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Originally Posted by evollove
Alien special effects>Covenant special effects
I don't think it even occurs to filmmakers to use practical effects anymore. And for all I know, practical might even be cheaper than hiring a team to sit at computers all day.
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Not sure if this is true. I'm not claiming to be an expert, but using practical materials probably does cost more than doing something on a computer in this day in age. I fully agree, if you can accomplish something practical, always go practical. But seeing as doing something practical requires access to supplies which costs money, as well as a team of crafters and artists who know how to makes those effects work well, and doing practical effects will most likely always have drawbacks, its essentially a job where something is going to fail 99 times before making it work right. The reason why someone would make a CGI xenomorph over a man in a suit or puppet is so the xenomorph can do movements that would be impossible it were just a man in costume or a puppet.