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I feel like I'm the only person who enjoyed the entire quadrilogy (4 films with different vibes, the only real shame being the CGI in 3) but simultaneously hates the recent one (Marvel-esque, contrived, stupid piece of shit)
Obvs though I'm ignoring those other 2 in between, we can all at least Dutch-Dillon handshake in our utter disdain for those terrible abominations on the universe
If you're talking about the alien in Alien^3 it's not GCI. It's a puppet filmed separately and composited in. It's a creative method, but the comp is done poorly.
TIL, thank you
You can see a similar problem with the Star Wars prequels. Most of those obviously CGI sets, like Kamino, are actually miniatures with dodgy compositing.
Lucas has always been a cinema tech pioneer, but the prequel era was not his best. He was surrounded by yes men and many of his bad choices were unchecked.
IIRC The Phantom Menace (and maybe the rest of the trilogy) was mastered in 1080, what people think of as TV resolution these days.
Alien 3 sucked even more.
Glad we can agree. I am a little bitter because Alien 3 is experiencing a resurgence in popularity it does not deserve.
I saw Resurrection with an open heart recently. It's actually pretty good though with a weird atmosphere. UNTIL after the diving scene. Then the plot, writing and cinematrography in large parts begin to fall apart. Though I will hold steadfast on the treatment of the queen and newborn being actually a clever direction.
I rewatched them all recently and man 3 was torture. it did have good parts like the company getting the picture and arriving sooner and of course the ending. Everything else was just ugh.
I tried watching the Director's Cut, or Extended Edition or whatever of Alien 3 a month or two ago and I didn't make it all the way through. It was brutal
It was a real slog. It's more painful than a typical bad movie, because you could see hints of how in another world, it could have been good.
LOL that's the version that everyone are shilling