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I will note you are picking some of the best effects movies of all time and comparing them with everything else. On the other hand compare "The Expanse" (Prime
by grogenaut 5y ago
I will note you are picking some of the best effects movies of all time and comparing them with everything else.
On the other hand compare "The Expanse" (Prime Video) with B movies of the Alien era, and the level of story telling they are able to do in a long form TV show. Then compare TV shows of the Alien era. The story telling there is much aided by CGI. Tho that show uses a good mix of practical and fake. Lots of small sets for ships, lots of fake displays. Many fantastical worlds that they can pump out with CG.
- nicce 5y agoIt is also worthy to note , that comparisons are made for Marvel movies or other very high budget movies. I would put Alien above all of them. High budget movies could still use same techniques in these days but they aren’t.
- monocasa 5y agoAlien's horror genre gets away with not actually showing that much in order to build suspense. Few genres are afforded that luxury, particularly not super hero movies. I don't see many people citing Superman 2 as the kinds of effects we should go back to.
- nicce 5y agoThere are planets, spaceships, big buildings and so on for creating the atmosphere. CGI is used to create those in these days as well.
- monocasa 5y agoAnd those aren't the points that people generally point to as failures of CGI. You can have goofy CGI with those, but you can definitely have goofy looking practical effects with elements too.
- grogenaut 5y agoNothing in my comment disagreed with your point. I agree, the practical effects in much of Alien are great, and better than CG for those things.