When I was little I was obsessed with the movie Labyrinth, and the trolls of it in particular.
The idea of having a whole gang of friendly trolls hidden and waiting in my bedroom walls, for when I needed comforting, was something I wished for often.
Hoggle is my example of why most CGI characters in live-action movies are unnecessary. Hoggle is an incredible feat of puppetry combined with the performance of the actor inside the suit, and if that can be accomplished in 1986, then don’t tell me that a practical character can’t be done today.
L3-37 from Solo is a great example of how to merge practical with CGI. You get the actors real performance, the human actors on set get something real to interact with, and then CGI can fill in some of the gaps and do the things that physically can’t be done in reality.
When I was little I was obsessed with the movie Labyrinth, and the trolls of it in particular.
The idea of having a whole gang of friendly trolls hidden and waiting in my bedroom walls, for when I needed comforting, was something I wished for often.
Hoggle is my example of why most CGI characters in live-action movies are unnecessary. Hoggle is an incredible feat of puppetry combined with the performance of the actor inside the suit, and if that can be accomplished in 1986, then don’t tell me that a practical character can’t be done today.
L3-37 from Solo is a great example of how to merge practical with CGI. You get the actors real performance, the human actors on set get something real to interact with, and then CGI can fill in some of the gaps and do the things that physically can’t be done in reality.
Yes to all of that!
L3-37 was the only character I really liked seeing in Solo, that photo is great :-)