CGI is getting better all the time

[Mr Bulbous]

Just found this CGI clip of WW2 Mosquito's and Spitfires, incredible stuff, looks as real as it gets.

The implications of this kind of CGI in future films are staggering, not just for fantasy stuff like Star Wars, Dinosaurs ETC, but historically accurate films at last.

Even the Battle of Britain that used real aircraft, had to use Heinz 97 mix and match of different variant Spitfires that were never used in the Battle of Britain, not to mention the borrowed Spanish Air Force to represent the Luftwaffe that only looked accurate if you half closed your eyes.

Enough of my yakking though, check it out 5MB clip

 

[Mr Bulbous]

Even though its great, I thought it was a bit iffy when the landing gear came down on the mosquito and landed without bumping too much and nearly no dust.

If IL2 was like that I would be !

I hear what your saying.

Consider this though.

The animation from the Mosquito landing gear lowering is smooth, even the reflections from the props, (look at it again) is meticulous.

The question is, not how well CGI can be used in the future, and that is a question of historical research and how well the *painter using CGI, uses his 2006 canvas* Don't forget, the people that do CGI only produce animations from raw data, that is often wrong.

As regards the Mosquito landing, it looks real enough to me, many who have actually flown real aircraft will know about the "cushion effect", or the "ground effect" You actually have to force a light aircraft onto the ground sometimes.

Face it ... CGI is with us, what we need to see is more accurate painting on the CGI Canvas to convince us.

CGI is a great tool, and we are going too see a lot more of it, like it or not.

 

[Mr Bulbous]

Forgot to mention, with CGI, we can have any camera angle we want, looking back at the classics, even though we had real Lancaster's in "The Dambusters" movie, and with "The Battle of Britain", we can now see historically accurate moving images, and the only limit is the (CGI) artists talent and knowledge of the era.

At the end of the day, and its a sobering thought, we have no more real flying Mosquito's in the UK, no more ... zilch, nada.

No More real Mosquito's.

We have the BOB memorial flight of Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane that enthusiasts get to see, once a year, but their time is numbered too, eventually these aircraft will be grounded, and of course their roles in producing any future WW2 aviation movies are out of the question.

I'm cool with CGI.