History Quotes / ChromaKey

->'''Eric Idle''': That's clever, how did they do that?
-->'''Creator/JohnCleese''': Colour Separation, you cottonhead.
-->-- '''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus, referring to a technique the BBC used for pre-digital green screen'''

-->-- '''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''', referring to a technique the BBC used for pre-digital green screen'''

-->-- '''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''', referring to a technique the BBC used for pre-digital green screen

[[folder:Quotes About Chroma Key]]
->''"Movie executives do not lead happy lives. If you are an executive, this is your day: a scruffy man in a Hawaiian shirt walks into your office and says, 'I need you to be personally responsible for giving me one hundred million dollars so I can go to Ireland and have people who pretend for a living act like they're fighting imaginary dragons.'\\\
'Will I get to see the dragons first?' you ask hopefully.\\\
'Oh, no the dragons won't exist until after we're done shooting. The professional pretending people will be yelling at sticks. Occasionally, they will flee from a mop.'\\\
And your job, as the exec, is to ''write him the check''. Any sane man would break."''
-->-- '''[[http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2009/12/reruns-adaptation-pt-1-2.html John Rogers]]'''
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[[folder:Quotes About Movies Using Chroma Key]]
->''"Y'know, with this digital technology, the suckiness comes through with great clarity."''
-->--'''Mike Nelson''', ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' %% What movie was being riffed here?

->''"CGI made 'dumb' easy. When you could do limited 'dumb', you had to have... ''entertainment'' built around it."''
-->--'''Rich Evans''', ''[[WebVideo/HalfInTheBag Half in the Bag]]'' reviews ''[[{{Film/Godzilla1998}} Godzilla]]'' (1998)

->''"That’s a green screen.\\
That’s a green screen.\\
Jack is talking to a tennis ball.\\
Those characters are climbing up a 6 ft tall green thing in front of a green screen.\\
That character is pretending to ride a horse in front of a green screen.\\
I’ve never seen [[Creator/IanMcShane Ian McShane]] more embarrassed.\\
Now EwanMcGregor is talking to a tennis ball.\\
Now the princess is in a cage surrounded by a green screen."''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/jack-the-giant-slayer-2013-bryan-singer/ on]] ''JackTheGiantSlayer''

->''"I think the CGI looks great, but there's just so bloody much of it that it looks like they're in a weird Reverse ''[[WhoFramedRogerRabbit Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' world, where everything is a cartoon and the people are real. The animation was so pervasive and so distracting, that there wasn't a second that I wasn't reminded that every single actor was standing in front of a green screen, talking to a tennis ball glued to a wall. Pretending to dodge an imaginary arc welding arm. Blocking an imaginary blaster bolt. Point is, CG is like mustard. It's ok here and there, but too much is just plumb distracting."''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Noah Antwiler]]''' [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/dungeons-and-dragons/ on]] the ''Star Wars'' prequels

->''"The beginning of Ribos is probably the finest case in point which introduces us to a figure in the universe that is even bigger than the Time Lords, a Guardian with the ability to stop the entire universe and [[CosmicRetcon correct the balance if necessary]]. That is a massive concept to get your head around. Even more impressive is that the season will consist of stories that see the Doctor on a mission to find the various components of the device that can make this temporal pause in the universe possible and that they are disguised across all of time and space. The canvas that has opened up for the show is awesome. And all of these mind expanding concepts are brought to life (and fire up the imagination in all the best ways) on [[NoBudget a simple set with just two actors]]. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Creaotr/GeorgeLucas."''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/ Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS16E1TheRibosOperation}} "The Ribos Operation"]])


->''"Kirk loses his grip and slips off the mountain. We then see [[StuntDouble an unrelated man wearing the same clothes]] ''also'' falling off a mountain. Then, Kirk is hanging upside-down in front of a rear screen projection of a moving rock face; Spock as well. The scene awkwardly ends seconds before Kirk touches the ground while Spock floats above him, suspended by movie studio cables. I'm not sure I understand the meaning of this abstract sequence. Perhaps someday, movie scholars will be able to [[MistakenForProfound decipher how these bizarre images relate to one another]], but I'm not smart enough to decipher the meaning of these seemingly unrelated shots."''
-->--'''[[Creator/RedLetterMedia Mr. Plinkett]]''', ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'' rifftrack

->''"Big, blockbuster action movies fill me with dread. The digital age has replaced thoughtfully choreographed set-pieces of action past with [[{{Padding}} a bunch of random scenes]] where people narrowly miss stuff. Seriously, look for it. Since computers made it possible for characters to safely run through corridors or war-torn cities, while crumbling walls ''juuust'' miss falling on their heads, or buses thrown by giant monsters are duck-and-rolled under at the last possible inch, action movies have been shit. You’re never not aware it’s all just some dude in a green-screen warehouse side-stepping left like a ''{{Series/Knightmare}}'' contestant, “''Yeah, we’ll draw God’s CG turd narrowly missing you''.” Roland Emmerich’s ''[[Film/TwoThousandTwelve 2012]]'' was an endless parade of “''Oh no, gonna get hit by that falling building… Phew, narrowly missed! But now the road’s collapsing behind us… blimey! Narrowly missed!''” and last year’s utterly excretable ''Film/TheHobbit'' was even worse. Creator/PeterJackson’s trousers get real tight when stuff gets narrowly missed."''
-->--'''[[http://franticplanet.wordpress.com/2013/12/18/my-top-20-movies-of-2013-the-list-part-2/ Stuart Millard]]'''

->''"In 1994, ''Film/JurassicPark'' had the most realistic looking dinosaurs audiences had ever seen on screen. ''Film/JurassicWorld'' will be [[DeadHorseTrope just another film with CGI monsters running around]]...But the best example of this is John Carpenter’s ''[[Film/TheThing1982 The Thing]]'' and its [[Film/TheThing2011 2011 prequel]]. Carpenter’s film was itself a remake, but its practical effects and puppet work were incredible, which enhanced the horror because [[EvilIsVisceral everything looked so disgusting]]. The 2011 film, on the other hand, saw a lot of its practical effects either “enhanced” or completely replaced by CGI in post-production, and now no one but me seems to remember [[SoOkayItsAverage that film ever existed.]]"''
-->--'''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''', [[http://www.agonybooth.com/agonizer/Long_Awaited_Sequels_Never_That_Good.aspx "Why Long-Awaited Sequels Are Never That Good"]]
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->''"The beginning of Ribos is probably the finest case in point which introduces us to a figure in the universe that is even bigger than the Time Lords, a Guardian with the ability to stop the entire universe and correct the balance if necessary. That is a massive concept to get your head around. Even more impressive is that the season will consist of stories that see the Doctor on a mission to find the various components of the device that can make this temporal pause in the universe possible and that they are disguised across all of time and space. The canvas that has opened up for the show is awesome. And all of these mind expanding concepts are brought to life (and fire up the imagination in all the best ways) on [[NoBudget a simple set with just two actors]]. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Creaotr/GeorgeLucas."''

->''"The beginning of Ribos is probably the finest case in point which introduces us to a figure in the universe that is even bigger than the Time Lords, a Guardian with the ability to stop the entire universe and correct the balance if necessary. That is a massive concept to get your head around. Even more impressive is that the season will consist of stories that see the Doctor on a mission to find the various components of the device that can make this temporal pause in the universe possible and that they are disguised across all of time and space. The canvas that has opened up for the show is awesome. And all of these mind expanding concepts are brought to life (and fire up the imagination in all the best ways) on [[NoBudget a simple set with just two actors]]. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, George Lucas."''

->''"Y'know, with this digital technology, the suckiness comes through with great clarity."''
-->--'''Mike Nelson''', ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''

->''"In 1994, ''Film/JurassicPark'' had the most realistic looking dinosaurs audiences had ever seen on screen. Jurassic World will be [[DeadHorseTrope just another film with CGI monsters running around]]...Bu the best example of this is John Carpenter’s ''[[Film/TheThing1982 The Thing]]'' and its [[Film/TheThing2011 2011 prequel]]. Carpenter’s film was itself a remake, but its practical effects and puppet work were incredible, which enhanced the horror because [[EvilIsVisceral everything looked so disgusting]]. The 2011 film, on the other hand, saw a lot of its practical effects either “enhanced” or completely replaced by CGI in post-production, and now no one but me seems to remember [[SoOkayItsAverage that film ever existed.]]"''

->''"Big, blockbuster action movies fill me with dread. The digital age has replaced thoughtfully choreographed set-pieces of action past with a bunch of random scenes where people narrowly miss stuff. Seriously, look for it. Since computers made it possible for characters to safely run through corridors or war-torn cities, while crumbling walls ''juuust'' miss falling on their heads, or buses thrown by giant monsters are duck-and-rolled under at the last possible inch, action movies have been shit. You’re never not aware it’s all just some dude in a green-screen warehouse side-stepping left like a ''{{Series/Knightmare}}'' contestant, “''Yeah, we’ll draw God’s CG turd narrowly missing you''.” Roland Emmerich’s ''[[Film/TwoThousandTwelve 2012]]'' was an endless parade of “''Oh no, gonna get hit by that falling building… Phew, narrowly missed! But now the road’s collapsing behind us… blimey! Narrowly missed!''” and last year’s utterly excretable ''Film/TheHobbit'' was even worse. Creator/PeterJackson’s trousers get real tight when stuff gets narrowly missed."''

->In 1994, ''Film/JurassicPark'' had the most realistic looking dinosaurs audiences had ever seen on screen. Jurassic World will be [[DeadHorseTrope just another film with CGI monsters running around]]...Bu the best example of this is John Carpenter’s ''[[Film/TheThing1982 The Thing]]'' and its [[Film/TheThing2011 2011 prequel]]. Carpenter’s film was itself a remake, but its practical effects and puppet work were incredible, which enhanced the horror because [[EvilIsVisceral everything looked so disgusting]]. The 2011 film, on the other hand, saw a lot of its practical effects either “enhanced” or completely replaced by CGI in post-production, and now no one but me seems to remember [[SoOkayItsAverage that film ever existed.]]

->In 1994, ''Film/JurassicPark'' had the most realistic looking dinosaurs audiences had ever seen on screen. Jurassic World will be [[DeadHorseTrope just another film with CGI monsters running around]]...Bu the best example of this is John Carpenter’s ''[[Film/TheThing1982 The Thing]]'' and its [[Film/TheThing2011 2011 prequel]]. Carpenter’s film was itself a remake, but its practical effects and puppet work were incredible, which enhanced the horror because [[EvilIsVisceral everything looked so disgusting]]. The 2011 film, on the other hand, saw a lot of its practical effects either “enhanced” or completely replaced by CGI in post-production, and now no one but me seems to remember [[SoOkaysItsAverage that film ever existed.]]

->Y'know, with this digital technology, the suckiness comes through with great clarity.
->--'''Mike Nelson''', ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''

->Movie executives do not lead happy lives. If you are an executive, this is your day: a scruffy man in a Hawaiian shirt walks into your office and says, 'I need you to be personally responsible for giving me one hundred million dollars so I can go to Ireland and have people who pretend for a living act like they're fighting imaginary dragons.'\\\

And your job, as the exec, is to ''write him the check''. Any sane man would break.

->CGI made 'dumb' easy. When you could do limited 'dumb', you had to have... ''entertainment'' built around it.

->That’s a green screen.\\

Now the princess is in a cage surrounded by a green screen.

->I think the CGI looks great, but there's just so bloody much of it that it looks like they're in a weird Reverse ''[[WhoFramedRogerRabbit Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' world, where everything is a cartoon and the people are real. The animation was so pervasive and so distracting, that there wasn't a second that I wasn't reminded that every single actor was standing in front of a green screen, talking to a tennis ball glued to a wall. Pretending to dodge an imaginary arc welding arm. Blocking an imaginary blaster bolt. Point is, CG is like mustard. It's ok here and there, but too much is just plumb distracting.

->Kirk loses his grip and slips off the mountain. We then see [[StuntDouble an unrelated man wearing the same clothes]] ''also'' falling off a mountain. Then, Kirk is hanging upside-down in front of a rear screen projection of a moving rock face; Spock as well. The scene awkwardly ends seconds before Kirk touches the ground while Spock floats above him, suspended by movie studio cables. I'm not sure I understand the meaning of this abstract sequence. Perhaps someday, movie scholars will be able to [[MistakenForProfound decipher how these bizarre images relate to one another]], but I'm not smart enough to decipher the meaning of these seemingly unrelated shots.

->Big, blockbuster action movies fill me with dread. The digital age has replaced thoughtfully choreographed set-pieces of action past with a bunch of random scenes where people narrowly miss stuff. Seriously, look for it. Since computers made it possible for characters to safely run through corridors or war-torn cities, while crumbling walls ''juuust'' miss falling on their heads, or buses thrown by giant monsters are duck-and-rolled under at the last possible inch, action movies have been shit. You’re never not aware it’s all just some dude in a green-screen warehouse side-stepping left like a ''{{Series/Knightmare}}'' contestant, “''Yeah, we’ll draw God’s CG turd narrowly missing you''.” Roland Emmerich’s ''[[Film/TwoThousandTwelve 2012]]'' was an endless parade of “''Oh no, gonna get hit by that falling building… Phew, narrowly missed! But now the road’s collapsing behind us… blimey! Narrowly missed!''” and last year’s utterly excretable ''Film/TheHobbit'' was even worse. Creator/PeterJackson’s trousers get real tight when stuff gets narrowly missed.

->''"Movie executives do not lead happy lives. If you are an executive, this is your day: a scruffy man in a Hawaiian shirt walks into your office and says, 'I need you to be personally responsible for giving me one hundred million dollars so I can go to Ireland and have people who pretend for a living act like they're fighting imaginary dragons.'\\\

And your job, as the exec, is to ''write him the check''. Any sane man would break."''

->''"CGI made 'dumb' easy. When you could do limited 'dumb', you had to have... ''entertainment'' built around it."''

->''That’s a green screen.\\

Now the princess is in a cage surrounded by a green screen.''

->''"I think the CGI looks great, but there's just so bloody much of it that it looks like they're in a weird Reverse ''[[WhoFramedRogerRabbit Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' world, where everything is a cartoon and the people are real. The animation was so pervasive and so distracting, that there wasn't a second that I wasn't reminded that every single actor was standing in front of a green screen, talking to a tennis ball glued to a wall. Pretending to dodge an imaginary arc welding arm. Blocking an imaginary blaster bolt. Point is, CG is like mustard. It's ok here and there, but too much is just plumb distracting."''

->''"Kirk loses his grip and slips off the mountain. We then see [[StuntDouble an unrelated man wearing the same clothes]] ''also'' falling off a mountain. Then, Kirk is hanging upside-down in front of a rear screen projection of a moving rock face; Spock as well. The scene awkwardly ends seconds before Kirk touches the ground while Spock floats above him, suspended by movie studio cables. I'm not sure I understand the meaning of this abstract sequence. Perhaps someday, movie scholars will be able to [[MistakenForProfound decipher how these bizarre images relate to one another]], but I'm not smart enough to decipher the meaning of these seemingly unrelated shots."''

->''"Big, blockbuster action movies fill me with dread. The digital age has replaced thoughtfully choreographed set-pieces of action past with a bunch of random scenes where people narrowly miss stuff. Seriously, look for it. Since computers made it possible for characters to safely run through corridors or war-torn cities, while crumbling walls ''juuust'' miss falling on their heads, or buses thrown by giant monsters are duck-and-rolled under at the last possible inch, action movies have been shit. You’re never not aware it’s all just some dude in a green-screen warehouse side-stepping left like a ''{{Series/Knightmare}}'' contestant, “''Yeah, we’ll draw God’s CG turd narrowly missing you''.” Roland Emmerich’s ''[[Film/TwoThousandTwelve 2012]]'' was an endless parade of “''Oh no, gonna get hit by that falling building… Phew, narrowly missed! But now the road’s collapsing behind us… blimey! Narrowly missed!''” and last year’s utterly excretable ''Film/TheHobbit'' was even worse. Creator/PeterJackson’s trousers get real tight when stuff gets narrowly missed."''

'Oh, no the dragons [[ChromaKey won't exist until after we're done shooting]]. The professional pretending people will be yelling at sticks. Occasionally, they will flee from a mop.'\\\

-->--'''Rich Evans''', ''[[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Half in the Bag]]'' reviews ''[[{{Film/Godzilla1998}} Godzilla]]'' (1998)

->''"CGI made 'dumb' easy. When you could do limited 'dumb', you had to have... ''entertainment'' build around it."''

->''" I think the CGI looks great, but there's just so bloody much of it that it looks like they're in a weird Reverse ''[[WhyFramedRogerRabbit Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' world, where everything is a cartoon and the people are real. The animation was so pervasive and so distracting, that there wasn't a second that I wasn't reminded that every single actor was standing in front of a green screen, talking to a tennis ball glued to a wall. Pretending to dodge an imaginary arc welding arm. Blocking an imaginary blaster bolt. Point is, CG is like mustard. It's ok here and there, but too much is just plumb distracting."''

->''"Big, blockbuster action movies fill me with dread. The digital age has replaced thoughtfully choreographed set-pieces of action past with a bunch of random scenes where people narrowly miss stuff. Seriously, look for it. Since computers made it possible for characters to safely run through corridors or war-torn cities, while crumbling walls ''juuust'' miss falling on their heads, or buses thrown by giant monsters are duck-and-rolled under at the last possible inch, action movies have been shit. You’re never not aware it’s all just some dude in a green-screen warehouse side-stepping left like a Knightmare contestant, “''Yeah, we’ll draw God’s CG turd narrowly missing you''.” Roland Emmerich’s ''{{Film/2012}}'' was an endless parade of “''Oh no, gonna get hit by that falling building… Phew, narrowly missed! But now the road’s collapsing behind us… blimey! Narrowly missed!''” and last year’s utterly excretable ''Film/TheHobbit'' was even worse. Creator/PeterJackson’s trousers get real tight when stuff gets narrowly missed."''