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Originally Posted by aprilc1
Is it just me or are CGI effects spoiling modern horror viewers? I mean, am I the only one who can appreciate old fashioned cheese? Take Food of The Gods (1976) If that movie was filmed today all the rats would be Computer Generated rather than using real rats in miniature sets and the movie would totally lose something. If you haven't seen it, you should It's an endangered species[/I]
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Way, Way, Way to much CGI effects today.
A good example is Kingdom Of The Spiders & Tarantula which used real spiders.
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Eight Legged Freaks uses CGI effects. To me it's way overdone and monotonous.
A good example where CGI was used properly was the two TV miniseries "V" and "V- The Final Battle". The Jurassic Park films weren't to bad either.
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CGI if used properly can be most effective & enjoying.
Give me Ray Harryhausen and his stop motion effects please!
By the way the scene in Jason & The Argonauts whereby the Argonats fight the skeletal army near the end of the film took 33 days. Today it would be done in a much shorter time period. However, it looked very realistic.
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The 1953 War Of The Worlds had spetacular special effects way ahead of it's time and way before CGI.
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Again, I think CGI is great, if it is used reasonably and not overdone. Unfortunately today it is.