double aught said:My wife also thought the main boy was annoying. I think she just wanted him to behave properly and not get them into trouble, which would've made for a boring show.Vince Blake said:
Aside from the main little kid being annoying, I liked the first episode. Definitely has that 80s kids adventure vibe to it.
My daughters (10 & 5) and I really enjoyed the first two. They were disappointed when there were no more to watch.
Anyone else notice the kids' walkie-talkies? They were modified versions of some out of the 80s. I hadn't thought about them in decades.
Okay this got a good chuckle out of meaverage_joker said:
I thought this show was going to be about Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru
All I do is Nguyen said:Okay this got a good chuckle out of meaverage_joker said:
I thought this show was going to be about Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru
FL_Ag1998 said:
Just watch the third episode and i'm still really enjoying it. I love that they use practical effects rather than CGI. And they've done a great job replicating those 1980's kids-on-a-crazy-adventure movies. Jude Law is perfect in this role so far.
fig96 said:FL_Ag1998 said:
Just watch the third episode and i'm still really enjoying it. I love that they use practical effects rather than CGI. And they've done a great job replicating those 1980's kids-on-a-crazy-adventure movies. Jude Law is perfect in this role so far.
Sorry, I just see so much of the press tour type stuff "we shot everything practical!" from actors and directors who are either totally ignorant or flat out lying. (Yes films like Mad Max and Top Gun shot some really cool stuff but there's TONS of CG in those films.)FL_Ag1998 said:fig96 said:FL_Ag1998 said:
Just watch the third episode and i'm still really enjoying it. I love that they use practical effects rather than CGI. And they've done a great job replicating those 1980's kids-on-a-crazy-adventure movies. Jude Law is perfect in this role so far.
Obviously yes, CGI is used for the spaceship stuff.
But what, are they using CGI for some of those up close droid and alien shots? If so, then it looks a hell of a lot better than most of the CGI I see lately. You could just explain.
Nothing kids hate more than Harry Potter and pirates.aggie-1997 said:
I guess I am the odd man out. Me and my kids are not enjoying this series at all. To us it seems too much of a cross between Pirates of the Caribbean and Harry Potter and less like a Star Wars story. Will be watching the rest of the series, in hopes in improves.
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fig96 said:Sorry, I just see so much of the press tour type stuff "we shot everything practical!" from actors and directors who are either totally ignorant or flat out lying. (Yes films like Mad Max and Top Gun shot some really cool stuff but there's TONS of CG in those films.)FL_Ag1998 said:fig96 said:FL_Ag1998 said:
Just watch the third episode and i'm still really enjoying it. I love that they use practical effects rather than CGI. And they've done a great job replicating those 1980's kids-on-a-crazy-adventure movies. Jude Law is perfect in this role so far.
Obviously yes, CGI is used for the spaceship stuff.
But what, are they using CGI for some of those up close droid and alien shots? If so, then it looks a hell of a lot better than most of the CGI I see lately. You could just explain.
The creatures like Neel are actually a mix of techniques, the base character is an actor wearing an animatronic mask but that's either augmented with CG or a full digital replacement in some shots. Other creatures and droids are the same way, though I do appreciate how they used a lot of traditional Star Wars style creatures in the port. Their neighborhood and all of the city are likely full digital shots, interiors and things like the port would be mostly practical sets with digital extensions (they probably used the Volume on some shots as well).
TLDR when you have a creator who really understands VFX and gives the crew room to do what they do you get great looking stuff that's a blend of lots of different methods.
I always tell my kids that about Jurassic Park. The reason the CGI looks so good on the T-Rex 30 years later is because they made it look exactly like the giant model they built. One of my top 30 pet peeves in movies is CGI that has zero weight and that people run around/through like it's not even there.FL_Ag1998 said:fig96 said:Sorry, I just see so much of the press tour type stuff "we shot everything practical!" from actors and directors who are either totally ignorant or flat out lying. (Yes films like Mad Max and Top Gun shot some really cool stuff but there's TONS of CG in those films.)FL_Ag1998 said:fig96 said:FL_Ag1998 said:
Just watch the third episode and i'm still really enjoying it. I love that they use practical effects rather than CGI. And they've done a great job replicating those 1980's kids-on-a-crazy-adventure movies. Jude Law is perfect in this role so far.
Obviously yes, CGI is used for the spaceship stuff.
But what, are they using CGI for some of those up close droid and alien shots? If so, then it looks a hell of a lot better than most of the CGI I see lately. You could just explain.
The creatures like Neel are actually a mix of techniques, the base character is an actor wearing an animatronic mask but that's either augmented with CG or a full digital replacement in some shots. Other creatures and droids are the same way, though I do appreciate how they used a lot of traditional Star Wars style creatures in the port. Their neighborhood and all of the city are likely full digital shots, interiors and things like the port would be mostly practical sets with digital extensions (they probably used the Volume on some shots as well).
TLDR when you have a creator who really understands VFX and gives the crew room to do what they do you get great looking stuff that's a blend of lots of different methods.
Well, then, like you said, they did a fantastic job of blending both types of effects on this one. Most CGI these days is so horrible you can spot it a mile away
