<story><title>The special effects for the computer display in “Escape From New York”</title><url>https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1066284025600339968</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>alan_wade</author><text>On the other hand, I&amp;#x27;ve just watched a behind the scenes video [1] about Mission Impossible: Fallout, and was absolutely shocked by how much of it was shot in real life.&lt;p&gt;Basically, most of it. When I saw the movie, I would&amp;#x27;ve bet my left kidney that 90% of the effects were green screen, I definitely would never have guessed that the skydivig scene, helicopter chase, and the canyon fight are for real. I could barely believe such canyon existed! Absolutely stunning.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=lCv59-y123g&amp;amp;t=0s&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=lCv59-y123g&amp;amp;t=0s&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>crummy</author><text>Here&amp;#x27;s some great unedited footage from Mad Max: Fury Road, too:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=dfm4gvxNW_o&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=dfm4gvxNW_o&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>The special effects for the computer display in “Escape From New York”</title><url>https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1066284025600339968</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>alan_wade</author><text>On the other hand, I&amp;#x27;ve just watched a behind the scenes video [1] about Mission Impossible: Fallout, and was absolutely shocked by how much of it was shot in real life.&lt;p&gt;Basically, most of it. When I saw the movie, I would&amp;#x27;ve bet my left kidney that 90% of the effects were green screen, I definitely would never have guessed that the skydivig scene, helicopter chase, and the canyon fight are for real. I could barely believe such canyon existed! Absolutely stunning.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=lCv59-y123g&amp;amp;t=0s&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=lCv59-y123g&amp;amp;t=0s&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>CharlesW</author><text>Agreed, that&amp;#x27;s incredible. As I watch that it strikes me that one of the underrated uses of CGI is to make practical effects possible that wouldn&amp;#x27;t have been before. An actor can safely fall out of a helicopter or jump between rooftops, knowing that rigging can easily be painted out.</text></comment>