Why Special Effects No Longer Impress

brumgrunt writes "When an advert for toilet roll now has a CG dog in it, have we come to the point where special effects have no lasting impact whatsoever? As Den of Geek argues, 'Where we once sat through Terminator 2 and gasped when Robert Patrick turned into a slippery blob of mercury, we now watch, say, Inception and simply acknowledge that, yes, the folding city looks quite realistic.'"

Comments

Good

[Sarten-X]

Now filmmakers will focus on compelling stories, complex characters, and complete worlds, right? Right? Please?

Re:Good

[camperdave]

That's the thing with 3D. It keeps popping up.

All the time! STOP

[Anonymous Coward]

Hey, I'm from 1890, you insensitive clod! STOP

FULL STOP

Re:All the time! STOP

[M. Baranczak]

The invisible baby horses under the hood love sugar. You can feed them through that special tube on the side of the car, just behind the doors.

Re:Technological Improvements Taken for Granted

[DoofusOfDeath]

Right and we also used to sit and stare in awe as a person used a phone from their car to make a phonecall.

I still do! These days I expect to see drivers texting.

Re:Actually, I'd say it's worse than that

[TooMuchToDo]

"but who cares if Keanu Reeves is fighting a raptor on top of a truck that's racing around the deck off a cruise liner that's going to explode if it goes below the speed of sound"

Sir, I do think I'd pay to see that.

Re:Yes they do Impress

[Locke2005]

Avatar was a good story, a compelling story that drew you into it, even without the effects. That despite the fact that with the exception of the biologically evolved 'net, there really weren't and new ideas in the entire plot line. The ideas were unoriginal, but put together exceedingly well.