Yes, Smell-O-Vision of the late '50s and early '60s.  As you mention it worked better in concept than execution.  I recall seeing "The Tingler" but I don't think that any of the easts were equipped with vibrators.

G

It WAS called Smell-O-Vision! It was long gone before I started going to movies with friends. I remember going to a movie with a friend and his Mother and the seats had buzzers but they only buzzed for one of the previews and it wasn't much. 

Remember movies so terrifying they made you sign a release from liability if you died of a heart attack? I remember those playing but scary movies gave me nightmares so I never went. I think "The Blob" was one.

Frosty The Lucky.

There was one where Earth and Chicago were invaded by giant ants.  In one scene someone is reporting the advance of the ants from a house at 73d and South Shore Drive which was 3 blocks from where we lived.  Never saw giant ants walking up South Shore Drive though.

G.

In the Movie, "Them!" The giant ants were the result of atomic tests mutating them. When they move to LA, the scientist tracks them to a drain culvert entering the LA river. Friends and I used to make torches and explore the flood control system and there's a pretty good chance the one they filmed.

Never saw a giant ant either.

Frosty The Lucky.

  Would you believe that movie inspired me to make ant sculptures.

I don't think it'd be too hard for you to convince me of that. Ever contemplate building one the same size as the movie ants? 

There was a blurb on the news yesterday about someone towing an old casino(maybe) barge to the scrappers that had a giant cockroach on the super structure.

Ooh ooh, I just thought of the perfect place to market giant ants! Picknick table shades at parks! Maybe you could get Orkin to sponsor it!

Frosty The Lucky.

19 hours ago, Frosty said:

Ever contemplate building one the same size as the movie ants? 

  Is that a serious question?  

  You would think they would come up with a more suitable idea than a cockroach to put on a casino barge.

IIRC the bug boat thing was made in the mid 50s, about the time the giant bug movies were warning us of the atomic age. 

Well . . . yeah, I was wondering if you were going to build any giant ants but keep it secret if you wish, we wont tell.

I know you don't watch TV news but the inflatable dragon on the Empire State Building has been done.

Frosty The Lucky.

  I worked once at a huge, world wide manufacturer of large products and was asked to be part of a team to work on a very, very large philanthropic art sculpture and I went for it.  Nobody was told what the end result would be, it was an unveiling thing.  It ran for 2 weeks, 3 shifts each building different parts to be assembled later.  It was hideous.  Not what I call artistic at all.  But it was big.  Funny, thing is, I googled them and now they are doing cool things world wide.

  If somebody dumped enough plate, pipe and a couple of huge industrial gears for eyes here, I gaurantee I would produce an ant of astounding proportions.  Oh, and an extenda boom, big break and a track burner would help...

  I better check out the inflatable dragon.

Be careful what you wish for, Clyde Wynia used to have to ask for steel and . . . things to make sculptures. Now he has more scrap . . . stuff dropped at his place than he'll ever use. 

Still it IS Jurustic Park and the McMillan swamp yields new iron age critters all the time.

Frosty The Lucky.

  Nothing would please me more than to have to wade through hip high quality scrap to get to the mailbox.

  However, I wouldn't even know about Clyde if not for you.

Aw Pshaw. I tip everybody into junk art to Clyde. 

Frosty The Lucky.

  If I'd have my way I would travel around visiting these things and Jurustic Park would be near the top of the list.

Clyde's tour is one long Kodak moment. When I was there there was a flying dragon with a moving helicopter rotor and bombs. The main part of it's body was a cement truck drum, I don't recall what the tail was made from and the head was fabbed from random . . . stuff. You could start the rotor turning with a crank wheel under it and it would turn for a long time. He said he had to trim the blades so they didn't turn in the wind or they got spinning too fast.

It's well worth visiting, tell Clyde Frosty sent you. He may remember me but it's been 27 years or so. 

Frosty The Lucky .

 

On 6/25/2024 at 9:58 PM, Frosty said:

I don't think it'd be too hard for you to convince me of that. Ever contemplate building one the same size as the movie ants? 
 

There was a blurb on the news yesterday about someone towing an old casino(maybe) barge to the scrappers that had a giant cockroach on the super structure.
 

Ooh ooh, I just thought of the perfect place to market giant ants! Picknick table shades at parks! Maybe you could get Orkin to sponsor it!
 

Frosty The Lucky.

Life-size movie ants would be terrifying… but also kind of amazing. That cockroach barge sounds like peak nightmare fuel; props to whoever green-lit that.

On 6/26/2024 at 8:24 PM, Scott NC said:

  I worked once at a huge, world wide manufacturer of large products and was asked to be part of a team to work on a very, very large philanthropic art sculpture and I went for it.  Nobody was told what the end result would be, it was an unveiling thing.  It ran for 2 weeks, 3 shifts each building different parts to be assembled later.  It was hideous.  Not what I call artistic at all.  But it was big.  Funny, thing is, I googled them and now they are doing cool things world wide.

  If somebody dumped enough plate, pipe and a couple of huge industrial gears for eyes here, I gaurantee I would produce an ant of astounding proportions.  Oh, and an extenda boom, big break and a track burner would help...

  I better check out the inflatable dragon.

By the way, I saw huge ants on one of the casino slot site where I sometimes entertain myself. Another convenient feature is that winnings are credited to your account instantly. It's just a great gambling platform with fast payouts!

That sounds about right. Big corporate “mystery art” projects are a total gamble. Half the time it’s inspiring, half the time you stand back thinking …that’s it? Still, being part of something massive tends to plant a seed, even if the result misses.

Earthflow, click the "Read this first" link at the top of the page.  It gives an overview of how to make this forum work best.  One of the tips is when quoting, only include enough of the post to give us an idea of what you are responding to.  This is a worldwide forum and many of our members are on slow, low bandwidth. high latency connections and the extra quoting increases their page load times.  loading pictures multiple times is a problem for them.  It's a consideration of others thing.   

We welcome you here and hope you will continue to contribute to our discussions....

 

 

Thanks Brian, well said. I was going to but I sounded too much like a rant and didn't submit it. 

If necessary just highlighting a line or sentence and addressing the original poster gives anybody who wants the details the option of clicking on the quote and reading the original post. 

What Brian forgot to mention is many members around the world are paying by the minute for internet connections and when entire posts are quoted they have to pay for something they may have already read when just a reminder is more than enough. 

Make sense?

Frosty The Lucky.

On 5/28/2024 at 9:32 PM, Scott NC said:

  I have enjoyed John Lopez's work for some time, but recently found this sculpture online which I missed.  I thought I would share it.  It was unvieled at a previous Hugh Glass Rendezvous.

  You can read "The Saga of Hugh Glass" by Myers and it is very good and worth your time.  There is a nice historical marker btw 

  Here's a short history.

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This is a very distinctive piece—John Lopez has a signature style: a combination of rough scrap metal (chains, gears, old parts) with leather and textures that give the animals an almost “lifelike” feel.