XENOPHONZ opened this issue on Dec 11, 2007 · 68 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Tue, 11 December 2007 at 5:49 PM
I'd very much like to see CG come into common acceptance as being a "worthy" way to make movies -- at least movies of the fantasy / scifi genre. CG is about the only way to create certain fantasy elements. Doing FX with models and live actors can be a lot more expensive -- and limiting.
Cecil B. DeMille's movies could not be made today, using the same methods that he used. The pricetag for doing so would be beyond what any studio could risk.......or possibly even afford.........in today's world.
Heh -- like the story that I heard about a large engineering construction company which did a full engineering construction estimate on what it would cost (using modern equipment & methods) to build the Great Pyramid today. IIRC, they didn't take any shortcuts, such as replacing quarried stone with concrete. It was all based upon using the original materials. The cost of the final result might have bankrupted Bill Gates......not to mention requiring nearly three decades to complete. Even with modern methods in place.
We aren't likely to see DeMille's methods used again anytime soon.