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Terminator 2 is one of the rare examples i can think of where the CGI being outdated actually works to the movie's advantage as it ages through time (zerobytes.monster)

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The original post: /r/movies by /u/prossnip42 on 2024-12-29 14:15:01.

I am specifically talking about the liquid metal scenes of Robert Patrick where the T-1000 reshapes itself after being severely injured. Those CGI effects, let's be honest, look completely fake, like they do not hold up well. But, where this works to the movie's advantage is that the reshaping CGI doesn't have to look real. The T-1000 is a machine trying to imitate human form so it having terrible CGI as it reshapes itself back is actually incredibly thematic to the movie, the character, and the overall story. I don't know if that was James Cameron's intention but whether intentional or not it's one of the rare instances where the outdated CGI actually helps make a movie hold up through time instead of hindering it

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