Special effects appreciation thread

[Duwop]

They achieved this with a bed sheet




Still creeps me the fuck out

 

[mryounggun]

I honestly think that no matter how good CGI gets, in certain situation, practical effects will ALWAYS be better.

 

[illestni99ainne]

Can’t do this thread without the raiders of the lost ark face melt scene lol


Here’s the making of that scene for those interested

 

[illestni99ainne]

Splicing Hanks with old scenes in history was amazing to me as a kid

 

[#1hiphopjunki3]

Great thread premise. Computer generated images look great these days with how advanced technology is but there is something so special about practical effects.

I think some CGI things just don't look as realistic as when folks would actually create real sets, masks, or props.

 

[#1hiphopjunki3]

Dope thread idea.
One of my favorite movies ever was The Thing.
One scene is when they do the blood test.
I still get the shakes from that.

This movie is One of the best examples of great practical effects!!!!

 

[Sony Montana]

Shoutout to Mad Max Fury Road

 

[Victory_Kid]

This is one of my favorite movies of all time.


I saw this shit as a kid in the theaters.... And I remember feeling like I was legit in the car with them kids...

Wasn't shit cheesy.... These motherfuckers looked real

Jurassic Park is a legendary, epic, classic... the whole damn shits of a movie.

But is this considered as "special effects"? Like they used animatronic dinosaurs. It's practical, but when I hear "special effects" I think of computer-generated imagery:

Terminator 2 (T1000)
Total Recall
Men In Black
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Matrix
Etc...

Am I tripping or yall see what I'm saying?

 

[Stomp Johnson]

Jurassic Park is a legendary, epic, classic... the whole damn shits of a movie.

But is this considered as "special effects"? Like they used animatronic dinosaurs. It's practical, but when I hear "special effects" I think of computer-generated imagery:

Terminator 2 (T1000)
Total Recall
Men In Black
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Matrix
Etc...

Am I tripping or yall see what I'm saying?

Same umbrella imo.

You've just described practical effects (puppets n'shit) vs computer generated (software n'shit).

But it's all special effects n'shit.

 

[Duwop]

I'm leaning more towards practical simply because they are more difficult... Cool and suspend belief

 

[Breezy_Kilroy]

Jurassic Park used both prosthetics as well as CGI.

The animation team was truly ahead of it's time. Apparently the whole TRex chase scene was done in CGI

I read an article a few years ago wondering how they did it. Found a video referencing the same info.





Imagery today still doesn't look as good as what they were able to achieve in Jurrasic Park. And that was almost 30 years ago.

 

[Victory_Kid]

Same umbrella imo.

You've just described practical effects (puppets n'shit) vs computer generated (software n'shit).

But it's all special effects n'shit.

Ok, fair!