Over-reliance on CGI in movies

Re:Over-reliance on CGI in movies by kcartlidge on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @04:20PM (#30184222)

It reminds me of the old EE 'Doc' Smith (Science Fiction) set of seven Lensman books. The last is an outlier, but for the first six books each feels like it is a similar tale as the previous ones but with the scales, powers, and threat levels turned up a notch.

Almost like having used up the ideas available, the only place to go now is incrementally growing the constituent parts. And that's how I feel about most modern action/adventure/fantasy/scifi stuff - to quote another genre: "this one goes up to 11".

But I don't want it going to 11. Even for my SF/Fantasy I want it to feel real. For me (and I know it is subjective) the author makes a good point.

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Re:Over-reliance on CGI in movies by jon_richards on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @09:46PM (#30187855)

The term for this trope is “power spiral” and Gurren Lagaan is a fantastic satire of it. The main character’s power is literally “spiral power” (a drill) and the plot revolves around the fundamental danger of exponential growth. Spoilers: the series ends with the main character piloting a mech that’s piloting a mech that’s piloting a mech that’s piloting a mech that’s throwing galaxies at the bad guy.

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Re:Over-reliance on CGI in movies by kcartlidge on Friday February 04, 2022 @02:25PM (#30211658)

TIL. Thanks.

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