Any remake of a much-loved film brings with it legions of fidgety fans who fuss that the new version won’t live up to their memory of the original. For Twentieth Century Fox’s The Day the Earth Stood Still, a 21st century retelling of the 1951 classic, one of those loyal fans was Jeff Okun, who supervised the 2008 sci fi film’s 507 visual effects shots. Okun was particularly keen on Gort, the film’s famous alien robot.
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Comments (7) for "How Weta Got a Great Gort, and Other VFX Challenges"
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nice special effects, nothing more...
Posted by Neubsi on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 07:51 AM
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amazing work
Posted by Bogdan Bucur on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 09:54 PM
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The movie was a total waste of time and a travesty to the original classic.
Posted by Bob McGuire on Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 04:55 PM
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I don't get why people always are negative towards remakes. I found this film to be a great remake, and the overall acting and focus on the 2 sides of humans was beautiful
Posted by Eric Harrison on Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 09:31 PM
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I don't see how you call this a remake - it is another film with the same name. The original even stated "we have no interest in your petty squabbles but do not export beyond the planet"
Posted by SC Norman on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 04:10 PM
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I liked the FX. Story wise it met my expectations though I guss I would have liked more of a story to it - but FX were good.
Posted by Tom on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 05:38 PM
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I liked it, but only just: most certainly not a classic. Why make the "earth stand still" and yet deliver no message as to why?
Posted by kkirkpatrick on Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 06:43 PM
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