Thursday, January 13, 2011
Steve Johnson's Unused Animatronic Hulk is Incredible [Video]
ComicsAlliance | Comics culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews: "Truly, Steve Johnson is the richest fuel for the internet's geek blog engine. The special effects master known for his creature work on such films as The Abyss, Ghostbusters, Spider-Man 2, and Where the Wild Things Are was the source of some of our most popular blog posts after he released never-before-seen photos of costume concepts for Superman Lives, the aborted Tim Burton film that was to star Nicolas Cage as a bizarre glow-in-the-dark Man of Steel.
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I'm a huge fan of animatronics and physical effects in film simply because CGI has yet to blend flawlessly with live action. There is still a jarring and clear divide between them.
I think after the huge surge of motion capture development, it would be interesting to use that to apply to animatronics to provide a new sense of natural and intuitive control to machines typically operated by 3-6 individuals. I'm sure it's in the works somewhere and is starting with a hand model.
I agree with Kevin, the CGI trend has been a major turn-off for me recently. In terms of "special effects", I still think one of the more impressive films to be released was "Videodrome", which Rick Baker did the effects for in 1982. They feel extremely realistic because they are tangible effects, and it is hugely successful. Unless a film wants to go entirely CGI like Avatar, having only moments of CGI really takes me out of the film. It's too bad Johnson's tools couldn't make it into the Hulk film.
But, after the mention that Johnson is responsible for that horrid suit in the aborted Burton Superman film, I have a little less sympathy.
The Work on this creature was incredible. i feel that so much of the art is lost in special effects and it is ashame. so much of cgi is poorly executed aswell. the best CGI is still from films like Jurassic Park where they really tried.
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