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It's amazing how well the creature effects on Predator (and Aliens) have aged. Some of the other effects (the camouflage, the opening shot of the spaceship*) are obviously very 80s, but the creature itself still holds up.

*promote one of my all time favourite movies and a true legend in his field; Stan Winston.

* shouldn't have been in the movie!

Awww, there's Stan Winston

I have Iron Man on DVD... Have I never watched it and discovered these special features? Shame on me.

The Pale Man...second choice.

Both of these (and many more) amazing roles were played by Stan Winston...R.I.P, Mr. Scaryman.

I've now seen Jon Favreau talk about the movie twice (Comic-Con 2007, and Wondercon 2008). Seeing just how excited he is, and the enthusiasm he puts into everything he says about it gives me hope that it'll be great. Not to mention all the great footage he's shown us at the cons. It's going to be awesome, and a big part of that has to do with his passion, and how he tries to stick with practical effects before resorting to CGI. Plus, the fact that Stan Winston is involved and all of the CGI is based on something physical that Stan and his team built before hand just makes the CGI have that extra polish that is sadly lacking in many films.

Anyway, enough rant. Go find as much as you can about it, I'm sure the Comic-Con and Wondercon talks are up on Youtube, plus all of the other interviews out there.

Edit: Photos of the Mark I suit from Comic-Con 2007 here: http://www.zooomr.com/photos/ricin/sets/21771/
The detail just blew me away. The pictures don't really do it justice.