Best Sci Fi Effects sequence

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MILFORD

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:02 PM

Tell me about it. I remember it mostly as a kid, but your comments remind me of the problems I noticed. It did seem a bit long in spots, and I think you're right about the special edition. Great idea.

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EST120

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:04 PM

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Originally posted by Jonestein:
* "Sky Captain" was pretty damn stunning with the green-screen FX, but unfortunately was a crappy movie, IMHO.

I enjoyed the effects and the overall look of that movie. The story was not so bad, in my opinion, but I loved the 20's styling of the costumes and the filming. Neat-O.

I may come up with one I like more later, but right now, I am picking the Cave Troll battle scene in Lord of the Rings in the Mines of Moria. Not the entire battle, just one part. The part where the Cave Troll smashes the grave that Gimli is standing on right after he jumps off it. I absolutely LOVED the interaction between the CGI and real life characters. That short sequence is absolutely stunning in my opinion.

ACRAZYIVAN

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:35 PM

This isn't really my favorite sci-fi sequence, just a comment on the Firefly production crew's awesome abilities. On the commentary for "Shindig" we find out that at the end, when Mal and Inara are sitting on the catwalk overlooking the cows, there's nothing there, and they're actually CGI cows. Never in a trillion years would I have been able to place those as fake cows. I've rewound the DVD so many times to inspect them, and they're just phenomenally done.

Anyway, while "cows" isn't exactly an action sequence, I just had to throw in some credit to the Firefly production crew.

"We've gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a hero."

MILFORD

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:41 PM

Gott love Zoic and their fake cows. Gets me too.

I also liked the look and the idea of Sky Captain, but thought the story was pretty dumb. Similar feeling about Sin City, but with a much better view of the story. Those effects were eye-popping.

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GROUNDED

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 5:26 PM

Erm...the cows were greenscreened in were they not? There's no way Zoic would waste time doing CG cows.

DUG

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 6:21 PM

The commentary stated that the cows were CG, but I've always thought they were probably real cows composited into the scene. To model, texture and pose all of that herd would be far more difficult than using a real herd and some editing software.

And it is true; cows do not like walking on certain types of grates. You can avoid putting in a gate by digging a ditch and covering it with a grate made of round tubing (strong enough to hold up a vehicle, please). The cattle won't cross because they don't feel like their hooves have purchase. I'm not positive about the grates on Serenity; they are flat and the squares look close enough the cows may feel that they have sound footing. Weight may have been even more of an issue; could the grating in that set have supported a herd of critters that weigh over a half ton each?

That scene is one of the few places where my cgi hobby and my cattle farm house have crossed paths....

NIKNAK

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 6:56 PM

The Lord of the Rings trilogy had amazing special effects and I'm not just talking about Gollum and the big battle scenes. The interaction between the hobbits and humans, touching and passing objects, is so good you'd be forgiven for thinking that half the actors really were 3' tall.

I'm glad someone mentioned the asteroid field in The Empire Strikes Back. I love the space battles in Empire and Return of the Jedi. The effects in the 3 prequels may be more spectacular but they don't look or feel as realistic to me.

FIVVER

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 7:06 PM

I guess I'm going to have to date myself. My absolute favorite is the flight from the earth to the moon set to the Blue Danube in 2001.

GROUNDED

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 7:54 PM

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Originally posted by dug:
The commentary stated that the cows were CG, but I've always thought they were probably real cows composited into the scene.

Yeah, but I always assumed that was more a slightly inappropriate use of the description CG than a quoting of fact ;)

MOSS

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 12:04 AM

OOOh, special effects scenes

There have been so many epic special effects scenes and so many spring to mind. If I can only give 2 choices they would have to be from the original Staw Wars movies. The special effects on each of the original Star Wars were groundbreaking. No one had ever seen effects like them prior to their release.

My 2 choices are:

1. Millenium Falcon Bespin approach. It was so memorable because it was such a contrast to the darkness of the rest of the film. The musical score during the scene made it even more dramatic.

2. Millenium Falcon Escape from the Deathstar and tie fighter attack....This scene for me was the most exciting, plus the falcon's spectacular reverse exit from the Death Star hanger was the coolest space manouver of all time.

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