Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures from ancient Greek and Roman mythology. In Greek and Roman myth, the ...

Ray Harryhausen is one of the key names in special effects history. Inspired by the creature effects of the original King ...

One of his most fun achievements is the 1963 sword'n'sandal romp Jason and the Argonauts, in which Harryhausen created ... which the animators then covered over with hand-drawn animation. CGI was ...

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Old-school mythology has always provided creative fodder for writers, artists, and filmmakers. The Odyssey has experienced ...

A model of Talos created for the 1963 movie Jason and the Argonauts Toby Canham / Getty Images Talos was depicted in myth as a machine programmed to act human though never capable of achieving ...

The famous skeleton fight in Jason and the Argonauts required Harryhausen to ... features Despite huge developments in CGI, audiences still appreciate the painstaking work of bringing inanimate ...

‘The teacher who taught in that room, she used to take us for English and read the book Jason and the Argonauts ... Helen Elizabeth Daly, and is still called Helen by her family.