Jason & The Argonauts

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The image is often far more painterly than previously because of the better and more reliable contrast. This infuriates the Queen of the Gods -- Hera (Honor Blackman, best known as Bond girl Pussy Galore from ' Goldfinger'), who stops Pelias from harming Aristo's infant son Jason -- and reveals that a man wearing a single sandal will one day bring his doom. Okay, so that clears up the fact that Jason And The Argonauts, after 7th Voyage Of Sinbad and 20 Million Miles To Earth, is not going to blow the minds of those weaned on a strict 1080p diet.

thank God at least we don't have to suffer through all of his rather misguided attempts to promote the colorizing of his earlier work during this track! Not having anybody to see this thing with, I took a bus into downtown San Bernardino at age eleven (boy, were those safer days for kids) and sat with my jaw in my lap for the entire show. Several day-for-night scenes have seen various interpretations over the years and in their respective releases, but one sequence, in particular, serves to highlight this quality best of all, and is renowned for not having had the right colour on DVD before. The storyboards were only rediscovered five years ago and reveal plans for a scene where one of the skeletons was going to lose their head, but the idea never made it into the final animated battle.If you know anything about these old Harryhausen films, you know that they don't, no matter what you do to the print, or how you transfer it, look anywhere near the standards by which many designate hi-definition. Sony planned to go light on new extras until Ray Harryhausen's close associates took pains to lay down a pair of excellent commentaries. First up, the Blu-ray hosts two brand-new audio commentaries, one featuring Ray Harryhausen himself! And whether you like today's effects-laden, CGI-intense films (or not), this one is worth viewing, if only to see how they used to make them. But when the film grabs your attention with its epic action set pieces and stylized effects, from stop-motion mastermind Ray Harryhausen, the film is an absolute blast.

The Harryhausen Legacy (SD, 25:32) – In this tribute of sorts, directors John Landis and Joe Dante ('Gremlins') as well as visual effects gurus John Dykstra, Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, and a host of others reflect on how Harryhausen's movie magic influenced their own careers. The video and audio definitely blow the DVDs away, but it's the collection of new exclusive goodies that is the real selling point of this disc. All these things sound meatier and more emphatic, but without trading-in the restrained quality of the era's original design. Jason and the Argonauts' sail to high-definition on a BD-50 Blu-ray disc inside a standard blue keepcase. The wild quest to bring back the prize of the Golden Fleece gets a thumbs-up, mainly because Pelias wants Jason out of the way.

From Los Angeles and New Zealand, director Peter Jackson and effects supervisor and director Randall William Cook dig deeper into the movie from the point of view of childhood fans that made Harryhausen's work a cornerstone of their own film careers. Real "severe" applies to dozens of shots in the Marshal Thompson adventure movie Flight of the Lost Balloon, which seems to have been lost for good, as it hasn't played anywhere in ages. Also available in the "The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen" collection with "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad", "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad", "Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger" and "Jason and the Argonauts".

These cases tend to have a flatter picture, sporadic occurrences of blurring, and colors are heavily washed out. In a time long, long ago, there was a hero of epic proportions whose exploits have inspired generations. actually waiting on the single disc releases of two of the films from the first set, at this time, the only rumor that i have heard is that a new version of the 3 worlds of gulliver are pending, but uncertian if it is a planned blu release.We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Whoever oversaw production of the Criterion laser disc of the movie saw that these sequences had been improperly reproduced for video since the initial VHS presentation, and the two sequences had always before been trabsferred as though they were daylight sequences. Use the thumbs up and thumbs down icons to agree or disagree that the title is similar to Jason and the Argonauts. Those foreigners beyond the clashing rocks have exactly what Greece needs, a magic charm that brings peace, plenty and prosperity. The highly individualistic Herrmann sets so strong a tone for every scene that it's mentally difficult to separate his music from Harryhausen's images.