Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Movie Explosions

Have you noticed this crap? Every time something explodes in the movies, it explodes 3 times. Cars, bridges, buildings, whatever. Not once, not twice, 3 times. And each explosion is from a different perspective to help us all think the explosion was WAY bigger than it was, plus lasted an unearthly amount of time. And, of course, no explosion is complete without a stunning fireball, however unlikely in real life.

The first few times I saw this technique, it was indeed quite impressive. These days it is starting to get rather tedious. Things explode once. And very quickly. Unfortunately, reality sometimes makes for lousy special effects.

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