Inflatable crowds by the Inflatable Crowd Company. (They’re in more movies than you might think.)
Early CGI in STAR TREK films. The “rolling fire” Genesis effect and the Reliant’s targeting computer (II), the dogfight game that’s glimpsed in III (spot the red and green planes), and the dreamlike time warp sequence in IV.
The latter was storyboarded by Ralph McQuarrie, some examples below:
HOWARD THE DUCK (1986). Behind the scenes, and a few shots from the film.
As kids, we were puzzled—baffled—that George Lucas, the man who gave us Star Wars, was somehow involved with Howard the Duck. I’m even more baffled, now, that it seems to have so many fans. But hey.
The ridiculously well-made creatures from 1987 horror, THE GATE. Stopmotion, actors in suits, forced perspective—visual effects trickery that’s still impressive today, in this CGI age.
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”?
