The post header. That’s what we’ve been up to around here. The Fantasy Worlds of George Pal! I’d been promising H.o.p. for months a viewing of Pal’s “War of the Worlds” via Flickr. Finally we got it. The DVD played nonstop for two weeks, H.o.p. religiously studying in particular the test shot of the Martian climbing out of the UFO, shown in the documentary of the making of the movie, so I ordered Flights of Fantasy for him and Marty picked up “War of the Worlds” on sale.
So that’s where my brain’s at. Surrounded (as ever) by all the little nuts and bolts of a nine year old and his devotion to film and claymation.
After countless times viewing the original martian (an octopus) climbing from the spaceship, H.o.p. attempted to do his own version. I think it’s his best yet.
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