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* SpecialEffectsFailure: While mostly averted (see VisualEffectsofAwesome), given the film's ambition this was inevitable.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: While mostly averted (see VisualEffectsofAwesome), SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome), given the film's ambition this was inevitable.
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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The movie was made in 1990 before the revolution of CGI in Hollywood, so it was all done with practical effects models and sets. The robots were five-foot tall models variably animated by puppeteers or stop-motion and have a lot of detail put into them to convince viewers they are really staring at a giant mecha hundreds of feet fall. [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8c/ac/84/8cac84b7b0277dfdee15978184aea39e.png Here's a look at one of the Market robot puppets restored]]. This trope is pretty much what got the film made in the first place; the director made a stop-motion demo reel as a pitch and it convinced the studio to finance a full movie. The demo reel was retained as the intro scene.
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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The movie was made in 1990 before the revolution of CGI in Hollywood, so it was all done with practical effects models and sets. The robots were five-foot tall models variably animated by puppeteers or stop-motion and have a lot of detail put into them to convince viewers they are really staring at a giant mecha hundreds of feet fall. [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8c/ac/84/8cac84b7b0277dfdee15978184aea39e.png Here's a look at one of the Market robot puppets restored]]. This trope is pretty much what got the film made in the first place; the director made a stop-motion demo reel as a pitch and it convinced the studio to finance a full movie. The demo reel was retained as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ZAFUjk8Uw the intro scene.scene]], and it's easy to see how it won over the studio.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Some of the effects look pretty damn awesome for their time, but most of shots that utilize green screen and optical compositing are ''painfully'' obvious.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Some of While mostly averted (see VisualEffectsOfAwesome), given the effects look pretty damn awesome for their time, but most film's ambition this was inevitable.
** Most of shots that utilize green screen and optical compositing are ''painfully''obvious.obvious, such as [[https://i.imgur.com/5tl9CHq.png this shot of Achilles with Alexander's robot in the background]]. And while most scenes that focus on close-ups of the robots are just fine, in scenes where their entire bodies are shown in motion it doesn't look natural at all.
** When Achilles fights [[spoiler:Athena]] in his quarters and they knock out panels in the walls, and shortly after when he has his car crash through the wall, it's clear the walls are just a thin wooden frame with cloth stretched over them with nothing behind them. You can actually hear the material rip at one point! Its especially egregious when the point of the two scenes is that Achilles is locked in his room, but these instances make it seem like he could just rip the walls down with his bare hands and climb through.
** Most of shots that utilize green screen and optical compositing are ''painfully''
** When Achilles fights [[spoiler:Athena]] in his quarters and they knock out panels in the walls, and shortly after when he has his car crash through the wall, it's clear the walls are just a thin wooden frame with cloth stretched over them with nothing behind them. You can actually hear the material rip at one point! Its especially egregious when the point of the two scenes is that Achilles is locked in his room, but these instances make it seem like he could just rip the walls down with his bare hands and climb through.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL46942482AC50155F The soundtrack]] is just as glorious today as it was back in 1989. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5gonV69pVs&list=PLDmdF1ma6cZpNuUbypi-s_5Mlrn2wRCms&index=6 "Alexander vs Achilles"]] is exactly the kind of music you want playing as two giant robots go head-to-head.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL46942482AC50155F The soundtrack]] by Frédéric Talgorn is just as glorious today as it was back in 1989. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5gonV69pVs&list=PLDmdF1ma6cZpNuUbypi-s_5Mlrn2wRCms&index=6 "Alexander vs Achilles"]] is exactly the kind of music you want playing as two giant robots go head-to-head.
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*** It's a stress test. They can train the Genejox but they can't truly prepare them for the stress of combat. It's an abstracted simulation of a Jox battle: disorientation, noise, and shaking are all demonstrated as major hazards in battle. They're testing whoever can navigate the course without getting '' rattled''.
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** Having just gotten her ass handed to her by Alexander might have hammered home the point Achilles was try to make to Athena and repaired the proverbial pedestal.
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* FoeYay: Alexander seems a bit too enthusiastic about fighting Achilles sometimes. After his TenMinuteRetirement, Alexander even greets him with "I never thought that I would say this...but I'm glad to see you. ''Very glad''!"
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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The movie was made in 1990 before CGI became standard, so every time you see a robot, it is a practical effects model animated by puppeers and/or stop motion. And they look amazing for it, with a ton of detail put into every inch of them to really make you believe you are staring at a giant mecha towering over the field. [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8c/ac/84/8cac84b7b0277dfdee15978184aea39e.png Here's a look at one of the five-foot Market robot puppets restored]]. This trope is pretty much what got the film made in the first place; the director made a stop-motion demo reel as a pitch and it convinced the studio to finance a full movie. The demo reel was retained as the intro scene.
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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The movie was made in 1990 before the revolution of CGI became standard, in Hollywood, so every time you see a robot, it is a was all done with practical effects model models and sets. The robots were five-foot tall models variably animated by puppeers and/or stop motion. And they look amazing for it, with puppeteers or stop-motion and have a ton lot of detail put into every inch of them to convince viewers they are really make you believe you are staring at a giant mecha towering over the field.hundreds of feet fall. [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8c/ac/84/8cac84b7b0277dfdee15978184aea39e.png Here's a look at one of the five-foot Market robot puppets restored]]. This trope is pretty much what got the film made in the first place; the director made a stop-motion demo reel as a pitch and it convinced the studio to finance a full movie. The demo reel was retained as the intro scene.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The soundtrack is just as glorious today as it was back in 1989. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5gonV69pVs&list=PLDmdF1ma6cZpNuUbypi-s_5Mlrn2wRCms&index=6 "Alexander vs Achilles"]] is exactly the kind of music you want playing as two giant robots go head-to-head.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL46942482AC50155F The soundtrack soundtrack]] is just as glorious today as it was back in 1989. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5gonV69pVs&list=PLDmdF1ma6cZpNuUbypi-s_5Mlrn2wRCms&index=6 "Alexander vs Achilles"]] is exactly the kind of music you want playing as two giant robots go head-to-head.
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* NarmCharm: {{Narm}} and HumongousMecha have always had a rather good relationship. A reviewer summed it up pretty accurately: "part serious science fiction, part Saturday morning cartoon, and it's one hell of a good time."
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* NarmCharm: {{Narm}} and HumongousMecha have always had a rather good relationship. A reviewer in 2013 summed it up pretty accurately: "part serious science fiction, part Saturday morning cartoon, and it's one hell of a good time."
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* VindicatedByHistory: The film became a CultClassic eventually, but was a flop on release. In the new millennium when movies like ''Pacific Rim'' and ''Transformers'' were becoming more common, ''Robot Jox'' gained more recognition for doing what they did twenty years earlier, and is seen as a pretty good film in its own right.
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* VindicatedByHistory: The film was a flop on release, but became a CultClassic eventually, but was a flop on release. over time. In the new millennium when movies like ''Pacific Rim'' and ''Transformers'' were becoming more common, hitting theaters, and robots as a whole were common in film and usually done through CGI, ''Robot Jox'' gained more recognition for is often brought up since it was doing what they did twenty years earlier, and is it did it with practical effects. While still not seen as a pretty good film "great" film, it's acknowledged as enjoyable in its own right.right, its visual effects and the effort put into them is appreciated, and overall it has warmly been given its place in film history as the first live-action film with giant robots.
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* StrangledByTheRedString: Achilles and Athena. Achilles has a physical attraction to Athena while she idolizes him, but he becomes a BrokenPedestal to her and spends the rest of the film viewing him as a coward. Despite this, when Achilles [[spoiler:rescues Athena from Alexander]], they take a few seconds to smooch before he hands her over to medics. Downplayed in that this isn't dwelled upon and isn't a major plot focus up to that point, but it still comes out of nowhere that she suddenly reciprocates Achilles' interest in her.
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* CaptainObviousReveal: The identity of TheMole is not hard to figure out by just paying attention to the {{Foreshadowing}} given, some subtle and some not. When a character says that only two people knew the full technical specifications of the green laser, and thus the spy must be one of them, it should definitely be clear by then who it is.
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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The movie was made in 1990 before CGI became standard, so every time you see a robot, it is a practical effects model animated by puppeers and/or stop motion. And they look amazing for it, with a ton of detail put into every inch of them to really make you believe you are staring at a giant mecha towering over the field. This trope is pretty much what got the film made in the first place; the director made a stop-motion demo reel as a pitch and it convinced the studio to finance a full movie. The demo reel was retained as the intro scene.
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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The movie was made in 1990 before CGI became standard, so every time you see a robot, it is a practical effects model animated by puppeers and/or stop motion. And they look amazing for it, with a ton of detail put into every inch of them to really make you believe you are staring at a giant mecha towering over the field. [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8c/ac/84/8cac84b7b0277dfdee15978184aea39e.png Here's a look at one of the five-foot Market robot puppets restored]]. This trope is pretty much what got the film made in the first place; the director made a stop-motion demo reel as a pitch and it convinced the studio to finance a full movie. The demo reel was retained as the intro scene.
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* EvilIsCool: The Confederates arm their robots with chainsaws, rocket fists, mace-arms, and eventually [[spoiler:give them four legs]], while the Market gives their robots a wrist-mounted arm torch, blinding flares, laser cannons, and [[spoiler:they can transform into tanks]]. Tight call on who has the advantage in coolness. On the other hand, Alexander is infinitely more memorable than Achilles on account of being a FauxAffablyEvil LargeHam, while Achilles is a more traditional straight-laced hero archetype.
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* EvilIsCool: The Confederates arm their robots with chainsaws, rocket fists, mace-arms, and eventually [[spoiler:give them four legs]], while the Market gives their robots a wrist-mounted arm torch, blinding flares, laser cannons, and [[spoiler:they can transform into tanks]]. Tight call on who has the advantage in coolness. On the other hand, Alexander is infinitely more memorable and entertaining than Achilles on account of being a FauxAffablyEvil LargeHam, while Achilles is a more traditional straight-laced stoic hero archetype.
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* VindicatedByHistory: The film was a critical flop that became a CultClassic. ''Critically'', reviewers began to take a second look at it in the new millennium, especially when ''Pacific Rim'' and ''Transformers'' were hitting theaters, and spoke of it favorably as a good early example of live-action mecha entertainment.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The stop motion model work is great, and the models obviously had a lot of time put into making them to give the robots lots of details that make them look very real. This is pretty much what got the film made in the first place; the director made a stop-motion demo reel as a pitch and it convinced the studio to make a full movie. The demo reel was retained as the intro scene.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The stop motion model work is great, and the models obviously had a lot of time put into making them to give the robots lots of details that make them look very real. This is pretty much what got the film made in the first place; the director made a stop-motion demo reel as a pitch and it convinced the studio to make a full movie. The demo reel was retained as the intro scene.
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* VindicatedByHistory: The film was a critical flop that became a CultClassic. ''Critically'', reviewers began to take CultClassic eventually, but was a second look at it in flop on release. In the new millennium, especially millennium when movies like ''Pacific Rim'' and ''Transformers'' were hitting theaters, becoming more common, ''Robot Jox'' gained more recognition for doing what they did twenty years earlier, and spoke of it favorably is seen as a pretty good early example of live-action mecha entertainment.
film in its own right.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Thestop motion movie was made in 1990 before CGI became standard, so every time you see a robot, it is a practical effects model work is great, and the models obviously had animated by puppeers and/or stop motion. And they look amazing for it, with a lot ton of time detail put into making every inch of them to give the robots lots of details that really make them look very real. you believe you are staring at a giant mecha towering over the field. This trope is pretty much what got the film made in the first place; the director made a stop-motion demo reel as a pitch and it convinced the studio to make finance a full movie. The demo reel was retained as the intro scene.
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