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Space Prawn
24-02-2004, 12:27 PM
Compare CGI with minitures... which is better? Recommended viewing from this topic: Blade Runner, Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Aliens.

Which look more realistic?
Dibbie
24-02-2004, 12:31 PM
It's wholly dependent on which film/how much available cash/which sfx company is used. For example, if you are talking about CGI characters then Gollum wipes his ass with the majority of Ray Harryhausens work but comparing scenery then Attack of the Clones wipes it's ass with Time Bandits...

Like for like and all things being equal miniatures are probably a little better for now but cgi is ALWAYS improving - soon it will be almost impossible to tell.
vampiress
24-02-2004, 12:31 PM
omg minitures. yoda looked so fake in the "new" star wars.

i also hated the mods they did in et in the rerelease. made me cry. now et doesn't look like he is in the frame with elliot.
AngryPaul
24-02-2004, 12:36 PM
Originally posted by vampiress
omg minitures. yoda looked so fake in the "new" star wars.

i also hated the mods they did in et in the rerelease. made me cry. now et doesn't look like he is in the frame with elliot.

I agree totally - yoda and ET were more believeable back then

*And why did they have to replace guns with walky-talkies?*
Boyinabox
24-02-2004, 04:19 PM
The new star wars over used CGI to the point where every god damn space ship looked shiny and brand new. In the old ones the ships looked battered and frequently used making it more realistic.

PS new yoda sucks, far to mobile for an 800 year old

Meanwhile LOTR has pulled off using cgi because it didnt make all of the characters using it, (hint to george lucas) and that the LOTR is just far better than new star wars.
Panto
24-02-2004, 08:22 PM
Originally posted by Boyinabox
The new star wars over used CGI to the point where every god damn space ship looked shiny and brand new. In the old ones the ships looked battered and frequently used making it more realistic.

PS new yoda sucks, far to mobile for an 800 year old

Meanwhile LOTR has pulled off using cgi because it didnt make all of the characters using it, (hint to george lucas) and that the LOTR is just far better than new star wars.

I think they were supposed to be better times back then...that's why they have nicer looking stuff and cooler technology (i.e. Darth Maul's lightsaber)