Seems like forever since I last posted a new piece.  Blame it on my latest Corrosive Knights novel, Book #7.  As it nears completion, its been taking up most of my free time (and sanity).

But I needed to get away and my subject is the wonderful Talos scene from the also very wonderful 1963 film Jason and the Argonauts. The legendary Ray Harryhausen provided the special effects for this movie and while most people (perhaps rightfully!) point out the great sequence involving Jason fighting off the skeletons, I’m partial to Talos. He’s a giant metallic creature that comes to life and makes life quite miserable for Jason and his gang and I just love that sequence to bits. Sure, the effects are crude compared to what can be done today, but I loved it then and still love it today!