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Old 08-30-2012, 09:43 PM   #9
Galadriel55
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My point, G55, is that CGI is just another way of doing special effects– one that can be used, or misused, like any other. Hollywood's reliance on spectacle didn't exactly start with computers.
Oh, alright. Sorry about that, didn't get it right at first.

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As for your brother– he just sounds like a typical kid, of the sort who wouldn't have had time for the more intellectual type of film, in any era.
That he is.

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It doesn't stop with films, now– you'd be surprised how many people reminisce about early computer games as masterpieces of purity and integrity, before everything was "ruined" by modern graphics.
That's something I haven't encountered before. I have met those people (and am one myself) who prefer old books, movies, lifestlyes, etc to new ones, but I've never seen computer games among the things!
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