rec.arts.movies.past-films

David Johnston wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:02:58 -0500, "Obveeus" wrote:
>
>>
>> "David Johnston" wrote:
>>> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:29:09 -0500, George Peatty
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:13:54 -0500, "Obveeus"
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The Hulk storyline actually came together very nicely. The thing
>>>>> that made
>>>>> it 'unwatchable' was the frog hopping capabilities courtesy of
>>>>> CGI.
>>>>
>>>> The CGI was bad, but it wasn't the Hulk's ability to leap tall
>>>> ..well, anything, at a single bound that made it bad. If you
>>>> think it did, I have to wonder whether you've read any comic books
>>>> ..
>>>
>>> I've never actually seen CGI of creatures with skin that struck me
>>> as being much better than the Hulk.
>>
>> It wasn't an issue of 'unrealistic skin'. The issue is that the
>> existence of CGI caused the directors/et al to turn a perfectly
>> articulate script into a festival of mindless CGI stunts.
>>
>
> It wasn't a perfectly articulate script. It was two different movies
> inexplicably squooshed into one.

In modern Hollyweird, that _is_ a perfectly articulate script because it
represents a minimum of suit meddling.

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