Hacker News with Generative AI: Special Effects

Battle Scenes depicted in moving pictures before CGI (battlefieldanomalies.com)
When moving pictures became a popular form of entertainment for the masses it was obvious that, besides using this new media to show many aspects of day to day life and vistas thus far unobtainable to all but a small percentage of the worlds population, it would not take a great leap in the minds of the pioneers of cinematography to push the bounds of this new art form into other aspects of culture.
Max Headroom and the World of Pseudo-CGI (2013) (cartoonbrew.com)
I’ve come across people who believe that Max Headroom, the Channel 4 character from the Eighties (pictured at top), was a genuine piece of computer animation. But although he was conceived by the animators Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel (of Cucumber Films fame) Max himself was portrayed by actor Matt Frewer, placed into latex makeup and a shiny costume and set amidst a range of technological tricks.
Fury Road's Practical FX Myth (textualvariations.substack.com)