How did Dogma, a relatively low-budget film, manage to have the only good-looking angel wings? Like, even movies with tons of FX dollars tend to fuck them up and they look bad. These are very stylized, and you can tell they’re not real feathers, but they actually look… better than real feathers? They have a balance of curvature and sharp angles that just make for a great silhouette and they move wonderfully. I cannot figure this out!!
e: I looked on The Internet
I don’t know this show but that’s a fucking practical effect??! Better than most cg. Holy shit.
Please go look up the Crooked Feather. They make practical wings! They are so cool. Someday…. Someday I will have a pair 😂
One of the things they did: They focused on “cool-looking angel wings” and not “wings that look like they could actually fly.” Too many movie special effects are caught by “but that wouldn’t work…”
Dude, they’re angel wings. They fly by divine power. They don’t need to be aerodynamic.
Look at how Ben Affleck gets pushed forward when the wings close! That’s the exactly the kind of physicality missing from CGI effects that makes them read as fake.
Having wings should absolutely feel like a 60 lb weight on your back bc that’s what they are.
