Reasons why the O-OT is better than the SE — Page 2

Author: Gaffer Tape
Time: 15-Jun-2005 8:26 PM
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Yeah, Jedikev, it would seem so. Think of all the summer blockbusters nowadays that depend on special effects or giant explosions. Eye candy, in other words. It's really rather ironic. Back when George Lucas first made Star Wars, pretty much all special effects had been done away with. He revived them, but now it's grown into a monster that he no longer has any control over. It's like in the Gary Kurtz interview, where he said that around Raiders of the Lost Ark, Lucas came to the conclusion that movie-goers were more interested in the "roller coaster ride" than the actual story, so his movies began to focus more on special effects with the story used simply as a means to propel the viewer from one special effects scene to the next. It's rather sad to think that he took us from one side of the spectrum to the other...

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Author: bad_karma24
Time: 15-Jun-2005 10:47 PM
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I was watching an interview with Pete Jackson, and he was talking about how the SFX/stories have an arc that swings back and forth. Right now, the arc is swinging back more towards the story side, as having these huge FX doesn't really make a good movie, and audiences can see through it (IE, Alexander). Right now we're seeing a lot more dialogue intensive films becoming more mainstream, such as Sideways and Finding Neverland. Just my two cents.

On another point, I rather enjoy mindless summer blockbusters. They're a lot of fun, and some of them are actually fairly well done.

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Author: Yoda Is Your Father
Time: 17-Jun-2005 4:01 AM
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Originally posted by: Anchorhead
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Originally posted by: Jedikev
Special Effects are not important...the characters are.

Not to the current generation of movie goers. The 20-somethings these days haven't come up in a culture where they use their imagination. They've had bright, quickly-moving images hold their attention for them. No time to do any deep thinking, the movie will tell them what to think. The movie will tie up all the loose ends for them. Don't bother using your brain to think or contribute to the story with your imagination.

Mate, that's BS. I think you'll find that us 2o somethings who grew up in the 80s prefer the old stuff. It's the ones born in the late 80s early 90s who your statement applies to, and it's not their fault because that's what they grew up with.

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