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welcome to watch Mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
worst 90s CGI
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for this list to be looking at the most
abysmal special effects within films
from that decade which of these CGI
moments made you cringe the most let us
know in the comments below
number 10 Russell's death Deep Blue Sea
and these sharks
they are just breaking down doors for
the sheer Joy of God
just edging into the decade is ready
Harlan's deep blue sea a movie about
genetically engineered sharks who hunt
humans in an underwater research
facility the movie is widely known for
the death scene involving Samuel L
Jackson's Russell Franklin in the midst
of a motivational speech Russell is
gobbled whole by a shark but the moment
is completely ruined by some truly shaky
CGI
not only does the Shark look bad but
Russell's body lacks any semblance of
humanity because it looks like it was
rendered with Playstation 2 graphics
then again maybe that's all part of its
B-movie charm it's pretty scary stuff
huh
yes
it is number nine plane crash Air Force
One
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be consistently good throughout the 90s
however scenes in movies like Air Force
One are still tough to revisit starring
Harrison Ford and working with a budget
of 85 million dollars this film was
Prime summer blockbuster material but
the very well made movie couldn't soar
over its terrible CGI when Air Force One
crashes into the ocean the entire scene
becomes laughable the plane looks
horrifically fake
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thank you
additionally its crashing physics are
completely out of whack and the spray
from the water simply looks like white
digital fog for a movie with this kind
of budget we expected a lot better even
for 1997 this was a special kind of bad
Washington Post drop it do yourself a
favor it's policy drop it or find
yourself another ride home number eight
the monkeys Jumanji this will not be an
easy Mission monkey slow the Expedition
this movie seemed a lot scarier when we
were children maybe our amazed Minds
just ignored the lackluster CGI the
digital effects were done by industrial
Light and magic and they were actually
quite Cutting Edge at the time things
like realistic facial expressions and
digital hair were big leaps forward but
alas even good 90 CGI is still bad CGI
do not begin unless you intend to finish
the exciting consequences of the game
will vanish only when a player has
reached Jumanji and called out its name
the monkeys are gone the monkeys are
hardly detailed enough for the hair to
be noticeable and they are so poorly lit
that they clash with their surroundings
for a movie containing great practical
effects the CG monkeys really stand out
monkeys number seven Jabba the Hutt Star
Wars special edition
right here Java
been waiting for you for the 20th
anniversary of Star Wars George Lucas
worked with industrial Light and Magic
to bring his original Vision to life to
that end he added a scene between Han
Solo and Jabba the Hutt Lucas intended
to include this scene with a stop-motion
creature in the original release but
budget constraints prevented him from
doing so however it probably should have
remained on The Cutting Room floor next
time you want to talk to me come see me
yourself don't sell one of these twerks
Jabba looks far less detailed than his
Return of the Jedi counterpart on top of
that his flatness doesn't work at all
next to the very human Harrison Ford
Jabba doesn't occupy a physical space
he's just sort of floating along in the
scene within seconds it's obvious that
Ford is working with a stand-in
even I get boarded sometimes
you think I had a choice number six
Michael Myers mask Halloween H2O 20
years later Michael Myers all right
hey you don't think Michael Myers
I never found his body yeah that was
like 20 years ago the original Michael
mask was bought at a Hollywood Costume
Store for two dollars ironically they
probably spent at least a thousand times
that price to make this H2O mask but it
looks a million times sillier in one
scene young Charlie Devereaux turns
around and comes face to face with a
digital Michael Myers that's swearing
the signature mask
foreign
it looks utterly ridiculous and is
devoid of any detail whatsoever honestly
it resembles a wide sheet plastered over
the actor's face The Story Goes that
they filmed this scene with a practical
mask but test audiences hated how it
looked so they quickly added this one in
post surely the original mask was better
than this face
Stars
the devil's eyes number five blarp Lost
in Space
that's what we'll call you this
adaptation of the 60s television show
received a largely negative reception
the Dreadful CGI certainly didn't do it
any favors while the visual effects in
general look pretty shoddy none are as
bad as Blart there are many issues with
this alien poor lighting and ugly design
and downright awful interactions with
the human actors all make it an
Abomination do yourself a favor don't
evolve although blarp was originally
going to be a practical puppet it was
deemed too unrealistic this led to a
shoddy CGI replacement we think the crew
underestimated how awful blarp would
look when he was brought to life with
these effects
here number four malbolgia spawn this is
what is your answer there's a certain
soft spot for spawn in the hearts of 90s
kids you know aside from malbolgia
watching his true form is a hellish
experience no pun intended during the
climax spawn and his ally coleostro end
up in hell it's here that they are
confronted by the massive demon malbolga
unfortunately all tension is sucked out
of the scene owing to the ghastly visual
effects the green screen work the
unrealistic Graphics the army of cut and
Pace soldiers and the CGI malbolsa are
all hilariously horrendous
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there's no way an audience can be
expected to take anything that occurs in
this hellscape seriously thanks to bad
effects and otherwise interesting climax
became a source of utter embarrassment
then you must die
number three the tidal wave escape from
L.A that's snake pliskin
what'd you expect
I don't know you just looks so retro
kind of 20th century Escape From New
York is a cult classic that won people
over with an interesting premise and
some solid filmmaking but it's years to
late sequel bombed and was quickly
forgotten although John Carpenter
thought ditching the Practical effects
of the original in favor of CGI would be
best that ultimately wasn't a good
decision a big submarine sequence that
occurs in the film is almost painful to
watch however it has nothing on the
infamous surfing scene
if you fall off the board it's the big
one
not only is the concept an accompanying
music silly but the digital wave is
appalling it looks especially bad when
sharing the screen with Steve Buscemi's
car the bad elements all combine into a
laughable concoction that tarnishes the
legacy of the original
number two The Langoliers The Langoliers
I want to know what is going on here and
I want to know right now this
mini-series is based on Stephen King's
Novella of the same name it also served
as further evidence that the mid-1990s
and cheap TV Productions just did not
mix well at the end of the story giant
monsters called Langoliers appear and
literally Devour the past with their
horribly rendered teeth
these things look truly abysmal both in
physical design and execution the
concept of monsters literally eating the
fabric of space-time is terrific fun but
it's let down by some inept CGI that
renders the climax more shameful than
exciting how this got approved for air
we have no idea waits for them
time keepers of Eternity always
following behind
cleaning up the mess in the most
efficient way possible
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number one the animalities Mortal Kombat
annihilation
pretty cool
it's my animality
we don't even know where to begin with
Mortal Kombat Annihilation Not only was
it a major disappointment following the
surprisingly solid first film but it
contained some of the worst visual
effects in movie history the terrible
CGI reaches a new low when the heroic
Liu Kang and villainous Xiao Khan used
their animality forms
they're already silly Transformations
are brought to life with unspeakably
poor CGI at the time of this movie's
release in 1997 we genuinely believe
there were video games that had better
graphics than this and to think this is
the end result of a 30 million dollar
budget anyone who watched these beastly
special effects has every right to make
fun of them
how can this be
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