When Star Wars was made in 1977, George Lucas’ special effects were cutting edge; light years ahead of anything ever seen before.
By 2015, the effects are so predictable and dated it’s almost comical to think that they were ever the jaw dropping display that they were nearly 40 years earlier.
In the 70s and early 80s, it was hard to imagine that level of cinematic sophistication even existed, much less would ever be widespread. Things change.
The Terminator franchise made Star Wars special effects look anything but special, and every low-budget B movie is capable of extraordinary special effects.
Technology changes. The exceptional becomes mundane.
Michio Kaku, a world renowned physicist and futurist, served as the keynote speaker at CV Outlook in Dallas in August, and much of his talk centered on what lies ahead.
As you can guess, the technological revolution is perpetual and it seems we’re hardly close to its apex.
