Peter Jackson and George Lucas both cite this late, lamented man as the one who made what they did in LORD OF THE RINGS and STAR WARS possible. And Nick Park (hmmmm–double acrostic possibility!), creator of Wallace and Gromit, says he was “one of the true greats.”

I will never forget the fight with the skeletons in JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS. What artistry! What fine four-dimensional sculpting!

Here are the words to the “Rest In Peace Ray Harryhausen” acrostic:

Reliable magic makes crowds ooh & aah
Ethereal sunbeams become Shangri-La
So sculpt a Medusa & snake up her hair
Then rattle the skeletons Jason can’t bear
Intriguing ensnaring of slow & unwary
Nefarious creatures cf C. J. Cherryh
Put Mighty Joe Young in a place like Samoa
Enjoy fleeting fortune as weird as an emu
And what kind of hope say the murmuring trees
Can memory seemingly borne on a breeze
Endure for the man who gave FREEZIN’ a reason

Here are the words to the “Stop Motion Animation” acrostic:

SpecTACular ocular transcend of medium
Spellbinding bean-counters to charm & ungreedy ’em
Sporadical life-likeness fast- or slo-mo
Tumultuous mayhem as red as merlot
Osiris and Horus and fine Nefertiti
Occulting Rosettas with sketch & graffito
Put hard work & vision in–pay as you go
Proclaim a new wonderment of the unknown
Please let us acknowledge the seeds he has sown