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The one scene I dislike in this movie is Korben lying on the bed taking to Spider about his ex.

It always just seemed out of place to me. Exclude that one scene and it's perfect as far as I'm concerned.

I cannot imagine anyone but Chris Tucker playing Ruby Rhod. He's one of the best parts of the film.

Agreed -- it's a wonderful film, and deserves a special place right up there with Star Wars and Harryhausen for its practical effects.

While the article mentions Moebius, I think this level of praise still merits an extra Incal callout, even if it just serves as a recommendation to those who want more of this stuff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incal

> I often get sad that this is becoming a lost art. Great filmmakers with big budgets are still doing this type of practical effects work (Nolan [Interstellar], Villeneuve [Dune]), but I think eventually it will be lost in time.

Another one of the things that I appreciated from George Miller with Mad Max: Fury Road. There's definitely CG used, but so much of the stunts were real and not SpiderMan level nonsense.

> I'm just here to share my love for this film.

I love it too, and the best part is, I had not heard of it until my buddy dragged me to the theater to see it. I was completely blown away, and have watched it dozens of times over the years. I had the same experience when my mom took me to see the Matrix. I didn't watch much TV back then and didn't keep up with movie previews.

I got the 4K BD disk to watch with my kids a couple months ago and it has aged really well, particularly the special effects.

It's a wonderful movie, definitely one of my favorites.

What do you mean "Chris Tucker's character here isn't for everyone"?!?!? I absolutely LOVE Ruby! You green???

literally watched it last night and was struck by how much "personality" it has.

> but I think eventually it will be lost in time.

I don't believe it to be honest; model making and painting remains a popular hobby for millions of people, the only question is whether filmmakers will want to use it.

And recently, especially in e.g. Star Wars franchise entries, they have gone towards using models / sets again instead of just using CGI for everything.

But I wonder at what point digital effects become 'good enough' in some sense that they never look aged beyond the containing film. At some point surely there's no more perceptible 'resolution' to be had.

I was flipping channels in a hotel and I assume the Peter Jackson hobbit/Lord of the Rings were on. The scene I watched was some sort of interior castle scene and it looked really bad. I felt like it was very flat and cardboardy and filmed on VHS.

The cast is just perfect IMHO. Super green! ;

Also one of my all time favorites.

This scene takes place so fast, and my attention is always on the departing ship, that I never noticed the fine background details. Thanks a bunch for posting this great image!

This is amazing and absolutely brilliantly detailed for what, a 2 second shot? Thank you for sharing.

One of the photog friends I have works on shooting panos of city sky lines that are used for the modern version of the matte paintings used to fill the windows in studio shoots. It's impressive to see them in person.

I took the extended WB back lot tour years ago, and part of the tour was through the matte painting shop. The scale is very impressive. To see artists on 12' ladders to work on it was a nice "human for scale" during the tour.

The circular/sphere real time screen backgrounds Favro at Disney/StarWars is using for The Mandolorian is also neat tech as well.

Went to add this to my rotation wallpaper collection, only to realize it's already there.

I wouldn't want to watch that again, as I'm just reminded we'll never get to see his Dune.

I'm still holding out hope for a cartoon of The Incal.

I think this one deserved at least one sequel.

Speaking of sequels, who in the star wars universe will get their own show next? Based on who is left, i put my money on Exogorth.

Very true, but I can't help but want a sequel haha. Maybe that desire proves your point... Let our imagination do the rest

Yet!

He continued with Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.

The Fifth Element has similar cinematic feeling as the first Blade Runner.

And now it is clear. There is the same person behind it :)

Adam Savage covered the Mondoshawan props on his channel last year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf5dPrmBvwE

It was a fun film, but Chris Tucker broke the pacing too many times for a general audience. Even now on rottentomatoes his role still distracts focus from the character arcs.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fifth_element

Was a cult classic for sure, but nowhere near Blade Runner as a film. =3

Where did you see these? I'd love to go next time I am in Paris.

There is zero history of her programming. This is a scam, using her name.

Interesting to see programming and acting worlds cross-pollinate.

nah, a crypto grifter released one with cooked benchmarks

And???

My post! :)

Imgur might be vastly underselling the richness of the image, depending on your browser/device. Definitely check out the full 4K version if you're only seeing a thumbnail on that page:

http://web.archive.org/web/20161007133354if_/http://digitald...

But is the cinematography there of any interest? Why would OP include it? They're talking about the hard shots, like the exploding spaceship where they need to find a spot in the desert to shoot dozens of mortars at it, or the crazy blue paint needing special UV light exposures to render just right. That looks like... a matte painting? A nice matte painting, sure, important for worldbuilding. But just that.

Imgur is blocked in the UK, and last I checked blocked connections from VPNs too.

Which scene are you referring to?

That's amazing, you always see flooded cities in the future this is out of the box thinking.

(1997)