Doomwatch, Outerlimits, Who were all masters of investing the simplest of horrors with menace. All music, build up, lighting and tension.
So much better than f**king space fish vampires and fart monsters.
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Quote: sootyj @ May 28 2010, 9:17 AM BSTDoomwatch, Outerlimits, Who were all masters of investing the simplest of horrors with menace. All music, build up, lighting and tension.
And the first Alien movie, which got maximum effect from a largely-unseen monster.
Quote: Nogget @ May 28 2010, 9:37 AM BSTAnd the first Alien movie, which got maximum effect from a largely-unseen monster.
Interestingly, David Fincher originally wanted to make Alien 3 so you never saw the monster at all.
That said, I do think you have to see the monster at some point, and some CGI creatures can be very effective. I saw The Host this week, and the monster in that was fantastic. Likewise, some of the stuff in Lord of the Rings was astonishing. And I'm assuming Pan's Labrynth had CGI in?
Quote: chipolata @ May 28 2010, 10:05 AM BSTAnd I'm assuming Pan's Labrynth had CGI in?
I think in the main the actual monsters/creatures were physical effects.
Quote: sootyj @ May 28 2010, 9:17 AM BSTDoomwatch, Outerlimits, Who were all masters of investing the simplest of horrors with menace. All music, build up, lighting and tension.
The infamous Rats episode in Doomwatch perhaps undermines your argument...
Quote: Nogget @ May 28 2010, 9:37 AM BSTAnd the first Alien movie, which got maximum effect from a largely-unseen monster.
Jaws is the most famous example, where a malfunctioning mechanical shark prompted Spielberg to make a virtue of necessity.
Some of my favourite visual effects come from the movie The Thing. I love the awesome puppetry.
Quote: Leevil @ May 28 2010, 10:27 AM BSTSome of my favourite visual effects come from the movie The Thing. I love the awesome puppetry.
And The Fly. Watched that again at the weekend and marvelled again at how staggeringly brilliant Brundle-Fly is.
Ah, yes. Good choice.
Quote: Leevil @ May 28 2010, 10:27 AM BSTSome of my favourite visual effects come from the movie The Thing. I love the awesome puppetry.
Yes.
Apparently they're about to start shooting a prequel. I'm sure it'll be great.
Quote: Leevil @ May 28 2010, 10:27 AM BSTSome of my favourite visual effects come from the movie The Thing. I love the awesome puppetry.
I thought Leevil was a CGI creation left over from a failed ITV scifi show, PrimeLeevil?
Quote: Matthew Stott @ May 28 2010, 10:31 AM BSTYes.
Apparently they're about to start shooting a prequel. I'm sure it'll be great.
Quote: sootyj @ May 28 2010, 10:32 AM BSTI thought Leevil was a CGI creation left over from a failed ITV scifi show, PrimeLeevil?
I thank CGI for giving me two great joys in my life:
1) To see dinosaurs walk realistically (well, as far as humans can surmise) in Walking with Dinosaurs and Jurassic Park franchises. Yep, I'll admit JP2: The Lost World is crap but hey, it has a T.Rex, so I'm looking at that not the gaping plot holes.
2) To see Alien and Predator finally scrap it out on Earth. Alien and its evolution throughout the franchise is (imh-and-often-misguided-o) awesome.
But I echo the general sterility of 100%-CGI-content films etc.
Echo Chip on Lord of the Rings - a trio of films that did not disappoint despite the huge task of accurately portraying a world that exists so sharply within so many minds through the novels.
Quote: SlagA @ May 28 2010, 6:58 PM BST2) To see Alien and Predator finally scrap it out on Earth.
Christ, those Alien Vs Predetor films are awful.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ May 28 2010, 7:12 PM BSTChrist, those Alien Vs Predetor films are awful.
They're fantastic...until your plumbs descend
Quote: SlagA @ May 28 2010, 6:58 PM BSTJurassic Park
Oh, yes! That film literally reached into my dreams and put it on the big screen. Fantastic moments.