VFX Artists React to DUNE Bad & Great CGi on HackerTube: recommended by 4 Hacker News commenters across 3 separate months, 2021–2023.
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Corridor Crew VFX artists react to the visual effects of the 2021 Dune and compare them with David Lynch's 1984 version. They discuss which effects were practical and which were CGI.
HN commenters cite it in debates about practical effects versus CGI, as a fun comparison of old and new Dune.
“a really good example of this is this comparison between the old and new Dune movies”
4 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
If you like this, I like corridor crew on YouTube. Here's one discussing how effects in Dune, old and new, were done, some of which were pretty surprising. ▶ this video
in “The Practical Effects Wizardry of Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” · View on HN
So much of this is just how _much_ work had to be done to get practical effects to work, and how practical and CGI are often good for different things. For an insane example of this checkout this video of how they did the ship landing in the original Dune movie (of which step 1 was "rent a stadium"). ▶ this video Also, I think there's a very selective bias against CGI where when it looks _real_ we just assume it's real and don't notice so we're only criticizing the portion where it failed to live up to reality.
in “Over-reliance on CGI in movies” · View on HN
Another series that I've enjoyed watching is the Corridor Crew. Their take on Dune (both versions) is ▶ this video
in “Over-reliance on CGI in movies” · View on HN
I think it really just comes down to the skill of the film makers, as it always has. I think a really good example of this is this comparison between the old and new Dune movies: ▶ this video The new Dune is masterfully crafted, and I was never once bothered by the CG, even though there was clearly a ton of it. The old Dune, on the other hand...I don't think it's aged particularly gracefully. Then again, I've never been a huge Lynch fan.
in “The bullet effects in Terminator 2 weren’t CGI” · View on HN