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FanFiltration
02-19-2009, 06:53 PM
:eek:
Man that shot of Hurley in the airport waiting room was so badly done. Most of the time, the CGI looks so good on the show, but that just down right sucked. Can anyone remember a worse CGI shot in the show? I think it looked so bad because they did a close-up on Hurley's head and that made the effects look so much more fake. Still I love this show, and nothing comes close to being as good on T.V., with the exception of Battlestar Galactica of course.
islander
02-19-2009, 07:02 PM
I'll bite...what is a CGI?
heavensprincess
02-19-2009, 07:08 PM
I'm going to guess that CGI mean computer generated imagery. I'm not positive though.
thelawgiver
02-19-2009, 07:15 PM
I thought they were trying to make him a religious icon, like an apostle.
FanFiltration
02-19-2009, 07:17 PM
I'm going to guess that CGI mean computer generated imagery. I'm not positive though.

Sorry, yes. You are right about what I meant by "CGI". The background behind the actor was in my personal opinion a very poorly done computer added effect. For such a basic thing, I would have thought it would be done much better then that. There is so much great computer generated imagery work done on this show that has just blown my mind. This one effect just stood out as being so far below the standard. No big deal, just something that stood out for me, and I wanted to know if I was alone in that observation.
StormyKnight
02-19-2009, 07:17 PM
:eek:
Man that shot of Hurley in the airport waiting room was so badly done. Most of the time, the CGI looks so good on the show, but that just down right sucked. Can anyone remember a worse CGI shot in the show? I think it looked so bad because they did a close-up on Hurley's head and that made the effects look so much more fake. Still I love this show, and nothing comes close to being as good on T.V., with the exception of Battlestar Galactica of course.

So say we all!
Workman
02-19-2009, 07:17 PM
That is correct...It's computer generated imagery. But, I don't know if I remember the scene being talked about.
Workman
02-19-2009, 07:18 PM
I definitely didn't notice that...I'll have to watch again. I now remember the scene.
FanFiltration
02-19-2009, 07:23 PM
That is correct...It's computer generated imagery. But, I don't know if I remember the scene being talked about.

It's the scene where Hurley is in the L.A. airport waiting room, just before he runs up to the airline check-in woman to say that he has purchased a number of seats in first class, and he does not want her to give them to other people.
Workman
02-19-2009, 07:25 PM
It's the scene where Hurley is in the L.A. airport waiting room, just before he runs up to the airline check-in woman to say that he has purchased a number of seats in first class, and he does not want her to give them to other people.

Yeah, I didn't even think to look behind him. Jorge Garcia does take up a good portion of the screen.
Mr Hamilton
02-19-2009, 07:30 PM
The worse CGI is from early season 3 when Ben takes Sawyer up to the cliff to show him they are on a different island. The "sun in the face and the Lost island in the background"-shot is the worst ever on the show.
Unbridled Pageantry
02-19-2009, 07:30 PM
Really? Even worse than Sayid looking out the helicopter at the gas leaking out? :)
islander
02-19-2009, 07:31 PM
CGI - Thanks everyone - I learned something today...cool.
5starboss
02-19-2009, 07:35 PM
CGI - Thanks everyone - I learned something today...cool.

hey Islander,

around the survivors, a perimeter create. best yoda line ever.:cool:
thelawgiver
02-19-2009, 07:38 PM
Really? Even worse than Sayid looking out the helicopter at the gas leaking out? :)

Yes! That was like an effect from a Roger Moore Bond flick!
Mr Hamilton
02-19-2009, 07:39 PM
Really? Even worse than Sayid looking out the helicopter at the gas leaking out? :)

I had suppressed that moment... sorry about that! Sayid struggeling with the open door and looking at the leaking helicopter is no.1...;)
Missie
02-19-2009, 07:41 PM
I guess Im easily pleased. I didnt noticed any of these, didnt even give it a second thought.
littleredman
02-19-2009, 07:41 PM
I hardly ever notice stuff like that at all. I certainly never noticed anything odd behind Hurley. Are you using a massive HD TV or something? Maybe that's why you picked up on it...
Workman
02-19-2009, 07:43 PM
hey Islander,

around the survivors, a perimeter create. best yoda line ever.:cool:

I'm definitely gonna have to disagree with you on that one! "Do or do not...There is no try." That, my friend, is the best Yoda line ever. :p
FanFiltration
02-19-2009, 08:01 PM
:eek: I just saw that scene again with the leaking helicopter and you guys are right. It's the WORST!


Worst background in a Moore Bond film is when he is hanging off the fire truck in "A View to A Kill"! The train fight in "Octopussy" is a close second.
freakazoid
02-19-2009, 08:05 PM
I thought they were trying to make him a religious icon, like an apostle.

yap, great idea there!
The_Hoff
02-19-2009, 08:05 PM
Maybe the life they are now living is all CGI and the only thing real is the people they were on the island with originally.

Why wouldn't the whole plane go down as the original plane did? If of course the new flight didn't go down!
FanFiltration
02-19-2009, 08:12 PM
Maybe the life they are now living is all CGI and the only thing real is the people they were on the island with originally.

Why wouldn't the whole plane go down as the original plane did? If of course the new flight didn't go down!

I think that the plane did go down on the island, but on the same date it was flying from L.A. to Guam (lets say early 2009 present time). Our Cast members with Jack are back in time now (most likely in the mid 1990's just before the Dharma purge by Ben and his poison Gas as a result of a time flash during the crash) So the reason we have not seen the plane could be that it's in 2009, and we are seeing events in sometime in the 1990's or before.
Linus
02-19-2009, 08:58 PM
I'm definitely gonna have to disagree with you on that one! "Do or do not...There is no try." That, my friend, is the best Yoda line ever. :p

Amen! Best one ever from Yoda!
FanFiltration
02-19-2009, 09:01 PM
Amen! Best one ever from Yoda!

Yoda was total CGI in Episode 1,2 and 3. :p

I liked him much more as a puppet.
5starboss
02-20-2009, 04:40 PM
I'm definitely gonna have to disagree with you on that one! "Do or do not...There is no try." That, my friend, is the best Yoda line ever. :p

again, you've bested me!:cool:
The_Hoff
02-20-2009, 05:03 PM
I think that the plane did go down on the island, but on the same date it was flying from L.A. to Guam (lets say early 2009 present time). Our Cast members with Jack are back in time now (most likely in the mid 1990's just before the Dharma purge by Ben and his poison Gas as a result of a time flash during the crash) So the reason we have not seen the plane could be that it's in 2009, and we are seeing events in sometime in the 1990's or before.

So, the plane they are in is suppose to be in 2009; however, when they are "sent" to the island, they land in 1990?

It could be before the Dharma purge as I don't remember a car wash on the island that would put the VW in that great of shape as we saw it in when Jin exited the van. I guess the question will be answered once we see how exactly Jin responds to Jack, Hurley, and Kate to knowing who he is and if he knows who they are.

Where did Jin get the duds for Dharma?