A behind-the-scenes look at the INCREDIBLE animatronics built for Alien: Romulus by Legacy Effects! It makes me so happy seeing practical effects used in this day and age when CG dominates the market.
When a modern woman is blessed with a body that can move, run, dance, play, and bring her to orgasm; with breasts free of cancer, a healthy uterus, a life twice as long as that of the average Victorian woman, long enough to let her express her character on her face; with enough to eat and a metabolism that protects her by laying down flesh where and when she needs it; now that hers is the gift of health and well-being beyond that which any generation of women could have hoped for before—the Age of Surgery undoes her immense good fortune. It breaks down into defective components the gift of her sentient, vital body and the individuality of her face, teaching her to experience her lifelong blessing as a lifelong curse.
I don’t believe that “iPhone face” is real per se but the sameification of faces across Hollywood in a way that wasn’t medically possible even just 25 years ago very much is