Mattes and concept art from FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956).
Matte shots from THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982).
The neon-lit Gotham City of BATMAN FOREVER (1995). Constructed mostly from matte shots and miniatures, with a splash of CGI.
The Gotham of these films resembled Blade Runner’s LA mixed with Dick Tracy’s candy-colored metropolis, with some seriously huge statues. The films themselves have no weight of course (they are parodies), though I enjoy the scenery and the art.
Matte paintings by Matthew Yuricich for BLADE RUNNER (images 1 and 2), CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, and GHOSTBUSTERS.
Painted matte shots from DICK TRACY (1990). For the film, the shots were enhanced with miniatures and lighting, but they look fine in their basic form too.
By the way, I tried to search for other Dick Tracy posts on my blog but nothing came up, even though I shared several. Is stupid Tumblr blindly censoring the word “dick”?
Production stills, behind the scenes, a matte, all that—BATMAN RETURNS (1992).
Matte shots—gorgeous matte shots. LABYRINTH (1986), NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VACATION (1983), INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1985), MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME (1985).
Art by Ralph McQuarrie for Darth Vader’s Star Destroyer. (The last image shows his matte painting for it as it appeared in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.)