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Re: ED-209
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:04:34 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Matt Bohlmann wrote:
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Timothy Gould wrote:
Ah yes. RoboCop was the last great hurrah before The Abyss and
Terminator 2 ushered in the computer effects era for good. So in effect,
ED was the curtain call for stop-motion animation, as far as big-budget
sci-fi films are concerned.
And oh how I miss it.
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Surely you’re not forgetting Army of Darkness?!? If that’s not a
stop-motion tour de force, I don’t know what is!
But I agree that something satisfying was lost when the film industry
collectively decided to move to CGI...
Dave!
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Oh no, no indeed! I don’t forget the glorious Army of Darkness. But
considering it came out one year after T2 and one year before Jurassic Park,
it was essentially already a throwback to an era whose time had past. A eulogy
of sorts.
As was Peter Jackson’s monumental Braindead / Dead Alive, a stop-motion
masterpiece... also from 1992.
Notable to consider that the combined budgets of Robocop, Army of
Darkness, and Dead Alive amounted to less than 1/2 of the total cost of
Jurassic Park -- and 1/3 of the cost of T2.
There’s something in the stop-motion process that I think commands more
attention to the smallest details from the animators. I’d trade all of
Spielberg’s dinosaurs for the distinctive gait of a chicken walker, or the
inimitable curl of a Ray Harryhausen tentacle. Or the twitching toe of a fallen
ED-209.
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| (...) Stop action isn't dead, but it's definitely "retro." Check out Aardman's "Chicken Run" or "Curse of the Were-Rabbit." Talk about attention to detail; there's practically a sight-gag in every frame! Just watch the credits for any modern CGI (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Remember, Spielberg's JP wasn't all about CGI (though I'll forget the first time I saw the wide shot of the brachs at the lake, or the stampeding Gallimimus scene). He used puppets and also autoerotic dinos as well;-) JOHN (18 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Surely you're not forgetting Army of Darkness?!? If that's not a stop-motion tour de force, I don't know what is! But I agree that something satisfying was lost when the film industry collectively decided to move to CGI... Dave! (18 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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