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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 160749" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>War Games has not aged well at all. The tech is so laughable by today's standards. It was a brilliant piece of cold war cinema back before we knew better. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Running Man < Total Recall < Commando < Predator < Terminator ... in other words, there are a bunch of Ah-nold movies I'd put on a list before that one. I do love me some Richard Dawson though.</p><p></p><p>I can't get on the Tron tip. I find it incredibly boring, especially after The Matrix which is basically telling the same story. I like the premise and everything, I like the techniques used in bringing the film to life, but it just puts me to sleep. I did enjoy Tron: Legacy.</p><p></p><p>Old school prosthetic effects are the best. Even though you know it's not real, sometimes laughably so, because they essentially ARE real, there's a magic to them. I have the same thought towards stunts. We marveled at the car jumps and high falls and fight sequences because we knew it was real people doing it for real. Or at the minimum, with real models. There was a real sense of danger to the sequences. Now you can't believe a thing you see. It could be the most spectacular stunt ever, and there will be a large portion of the audience that goes, "oh that was so fake, all CGI". Then you show them the behind the scenes of it actually happening and they go, "meh, still looked fake to me". That's why love that Fury Road trailer. Yes, the dust storm is CG, but I'd bet the majority of the car work is 100% real with actual stuntmen performing them. It's why I love The Raid, because they simply didn't have the budget to go CG with anything. </p><p></p><p>Oh, and the best part about American Werewolf is it spawned the show Manimal. I kid, I kid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 160749, member: 134"] War Games has not aged well at all. The tech is so laughable by today's standards. It was a brilliant piece of cold war cinema back before we knew better. :D Running Man < Total Recall < Commando < Predator < Terminator ... in other words, there are a bunch of Ah-nold movies I'd put on a list before that one. I do love me some Richard Dawson though. I can't get on the Tron tip. I find it incredibly boring, especially after The Matrix which is basically telling the same story. I like the premise and everything, I like the techniques used in bringing the film to life, but it just puts me to sleep. I did enjoy Tron: Legacy. Old school prosthetic effects are the best. Even though you know it's not real, sometimes laughably so, because they essentially ARE real, there's a magic to them. I have the same thought towards stunts. We marveled at the car jumps and high falls and fight sequences because we knew it was real people doing it for real. Or at the minimum, with real models. There was a real sense of danger to the sequences. Now you can't believe a thing you see. It could be the most spectacular stunt ever, and there will be a large portion of the audience that goes, "oh that was so fake, all CGI". Then you show them the behind the scenes of it actually happening and they go, "meh, still looked fake to me". That's why love that Fury Road trailer. Yes, the dust storm is CG, but I'd bet the majority of the car work is 100% real with actual stuntmen performing them. It's why I love The Raid, because they simply didn't have the budget to go CG with anything. Oh, and the best part about American Werewolf is it spawned the show Manimal. I kid, I kid. [/QUOTE]
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