the main thing I’ve gathered from the Pacific Rim director’s commentary is that, even though a lot more of PacRim was done with CGI than I had realized, it still holds up almost 10 years later because of how intentional Guillermo Del Toro was with building in details, flaws, weathering and environmental factors, and, primarily, love and respect into every single model.
He helped animate every single creature and robot by hand on his tablet, he praised the animators for every single shot and talks about how brilliant they are, how hard they worked on every detail, he treats all of them like human beings, like geniuses, just as integral to the film as himself and the actors. The animators themselves talk about how intentional and detailed his ideas were, how helpful and insightful he was when he spoke to them about changes, when he came to them with new ideas.
There’s also a hell of a lot of practical effects woven in, which add to the believability, but the CGI holds up first and foremost because he saw it as an art form to be cultivated and loved just as fiercely as everything else, not a ‘wow’ effect to be slapped in for budget cuts.
imagine after troy and abed start dating they add a kiss to their handshake so it’s just *clap clap* 👨❤️💋👨
and the study group are all standing there like 🧍🏼… really. do you have to do that Every Time. and troy and abed are like yeah duh it’s part of the handshake you don’t just Leave A Handshake Unfinished. duh doy ✋🏻🙄
Jean Moreau and Kevin Day starting a tentative awkward real friendship where they don’t really talk but mostly nod at each other a lot and throw small insults at each other in French they don’t really mean is so so so deeply important to me you don’t understand
Ryan: That kinda reminds of me of when someone goes in for a bro handshake, but the other person goes in for a—
Shane: That’s, uh—that’s me!
Ryan: —like a normal, and they have to, like, upgrade mid-shake.
Shane: ... Teach me how to do this!
STOP. STOP THIS. THER;ES SNO WAY. OH MY GOF SHE LOOKS AMAZING PLEASE HER CLAWS????????? OH MY GOOSNDNES. GOODD DD LORD ANON YOUR ART IS SUCH A TREAT EVERY TIME. i’m like twirling my hair a little bit looking at this? what did you draw her so attraxtive for Hello.. SHE’S SOS BEAUTFIJKFLFJHRUHSJGFGKN FJDJFJGG D victoryne my beloved.. victoryne .. . . .. . ..... 🤲🤲🤲 this is so fucked up how’d you singlehandedly get me falling in love with my own character. dude her eye looks so fucking good for i’m getting chills what... the way the colour pops out from the shadow..... WOOF. but in general i just really love the way u draw eyes and the white outline makes it look glowy AGHGHGHGH I LOVE. I’M SO IN LOVE. the rendering on her arm muscles... 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 &&& your lineart always looks so scrumptious!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DRAWING HER ): MY GIRL )))):
nth top gun rewatch and i’ve just noticed that hollywood and wolfman have MATCHING ASS CHEEKS STICKERS on their helmets
i love me drama-free kings. i feel like they had two weeks in total of medium-level angst when they weren’t sure whether their feelings were mutual and then it’s been smooth sailing ever since
og himbos. no thots head empty: just love & hard-ons for cool jets and the boyfriend