Shrunken women board

Lurker 23472 wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 27, 2022 3:59 am

goodshrnker wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 04, 2022 7:13 am

I love that movie and Melissa is so hot in it but they really cheaped out on effects in it. I don't think there were any green screen scenes or anything. It was all oversize props and sets. And there was one very brief handheld scene that was a wide shot of Tracy Scoggins taking the little people out of the briefcase.

I disagree. The use of practical effects with giant props is what makes the movie still watchable today. Does the scene with the spider look remotely realistic now? Ginger's reveal, with the slow pan around her kitchen to the open drawer, still gets me going. The kitchen footage is the whole reason why I bought the 3 DVD set.

goodshrnker wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 04, 2022 7:13 am

I love that movie and Melissa is so hot in it but they really cheaped out on effects in it. I don't think there were any green screen scenes or anything. It was all oversize props and sets. And there was one very brief handheld scene that was a wide shot of Tracy Scoggins taking the little people out of the briefcase.

gladewalker wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 04, 2022 9:55 pm

I don't mind at all that "GInger" (Melissa) got the part. She makes a really believable SW. I also don't consider it "cheap" to use legitimate giant props. I know that means less "interaction" with the giant per se, but it's still again very authentic to me.

Sdk wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 04, 2022 11:32 pm

From what I recall, the character left shrunk at the end of Bad Channels was purposely annoying. So, the fact that she was still tiny at the end was kind of that last "yuk yuk" joke of the movie.

But they probably figured Ginger (Behr) would do a better job carrying a full movie.

As much as I loved Nurse Ginger, I'd have enjoyed an alternate version with Cookie as the last SW.