Quote - The question isn't whether it'd being overdone, but whether a habit is forming where CGI takes the place of good scripting, acting, editing and scoring.

Yes!  CGI isn't necessarily overdone, but too often the writing is underdone on a project which is CGI-heavy.

I also dislike certain design trends in contemporary special effects.  I'm thinking largely about the "monster" designs used by the Mill in Doctor Who.  But also about the costume designs used in superhero films.  Somehow it seems like the details are often compelling, but not put together quite right.  The final effect is too much fiddley stuff on top of a weak composition.  Which is sort of the flaw with so many CGI projects overall, IMO.

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Cage can be an opinionated jerk who posts without thinking.  He apologizes for this.  He's honestly not trying to be a turkeyhead.

Cage had some freebies, compatible with Poser 11 and below.  His Python scripts were saved at archive.org, along with the rest of the Morphography site, where they were hosted.