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Even terrible practical effects can be weirdly charming though.

• Forgeties79 8mo ago
  No less immersion breaking though. Highly doubt “weirdly charming” is the objective for most poorly done practicals!
  • autoexec 8mo ago
    True, but it really does hold up better than CGI. For example, a Dalek isn't really fooling anybody, but it's still far better than a CGI Scorpion King. I think it's easier for the brain to accept something as a representation of something it isn't when it's farther outside of the uncanny valley
    • Forgeties79 8mo ago
      You’re not comparing the worst practicals to what is considered one of the single worst CG renderings of all time though. There is also a camp culture that the Daleks fit in to - they weren’t trying to sell it as “very real” even at the time, that was “the look” and the budget. CG in live action is generally either shooting for 100% realism or is for comedic purposes intentionally absolutely awful. There’s a lot less in between than with practicals.