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5 Sep 2024 05:19:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Why people don't like Star Wars I  
From: Orchid XP v8
Date: 20 Dec 2009 08:56:17
Message: <4b2e2d01$1@news.povray.org>
>> The "swarm of Smiths" in Reloaded was just silly. He's surrounded by 
>> 2,000 Smiths, and yet at any second only 2 or maybe 3 of them are 
>> actually attacking him. Um, why? But more to the point, about halfway 
>> through it goes into surprisingly poor CGI. You'd think these guys 
>> could do CGI so well you couldn't even tell, but this stuff looks 
>> worse than some computer games that are rendered in realtime. WTF?
> 
> You are obviously full of BS.

Look who's talking.

> Models and renders are friggin' well done 
> -- you can even see sweat in the skin.  The only reason you notice they 
> are CG is because they are moving like no human being could ever move, 
> even with the help of wires.

Do I have to go find a still from the movie just to prove a point?

> Kinda like the "Jurassic Park" syndrome:  "ah, that's obviously CG!"

I thought JP was actually pretty good, mostly. (Some of the big "oh 
look, it's a dinosaur" shots were a bit over-detailed, but that's about 
all.)

> I'm pretty sure you didn't notice most of the CG doubles when they are 
> not obvious.

Probably not. But in the Swarm of Smiths, I did, and it looked tacky.

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