UNIVERSAL HARTLAND VISUAL EFFECTS

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Published 2022-08-30
UNIVERSAL HARTLAND VISUAL EFFECTS. Mike Joyce, Patrick McClung, Bryson Pete Gerard and the late David M. Jones talk about the miniature work for BUCK ROGERS, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA and AIRPORT 79 done at Hartland effects facility. Upgraded Sense of Scale segment. Interviews done in 2010. Photos: Ken Larson, Bryson Pete Gerard, Mike Joyce, E. James Small, David M. Jones, David Stipes, James Belohovek, Wayne Smith, Peter Anderson, Gene Kozicki, Hartland Visual Effects
All Comments (21)
  • @wildman2012
    Nice touch with the names added to the principals -- really helps!
  • @mgabbard
    Pete's story about the signs - LOL!
  • @captlazer5509
    Saw Buck Rogers in the theater as a kid, liked the ships, effects and the cheese.
  • @KaiserSaucy
    THANK YOU FOR STARTING TO ADD THE MODELMAKERS’ NAMES!!! Unsung heroes no more! 👏👏👏
  • @telboy1965
    All of these folks from this era are true artists and professional’s they made some of the most iconic and memorable models in movie history… quite simply thank you for those memories 👍
  • @Lumibear.
    Those kinds of simple yet genius moves of just painting something matte yellow to resolve a blue spill problem then optically correcting it to white later are why I love watching these.
  • @rexmundi3108
    I'm 55. When I was a kid I devoured Famous Monsters and Starlog which weren't always available where I lived on the East Coast of Canada. I built models and destroyed them,. I was always a fan of special effects. My life path didn't end up leading me there but i did study art, sculpture in particular (marble, bronze, ceramic, lot's of mold making). I'm working on a large piece right now. I love watching these interviews. Listening to the artists and technicians just talking shop makes me really wish I could have been there with them. Love and respect.
  • @bergfruehling
    The part with the dangerous blades cracked me up, especially after I heard that story how the camera crew messed up that star wars destroyer by not turning on its ventilation.
  • @johnwatson3948
    In 1980 I was an intern on the camera crew that had done the Airport movies - they had recently come off “Concorde Airport 79” and said the production switched to more special effects work after their aerial shoot showed the real Concorde looked like a model anyway. They were also excited about the supposed next one in the series called “Airport 85” or similar that featured the Space Shuttle.
  • @caseinnitratjr6861
    Thx piercefilm productions Now I can see and listen to the people that made much I’ve seen as kid. And still do. Guess today’s evening is concord time.
  • @GatchamanG4
    The Starfighter is one good looking ship! I read somewhere that the Starfighter from Buck Rogers was really going to be the Colonial Viper from BSG. When you look at the Starfighter, it looks like a Viper! ✌
  • @Daveyboy100880
    “Sir, the camera guys broke off another antenna!“ “Bring me the Sword of Exact Zero!”
  • @freedone.
    Now everything is done by computer. I used to devour Starlog and Cinefex.
  • @jeanmalo7173
    They put blades instead of antennas?...sick...funny...but still sick...lol...stay safe!!