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We gave it up for slightly higher profit margins enabled by hiring slightly less qualified programmers at a slightly lower rate. In a similar vein, Industrial
by fxtentacle 6y ago
We gave it up for slightly higher profit margins enabled by hiring slightly less qualified programmers at a slightly lower rate.
In a similar vein, Industrial Light and Magic used to have a few highly talented people crafting incredibly intelligent solutions to make their movies possible: https://youtu.be/AtPA6nIBs5g https://youtu.be/AtPA6nIBs5g
By now, most of those effects would instead be done using CGI and outsourced to Asia.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoThere's probably a long rant waiting to be written on this topic. Myself, I've observed how over the last four decades, CGI effects went from worthless, through novelty, through increasingly awesome, all the way to "cheapest garbage that can be made that looks convincing enough when the camera is moving very fast".