ThatStupidLion
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this scene is pretty awful - theres also a golden flag waving at one point and it just looks sooo bad... i could tell it was cg when the movie first came out even.
Damn. I didn't even think twice about this when I saw the movie. I'm sure in 5 years we'll all be talking about how shitty it looks
There were also a bunch of pointless scenes in that movie thanks to being a 3d film.Jaws 3.
the Spider Alien Gary Oldman from the same movie is pretty rough tooWhat's that rat monkey gollum looking thing from Lost in Space
I...I hadn't seen this since I was a kid and now I'm embarrassed that kid-me thought this was an ok part of an ok movie. My life is such a sham.
Nah, the lighting is just horrible in that clip.
They never replaced the Alien with any CG. I never got how people saw the puppet as such, it doesn't even look remotely computer generated at all. It's more a result of awkward compositing.
I'm not saying every shot is perfectly convincing, but in general isn't the thing still considered pretty much the holy grail of practical effects? I saw it twice in the last couple of years in cinema and it still has a ton of impact.
I disagree. Animatronics really didn't get any better, they were replaced (unfortunately, imo) by cgi. The Thing and Lifeforce are still spectacular. There are things to consider beyond photorealism, like craftmanship.
The thing with animatronics and other kinds of practical effects is that the people working on the film were generally much more aware about the limits of what they could reasonably show off. So they adapted the whole filmmaking process with camera angles, lighting, etc to work in conjunction with that.
A lot of CGI probably ends up poor because it's always added in post, and that makes it less likely that they properly plan the whole process in advance.
wut
The Thing still looks fantastic.
Oh jeez another GAF thread shitting on visual effects when you guys don't know anything about the process. Carry on as usual.
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.
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.
The falling scene in Robocop
Though the arms always looked off to me.
the Spider Alien Gary Oldman from the same movie is pretty rough too
That ain't Wesley Snipes, it's his stunt double.Slightly unrelated but I watched this GIF so many times I can't unsee Wesley snipes adjusting his path mid spin to make sure he stops in the correct spot for the shot. You can see him look down to align himself hahaha.
It was half truth half sarcasm, I try to suspend all disbelief as much as possible during movies, makes them a Mich better experience...Your comment is awesome lol got me laughing.
Blue Crush - back then kate bosworth's copypasta was a bit off. looking at it again, it feels like a joke in comparison to any random e3 gaf gif!
Blue Crush - back then kate bosworth's copypasta was a bit off. looking at it again, it feels like a joke in comparison to any random e3 gaf gif!
Its a small scene taking place during the largest ground battle in movie history
this scene is pretty awful - theres also a golden flag waving at one point and it just looks sooo bad... i could tell it was cg when the movie first came out even.
Blue Crush - back then kate bosworth's copypasta was a bit off. looking at it again, it feels like a joke in comparison to any random e3 gaf gif!
I think we have a winner! Legit laughing right now!Blue Crush - back then kate bosworth's copypasta was a bit off. looking at it again, it feels like a joke in comparison to any random e3 gaf gif!
Blue Crush - back then kate bosworth's copypasta was a bit off. looking at it again, it feels like a joke in comparison to any random e3 gaf gif!
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.
there are clearly other winners, but always found this superlol
Is that real?... why?...
Is it just me or does his head...stretch subtly.
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.
Honestly, get over yourself. There are plenty of real-time and offline VFX artists like myself on GAF and you don't even need to know what we know about practical and CG effects to share what you feel has aged poorly.I do this for a living too and seeing vfx-related posts in GAF is about the same as seeing the gaming side whine about 60fps vs 30fps. Basically, very uninformed bashing with little understanding of the actual subject.
Another obvious victim of aging are '80s animatronics or effects like in The Thing.
You serious? It is still to this day one of the movies that has the most convincing practical effects. I watched it again last year, very creeped out by it, could not understand how they pulled it off. Fantastic. Just marvelous.
Saw The Thing (2011), and laughed at it. My god that CGI over the practical effects creatures was so so dumb. Sat there, absolutely NOT terrified at all, just yawning... Test audiences doesn't know a good effect if it hit them in the head.
A movie that has 30 years on its neck can still scare me, and a 4 year old movie almost made me fall asleep.