I'm watching these stills go by as he's talking thinking, every single one of those shots, the elements I thought were CG. Not because they looked it, but because I'd just assumed that was how they did it at the time. No wonder it looked so good for CG "at the time"! All hail practical. So sweet it's come back and found it's place among the wiser directors bag of solutions. This, coming from a long time 3D artist.

@mattdawg83686

3 жыл бұрын

I was gobsmacked to find out the launch pad was practical.

He provides a great elegy for a lost golden age. Sure, he's a little sad at its passing, but he recognizes the achievements they all made and he's deservedly proud.

I was also at Shepperton Studios back then. Brings back great memories. Certainly was a golden era

I remember being introduced to Nigel Blake, and Robbie Scott when I worked at the Harrow Model Shop. I was always fascinated with the films you were currently working on, such as James Bond and hearing about the model sets. Can’t quite believe that was over 20yrs ago...where does the time go???

Thanks Nigel, those Lost In Space effects really stand up, well your ones. The CGi have aged terribly, that BonziBuddy was such a bad idea. Your website has some amazing photography on there, must take patience and lots of fresh air to capture images like that. Good for the lungs! and Thanks Piercefilm, these are a real compliment to a channel like Oliver Harper who is more interested in the music side of these classics. After watching the movies again I keep coming here and there to get more insight, it's like DVD extras back in the olden days before streaming.

I loved the miniature effects on this movie.

This is one of the movies that inspired me to transition into Visual Effects. Mind you, I was actually a general manager of a movie theater at the time.

I feel his pain, these guys are stars to me! CGI is incredible technology, but if feels like watching a famous actor trying to portray a character and all you can see is the famous actor pretending to be someone else!

Slipstream is an awesome movie!

Great content, keep uploading !

@piercefilm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! More coming up soon.

I actually saw some of the sound stages where they were shooting this miniatures .. in Shepperton. I was there to sign up as an extra with the ‘Screenlight’ agency .. and whilst walking around I saw a whole lotta awesome stuff. That was how I found out they were making this film.

Lost in Space (1998) was one of my favorite movies growing up. Shame it came out while Titanic was still enjoying it's run.

I actually have the original Jupiter 2 Mold from the 60's.

I know exactly what he means ... still searching for it 30 years later :-)

It amazes me that these models were destroyed after use

@millenniumf1138

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, not all of them were. The hero props like the Jupiter 2 ended up in collections because they're just such beautiful works of art, but then you have models like the launch dome that were either too delicate to move or just not all that popular or took up too much space, and they just had to go because there wasn't anyone interested in buying them that had the money to pay the studio for them.

This movie, The Abyss, Flight of the Navigator, Terminator 1 and 2, Alien, BTTF. Golden movies.

Veri Goog!

_It's health and safety gone maaaaaaaaad_ _I mean, yeah mate, we all got cancer but...._

Yeah I hate working all night, it sucks. I went forty something days in a row one time, it's painful.

Where can you get the full documentary??

@piercefilm

2 жыл бұрын

The old DVD is sold out. I am uploading everything to my channel here. Lots of interviews not on the DVD.

is there a video on Event Horizon?

@piercefilm

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. I posted it a few years ago. It's here on my channel.

I usually watch these for inspiration and they usually cheer me up, but this one just made me feel worse, makes me feel like I’ve wasted 6 years of my life

@piercefilm

3 жыл бұрын

If you plan on making a career in film model making, it might get depressing. Very few effects shops are still working. As a hobby, or making miniatures for low budget indie films might still be an option! Stay creative. Some directors like Wes Anderson and Chris Nolan still use them.

@nigelcarren

3 жыл бұрын

Six years is NOTHING!! You have not even started as you are still talking single figures mon ami! Stay focused, and let financial gain be the bi-product of you having fun. 🏆⚒️🇬🇧

@stevebishop9468

3 жыл бұрын

@@piercefilm I'm a filmmaker,and I demand models over CGI

In the sixties I was a kid and wanted to be Will Robinson and have robot, jetpack, and laser pistol. This movie was stupid and a horrible disappointment. The the Jupiter shaped shell around their new spaceship when it launched made no sense and was just a horribly clumsy nod to the original.

I liked this show but didn’t like much else on Netflix so I canceled. Doesn’t bother me.

@piercefilm

3 жыл бұрын

This is from the movie, not the TV show.

It was a terrible and luckily forgettable movie.

@piercefilm

2 жыл бұрын

Great miniature work, though! This channel is about the model makers and their work.

Not a well spoken interview but the photos are cool.

@piercefilm

3 жыл бұрын

Should everyone be a Harvard University graduate? Sheeshh... enjoy the information. ;)

Well, now you made your Brexit thing and you are all free to get rid of all the annoying EU regulations mate. That of course if movies get ever made again in the UK. Cheers