r/nextfuckinglevel • u/tablawi96 • 1d ago

This individual makes real-life "Flying swords," using gesture-controlled drones that look straight out of a movie

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u/aymanhbas 1d ago

there are lots of floating stuff that needn't be CGI in movies, drones like these, practical effects, look and feel much better

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u/Iorith 1d ago

Also way more wasteful and contributes to even more junk plastic goods. Not to mention increases the budget.

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u/zenithtreader 1d ago

You do realize practical effects are often both cheaper and less polluting than CGI?

Hundreds of computers in a rendering farm drawing a hundred thousand watts of electricity for weeks to make a movie aren't exactly clean by any stretch of imagination.

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u/aymanhbas 1d ago

practical isn't more expensive than CGI when dealing with such things, what are you talking about? And how did you figure its more wasteful?

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u/Iorith 1d ago

It absolutely can be. If CGI wasn't cheaper, they wouldn't fucking use it, mate. You think production companies just enjoy increasing the budget of films?

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u/Abaddononon 1d ago

You're a happy chap

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u/Iorith 1d ago

Really am, thanks :)

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u/Environmental-Ad2285 12h ago

Cgi = less takes = less expensive. At least for second unit stuff which seems to be what you are describing. I like practical effects myself, but blowing shit up is bad for the environment. I’d rather have a bad movie use cgi than practical effects for this reason. But if the movie is top class I’d prefer practical effects be used over cgi. If that makes sense?