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Originally Posted by pylon
I think a huge part of it also, was it was the absolute peak, of real life special effects using models, miniatures etc. And when you watch the action scenes in movies like Aliens, Predator...etc, the action looks better than CGI does now. CGI still doesn't look natural, and therefore, I feel it isn't as memorable.
When you watch the Aliens move in Aliens especially, then look at how the Aliens move in the following films, it was just way creepier, and believable in the "man in a suit" films. I believe they hired a bunch of french acrobats to do the "man in a suit" scenes in Aliens. I am sure I read that somewhere.
edit: sort of..lol, don't know where I got the french part from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens_%28film%29 |
I agree, some of the old special effects look a lot more convincing than some of the CG done now. There's very few people who can do it right.
I think to do it right you gotta use all forms with the CG. Sets, costumes, props, puppets, and actors. Like the approach Peter Jackson took with Lord of the Rings.
If there ever was an example on how to do modern special effects properly, it was that trilogy. Unfortunately many directors think you can just throw in a bunch of CG in there and have the same effect.