- April 11th, 2021, 12:04 pm#4948033
To give us net nerds something to bitch about. I really think that this could have worked just as well with puppetry , although I wouldn't change a thing.
Alphagaia wrote: ↑April 11th, 2021, 10:29 am I even pointed them out last time!Sorry! I must have missed it in the fast turnover of posts. Good eye!
Now I feel neglected...
Bison256 wrote: ↑April 11th, 2021, 12:03 pm Did sony use product placement to help finance the film?Ofcourse! Why do you ask? I mean it's common to spread costs like this?
robbritton wrote: ↑April 11th, 2021, 12:36 pmNo prob! Just having fun.Alphagaia wrote: ↑April 11th, 2021, 10:29 am I even pointed them out last time!Sorry! I must have missed it in the fast turnover of posts. Good eye!
Now I feel neglected...
timeware wrote: ↑April 11th, 2021, 12:04 pm To give us net nerds something to bitch about. I really think that this could have worked just as well with puppetry , although I wouldn't change a thing.I think you really underestimate how hard and expensive it is to shoot with a bunch of puppets that have to do very specific things.
timeware wrote: ↑April 11th, 2021, 12:04 pmI really think that this could have worked just as well with puppetry , although I wouldn't change a thing.They could've achieved them with physical puppets, but I think it would've been a more restrictive and difficult-to-achieve effort, not to mention probably more expensive. There would've been a lot of green-screening required, and multiple sessions of filming to build up a crowd of Mini-Puft puppets (there's a reason crowd shots in the Gremlins movies are used sparingly).
Davideverona wrote: ↑April 11th, 2021, 3:37 pm The only practical effect in this scene was the bulging of the Marshmallow bagYeah, even the bbq was probably cgi. As was the roomba. Probably the two whole scenes with the Pufts running amok.
deadderek wrote: ↑April 11th, 2021, 9:05 am For those who want to see the Mini-Pufts scene UNCROPPED:What a difference that makes. The clip no longer has the weird commercial feel. The shot compositions seem less haphazard & more deliberate. That makes a HUGE difference for me. How did they manage to get this?
https://youtu.be/VjQ_bRKf0XM
Coover5 wrote:Admittedly, i was disappointed by how small the mini-pufts were when I first saw them as I had been hoping for something like the Marshmallow Minis from the video game. But I've become excited by the concept when the comparison to Gremlins came up. It got me thinking about real gremlins (well, gremlins of folklore) that sabotage machinery. These pufts are small and soft enough to crawl into walls and be passed off as nothing more than mice. But they're also dexterous enough to do some serious damage. They could crawl up into a pack (maybe), the containment unit or the Ecto and do some serious damage.It depends how they're handled, but there was nothing about the original Stay Puft or Gozer, which demonstrated the characteristics of Gremlins (or Minions). That's overthinking it maybe - the context will add a lot.
RichardLess wrote: ↑April 12th, 2021, 1:38 amThat makes a HUGE difference for me. How did they manage to get this?Cuz we've got friends in Sony places.
Alphagaia wrote: ↑April 12th, 2021, 5:21 am So. How's the movie?I can see it now: our heroes are fighting the Mini Pufts and due to their size they think "we've got this." Then some where behind them, the camera shows the Mini pufts combining together, getting larger. At some point oozing over a human skeleton for structural support.
Also, regarding Puft sizes, I wouldn't be surprised if they vary in size, especially later in the movie.
Bison256 wrote: ↑April 12th, 2021, 6:24 amWasn't that kind of the way they originally envisioned Puft materializing in NY harbor back during the original film production?Alphagaia wrote: ↑April 12th, 2021, 5:21 am So. How's the movie?I can see it now: our heroes are fighting the Mini Pufts and due to their size they think "we've got this." Then some where behind them, the camera shows the Mini pufts combining together, getting larger. At some point oozing over a human skeleton for structural support.
Also, regarding Puft sizes, I wouldn't be surprised if they vary in size, especially later in the movie.
Did it come out today? Ugh the art is so bad tho[…]