dandreiberg wrote:
I'd think the CG would be done after most of the shooting was finished.
Yes, the final CG shots won't be completely finished until just before the movie is released. But I'm talking about the CG tests, the crude animations, texture maps and models that are done quickly and with virtually no budget. In big-budget tentpoles like this one, it's Standard Operating Procedure to do extensive tests on CG and make sure every VFX shot is carefully storyboarded. They plan it on a small scale so they save money doing it on a bigger scale, you see.
Writer Of Wrongs wrote:
What we really need is another on set leak from an extra telling us whether or not that NYC backlot has been/will be trashed ready for the insertion in post of a big old CG beastie.
Not happening. The extra reports we've gotten so far have been pretty tight-lipped. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they know the ending and they aren't willing to spill the beans. I doubt anyone will.
No, I wouldn't be at all surprised if there is no squid. If that's the case, the ending will be different and it won't be Watchmen. But then, I think we've all taken it as a given that whatever we see onscreen, it won't be the graphic novel. And it's still possible that the Ultimate Weapon will be conceivably alien in nature. As long as it kills millions of people, leaves some remains, could easily be mistaken for an extraterrestrial threat and brings about world peace, that's good enough for me.
But I think it's still a bit too early to come to that conclusion. There's still a lot about this that we don't know. To be honest, I'm a little glad Snyder passed on that question. After all, if we knew he was keeping the ending, what would we have to debate about?
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