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Topher Florence

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continue to be fascinated by the weird situation that star wars is in where the most cutting edge vfx artists on the planet are constantly trying to recreate the look of 1970s vector graphics, claymation, and rubber masks

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Cosmik Slop's avatar Cosmik Slop @brightanimal.bsky.social
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CGI needs to be the spice, not the meal

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Say what you will about the prequels but they didn't fall for that.

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Tech-Mech's avatar Tech-Mech @tech-mech.bsky.social
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because VFX arent unionized while practical effecrs are

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Carpinche's avatar Carpinche @claiborne.bsky.social
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What's the name for the aesthetic? It's obviously post-steampunk, but pre-digital. CRTPunk? CircuitPunk? MechPunk is pretty good but taken. It's the only sci-fi universe I know that is frozen in that particular tech era. I remember once having a name for it that I liked, but I've forgotten it.

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Nickxcom's avatar Nickxcom @nickxcom.bsky.social
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The practical effects do and always will look better then the CGI, budget be damned 🤙🏻

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Robleh's avatar Robleh @robbbby.bsky.social
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Meanwhile new Star Trek just outright refuses to acknowledge how things looked in the original series

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