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dreadedloreenkid · 1 year ago

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Gonna bring up Doctor Who here, they have some amazing character effects:

Look at these gorgeous creature effects. This is from an episode in 2010. Over 13 years ago. And guess what? All 100% practical effects:

Actors sat in makeup & prosthetics for 4-5 hours to achieve this, and the result is beautifully lifelike and will most likely still look beautifully lifelike 50 years from now.

Another example is the "Catkind" aliens, which featured in episodes from 2006 and 2007, which are approaching 20 years old now:

And don't get me started on the Judoon from 2007, fully prosthetic masks with animatronics. And they still hold up better than virtually all contemporary CGI:

Marvel movies have completely eliminated the concept of practical effects from the movie-watching public’s consciousness

#also the CGI in most films these days - including MCU from about 2012ish onwards - is lower quality than what is technically possible #bc of the lack of union studios pay them less give them less time and hire fewer people #so the end product is lower quality than what coud have been done #and of course because it's cheaper they force more and more of the VFX to be CGI instead of having a balance #or a base of practical effects that are enhanced and or polished with CGI

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