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Posted by Gash
 - Jul 10, 2017, 02:03:24 PM
Quote from: BR1XER on Jul 08, 2017, 08:30:58 PM
That, or the dorsal tubes were always imagined to be relatively firm, until Ridley and co. decided that they'd flop and bend like Jell-O.

And that'd be why it looks so poorly executed: an optical illusion produced from an unnecessary change.

This would be the Ridley and co. that made the scene with an alien adducting Newt with it's back tubes flopping about in 1986 would it?
Posted by Nukiemorph
 - Jul 08, 2017, 10:39:10 PM
They clip in that BBC clip, but I would bet my life that they don't clip in the actual film.

I distinctly remember because the physics bothered me the first time I went to the movie so I watched it closely the second time.

I admit that the CG in the film was unconvincing, so I'm not just being biased.  They do bend in that shot.
Posted by Predaker
 - Jul 08, 2017, 10:38:02 PM
Quote from: tleilaxu on Jul 08, 2017, 09:53:10 PM
Quote from: BR1XER on Jul 08, 2017, 08:30:58 PM
That, or the dorsal tubes were always imagined to be relatively firm, until Ridley and co. decided that they'd flop and bend like Jell-O.

And that'd be why it looks so poorly executed: an optical illusion produced from an unnecessary change.
The only optical illusion here is observational bias due to not wanting to find flaws in something you like, if you ask me. They CLEARLY clip/fade out, bros.

...or how about the fact that most all of these pre-release trailers and teasers have unfinished CGI in them.
Posted by tleilaxu
 - Jul 08, 2017, 09:53:10 PM
Quote from: BR1XER on Jul 08, 2017, 08:30:58 PM
That, or the dorsal tubes were always imagined to be relatively firm, until Ridley and co. decided that they'd flop and bend like Jell-O.

And that'd be why it looks so poorly executed: an optical illusion produced from an unnecessary change.
The only optical illusion here is observational bias due to not wanting to find flaws in something you like, if you ask me. They CLEARLY clip/fade out, bros.
Posted by BR1XER
 - Jul 08, 2017, 08:30:58 PM
That, or the dorsal tubes were always imagined to be relatively firm, until Ridley and co. decided that they'd flop and bend like Jell-O.

And that'd be why it looks so poorly executed: an optical illusion produced from an unnecessary change.
Posted by 426Buddy
 - Jul 08, 2017, 04:57:41 PM
To me it looked like they just folded back and i waited and looked for it because of all the complaining over it here.
Posted by echobbase79
 - Jul 08, 2017, 04:15:24 PM

Yeah, the tubes just disappear in the floor. Not a big deal though. It's a quick moment and doesn't irk me like it once did.
Posted by Protozoid
 - Jul 08, 2017, 03:22:07 PM
Watched it several more times and still see the tubes pass through the floor. If someone wants to post screen grabs, that would settle it. We'll know next month when home video versions arrive. I hope it was fixed, because I can't unsee it, now.
Posted by Evanus
 - Jul 07, 2017, 01:15:41 PM
I've seen clipping before in some older films/documentaries, but that was when CGI was still relatively young.

I doubt the dorsal tubes are actually clipping through the ground here, they just fold back real quickly.
Posted by Kane's other son
 - Jul 07, 2017, 12:19:19 PM
CGI shots are scrutinized and worked-upon until budget or time runs out. It's not a video game engine running real time renders and therefore there's zero chance of clipping or any other such glaring mistake.
Posted by tleilaxu
 - Jul 07, 2017, 12:16:11 PM
They are DEFINITELY clipping/disappearing, which is weird because the CGI during the terraforming bay sequence is top notch.
Posted by Nukiemorph
 - Jul 07, 2017, 06:44:27 AM
I first saw the film in an IMAX and the tubes bothered me in this shot.  I remember them folding, but kind of blobbing against the opening like they were made of Flubber. ('MEMBER FLUBBER???)

Then I saw it again on a smaller screen and it just looked like they were folding against the edge.  All of the CG looked much better on the smaller screen, so I'm sure the blu-ray on my 46" TV will improve it further...
Posted by Ingwar
 - Jul 07, 2017, 06:33:49 AM
Quote from: SM on Jul 07, 2017, 01:25:56 AM
Looks like they're folding down to me.

Because they're folding. It's just very quick sequence and it's hard to tell.
Posted by Highland
 - Jul 07, 2017, 03:22:47 AM
Aside from the tube thing, the shot just doesn't look very good. To me anyway.
Posted by Predaker
 - Jul 07, 2017, 02:10:59 AM
Quote from: Protozoid on Jul 07, 2017, 01:17:57 AM
Quote from: Gash on Jul 06, 2017, 03:37:14 PM
The dorsal tubes fold in, the only thing that vanishes quickly is a shadow from the legs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvTZr50QeG8
I see the tubes pass through the floor. I watched it several times to be sure. It looks worse and worse the more I look at it. Does Prometheus have any mistakes like that? Or any other major movie of recent years?

Pretty sure this isn't from the final cut, because when I saw it in the theater the tubes folded down as the alien passed through. I was watching for it after reading about it here  :D
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