Stan Winston is dead
 

:( what a loss

yeah who was that?






















oh btw the american office is better than the british one. better. better.

ha ha ha ha.

What? The special FX guy?!?

as much as i may sound like an idiot
i honestly think if you hold that opinion then you truly dont understand the office and your just a pedophile


But anyway

Special effects and makeup guru Stan Winston passed away on Sunday, June 15th in Los Angeles, California. He was 62.

Winston died at home Sunday evening after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma.

Winston was best known for his work for the "Terminator," "Jurassic Park" and "Predator" series, and Edward Scissorhands. The 3-time Oscar winner most recently worked on Iron Man and was special effects supervisor on the upcoming Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins.

Winston won Oscars for Aliens (1986), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1992) and Jurassic Park (1993).

That's a real shame. I remember first reading about him in Fangoria when I was a kid. He was touted as the new Tom Savini. He did some really great work. A small but significant loss. Bummer.

pedophile?

wake up

im not your dad yo

and you should stop using that adjective so casually

so demon, as the mentally stable adult here, please tell me-- who was this guy?

He was a make up artist on stuff like the first Terminator film, Aliens, stuff like that. He was quite a big deal within the horror/sci fi genre and generally really respected. I mean don't get me wrong, we're not talking on a par with the death of Antonioni here but, you know, respect where it's due and all that.

oh yeah ha ha.

thanks.

--

mang, i don't like most of the movies he worked on, but looks like he had awesome talent. people who work in this line are usually cool as shit.

you talk like he is just some small time sfx dude
he was pretty major
the shit in T2 and jurassic park still stands up against shit we are seeing toda

People die. That's reality.

I definitely wasn't putting him down and have been a massive fan of his work since he started. But in the big scheme of things he's just not that major. Nothing to do with how good he was at what he did, just the way things are.

but you know what though?

the american office is better than the british original.

oh yeah.

Pistols at dawn!

ha ha ha.

ok-- but can we watch anal throw a fit first? that way whoever dies will die laughing.

i bet you only like the american office because cantanky is american

is that all?

come on, try harder-- scream and throw a chair through a window or something.

do it.

acting like cantanky wont make me cantanky
move on

whatever but you know the american office is better, right?

oh yeah.

BETTER.

good one

Is she? I thought she was British. That was my only reason for prefering the British office. Oh well in that case I'm backing the American one. Far better! The British one's shit in comparison.

ha ha

i snorted.

anyway gotta go so

MAY STEVE CARRELL BE WITH YOU BOTH



haa ha haa

yikes.

my new hero

steve carrell doesnt even understand the office

Ricky Gervais was merely handing a rough sketch to a master. Oh, I don't know if I can keep this up.

no no please go on
i love to hear how steve carrell is a much greater comedian than ricky gervais

Being honest, Gervais' Brent is brilliant on so many levels. His sense of subtle tragedy is such that Carroll's basic pantomime rendition simply doesn't compete. I didn't even know that people even considered Carroll's version as better until now.

yeh
its ridiculous that people can really think that
there is so much that ricky gervais does as Brent that steven doesnt capture
so many small facial expressions
it really blows me away when watching it

back

gervais kicks ass no doubt

"extras" is really awesome

but the writing on seasons 2 & up leave the original behind.

the problem w/ british tv is because of the poverty of means you get say 1 brilliant solo violinist, like gervais-- whereas american money (mhuahahahahhaha) can support a full orchestra-- dwight shrute here having NO EQUAL



he blows away that boyscout british twat. that fucker is demented and he steals the show.

oh anal i know why you love the british office-- you are in love w/ gervais and you want him to rub his jelly belly on your face ha ha ha ha ha.

ok fuck i should go make dinner, bitches.

thanks for the amusements.

I hate it when people say about Carroll, oh, but he does things you don't notice. As if we can't spot a lack of subtlety when we see it.

If it were a stand alone show it would warrant praise, but to compare it to the British one really is just silly. Gervais' Brent is one of the finest pieces of acting I've seen. I really mean that.

are you being honest !@#%%#$#?

and yes i may be in love with him, but i think its much better than being in love with a 13 yr old sonic youth fan that wears KISS make up

but hey.. each to their own

Blah Blah Blah, t.v. sucks.

I think this is where the problem lies. Extras really wasn't a very good series. Gervais' genius (and I do think he is a genius) remains solely in his portrayal of David Brent. Honestly, to put Extras on any kind of par with The Office suggests a real misunderstanding of the latter.