CGI is worse than ever now, not due to it's quality, but due to the attitude of the studios that it is all that matters and is the first order of business, with story and everything else coming in a far second. Sadly, the ability to do anything has robbed current film makers of the need to rely on the things that made movies great to start with...characters, performances, editing, atmosphere, and story. So yes, it is an even bigger scourge now than it was back in the day. It's a great tool, but sadly it is abused by those behind the camera who lack the talent to be the same level of directors as those who were limited in what could be shown by the technologies available to them, forcing them to instead rely on other tools of the movie making trade. Simply put, just because it can be shown doesn't mean that it must be shown.
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Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?
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xplorer813
12 years ago
The Taos scene is my favorite scene. I have watched this movie many times and I never made the comparison nor noticed the inconsistency in his size in the movie. It dosn't matter. It was still beautifully done and was perfect in my book. Talos was just HUGE irregardless. Too bad for Hylas. That spear/broach pin was NOT that important. But then again, he did it out of loyalty for Hercules.
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angelosdaughter
9 years ago
Me, too. I saw this with my father as a kid. When the bronze giant, Talos, creaking, turned his head with its empty eye sockets towards Hylas and Hercules, I was terrified. When he picked up the boat, it looked like a toy in his hands. Talos was my favorite menace in this film.
In one version of the myth, Talos grabbed his victim and sat down in a fire,embracing him in his arms and roasting the hapless prey to death.
I could be a morning person if morning happened at noon.
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blaine-81527
9 years ago
In some of the "Extra" stuff I've seen, Ray Harryhausen discusses the effects old style VS computer generated and says he thinks the old style models and stop motion was maybe more dreamlike and terrifying than the computer stuff. I agree the scale seemed off from scene to scene, but that would make Talos more nightmarish as an image that seemed HUGE but to have no distinct size. It's a subtle thing that makes it more scary. Talos was created and filmed to evoke terror from a smaller being and I think this was done VERY WELL!!!! I saw this movie in a theater when it was released and still love it!!!!!!!!!!
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