I don’t really care about Star Wars

  • username_1@programming.dev
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    3 hours ago

    I like special effects in very cheap or very old movies: it gives me that “wow, how did they manage to do that in 1925?” feeling. I like that feeling. Modern quality effects I just ignore. Some very detailed explosion in the space? Ok, something exploded. I noted that plot point.

    • young_broccoli@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 hours ago

      Same. I still appreciate modern effects tho but those old movies really impress me. Have you seen The Johnstown Flood? That one kinda blew my mind

    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      I can still find modern special effects interesting enough if I find them aesthetically interesting – as though a lot of thought clearly went into them. I understand there were minimal hurdles to translating that vision to film, but it’s the vision itself I appreciate.

      I also definitely get the same feeling you do watching older films and especially stage plays, where the constraints of the medium make it even more impressive.