>Andor S2 (2025)
>290M dollars budget

>Masters of the Universe (1987)
>22M dollars budget

>>211487633 (OP)
shot on film before digital correction

>>211487825
That procedure makes such a difference in image quality? One would think at this point, tech is advanced enough to turn everything recorded into a visual masterpiece.

Even the materials (plastic? metal? both?) from the 80s Skeletor trooper look better.

>>211487633 (OP)
Because there was more back ground ionozing radiation due to all of the nuke testing so it gave the older films a more raw unfiltered look.

>>211487880
Perhaps LA must by nuked in order to Make Hollywood Watchable Again.

>>211487633 (OP)
Stormtrooper armor always looked like cheap dogshit.

>>211487633 (OP)
Why do you make up bullshit to hate on Disney? Get off the internet and fill out a job application.

>>211487633 (OP)
Because props used to be made by ugly shut-in nerds in their tiny work closets.
Nowadays it's a bunch of women and indians.

>>211488961
How would it look if wasn't "cheap dogshit"?
Why it looks like that since 1977 despite all the current immense budgets?

>customs
disney needs to do some quality control with those they hire from India

>>211487633 (OP)
There are much better examples of cool armor in andor but basically what >>211488961 said, the default storm troopers looks like they're wearing cheap vacuum formed plastic armor.

>>211487866
Yep with enough time and artistry you can turn an unfocused mess into a master piece with modern filters, but you need the artistry otherwise it becomes a tik tok filter

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>>211489584
Would be cool to see a proper stormtrooper armor and the soldier being the actual "elite shock trooper" as the canon portrays him.

>>211487633 (OP)
Stormtroopers looked better in OT compared to the new loose fitting shit. The tight fitting aesthetic is completely lost nowadays in all the official shit

>>211488961
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>>211489431
>>211489584
This is what Disney took from us.

>>211487866
Gonk.

>>211489157
Gonk.

Andor had low budgets for costumes in all seasons, they were reusing all the props they made for the imperial army from the solo movie and other movies, you see it in the mandalorian too, they had to hire fans to stand in as stormtroopers because all of their props are falling apart

>>211495614
So... that 290M for what they were used?

>>211487866
you've got it backwards

its like an impressionist painting

film still wasn't shown at a very sharp resolution, so a lot of the "quality" is your mind filling in the blanks and making you think plastic props are metal for example. CRTs were blurry, Theater projection couldnt really show you crisp images. the movie magic worked

now everything is SO sharp due to ultra high resolution video we can see every flaw, so when cheap indian CGI is used its incredibly obvious, that and most film special effects is garbage now doesnt help.

by everything being clear, its clear its all fake and the magic is gone

>>211495878
Cgi sloppa

>>211496004
So, what can be done to fix it? Is it possible to have "magic" and also make it clean?

That tech already exists or not?

>>211496045
And Pirates of the Caribbean cost less and had better CGI (the best imo).

Andor grey-blueish filter was terrible.

>>211487633 (OP)
It's because the use of props and high detailed wardrobe/costume design was still a widespread and professional part of the film industry. It was still in high demand and there were many well known, well worked individuals who put themselves out there in to that field. As well as all the hopefuls dreaming of climbing the ranks. Fast forward to today and that part of the industry is only a minor part. The heads are just not in it, all replaced by digital effects and gay people.
Just look at stopmotion and claymation. They used to be much larger but were killed by the digital age. Many such cases.

>>211496139
it all comes down to whos directing and in charge of cinematography and effects.

like idk the first season of the Mandalorian felt very true to OG star wars for me

Avatar 2 looked incredible

I think it is getting better but most movies will still look like slop.

>>211487633 (OP)
Practical effects guys worked constantly in the 80s because computer animation was in its absolute infancy

They had a ton of experience and were way better than their modern constituents -- any Hollywood job that has been replaced by greenscreens has gotten so much worse. Costumes, set design, practical effects -- it's because they're not getting the same kind of experience.

There's just less decently budgeted work for them these days, so you get people who don't know what they're doing, glorified cosplayers.
Go look up the credits of the guys who did the make-up on Star Trek or made monsters in 80s movies and you'll see they just worked constantly, tens of thousands of hours of experience on the job.

>>211494052
Japan knows how to do it right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=iCqlX3JxwFs

>>211496426
Basically what I tried to say here >>211496212 but you did it in a much more articulate way

>>211496256
>>211496426
>>211496212
Thanks anons, what can we do to bring back this craft?

PD: fuck Netflix for cancelling Dark Crystal but renewing Big Mouth.

>>211496549
Sadly, Star Wars (despite being created by a Kurosawa-weaboo) isn't Japanese nor directed by one. Perhaps in the future.

>>211489157
The few times Clone Troopers aren't shown in CGI, that's the material it should be like when budget isn't an issue.

>>211494052
I'm iffy on the individual butt cheek plates

>>211497584
>Clone Troopers aren't shown in CGI
>Ahsoka flashbacks
They look terrible, even cheaper than Andor's stormies.

>>211496212
At least stop motion survived. Traditional animation is dead.

>dollars budget
wtf is happening to English