ridiculous claim

[schwza]

my roommate claims that no movie had better special effects than star wars until jurassic park. i have already pointed out the obvious counterexample of T2. what is there before that?

[imported_The Vibesman]

American Werewolf In London?

[diebitter]

Empire Strikes Back

[StevieG]

Academy Award winners (for Visual Effects) between the two (which both won) include Alien, Aliens, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and The Abyss

[canis582]

My roommate claims he can't tell the difference between butter and 'i cant believe its not butter'

[diebitter]

I have trouble telling the difference telling the difference between 'I can't believe it's not butter' and the other margerine we get.

Sometimes I can't believe its not 'I can't believe it's not butter'.

[Sabrazack]

I must say that i agree with him. Those movies special effects dont seem half bad even today.

[imported_The Vibesman]

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'i cant believe its not butter'

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What kind of name is that? You could say that about anything in the store if you're stupid enough. You could stand in front of the lawn furniture, like:

"I can't believe it's not butter."
"It's lawn furniture."
"I know! I was expecting butter."

[sfer]

2001 has better special effects than the original Star Wars.

[tpir90036]

This sounds like a claim someone would make and then not back down from because it is so absurd and is much more humorous if he stands by it.

[Exitonly]

Was it, better special effects for it's time? becacuse stars wars compared to anythign else from that period, ,and jurrasic park vs anyything in that small time period, might be legit.


but t2 is a good argument.

[arod15]

not that i can think of....

[swede123]

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2001 has better special effects than the original Star Wars.

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Ding ding, we have a winner. In fact, Lucas used 2001 as inspiration for quite a few of his visual effects in Star Wars. That being said, much of the technology, for visual effects, film and sound-editing and so on, that we are used to today were pretty much pioneered by Lucas and his team. So in that regard your friend's claim isn't that silly.

Swede

[schwza]

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Was it, better special effects for it's time? becacuse stars wars compared to anythign else from that period, ,and jurrasic park vs anyything in that small time period, might be legit.


but t2 is a good argument.

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no, it was special effects measured on an absolute scale, not in comparison to its peers.

he threatened to throw me out of the car when i said, "i guess star wars was good for its time."

good call on who framed roger rabbit, btw.