littlecofiegirl: fantastic-nonsense:seldo:wemblingfool: banjobutch:xbuster:Marvel movies have comple
littlecofiegirl: fantastic-nonsense:seldo:wemblingfool: banjobutch:xbuster:Marvel movies have completely eliminated the concept of practical effects from the movie-watching public’s consciousness Not just practical effects just like. Basic set design lol How… How do they think sci-fi was done before CGI? Really badly? Do you remember sci-fi before CGI? It was shit. And don’t say Star Wars because they went back and fixed that with CGI later. *big sigh* *puts head in hands* heathens who’ve never watched pre-MCU sci-fi movies OR the unedited Star Wars movies, my beloathedSo first of all, most people agree that the majority of the “CGI fixes” in the Star Wars original trilogy (excluding minor visual/sound effects like lightsaber colors and blaster sounds) are unececssary, extremely conspicuous, and/or bad. This is not news to literally anyone older than about 20 who has consumed Star Wars content on any level. There are quite literally two very famous ‘despecialized’ fan projects explicitly dedicated to un-doing all of the shitty “fixed” CGI effects while simultaneously restoring the OT in HD.And yes, I do, in fact, remember sci-fi special effects before CGI was the foundational cornerstone of moviemaking. It was not, in fact, shit:Also, ironically I can show you by….*gasp* using fucking Star Wars, of all things. Welcome to the Tatooine pod race set of The Phantom Menace, which was not, as popularly believed, CGI’d but was instead a fully-built miniature set:Yes, they built the entire set as a minature, built life-sized pod racers for the actors, then spliced the two together using digital effects. Yes, they did such a fantastic job that people think the entire set and scene sequence was basically completely CGI’d to this day. You’re fucking welcome for undervaluing the time, effort, and talents of set designers by implying that set design and practical effects inherently mean things will look like shit. Wow OP sure needs to watch some cinema (sure this aint no sci fi and spaceship but… almost: ( Ben-Hur. The original. )( also plz know that the CGI people are overworked, underpaid and undervalued! ) If we’re talking cgi vs physical props, one canot pass Jurassic Park and its perhaps most iconic scene:Still looks pretty convincing, huh? Creature design based on outdated science aside, none too shabby for a 1993 movie, right?And how did they achieve this?WITH LIFE SIZED ANIMATRONIC PUPPETS, SUCKA.No need to spend countless hours trying to render realistic lighting and rain effects and still have it come out kinda ‘eh’. For most part, all they needed cgi for was to erase the obvious mechanical parts and supports at the puppet’s base. And even that they could avoid by clever use of other props and camera angles, like in the picture above.Anyone who says old movie effects were shit can fight me and my 30ft robot dinosaur. -- source link
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