Cagey
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Explosions are good. I'll take some explosions. Michael Bay is a bit of a hero in that respect.
Speaking of gratuitous smashing around and whatnot, I was surprised to learn that the scene in Terminator 3 where the hot blonde Terminator is racing a big ol' heavy-duty construction crane along a 3-4 lane roadway while the Arnie Terminator is hanging off the back of the boom getting smashed into anything taller than about 2', that whole set is not the miracle of CGI. It's built for that scene. I mean, car dealerships, multi-story office buildings (most of which had gratuitous amounts of glass and brick curtainwall facades), the whole shebang was built specifically for that 2-3 minutes of banging the snot out of him. I remember when I saw it the first time I thought "man, that's gonna cost a pile to repair!" But, no. It was going to cost a pile to bulldoze and remove, after having cost several piles to build in the first place. No wonder those movies cost 300 bajillion dollars to film.
Speaking of gratuitous smashing around and whatnot, I was surprised to learn that the scene in Terminator 3 where the hot blonde Terminator is racing a big ol' heavy-duty construction crane along a 3-4 lane roadway while the Arnie Terminator is hanging off the back of the boom getting smashed into anything taller than about 2', that whole set is not the miracle of CGI. It's built for that scene. I mean, car dealerships, multi-story office buildings (most of which had gratuitous amounts of glass and brick curtainwall facades), the whole shebang was built specifically for that 2-3 minutes of banging the snot out of him. I remember when I saw it the first time I thought "man, that's gonna cost a pile to repair!" But, no. It was going to cost a pile to bulldoze and remove, after having cost several piles to build in the first place. No wonder those movies cost 300 bajillion dollars to film.
