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OT: 7 Amazing Movie Special Effects You Won't Believe Aren't CGI

jch_212b05a497jch_212b05a497 Posts: 13
edited December 1969 in The Commons

I came across an interesting article on Cracked.com: 7 Amazing Movie Special Effects You Won't Believe Aren't CGI. And we probably assumed all these effects were done with computers. It seems almost quaint that directors use in-camera and practical effects.

At the risk of starting an argument, what's the best and worst CG?
For me, the rubber-puppet Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) is worlds better than the CG Jar-Jar Binks from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, even though that movie was made 19 years later! Then again, almost any puppet made by Jim Henson is going to be better than all but the highest-quality CG creatures.

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  • Dr StupidDr Stupid Posts: 313
    edited December 1969

    I think the last two versions of The Thing are a good example of the overall subjective experience difference. While I quite enjoyed the recent version, and don't really understand some of the vitriole that's been hurled at it, John Carpenter's version wins hands down (or at least ripped off!), not least due to Rob Bottin's physical effects which are still astonishing and shockingly visceral today :)

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