#i wouldn’t call my mom a minimalist exactly but she’s certainly trending in that direction

[bereft-of-frogs]

I’m now watching Fellowship and, just like in my viewing of of Return of the King last week, because of my current DVD player situation (aka I do not have one because the PlayStation ‘messes up the aesthetics of the living room’) I’m watching the digitally touched up versions on HBO instead of my original DVDs for the first time and I’m noticing the difference in CGI. The CGI actually looks worse in some places than my original DVDs because of the touch-ups. Like the characters stand out more from the digitally created backgrounds because they sacrificed the cohesion of the scene for foreground clarity…

But also dang some of it really held up. Naturally the darker stuff, like Saruman on top of Orthanc surrounded by storm clouds looks pretty good, but also the cave troll still looks really good. For 20 year old CGI and a kind of messy digital retouching, dang, it’s still good.

#i would still prefer watching the DVDs but that will have to wait until I have my own living room to decorate #i wouldn’t call my mom a minimalist exactly but she’s certainly trending in that direction #the lord of the rings #it’s still got it tbh #that cave troll