▲ 635 ▼ Cultural impact (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 months ago by restingOface@quokk.au to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 136 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 months ago (2 children) I was entertained, it was pretty, it pushed for better facial animations. Other than that it's no real major impact. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago the Cinema version if "this meeting should have been an email" "This movie should have been a 5 minute tech demo" permalink fedilink source parent [–] restingOface@quokk.au [S] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) it pushed for better facial animations It genuinely pushed for a lot of technical achievements. Knowledge/skills that will be able to improve future films. Sure, the Avatar films may not be good films on their own. But they are being used to develop technologies which will make for better films from other people who actually want to make good films. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) eh. I think cameron's masturbating. he's just pushing stuff around and making nifty bits and bobs, but there's none of the genius that was present in terminator, aliens, the abyss, etc., it does advance the tech but in no way meaningfully and the vast majority of the big advancements are too expensive for smaller creators to leverage. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) but there’s none of the genius that was present in terminator, aliens, the abyss T2 was just the start, beginning with the morph CGI. The big studios want to do away with animatronics, stop-motion animation, miniatures, physical VFX and prosthetics, believing them to cost so much to shareholders, and spend on and scale up CGI but at the expense of enthusiasts wanting suspension of disbelief over realism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* I thought T2 was pretty great but yeah, it's all building off abyss's water tentacle creature. literally a series of morph targets permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago the Cinema version if "this meeting should have been an email" "This movie should have been a 5 minute tech demo" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] restingOface@quokk.au [S] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) it pushed for better facial animations It genuinely pushed for a lot of technical achievements. Knowledge/skills that will be able to improve future films. Sure, the Avatar films may not be good films on their own. But they are being used to develop technologies which will make for better films from other people who actually want to make good films. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) eh. I think cameron's masturbating. he's just pushing stuff around and making nifty bits and bobs, but there's none of the genius that was present in terminator, aliens, the abyss, etc., it does advance the tech but in no way meaningfully and the vast majority of the big advancements are too expensive for smaller creators to leverage. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) but there’s none of the genius that was present in terminator, aliens, the abyss T2 was just the start, beginning with the morph CGI. The big studios want to do away with animatronics, stop-motion animation, miniatures, physical VFX and prosthetics, believing them to cost so much to shareholders, and spend on and scale up CGI but at the expense of enthusiasts wanting suspension of disbelief over realism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* I thought T2 was pretty great but yeah, it's all building off abyss's water tentacle creature. literally a series of morph targets permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) eh. I think cameron's masturbating. he's just pushing stuff around and making nifty bits and bobs, but there's none of the genius that was present in terminator, aliens, the abyss, etc., it does advance the tech but in no way meaningfully and the vast majority of the big advancements are too expensive for smaller creators to leverage. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) but there’s none of the genius that was present in terminator, aliens, the abyss T2 was just the start, beginning with the morph CGI. The big studios want to do away with animatronics, stop-motion animation, miniatures, physical VFX and prosthetics, believing them to cost so much to shareholders, and spend on and scale up CGI but at the expense of enthusiasts wanting suspension of disbelief over realism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* I thought T2 was pretty great but yeah, it's all building off abyss's water tentacle creature. literally a series of morph targets permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) but there’s none of the genius that was present in terminator, aliens, the abyss T2 was just the start, beginning with the morph CGI. The big studios want to do away with animatronics, stop-motion animation, miniatures, physical VFX and prosthetics, believing them to cost so much to shareholders, and spend on and scale up CGI but at the expense of enthusiasts wanting suspension of disbelief over realism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* I thought T2 was pretty great but yeah, it's all building off abyss's water tentacle creature. literally a series of morph targets permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* I thought T2 was pretty great but yeah, it's all building off abyss's water tentacle creature. literally a series of morph targets permalink fedilink source parent
