Lucas does Red Tails...

ZaltysZ · #1 08-01-2011, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by David Hayward

Are you talking about the scene where the P-51 pulls out of a stall at the top of a loop and then shoots the wing off a 109262? I agree. That ruins the whole movie for me.

I think this is not the worst part. I suspect they went "lets put as much planes as possible into single frame, as that will look epic" way.

Wing to wing escorts, planes flying inside enemy bomber formation, Me-262 flown like prop planes and so on.

furbs · #2 08-01-2011, 05:49 PM

David, nobody is saying the movie is ruined by the CGI, if you read my first post in this thread i said "If the film does justice to the story then ok il prob watch it and try to forget the P51 pulling a tie fighter turn and the rest of the awful CGI"

I can separate the story from the CGI, can you?

Who knows, the movie may still suck, or it might be great! but the CGI is to my mind not as good as it could be, and i think you agree.

David Hayward · #3 08-01-2011, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by furbs

David, nobody is saying the movie is ruined by the CGI

You didn't bother to read this thread, did you? Go back and read post #3.

furbs · #4 08-01-2011, 05:56 PM

Ok most people are not. what about the rest of my post?

David Hayward · #5 08-01-2011, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by furbs

Ok most people are not. what about the rest of my post?

Too many people in here are.

I think the CGI could probably have been more realistic. But, they're not making a documentary. They're making a movie. Every movie ever produced has made some changes for dramatic effect.

I draw the line when I see things that the average person would realize are completely unrealistic. So far I haven't seen much of that. However, this is only a short clip out of 1 hour of flight scenes.

furbs · #6 08-01-2011, 06:20 PM

This is not the general public is it? this is a flight sim forum where we want historical realism and accurate bleedin everything.

so you should adjust what your argument accordingly?

David Hayward · #7 08-01-2011, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by furbs

This is not the general public is it? this is a flight sim forum where we want historical realism and accurate bleedin everything.

so you should adjust what your argument accordingly?

The movie was not made for aviation geeks. it was made for the general public. Its the geeks who need to adjust their arguments accordingly.

wildone_106 · #8 08-02-2011, 02:49 PM

My god ILM is the top CGI firm on the planet, if they can't make something good enough for you then no one can..

JG52Krupi · #9 08-02-2011, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by wildone_106

My god ILM is the top CGI firm on the planet, if they can't make something good enough for you then no one can..

Probably should have got someone with eyes to look at the visuals before releasing it to the public...

ARM505 · #10 08-02-2011, 05:48 PM

It's not the quality of the image, it's the way they move. CGI aircraft tend to move far, far too fast and change direction as though they weigh nothing. It immediately breaks the immersion and screams 'I've been made by a computer programmer, as opposed to being a solid thing'.