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« on: November 17, 2017, 04:27:39 PM »
I just randomly caught about 30 mins of TERMINATOR: GENYSIS the other day and was astounded at how awful some of the CGI was. particularly during a chase scene on a bridge. I mean comically bad. But why? big studios surely have more advanced technology available to them than any time before in movie history, and ridiculous budgets to work with,  yet I've seen 20+ year old films with way better CGI....(ironically TERMINATOR 2 for example).  baffling.
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« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2017, 05:00:17 PM »
A lot of the CGI George Lucas added to the original trilogy has not aged well.
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« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2017, 06:07:09 PM »
I AM LEGEND (2007). The zombies/vampires all looked exactly the same. Same clothes-same faces. Ugh. Like video game zombies. And the technology was available. This was a case of just plain LAZY.
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« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2017, 08:11:57 PM »
They have more advanced technology today, but they use CG more often too. In T2 it was 1 character, a simulation of the Apocalypse. Today every shot has some element added by computers.
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« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2017, 08:25:31 PM »
I don't like CGI. Gimme Ray Harryhausen and Jack Pierce and dummy's filled with cow guts. I like my movies raw. I don't like new movies. I'm a fossil.
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« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2017, 08:50:23 PM »
The cgi blood in Machete was a little too apparent...
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« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2017, 08:58:05 PM »
In the climactic battle scene of Blade 2, the CGI was horribly obvious.
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« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2017, 02:23:17 AM »
Quote from: LilCerberus on November 17, 2017, 08:50:23 PM
The cgi blood in Machete was a little too apparent...
Yeah CGI blood always seems obvious. Explosions never look quite right either. Even in films where I think overall the CGI is decent, HOT FUZZ for example.

I'm with Merchant I would prefer no CGI and manual fx all day long. I think a lot of movie watchers are thinking the same now as well. But I guess directors + producers think that just because CGI is available then it has to be used. It's become an industry standard.
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« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2017, 03:50:47 AM »
I also HATE CGI.  Give me practical effects any day.  Even if they are badly done they still look better than CGI to me.
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« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2017, 04:14:37 AM »
Quote from: beat_truck on November 18, 2017, 03:50:47 AM
I also HATE CGI.  Give me practical effects any day.  Even if they are badly done they still look better than CGI to me.
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« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2017, 08:38:44 PM »
Quote from: RCMerchant on November 17, 2017, 08:25:31 PM
I don't like CGI. Gimme Ray Harryhausen and Jack Pierce and dummy's filled with cow guts. I like my movies raw. I don't like new movies. I'm a fossil.
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« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2017, 01:43:17 AM »
Quote from: RCMerchant on November 18, 2017, 04:14:37 AM
Quote from: beat_truck on November 18, 2017, 03:50:47 AM
I also HATE CGI.  Give me practical effects any day.  Even if they are badly done they still look better than CGI to me.
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Growing up I always wanted to be a special effects designer, I loved guys like Rick Baker & Ray Harryhausen. F/X Murder By Illusion was one of my fave movies, but when CGI came along just as I was getting ready to leave school I couldn't get into that as much and eventually it put me off sticking with that as a career.
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« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2017, 02:25:05 AM »
The CGI / motion capture turtles in the new TMNT films are awful: I preferred it when it was people in suits.  Twirling

On the other hand, there are some CGI creations - Rocket Raccoon for one - which look great and believable.
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« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2017, 10:24:22 PM »
Quote from: RCMerchant on November 18, 2017, 04:14:37 AM
Quote from: beat_truck on November 18, 2017, 03:50:47 AM
I also HATE CGI.  Give me practical effects any day.  Even if they are badly done they still look better than CGI to me.
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« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2017, 10:34:52 PM »
I always thought the CGI Alien in Alien III was a nice try for it's day, but still painfully obvious.

The CGI in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow was actually pretty good, just a shame it was a lousey movie...
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