Helped by brilliantly horrible sound effects as well.
youtu.be/SNg4KZKG96o
(, Sun 27 Sep 2020, 19:00, Reply)
It looked shonky by the 80s when I first saw it as a child. ESB's tauntauns only look slightly better.
The Harryhausen low frame rate stop motion style still suits insects, reptiles and birds mind you.
(, Sun 27 Sep 2020, 19:43, Reply)
I think a jerky, grinding, automaton is entirely right.
In the later attack on the boat, it’s the boat that’s the problem rather than Talos.
(, Sun 27 Sep 2020, 21:28, Reply)