr. Harryhausen for the great SPFX work he's done in numerous films.



Peace,



Melkor



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[kent]

I think the man that deserves the most admiration is Tomoyuki Tanaka. Without him, there would be no Godzilla.

[SuperXAsh]

Willis O'Brien, the man who inspired Ray Harryhausen, who inspired Tanaka, Honda, and Tsuburaya with his simple vision of a giant ape battling it out with dinosaurs for the love of a woman. Not to mention the Lost World.

Harryhausen also gets lotsa creds on his own as well... if it weren't for O'brien's Kong and Harryhausen's Rhedosaurus, there'd be no Godzilla today. Ray's work is also some of the most impressive. From the savage Ymir, to the mighty Gwangi the T-Rex (or was it an Allosaur? &nbsp;http://www.rodansroost.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/eh.gif ), all cinematic classics. Clash of the Titans would've been very dull if it weren't for Ray's magic with clay models. Same goes for Jason and the Argonauts, with that Skeleton battle.

Kaneko, for breathing life back into Gamera and making the Turbo-propelled Tortoise something to be admired and liked, instead of just ridiculed (though it's still not hard to with the showa flicks). That's a huge, herculean effort if i ever saw one.

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[kpa]

Quote[/b] (Baran-no-goji @ Feb. 19 2004,06:50)]Here's a neat topic. Who do you admire? The filmmakers of kaiju eiga? Can be anyone from any giant monster movie from any country. For starters, a person I've long admired is special effects director Teruyoshi Nakano who worked on the 70s godzilla films and Godzilla '84 and all sci fi movies from the 70s as well at Toho. He had so much potential and if those 70s G films had a more generous budget... His effects work on The Submersion of Japan, Prophecies of Nostradamus, Deathquake and Godzilla '84 were spectacular and very realistic. Apart from Eiji Tsuburaya, Koichi Kawakita and recent special effects directors, Nakano had a real dark side showing death and destruction. I love the way he made Godzilla look *and act in G'84 and the fight scenes in the 70s Godzilla films were extremely entertaining with wonderful cinematography, pyrotechnics and lighting. The final showdown at the end of G vs MG is truly amazing. I'll always wonder how he might have handled the rest of the Heisei series.
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[Kaiju_Sensai]

<font color='#008080'>I would have to say Stan Winston or Rick Baker. Ever since Jurassic Park Stan Winston has kinda been an idol of mine. Hell, he's created some of the coolest monsters in cinema history. The likes of Pumpkinhead, the Queen Alien, and the T-Rex in Jurassic Park would not exist, or have turned out as awesome, if it wasn't for his work. Not to mention Rick Baker's work in both King Kong 76 and the remake of Mighty Joe Young wich are definately the highlights of those two movies.