Comments on: 10 Movies That Introduced New Technologies

By: Hermitbiker

Hermitbiker — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:22:30 +0000

This was a very good post with a short list format, I would of figured on a bunch more but this is cool !!

By: Bert

Bert — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:30:11 +0000

Wow, Padme looks pretty cold in that shot…

By: Yesspaz

Yesspaz — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:59:49 +0000

Innovative movies… Well, to start, before anyone goes Matrix happy, watch Equilibrium. It was the Matrix before the Matrix.

But my true entry here is “Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.” It’s a relatively new development, but Lucas came up with Video Village, in which you see the digital dailies on digital screens instantly, and choose your shots and only send keepers to the editors. I know for a fact Fred Durst used a Video Village in “The Longshots” because a student of mine was in the movie.

By: bgates87

bgates87 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:45:14 +0000

15 years later and Jurassic Park still has some of the best CG Special Effects I’ve ever seen. Just goes to show you that faster computers only make CG faster, they don’t necessarily make it better. I think it has something to do with the fact that back when CG was a longer process, you had to work harder to get a good result.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:29:12 +0000

How about Wolfen for Steadycam?

By: Max

Max — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:41:49 +0000

How about Hallelujah for first movie with post synch sound? Can you imagine if every movie today only used the sound being recorded during the filming of the same shot?

As for The Matrix and bullet time, how can another movie have used it first if John Gaeta created the technology for the movie? Please explain.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:14:02 +0000

How in the world do you forget the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy?! They introduced an entire new way to make CGI characters. So much so, in fact, that they created a company based on it

By: Sami

Sami — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:03:10 +0000

Wasn’t the Wrath of Khan released the same year, but before Tron? Can’t remember if it fits in the “+20mins of full 3D and CG” part, but it had quite a lot of CG.

By: Sauron

Sauron — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:37:13 +0000

@THE.MAC.GOD:

Even if we want to count bullet time on as more innovative than something else on this list, the Matrix was not the first to use it….

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:19:19 +0000

After your comment about 3-D in ‘Bwana Devil,’ you lost all credibility. First of all, 3-D is a horribly novel feature to films. To shift the audiences focus away from the film and purely toward the visuals is always a bad move, especially when those visuals are unconvincing and tacky. Secondly, you talk about how you think they should bring it back to theaters (I hoped to god you were being sarcastic). Have you not noticed the re-emergence of this awful ploy recently? ‘My Bloody Valentine,’ ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth,’ ‘Bolt,’ ‘Beowulf’ just to name a few.