Comment on About THAT one obviously bad part in Alien Romulus [SPOILERS]

UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Could have been done just with a well directed animatronic coupled with some basic CGI to enrich some textures and details.

That’s exactly what they did. A full head animatronic of Ian Holm’s likeness was built.

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People who claimed to have been at a preview screening say the effect was fully practical, but that it was also a little distracting because it looked like a “muppet” (Their words, not mine.)

So in the intervening time between previews and release, they have used AI and CGI to apparently make the eyes and lip sync movement smoother for a better effect.

I agree it looks jarring in the film and I would personally like to see the raw practical shots to see how it looked beforehand.

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