In anticipation of this Friday’s new Star Wars movie – which is likely 99% CGI effects – take a gander at how they used to do it back in the day. Jesus, these guys had patience.
Tales of True Adventure for Rugged Men Not Unlike Yourself
Tales of True Adventure for Rugged Men Not Unlike Yourself
In anticipation of this Friday’s new Star Wars movie – which is likely 99% CGI effects – take a gander at how they used to do it back in the day. Jesus, these guys had patience.
So good! I’ll be needing some of those matte paintings.
The two most remarkable analog-era VFX phenomena to me are:
1) 2001: A Space Odyssey came out NINE YEARS before this.
2) While watching the credits for Altered States (1980), I thought that the visual effects acknowledgements would go on for several screens, and involve hundreds of people.
NOPE.
It’s like, a few guys in a garage.
Damn.
Total tangent here, but one of the other things that blows me away in 2001 is the ape mask design. Fucking Planet of the Apes won the Oscar that year and those appliances are shit by comparison. There’s been a rumor forever that 2001 wasn’t considered because the makeup was so good it was assumed that actual apes were used. Probably not true, but I love it.