"The Predator" by Shane Black (2018)
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This place is tame compared to anything in the SW threads. It's like a no landing zone in those. 
Sure glad Dave appointed a new mod to clean this pl.... oh that's right.
Speakin' of messed up things...
The mask fell from its place because of the pressure from his shoulder, makin' the undermask part visible.
I'm so freakin' glad the didn't fix it, and even put this shot into trailer! They really do not care at all.
And just in case some people don't know what I'm talkin' about:
The mask fell from its place because of the pressure from his shoulder, makin' the undermask part visible.
I'm so freakin' glad the didn't fix it, and even put this shot into trailer! They really do not care at all.
And just in case some people don't know what I'm talkin' about:
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I've heard of Dave mentioned a few times on here before - I take it he's the owner of SSF? Like the Zeno/one above all of this place?
Speakin' of messed up things...
The mask fell from its place because of the pressure from his shoulder, makin' the undermask part visible.
I'm so freakin' glad the didn't fix it, and even put this shot into trailer! They really do not care at all.
And just in case some people don't know what I'm talkin' about:
Did you delete your last post? Kinda left my response there with no context
Man, Winston's Pred is so ****ing good. Even on set of him just walking around looked fantastic.
Yup. Usually I never heard from him but in the past year he has really been cracking down heavily on threads that are not only getting off the subject matter, but fellow freaks posting personal attacks against one and another for pages at a time. That’s why be on the lookout, because people have been getting banned from the entire forum and threads have been shutdown
So many of my most favorite creatures and designs in film came form Stan Winston studios in the 80s and 90s, his passing was a huge loss, though overall I feel like his legacy lives on.
He set the bar too high for any other FX company.
The guy had his hand in every piece of gold on film for like 25 years. His crowning achievement of course, was the Rex.
EDIT:
Speaking of Stan, I've been meaning to watch this.
I think everyone or the majority that was involved with Pred is still with his studio.
I see nobody capturing the magic he brought to special effects and animatronics to his creatures , even with the technology today
I see nobody capturing the magic he brought to special effects and animatronics to his creatures , even with the technology today
Because they opt out for cheaper CG effects from talentless """""artists""""".
I think the processes are just so different, CGI could play out the same as practical if you wanted it too, it's a matter of how you use it. Regardless of the overall film quality, if you look at Godzilla 2014 and Shin Godzilla, the CGI animators worked very hard at making Godzilla move and feel like a guy in a suit the way it had always been done before, and in my opinion had a great deal of success.
I feel like some look down upon practical and think, I can do so much better with CGI, which is sad. I'm sure someone out there watches JAWS and thinks, imagine all the shots I could put the shark in with CGI because it always works unlike the robot.
Even though Winston ran the company and didn't necessarily himself design all the treasures the studio produced, he oversaw it all and held his staff to standards and hired people with a shared aesthetic and passion and he was part of the magic. It's like Apple losing Steve Jobs, these guys were very old school and hands on can very involved with the product being turned out.
I don't even know who runs Legacy Effects, I do know they do a lot of work still and the last thing I really knew of them being involved with was designing Iron Man armor for the first Iron Man movie.
Winston's dinosaurs in Jurassic Park are the last film creatures I can think of that leave that unforgettable, long lasting impression. I have like 6 different figures of the T-Rex alone because I just love the design. I've liked the modern Godzillas but that's a long standing character and just the latest version of something I love, though there have been plenty of designs of him I haven't care much for, but Godzilla left his mark on me ages ago. I see neat dragons and stuff on Game of Thrones and the like, but nothing has caught my attention the same as those dinosaurs did, or the Jaws shark, or Jabba the Hutt, or the Stay Puft Marshmellow Man, the original and P2 Predators, Aliens, the Terminator.
Winston didn't just produce cool monsters, he made memorable ones, the stuff being turned out today looks cool but doesn't stand apart from everything before it.
I feel like some look down upon practical and think, I can do so much better with CGI, which is sad. I'm sure someone out there watches JAWS and thinks, imagine all the shots I could put the shark in with CGI because it always works unlike the robot.
Even though Winston ran the company and didn't necessarily himself design all the treasures the studio produced, he oversaw it all and held his staff to standards and hired people with a shared aesthetic and passion and he was part of the magic. It's like Apple losing Steve Jobs, these guys were very old school and hands on can very involved with the product being turned out.
I don't even know who runs Legacy Effects, I do know they do a lot of work still and the last thing I really knew of them being involved with was designing Iron Man armor for the first Iron Man movie.
Winston's dinosaurs in Jurassic Park are the last film creatures I can think of that leave that unforgettable, long lasting impression. I have like 6 different figures of the T-Rex alone because I just love the design. I've liked the modern Godzillas but that's a long standing character and just the latest version of something I love, though there have been plenty of designs of him I haven't care much for, but Godzilla left his mark on me ages ago. I see neat dragons and stuff on Game of Thrones and the like, but nothing has caught my attention the same as those dinosaurs did, or the Jaws shark, or Jabba the Hutt, or the Stay Puft Marshmellow Man, the original and P2 Predators, Aliens, the Terminator.
Winston didn't just produce cool monsters, he made memorable ones, the stuff being turned out today looks cool but doesn't stand apart from everything before it.
I did it in advanced menu before seein' your post.
Yep.
Something made in 80's as a last minute resolution looks way better than anything done from start in 2000's and 2010's.
Everything that was under his control came out incredibly authentic looking. Nothing ever looked cartoony. His Dinosaurs, while not accurate now in hindsight with new discoveries... hold up, and will always hold up.
Him and his team saved Predator. I can't imagine it being looked as a classic if they kept using the Van Damme mantis thing.
Him and his team saved Predator. I can't imagine it being looked as a classic if they kept using the Van Damme mantis thing.
I did it in advanced menu before seein' your post.
Yep.
Something made in 80's as a last minute resolution looks way better than anything done from start in 2000's and 2010's.
Whenever I watch the making of (which I did the other day again) it always stuns me how good it looks off camera. The attention to detail of weathering on his shoulder armor alone really is awe inspiring. Like it's really been worn over and over during dozens of hunts in a hot jungle.
True. I remember seeing the original T-Rex in the first JP and then watching it again in JW and kept thinking “ jeez , the T-Rex now looks so fake “ but at the same time looking at the current Godzilla and being in awe how it was designed.
I guess certain CG work and some don’t
I guess certain CG work and some don’t
We were talking about this in the JW thread and the main reason the CG doesn't work in the new films is because it's overly convoluted with too much detail. Too busy. Your eyes aren't allowed to find details because it's rammed into your corneas.
The main issues is they cannot understand lighting worth a damn.
The main issues is they cannot understand lighting worth a damn.
This and the fact that they also try to focus more on movement , again the t-Rex from JP compared to T-Rex in JW. It seems like they wanted to show the dinosaurs moving faster in attack mode trying to capture more realism like a actual dinosaur fighting another dinosaur ( ex. T-Rex vs Hybrid T-Rex in JW ) that when the CG starts moving to fast that starts to took distorted and simpleistic and turns out to look like bad claymation at times.
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