Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Welcome back to the work week! We continue taking advantage of Steve Johnson's archives with some cool practical effects pictures, some of which will appear in the book he's putting together with Sandy Collora about the effects industry.
The project is completely funded via their Kickstarter, but there's still a few days left on it, so you can pre-order your copy now by clicking below and contributing to the campaign!
Today's photos take a peek behind the scenes of Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds. It was supposed to be another flick, but I'm waiting on clarification on that before I run with it. I was saving these for later because they're awesome, so you're not getting the short shrift.
I've got two pics for you. First up is something that was an idea from an earlier draft of the script that was ultimately cut before they began filming. It's a Martian pod that was supposed to incubate some of the invading forces. The idea was they essentially dusted the earth with this sort of pollen that formed these pods. Looks really damn cool to me and a little closer to the colors and feel of the George Pal movie.
Check it out:
Awesome, right? Johnson said they were contracted to build a bunch of them (a job that would have made Johnson and his team about $3 million) before the plug was pulled. Spielberg went primarily CG with the creatures, but Johnson and his co-workers did end up building over 100 dead bodies that are floating down the river.
You remember the scene. It's super effective and now you can see why... Look how realistic these bodies were!
Thanks again to Steve Johnson for sharing these cool images. Come back tomorrow for more. Hopefully that Hulky one I promised last time! See ya' then!
-Eric Vespe
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