EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson

Discussion (18) ¬

1. 
   spiegel
   

   January 3, 2007 at 12:33 am | Permalink | Reply

   and of course, the matrix isnt there.

2. 
   Zathras
   

   January 3, 2007 at 1:25 am | Permalink | Reply

   I dunno about The Polar Express… The whole movie was computer generated. That takes it our of the realm of special effects in my book.

3. 
   Jethal
   

   January 3, 2007 at 2:10 am | Permalink | Reply

   I agree with Zathras, Polar Express should not be on this list.. I’d say it falls more under “Full Length Animated Feature” – F/X Scenes should be defined by their ability to realistically enhance REAL scenes.

4. 
   aresgodofwar
   

   January 3, 2007 at 5:48 am | Permalink | Reply

   yeah I heard The Polar Express was really crap..

5. 
   Gil
   

   January 3, 2007 at 5:53 am | Permalink | Reply

   The list just went to hell at number 7. 7-10 are not FX milestones

6. 
   Triarii
   

   January 3, 2007 at 6:48 am | Permalink | Reply

   I woulda put T2 above Tron personally.. and left 7, 9, and 10 out altogether

7. 
   NeuroMan42
   

   January 3, 2007 at 7:04 am | Permalink | Reply

   Polar Express should not be in the list it is a CG cartoon, and a rather bad one at that.

8. 
   Triarii
   

   January 3, 2007 at 8:33 am | Permalink | Reply

   If they were gonna stray from the idea of the article anyway and put any CG cartoon in there, it shoulda been Toy Story imo.

9. 
   Bud the Chud
   

   January 3, 2007 at 8:33 am | Permalink | Reply

   Yeah ditto on Matrix.

10. 
    Muss
    

    January 3, 2007 at 8:43 am | Permalink | Reply

    The Day after Tomorrow, come on who made this list?

11. 
    Dellen
    

    January 3, 2007 at 9:33 am | Permalink | Reply

    I agree on Polar Express but I can’t see why the Matrix should take it’s place – it didn’t feature groundbraking DIGITAL effects.

12. 
    TheChao
    

    January 3, 2007 at 9:44 am | Permalink | Reply

    The Fifth Element, anyone?

13. 
    Jason
    

    January 3, 2007 at 9:59 am | Permalink | Reply

    Correct me if I’m wrong, but the Star Wars shot looks like it’s from the 1997 Special Edition rather than the original theatrical version. I don’t think they had CGI X-Wings in the 70’s.

14. 
    Bryan H.
    

    January 3, 2007 at 10:59 am | Permalink | Reply

    I can’t tell from that little pic if its from the special edition, but the point is they used computers to control camera movements so they could do much more complex blue screen shots than was previously possible.

15. 
    Mike M
    

    January 3, 2007 at 11:29 am | Permalink | Reply

    Sorry – while Star Wars was incredible for 1977, nothing about 2001: A Space Odyssey? (sp) – 1968 and smoother effects. . .and NOT in the top 10????

    Lord of the Rings at #8???

    sigh. ugh.

16. 
    DoggySpew
    

    January 3, 2007 at 3:11 pm | Permalink | Reply

    @Dellen.

    Bullettime.

17. 
    Gil
    

    January 3, 2007 at 4:27 pm | Permalink | Reply

    Yep the Matrix used bulletime. It was the first to use the freezetime technique effectively and they practically invented bullettime

18. 
    Bud the Chud
    

    January 4, 2007 at 12:32 am | Permalink | Reply

    I think they did invent the bullet time effect, if not that, then the effect where the motion stops or slows and you pan around the action.