What older movies made a good use of either side stepping special effects or have effects that somehow still hold up today? Why are they good movies?

  • CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Gotta agree with this. The only effect that doesn’t look 100% real is when the space stewardess walks up the walls to deliver food to the cockpit of Aries moon lander. Everything else looks amazing.

    And don’t watch it in 480p on a phone screen. If you can, get yourself the 4K Blu-Ray version (the copy I ripped is 72 gigabytes. Yes it’s worth it).

    • magnetosphere@fedia.io
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      3 days ago

      She’s walking funny on purpose. Those are meant to be some kind of velcro or magnetic slippers she’s wearing. She’s walking carefully because she doesn’t want to go drifting around in microgravity while carrying a tray of food.

      That’s my interpretation, anyway.

      • ripcord@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        That’s very plausible, but it still doesn’t work well and looks silly IMO. The storytelling doesn’t quite work there.

        Edit: Also the little shuffle still doesn’t make sense to me even with your framing. I’d still expect her to take somewhat larger, less awkward steps. And sway a little less. Except the room is rotating around her.