Sometimes the effects just aren’t very special, as these videos will prove…

Some of the films here areamongst my favourite movies.

Secondly, Im not after shooting rats in a barrel.

A pretty toothless CGI shark from Escape From L.A. (1996)

Bad SFX in a very low-budget movie are only to be expected.

I didnt mean it.

For the last 29 years, this is the movie I have been talking about.

The Shape Of Things To Come (1979)

That said,Final Frontierneeded more than that to save it from being a star turkey.

22:The People That Time Forgot(1977) dinosaur attack!

And exactly what species is that meant to be anyway…?

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19:Superman(1978)- TheHooverdam spills down into the valley.

Unfortunately Meddings had moved on toMoonrakerby the time these inserts were needed, and had little input.

This theory seems to have been borne out by the 2008 Edward Norton version.

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Perhaps Weta and ILM need to hire some experts on anatomy…?

17:Jaws(1975) Shark on deck!

The Lycans inUnderworldwerelittle better…

9:Anaconda III(USTV, 2008) anything with an anaconda.

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Back then they didnt have the technology, and now they dont have the money.

No less than three versions of H.G.

I even remember signing up for the Pendragon pictures mailing list in 2004.

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Could one of the greatest works of British science-fiction literature finally get its due cinematically?

The CGI space-monkey is an exception.

Theoriginal scenefeatured a portly actor in costume as Jabba the Hut, harassing Harrison Ford over his debts.

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Unhappy to leave the mighty Jabba so humble in appearance, Lucas wisely excised the scene.

CGI Jabba was over-animated, poorly textured and looked hardly anything like the despot fromJedi.

Leave it out, George…

4:Escape fromL.A.

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(1996) Another shark!

Does it suck, then?

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