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Re: For those who think CG effects are turning film in to video games....

I'd ascribe your stance to just looking at how certain elements of human nature will abuse technology rather than how technology will enhance the medium. Take for instance using CG technology (not CG animation) to enhance older films by removing flaws in the film stock (streaks, dirt marks, etc.) to provide a more pristine presentation which in the end, let's the viewer focus more on the film/story. CG also enables a director to be able to more fully visualize their conceptions. This is also a double edged sword. I think what we're seeing is that the fully visualized imagination of some directors is worse than their previous compromised visualizations made before CG was available.

There's always been a "mass-consumption" element to film long before anyone even thought of CG. It has nothing to do with how effects are created be it with optical/analog tricks or with a mouse and animation software. Excellent movies shine through with both technologies equally and poor movies stick out just as sorely.

Tom §.


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