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"Project Hail Mary" (2026)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/8c70a257-bb55-4a8c-953c-873aba9a0cc8/you-can-all-stop-asking-me-to-comment-nowRSS for NodeWed, 22 Apr 2026 18:23:47 GMTWed, 04 Mar 2026 21:30:12 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:44:04 GMT]]>Visual effects - made by artists.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tvaziri/statuses/116303085196950104https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tvaziri/statuses/116303085196950104Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:44:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:39:52 GMT]]>@tvaziri Just caught this around noon today. Absolutely gorgeous work. 😍

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://defcon.social/users/fortyseven/statuses/116303068662310874https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://defcon.social/users/fortyseven/statuses/116303068662310874Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:39:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:38:46 GMT]]>Chris Miller (and Greig Fraser) giving props to ILM on Instagram:

"Shout out to the amazing work on PROJECT HAIL MARY by the folks at ILM - All of these shots (& many hundreds more) were made completely digitally by the talented artists there."

https://www.instagram.com/p/DWZfr7lkW0p/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tvaziri/statuses/116303064353720254https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tvaziri/statuses/116303064353720254Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:38:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:44:12 GMT]]>@tvaziri I think people have seen movies that do CGI badly and assume that's "normal" CGI because they noticed it. Good CGI should be so good you don't notice it. Think of how many shots with CGI you've pointed out where nobody would have known how much CGI was used for it without your insight (the Madmen 'unmaster' upscale fiasco for example that let through a bunch of shots without CGI applied). It shouldn't be done in a way that actors are confused about what they're reacting to, it shouldn't be whatever was done in much of the Clash of the Titans reboot. Sometimes things can look too slick/clean with improperly implemented CGI. Those are some of the things I think people are complaining about. But then it swings too far and people think "we have to do all practical!" Which isn't a realistic business or technical decision nowadays. Finding the right balance of practical with CGI is the key and it depends on the project/scene/movie/vision etc.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.bitsnbytes.dev/users/Alpacheez/statuses/116285155051575962https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.bitsnbytes.dev/users/Alpacheez/statuses/116285155051575962Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:44:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:50:26 GMT]]>@virtualbri bingo

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tvaziri/statuses/116284707751719571https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tvaziri/statuses/116284707751719571Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:50:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:49:58 GMT]]>@Alpacheez “as filmmakers learn how to incorporate both for the best result”

Why are we discussing this like it’s new?

Terminator 2 was 1991, Death Becomes Her was 1992, Jurassic Park was 1993 — all had combinations of animatronics/puppets and computer graphics

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tvaziri/statuses/116284705876273680https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tvaziri/statuses/116284705876273680Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:49:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:24:20 GMT]]>@airboss yes

It continues because ignorance sells

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tvaziri/statuses/116284605119739321https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tvaziri/statuses/116284605119739321Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:24:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:01:49 GMT]]>@tvaziri Also Dark Crystal had so much CGI character work in it, as well as face replacement and augmentation of characters. Such bad examples

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/virtualbri/statuses/116284516581167474https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/virtualbri/statuses/116284516581167474Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:01:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:40:19 GMT]]>@tvaziri maybe we need better language for what these folks are trying to convey. There was a frustration with overt CGI used in place of traditional techniques (sets that look like they are just green walls and boxes) and now that there is a bit more of a blending of the two (practical backdrops that can be digital altered later, practical standins for characters or scenery for what will later be replaced or altered digitally), as filmmakers learn how to incorporate both for the best result, that is being preferred. Having someone with your insight into the process has been helpful to my understanding and I'm less in the "CGI bad" camp than I would be without your insights.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.bitsnbytes.dev/users/Alpacheez/statuses/116283960156022736https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.bitsnbytes.dev/users/Alpacheez/statuses/116283960156022736Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:40:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:09:54 GMT]]>@tvaziri Alas, pragmatism has no place in the clickbait strip mining rage machine.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/atlauren/statuses/116282896815655651https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/atlauren/statuses/116282896815655651Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:09:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:03:07 GMT]]>@tvaziri but I’m just a nobody…the movie industry seems like “big pharma”

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/airboss/statuses/116282870184106667https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/airboss/statuses/116282870184106667Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:03:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Tue, 24 Mar 2026 06:41:11 GMT]]>@tvaziri I had to scroll a bit: Bahr's piece is from 2019. Back then, in "The Mandalorian", Grogu was a mix of animatronics, puppetry and CGI, she even wrote about it later on. Wouldn't know how else that crib would appear to fly. But yeah, unfortunately the shorthand for "$production uses a mix of methods to animate characters" is "no CGI", just like in the screenshot below.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Impertinenzija/statuses/116282783906712466https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Impertinenzija/statuses/116282783906712466Tue, 24 Mar 2026 06:41:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Tue, 24 Mar 2026 06:26:31 GMT]]>@tvaziri I’m sure someone (in the industry) has/had reached out to the author(s) to correct this right? On any of these false claims? How does it continue?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/airboss/statuses/116282726234723188https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/airboss/statuses/116282726234723188Tue, 24 Mar 2026 06:26:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Tue, 24 Mar 2026 06:21:51 GMT]]>@tvaziri stopped trying to guess long time ago
Love watching the behind the scenes features instead to be amazed

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/bgrinter/statuses/116282707911269531https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/bgrinter/statuses/116282707911269531Tue, 24 Mar 2026 06:21:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Tue, 24 Mar 2026 06:08:55 GMT]]>like I said, exhausting

(Grogu, in this shot for a piece whose theme is “CGI BAD”, is computer graphics made by computer graphics artists)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tvaziri/statuses/116282657058618611https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tvaziri/statuses/116282657058618611Tue, 24 Mar 2026 06:08:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:23:23 GMT]]>@tvaziri I mean, it’s hard not to use practical effects. 🤣 I mean, if you have a makeup artist, you have practical effects.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/TeeeBear/statuses/116281062453113558https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/TeeeBear/statuses/116281062453113558Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:23:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:00:41 GMT]]>@tvaziri I'm currently pitching something on the premise that we will proudly announce that it is CGI to say it is not AI.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/blenderdumbass/statuses/116280737251245999https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/blenderdumbass/statuses/116280737251245999Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:00:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:58:52 GMT]]>@tvaziri I think the web has just ruined company’s idea of how to write about stuff.

It was fun watching and not thinking about it was made. I’m definitely better off reading less about films and just going off the vibe of the trailer or comments from friends.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fds/statuses/116280730121097023https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fds/statuses/116280730121097023Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:58:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:47:26 GMT]]>it's almost as though this happens ALL THE TIME and it's totally exhausting

https://fxrant.blogspot.com/2024/12/correcting-some-skeleton-crew.html

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tvaziri/statuses/116280685143427702https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tvaziri/statuses/116280685143427702Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:47:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:43:25 GMT]]>@tvaziri Boiling in me is that idea writ large—too much emotional investment in specific tools and approaches, too little consideration for which tool is appropriate under what circumstances.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Gte/statuses/116280669335729788https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Gte/statuses/116280669335729788Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:43:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:37:30 GMT]]>@tvaziri @Gte It’s always the same! The video series should be a meme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=l5aS5tOcdPubixZV&v=7ttG90raCNo&feature=youtu.be

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.lol/users/ravi/statuses/116280646073279986https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.lol/users/ravi/statuses/116280646073279986Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:37:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:35:36 GMT]]>I guess writing an piece that says "good filmmakers use the right tools for the right job" —— which has been true since the dawn of cinema itself —— is just too boring for the trades

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tvaziri/statuses/116280638604516681https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tvaziri/statuses/116280638604516681Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:35:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:34:23 GMT]]>@tvaziri

What we used to call special effects wizardry is now downgraded to CGI.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/cassandracorvid/statuses/116280633801889067https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/cassandracorvid/statuses/116280633801889067Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:34:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to you can all stop asking me to comment now on Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:33:27 GMT]]>the piece is worse than the headline and deeply misleads

TO BE CLEAR:
- in half the shots in which he appears, Rocky is computer graphics animation
- Project Hail Mary used LED screens
- Top Gun Maverick had all-CG jet sequences, the Dune films had all-CG sequences, Alien Romulus had all-CG aliens

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tvaziri/statuses/116280630152631928https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tvaziri/statuses/116280630152631928Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:33:27 GMT