Post AuLmOyvW5JVGCk74YC by Iamthebammbamm@noauthority.social
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 (DIR) Post #AuKqj1sr0OlVpGirya by DrChris@noauthority.social
       2025-05-22T00:03:02Z
       
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       How does the CGI in Lord of the Rings look better than anything being produced today?
       
 (DIR) Post #AuKqj2caGNLS767OFs by ent@noauthority.social
       2025-05-22T00:25:26Z
       
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       @DrChris Most of the effects were practical, not computer generated
       
 (DIR) Post #AuLmOyvW5JVGCk74YC by Iamthebammbamm@noauthority.social
       2025-05-22T00:04:48Z
       
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       @DrChris deliberate planning of CGI shots vs willy nilly
       
 (DIR) Post #AuLmPSjrFE0EfGtBXk by Galen_Marek@noauthority.social
       2025-05-22T01:06:17Z
       
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       @DrChris No shade to LoTR. But check how good Jurassic Park still holds up. Definitely on the same level.
       
 (DIR) Post #AuLmSRUKLmVHeg2tWK by Dan_Ramos@noauthority.social
       2025-05-22T03:41:36Z
       
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       @DrChris Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, Ironman (the original movie), etc.  Most CGI seemed to be so much better years and years ago, even going back to the 1990s.  We may have faster and better computers, but the software and techniques involved are shittier and there are way too many cost-cutting short-cuts now.
       
 (DIR) Post #AuLmSSezzadNI42vnE by DrChris@noauthority.social
       2025-05-22T10:57:33Z
       
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       @Dan_Ramos I think it's the lack of trying to NOT use CGI wherever possible (e.g. building an actual model of Minas Tirith) and supplementing it with intentional CGI that's the difference.Every movie now is just "Fuck it, you two get up there in front of a green screen and we'll CGI everything else in the scene.