You are all picky I noticed nothing "bad" or "cringe-worthy" in any of those eps. It all looked fine to me.
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The worst CGI by far was BAMSR... I mean, since when are hives bright purple?Last edited by s09119; 15 March 2010, 08:24 AM.Click the banner or episode links to visit the virtual continuations of Stargate!Previous Episode: 11x03 "Shore Leave" | Previous Episode: 6x04 "Nightfall" | Now Airing: 3x06 "Eldest"The Continuing Stargate Wiki | Stargate: Avalon l The New "Ark of Truth" | Stargate: Universe Reviews | Banner designs by Alx
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Originally posted by jelgate View PostMost of it goes to increased salaries for the cast and crew
Originally posted by Choo1701 View Postproperly pay the actors, writers, crew (who include the director, lighting, sound, camera men, props, stunts, sets, catering, CGI people, etc, etc) and thats just man power!
(damn. Jelgate beat me too it)
Originally posted by gotthammer View Postheeeey...I liked McKeller.
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Originally posted by Alx View Postactually it isnt that much better and "amazing" is a def overstatement, and SGA's wasnt shamefull it just had its bad momementsClick the banner or episode links to visit the virtual continuations of Stargate!Previous Episode: 11x03 "Shore Leave" | Previous Episode: 6x04 "Nightfall" | Now Airing: 3x06 "Eldest"The Continuing Stargate Wiki | Stargate: Avalon l The New "Ark of Truth" | Stargate: Universe Reviews | Banner designs by Alx
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Originally posted by s09119 View PostLook at the first 15 minutes of SGU and the last 15 minutes of SGA and I guarantee you I just disproved your argument.
first of all EATG as a whole was rushed poorly edited and terribly slapped together CG, Air was planned they had months to perfect everything and edit it so you cant compare the two, instead compare the CGI in adrift first strike the siege etc as those eps were visually stunning,
and if you compare those they are very similar in quality and as i am a 3D artist with a passion for the stargate style myself i have watched so much CG footage from both SG1 SGA and SGU and this is closeup HD quality footage and frames while making my own SG models so i can with confidence say that i know what i am talking about.
examples of my own work
for one destiny doesnt hold up in close up shots and you can see alot of cheats by the artists especially texture wise and in comparisen the daedalus holds up better in closeups and so does Atlantis.
what im trying to say is if you dont know what you are talking about you cant judge the quality from a 10sec glance in the show you have to study it frame by frame and also know what software the artist have used and what can ultimatly be acchieved with it.
and clearly you are not qualified to disprove any of my statements on the subject.Last edited by Alx; 15 March 2010, 10:20 AM.
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i think the main flaw of atlantis is and remains money. they had practically the same budget as SG1 yet had a different and more money-consuming setting. in SG1? a lab is nothing more than a small room, add a metal table, some computers, a locker or so, and you're done. SGA had it's own style, an entire city, and an alien race's stuff.
400 000 dollars is spent on CGI in SG1/Atlantis. SGU has + 1 000 000 dollars. this means that they can DOUBLE the CGI expenses and then have 600 000 dollars left to spend on more cast, the sets, etc.
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Originally posted by thekillman View Posti think the main flaw of atlantis is and remains money. they had practically the same budget as SG1 yet had a different and more money-consuming setting. in SG1? a lab is nothing more than a small room, add a metal table, some computers, a locker or so, and you're done. SGA had it's own style, an entire city, and an alien race's stuff.
400 000 dollars is spent on CGI in SG1/Atlantis. SGU has + 1 000 000 dollars. this means that they can DOUBLE the CGI expenses and then have 600 000 dollars left to spend on more cast, the sets, etc.
Still the quality is NOT that much better that is my entire point. you can pour alot more money into it but the quality will remain pretty much the same as TIME is more important then money when it comes to CGI.
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Anyone remember that building collapsing in Last Man? I think that was enough foreboding of bad CGI yet to come...
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Originally posted by s09119 View PostThe worst CGI by far was BAMSR... I mean, since when are hives bright purple?Originally posted by EvilSpaceAlien View PostI haven't been impressed by the special effects in Atlantis since First Strike.Originally posted by Alx View Postoh god bamsr was an epic fail thru and thru when it comes to the cgi.
Originally posted by Egle01 View PostI don't even pretend to know how the CGI world works, but the puddle effect and city itself in "Enemy at the Gate" were cringe-worthy. Don't recall anything that awful.
It's odd... Back when special visual effects were actually 'expensive' and 'special', it was great to see a Goa'uld mothership or an Asgard mothership just floating there, much less actually doing something. And now that it's 'cheaper', it's popping up more and more in every almost every episode and seems somehow substandard and not 'special' anymore.Last edited by nx01a; 20 March 2010, 03:01 PM.sigpic
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