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What movie's visual effects have aged the poorest?
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ctrl + F Lawnmower Man
You gotta be kidding me
Nah think it still works pretty well for the film universe its in. Actually I think it works a bit better now because 90s CG is a bit unnerving to look at.
Zantetsuken
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Does this count?
I have to agree. There's something about 90s CG that looks more disturbing than modern CG. I haven't seen The Lawnmower Man but that gif actually unnerves me a bit.
Does this count?
Lion King looks way rougher than I remember.
Here's something that aged well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2AitTPI5U0#t=5m25s
And it's from 1991.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2AitTPI5U0#t=5m25s
And it's from 1991.
This makes me want to watch it. 5ish rating on IMDB, not good. But I like the idea of a CGI nightmare zone.ctrl + F Lawnmower Man
You gotta be kidding me
I didn't think about how weird it was that his body started flying away until you mentioned it.
The movie itself may be self ingulgent on his part, but the CGI holds up pretty well compared even to some of the stuff in his later Hobbit films.
This. This I have always hated for how bad the arms lookThe falling scene in Robocop
Though the arms always looked off to me.
IDK, it looks pretty incredible to me. I think it will in 5 years.
Yeah,all that time and resources spent and it still looks like complete fucking garbage. Unless somebody is calling out individual names of animators then I don't really care what they feel as a whole if they were part of a terrible product and I didn't realize it when I wrote a comment. If there were limitations out of control and they know why it was terrible then it's not an insult. If there weren't any, or if they don't believe their work looks terrible simply because it's their work, they don't deserve to be coddled.
The problem is that THE THREAD IS NOT ABOUT THE WORST VISUAL EFFECT !
It is about which AGED THE POOREST, this means changed from "OMFG THIS IS PERFECT" to "ok, this is not THAT bad considering what they had" and not changed from "DEAR GOD THAT IS SHIT" to "DEAR GOD THAT IS DATED SHIT" which is 90% of the examples =P
It sort of depends on what kind of definition people have for best. I think the best kind of cgi is usually the one you don't even notice.
But of course is that a bit hard for CGI effects that portray stuff that we know is impossible to exist.
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How can you hate it? It's part of the charm, something my friends and I had laughs about at school and have fond memories of.
I watched Pans Labyrinth not too long ago and it's cgi is pretty bad. Great movie but the cgi reliance takes a bit away. I've also been watching a lot of old school stuff with rubber suits and plastic models and quite honestly I prefer the old stuff. I grew up with Alien, The Thing, War of the Worlds from the 50's and stuff like that. Yea some of it looks cheesy but you can see the craft, the effort that went into making them. Modern cgi based movies can do a lot but it ages fast and doesn't feel authentic. Sure it takes artists and effort but it's not the same vibe. Like someone else mentioned, the creators had to be creative with lighting and scenery, now we just add stuff that's missing with a puter and it looks blatantly obvious a lot of times. I'm of the opinion that if something enhances the movie it's good no matter how shitty it looks. Like the stomach thing in the Thing. Yea it's not great but it delivers. All that cgi in the Star Wars prequels was way too much. So those felt like video games and not epic movies. Hated those when I saw them because of that amongst other reasons but the cgi was overwhelming. Compare that to Babylon 5. The graphics sucked even back in the day but holy shit was that universe alive.
Shambalakan
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I really can't believe this! :OAttack of the Clones
That always pulls me out because it's obsurdly bad given the rest of the effects and the tone of the scene
I think RotS didn't age nearly as bad as TPM and AotC. Sure those Wookies look pretty bad by today's standards, but some scenes in RotS still look pretty good, like the opening shot.
I'd've been cool with it had it just been 'CLU is really creepy computer man' but Jeff Bridges' weird cg face during the 1989 scene ruins that.
Like, one of two complaints I had with Tron.
DonasaurusRex
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Spawn deserved better
That looked bad at release.
djplaeskool
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Off topic but what about recent release who's CGI is gonna hold up in time.
I nominate the creation scene in Noah(2014).
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KMDWWDZ8ozE
I nominate the creation scene in Noah(2014).
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KMDWWDZ8ozE
Which is precisely why it's almost never seen in the film.
dr.rocktopus
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I don't know how this phone is made thus I can't say it's shit!
I don't know how this car is made thus I can't say it's shit!
I don't know how this video game is made thus I can't say it's shit!
I don't know how this cereal is made thus I can't say it's shit!
Comparative studies can happen at a surface level. We aren't looking for reason why something is, just that this is bad compared to that.
I'm pretty sure it was a girl surfer, would be extra hilarious if it was a dude! (they didn't get the skin color right, though)
whats wrong with it?
A hint for those who want to still love the JP1 CG shots
True, it wouldn't at full speed. Unfortunately that shot is in slow-mo bullet time so it's all you can see.
Don't look at the feet
True, it wouldn't at full speed. Unfortunately that shot is in slow-mo bullet time so it's all you can see.
The rest of Jurassic Park holds up amazingly, that first T-Rex scenes and raptors.
JP aged like fine wine, except for the first dinosaur reveal scene, that brachiosaurus, when you watch it again in HD, it doesn't hold up well.
Nah. I saw the restored release in IMAX a couple years ago and it still looked amazing for something made in 1993.
Dash_Riprock
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Half the movies posted here looked like shit when they came out, so they don't really count.
Basicly during test screenings the mask they originally used had alot of complaints. There were some scenes they couldn't reshoot and in that one seen they used CGI to change it.
This post has more info. http://www.campblood.net/forum/index.php?topic=7978.0
pixelation
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Thanks man!
Insane Metal
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This thread is amazing, lol
Astral Dog
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The first Toy Story is a classic, but it aged quite a bit for today.
The Burly Brawl looked like hot trash even in 2003. All the hype for that scene just made it worse.
Attack of the Clones
This on the other hand, holy shit.
AlteredBeast
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Agreed. The weakest point special effects wise in the sequels.
Chip N Chance
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The first Toy Story is a classic, but it aged quite a bit for today.
I want a Special Edition of Toy Story 1 with updated visuals.
The first Toy Story is a classic, but it aged quite a bit for today.
The toys themselves look fine still, if lacking in detail. The humans and environments are what aged badly.
TheChewyWaffles
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CLU's face in TRON: Legacy. I mean, the rest of the movie still looks fine.
I think even in 2010 people were put off and going "uncanny valley," but it was made extra jarring to me after being surprisingly impressed by Ant-Man 'de-aging' Michael Douglas and even Arnold in Terminator Genisys.
Yah but those were 2015.
NekoFever
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They were updated somewhat for the 3D release and Blu-ray. It was a whole new render with updated shaders and lighting, plus added resolution since the original wasn't 1080p. Not hugely so because they wanted it to still look like Toy Story, but an improvement.
Spawn looked awful back then too. Terrible movie in all regards.
Afa
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I thought spawn had some ok cgi in it.
The cape always looked cool to me too.
God we need a new spawn movie.
That almost looks like stopmotion.
Yeah Spawn had a few okays, just alot of shit too.
I thought spawn had some ok cgi in it.
The cape always looked cool to me too.
God we need a new spawn movie.
Yeah, that still looks pretty good. This, though? They must have ran out of money by the time they got to this.
Hero_of_the_Day
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I thought spawn had some ok cgi in it.
The cape always looked cool to me too.
God we need a new spawn movie.
That looks great. The cape, not so much:
And, yeah, Malebolgia looked like absolute shit on release.
I never ever had any interesting in watching this. I remember seeing the movie poster + the title Lawnmower Man and it made me so mad.
I dont even care what the movie is about that is the most idiotic name ever.
Chuck Norris
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Why not just get a couple guys in suits in front of a green screen? Unnecessary use of CG is really annoyingAttack of the Clones
It's forgivable in cases like the Matrix sequels where a human actor would be unable to portray some of the stuff happening on screen but stuff like this is just unnecessary
Fun fact, the director of this turd was responsible for those shitty CGI direct-to-video Garfield movies.
And Halloween Town High.
Annd those Finding Nemo mockbusters :V
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