Ackerman died years ago
whose portal Famous Monsters led many of us
to the treasure trove of imaginative literature and cinema
that shaped countless generations of visionaries
to express their vision straight from the vatic source
now Bradbury has passed off the planet
(not unexpected but still one of those Permanent Sad Days
in the history of our race--always unbearably sad
when a Master is taken from us)
the last man standing is Harryhausen
whose work shaped the filmmakers we kowtow before
in this generation...
(and all three standing on the shoulders
of the giant O'Brien
who with The Lost World and Kong pretty much invented
cinematography as we know it today--
literally invented the techniques and concepts
behind all the visual wizardry we take for granted today)
when Harryhausen goes that will be it
and for those of us who were given to be alive
in the age of miracles they had wrought
nothing will ever be of such value evr again...
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