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deleted user Flag 26 Oct 19 3.05am

Originally posted by Frickin Saweet

Lawnmower Man

In its day this really did move the needle so to speak. Definitely ahead of its time.

 

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View Beanyboysmd's Profile Beanyboysmd Flag 26 Oct 19 4.41am Send a Private Message to Beanyboysmd Add Beanyboysmd as a friend

Originally posted by Tom-the-eagle

Whilst Jaws is still a superb film, the effects even for then were bloody awful.

True story, the reason they dont use it much is it didnt work in water so had to use it really sparingly!

 

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jeeagles Flag 26 Oct 19 8.55am

I watched an interview with David Jason a while back. He said the writers of only fools and horses initially always wanted him to make jokes about the random stuff in the flat. He said that he managed to persuade the writers not to do this by convincing them the audience was smart enough to work things out for themselves, spelling out the joke would ruin it.

Same applies with CGI, we've gone through years of having every detail of each event shown to us. It doesn't need to be like that, better to just show a glimpse of the action correctly, and let the audience figure the rest of by themselves.

Like the shower seen in psycho. It's a bit naff, but showing it in gruesome detail wouldn't add to the film.

 

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Originally posted by jeeagles

I watched an interview with David Jason a while back. He said the writers of only fools and horses initially always wanted him to make jokes about the random stuff in the flat. He said that he managed to persuade the writers not to do this by convincing them the audience was smart enough to work things out for themselves, spelling out the joke would ruin it.

Same applies with CGI, we've gone through years of having every detail of each event shown to us. It doesn't need to be like that, better to just show a glimpse of the action correctly, and let the audience figure the rest of by themselves.

Like the shower seen in psycho. It's a bit naff, but showing it in gruesome detail wouldn't add to the film.


The original Halloween as well; films that build the psychological thrill are easily the best..

 


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Originally posted by jeeagles

I watched an interview with David Jason a while back. He said the writers of only fools and horses initially always wanted him to make jokes about the random stuff in the flat. He said that he managed to persuade the writers not to do this by convincing them the audience was smart enough to work things out for themselves, spelling out the joke would ruin it.

Same applies with CGI, we've gone through years of having every detail of each event shown to us. It doesn't need to be like that, better to just show a glimpse of the action correctly, and let the audience figure the rest of by themselves.

Like the shower seen in psycho. It's a bit naff, but showing it in gruesome detail wouldn't add to the film.

Val Lewton would probably agree. Tasked to direct a film called Cat people he had no money for special effects and the "cat" was a stunt man in an unconvincing suit. Lewton chose not to show the killer cat and build the tension around not seeing it.

He also introduced a cliche much loved by horror fans. A woman is being stalked by the cat the music and tension builds any moment the cat will strike, a loud noise and the audience jumps however it is a false scare as it is just a bus pulling up at a stop.

This false scare has been used by horror film makers hundreds of times since and is known in the trade as a "Lewton Bus stop".

 


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Alita - Battle Angel had pretty good effects especially Alita herself

 

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View Mr Palaceman's Profile Mr Palaceman Flag 28 Oct 19 6.13pm Send a Private Message to Mr Palaceman Add Mr Palaceman as a friend

By far, the best most convincing sfx award goes to..

Blake 7..

I'll get my coat..

The 6 o'clock news had better sfx. (Althought it was brilliant)..

 


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Benteke's goal highlights on YouTube.

It looks so realistic but we all know now it must all have been CGI.

 

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View Mr Palaceman's Profile Mr Palaceman Flag 28 Oct 19 6.38pm Send a Private Message to Mr Palaceman Add Mr Palaceman as a friend

Originally posted by samprior
Benteke's goal highlights on YouTube.

It looks so realistic but we all know now it must all have been CGI.

Now that is funny. That really made me smile...

 


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Originally posted by Mr Palaceman

By far, the best most convincing sfx award goes to..

Blake 7..

I'll get my coat..

The 6 o'clock news had better sfx. (Althought it was brilliant)..

I think the test card with the girl, the clown, the balloons and the blackboard had better SFX TBH!

 


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Originally posted by twist

If we are going by SFX for the time they were made.
three movies come to mind.

Bladerunner(1982). A movie that stands up very well even today in regard to effects.

Star wars(obviously)
they did that in 1978 !?!?

Lord of the rings trilogy, especially RoTK (2001-2003). Groundsetting.

I never thought that the effects in Star Wars were that good. The scale was ambitious but the effects were never of the standard of say 2001 which came out years earlier.


Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (28 Oct 2019 7.56pm)

 

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Ok, here is a real treat for y'all. If you have not seen this film it is a true classic. If you have seen it, watch it again, it's a classic.. (I think I said that already).

Pre Star Wars, I think I read somewhere that this inspired Star Wars, in terms of effects, same techniques used. Director John Carpenter and the guy who has the battle of wills with the "Alien" is Dan O'Bannon, he wrote the Screenplay and then wrote Alien.

It was ahead of is time and it was funny. The alien in the lift is just gold, add a philosophical nuclear bomb and a dead Captain giving advice and you have one of my all time favorite movies and the film that made sci-fi the genre of choice for me, after I saw it as a child.

Dark Star... Enjoy.

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