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Use of CGI 3D in movies before Toy Story ('95)? Anything from Disney & others?
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Doc Holliday
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It looked pretty real at the time. It's supposed to be a stained glass window come to life.
Demoncarnotaur
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I mean, seriously, how does it look this good?
XiaNaphryz
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As mentioned earlier in the thread, Wrath of Khan back in 82 had the first complete CG sequence in a motion picture. A few years later Young Sherlock Holmes would have the first fully computer-generated animated character in a motion picture. All done by the Lucasfilm Computer Division which would later be sold as Pixar, but ILM would shortly after create their own CG department and continue with other breakthroughs including Abyss, Jurassic Park, T2, etc. using the same rendering software as Pixar (Lucasfilm still had access to all the tech Pixar developed and continued to work on as part of the sale terms and were able to tweak it in-house to fit their particular needs).
I mean, seriously, how does it look this good?
If Steven Spielberg had entrusted you with the finale of his latest blockbuster, knowing it was your chance to sell this brand new tech as the future of special effects, you'd have knocked it out of the park, too.
That's the thing that's doubly impressive about that final scene. They didn't even know if they could actually do it until they did it.
Cow Mengde
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Aladdin? I thought it was one of the most obvious usage of CG in an animate movie. I saw it when it first came out and the I found the CG really jarring.
Page 2 and no T-1000?
For shame, GAF. For shame.
Check post #22
Henchmen21
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not enough love for this movie in this thread (or in general).
Really? Could have sworn I made a thread about it like last year (meh' don't want to bother checking though).
Got the Bluray for it. Really nice.
Yeah the tiger head cave entrance is one of the most obvious Disney CG things from the early 90s.
Ah, gotcha. I can't see the images because the network at my work is blocking the source.
WordAssassin
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I mean, seriously, how does it look this good?
Except for the fact that nobody has ever seen a living dinosaur, there is nothing to make me think that isn't a real, living, breathing animal. They did such an unbelievably phenomenal job.
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
The Black Hole (1979) - also a disney movie 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJaypC51Dds
I think the map in "The Andromeda Strain" is one of the earliest examples (1971)
can't find a video of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJaypC51Dds
I think the map in "The Andromeda Strain" is one of the earliest examples (1971)
can't find a video of it
el retorno
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Why would you do that?
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I haven't watched it in about 10 years, and at that time, I was clueless when it came to animation. Looking at it now, I agree it's very noticeable, but I personally think it holds up well.
I was only 3 then, and I'm hardly interested in the subject matter, so I would have long forgotten any mention of 3D relating to that movie. It really is very impressive, though.
It actually looks like a really great movie (I especially like the music I heard), but it really does have some very ugly 3D.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Watch through this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTcE60KKRv4
Part 1 of several, but links to the other parts should be easy to find from there. You'll see plenty of Pixar guys in those early ILM years. The computer stuff starts up in part 2 about a minute in.
West World had the very first CGI anything right?
"Westworld was the last movie MGM produced before dissolving its releasing company, and was the first theatrical feature directed by Crichton.[2] It was also the first feature film to use digital image processing to pixellate photography to simulate an android point of view.[3] The film was nominated for Hugo, Nebula and Golden Scroll (a.k.a. Saturn) awards, and was followed by a sequel film, Futureworld, and a short-lived television series, Beyond Westworld."
Well there's that I guess.
"Westworld was the last movie MGM produced before dissolving its releasing company, and was the first theatrical feature directed by Crichton.[2] It was also the first feature film to use digital image processing to pixellate photography to simulate an android point of view.[3] The film was nominated for Hugo, Nebula and Golden Scroll (a.k.a. Saturn) awards, and was followed by a sequel film, Futureworld, and a short-lived television series, Beyond Westworld."
Well there's that I guess.
Blake'sGrave
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It looked pretty real at the time. It's supposed to be a stained glass window come to life.
i challenge anyone to not cry at the end of this film. goddam.
Why would you do that?
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That's awesome, thanks. Their 3D work really holds up well today.
no mention of UHF?
for shame
for shame
MisterHero
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The Making of TRON is on Youtube. My favorite part about the 3D animation had to do with sending 3D coordinates over telephone and having to input the numbers manually. :lol
I might not be remembering it 100% correctly, but that's just a good reason to watch Making of TRON!
I might not be remembering it 100% correctly, but that's just a good reason to watch Making of TRON!
Henchmen21
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Um...What?
Buckethead
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Where The Wild Things Are 1983
Directed by John Lassetter of Pixar fame (dir. Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Cars)
Directed by John Lassetter of Pixar fame (dir. Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Cars)
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Fun Fact: The CG in The Lawnmower Man was done by Rockstar San Diego.
Those guys did the CG in Labyrinth, too. Oh, and that's the downgraded version, after they figured out that they'd never render the movie in time with their computing resources.
The Last Starfighter from 1984, and yes that is from the movie.
Those guys did the CG in Labyrinth, too. Oh, and that's the downgraded version, after they figured out that they'd never render the movie in time with their computing resources.
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