Quote from: ThisBethesdaSea on Nov 30, 2011, 04:33:07 AM
I agree...when the trailer actually hits its gonna blow all to hell, in a good way. This is deliberate viral marketing.
We've had two trailers...one was a small bit, and the latest, just a bit more. If we look at how the information to Prometheus has come to us, it makes good sense. First a leak of the ComiCon footage in the form of stills...and then, set photos, a steady stream of them until the first clip, and then nearly a full blown trailer. This is entirely on purpose, and I'm betting Fox is absolutely behind this. Ridley was an ad man first, he knows marketing, and Fox knows that they have to sell this film, and sell it well.
Looks like all its planned yes....
If not, it means that the guy who filmed the trailer on the computer is one of the biggest idiots ever....
Quote from: JaaayDee on Nov 30, 2011, 04:45:40 AM
Are you sure you aren't hating on CGI just for the sake of hating new things?
Of course my age (34) maybe plays againts it, but its undeniable that under the CGI flag, some of the most terrible and insulting crimes against cinema have been commited.
I love a lot of movies with CGI actually.
The new Star Trek has lots of it, but it´s not filled with funny creatures that look like a damm cartoon.
I love how Robert Zemeckis uses it and you can´t hardly even apreciate it.
Fincher and Nolan use it really wisely!
The new planets of the apes is quite impresive with the facial gestures of Caesar, but the overall movements of the apes and the scenarios etc. look, again, just like a cartoon. (and the movie is quite boring also).
T-2 FX are Amazing. The liquid metal thing is so basic that it fits perfectly with CGI.
Jurasic one is AMAZING. But they don´t use it for close shots.
Starship Troppers are great. The monsters don´t have funny faces or look like a cartoon.
But then, you have things like AVATAR: Its a cartoon movie. I can not feel any sense of reality there. If they wanted to make it 100% CGI, then do it, like TINTIN, but dont mix real people there because Its no beliable.
Lord Of the Rings: Horrible, horible horrible. Al creatures have cartoon faces. I never hated any character as much as I hated gollum since Jar Jar.
Sam Raimi use of CGI is just horrible. He thinks that as far as its on the screen, whatever it is, you are going to believe it.
The new star wars, just an insult and a spit in the face.
You people seen THE MIST? What the f**k was that! they did the CGI with a Commodore 64?
Also, CGI has open the door to all that horrible and disgustin SCI FI TV Shows...
But The worst thing about CGI, is that people seems to love them so much, that you just have to fill a movie with them, and forget about any plot, character deepness, etc. and people will love it.
There are (few) movies where CGI is CRAP but the movie is great because the director has RESPECT for the audience, but the poor guy maybe hadn´t enough money for practical efects or nice CGI, or maybe they just dont give a shit.
It also helped making better TV SHows. Lost had some horrible CGI but the writing was so good that you just dont care (too much).
At the end, for me, is all a matter of having RESPECT for the audience, and nowadays, 99% of directors,studios, writers etc. don´t have it.
Don´t know, maybe as I sayd Is just the age and I am less tolerant to CGI than others.