The Tortoise And The Hare by Ray Harryhausen


Anthro genius from the man himself, Ray Harryhausen.  A 1952 Fables Films, completed in 2002.


I probably don't need to explain what's going on here, do I?



I just love Bunnehz With Attitude!


Goodbye, Ray, you sure are missed.

Oh, and a tip of the ol' hat to Aesop, murdered by the priests of Delphi.  A slave whose stories are a cultural touchstone to this day.
(I doubt the Delphi story but it makes a much better post than relating that Aesop became a rich and valuable advisor to the King).


Hear him.


Slow but steady wins the race,...

https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/01/14/at-sundance-ray-harryhausens-the-tortoise-and-the-hare

...and there ain't no worth to second place.

This is all bullshit anyway, rabbits always win.


Comments

  1. Very cool -- I never knew that he did anything beyond "Jason and the Argonauts!"

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    1. Oh, dear. Did you see the first 'Clash of the Titans'?

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    2. The '80s movie? I think I missed that one, though I remember it got a lot of press back in the day.

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    3. Not his best. He retired after that, and then came out of retirement for this one. The skeleton fight in Jason seems to have affected everyone who ever saw it, I know Sam Raimi dug it! (even as a kid I wondered how you could kill a belligerent skeleton by stabbing it). https://youtu.be/BfedvthepRs I read that this took 4 or 5 months to animate.

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