Terminator dark fate cost a staggering 190 million dollars to make but it was actually edited with a
doe Premiere and after effects with ryzen CPUs so even if the VFX were on a tight budget where
did all the money go and how did Dark fate end up being the second biggest bomb of 2019. [Music] a
team of 120 artists produced The Epic Factory fight scene between grace and the Rev 9 which
incorporates background extensions for the car factory rev9 blade effects and stunt and
head replacements for both Grace and Gabrielle Additionally the team worked on the derelict
building sequence where the rev9 catches up to our heroes and chases them both on foot and Via
helicopter in an abandoned industrial complex and also the air battle sequence making Interiors for
the C5 Galaxy fight between grace Arnold and the Rev 9. this fight required head replacements for
stunt doubles as well as full Digi doubles for Sarah Danny Grace Arnold and Gabrielle
digital domains VFX were on point as usual so let's take it back a step to pre-production
a whopping 13 people were involved in writing dark fate from directors to producers it kind of feels
like everyone and their mother had an opinion on how to make the sixth Terminator movie to put that
into perspective usually a Blockbuster movie is written by three or four writers so having 13
contributors is kind of like a committee trying to design a horse and ending up with a camel Cameron
even made changes to the script during filming and even Hamilton and Schwarzenegger adapted
their own Dialogue on the fly a point in case is that at the start of the film John Connor a
pinnacle character for the first two movies of which Darth Vape was supposed to continue from
is killed which renders the story of the first two movies completely pointless lots of worry
though Dany will later become the leader of the resistance and so a rev9 is sent to destroy her
but the thing is that if Jon can be killed and replaced easily then what's to stop
Danny from being killed and replaced as well creating an infinite Loop of Terminator movies
anyway getting back to the VFX an interesting scene from a VFX standpoint is after Grace enables
autopilot to join the fight as damage continues to happen to the plane's exterior the autopilot
continuously tries to correct the plane's trajectory putting the actors and objects into an
epic Rumble tumble a plate was shot with Grace in the cockpit on a blue screen set that did not have
a Stairway or connection to the cargo bay below Grace puts on the autopilot and as she moves away
from the pilot seat the shot turns fully CG as she is hanging there surveying the damage the camera
goes past a full frame here they used multiple cameras to track model and animate her face as
well as to project textures to the blend with the CG face render add to that blowing CG hair
muscle and cloth Sims for her body Etc finally she drops past the camera into the Tempest of
the atmosphere and debris to join the other Digi doubles in the damaged interior [Music] [Applause]
surprisingly the movie was edited using Adobe Premiere and after effects a common choice of
software used by everyday YouTubers much less Hollywood Studios [Music]
method Studios made a five minute sequence in which Our Heroes steal
the C5 military aircraft and take on a bunch of adversaries not to
mention the rev9 Terminator who has commandeered a helicopter
filmed either on location or on blue screen
set pieces method added many of the aircraft and vehicles as CG assets
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perhaps another thing adding to the downfall of this movie was that John Connor is replaced by
a female actress the legendary role of Arnold Schwarzenegger is replaced by another female
actress and these two are also protected by the matriarchal Sarah Connor also a female
actress perhaps because of this the movie was deemed feminist by fans to which the director
replied that he doesn't give a [ __ ] well let's just say calling the fanbase closet
misogynists doesn't really help them like your movie another way fans felt duped was
hearing that Edward Furlong was going to be in the movie Hamilton Schwarzenegger Furlong
the classic team was back together and the movie would be epic right well Furlong was
on set for just one day and his facial motion capture data was used to kill off his character
industrial Light and Magic did the stunning de-aging the effects but to be honest it seems
like Edward was only given apart to be able to say that he was in the movie and create Buzz [Music]
blur Studio wanted to test out the third generation thread dripper processes in their
machines to stay on the bleeding edge of what's possible for their VFX work
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what usually would take five minutes to complete now took five seconds
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all of these Studios colossal efforts to make the action scenes as real as possible dark Fates
fateful downfall was due to more fundamental flaws dull plot lines weeks story arcs and
a disappointed fan base that was already tired of wasting their time on Terminator
sequels not to mention pointless ones that render the original movies pointless too
after taking a whopping 190 million dollars to make and spending a further 100 million
dollars on marketing the studios were left pocketing at 220 million dollar debt
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