CGI

Remember the classic show "Tales From the Crypt"? Of course you do, it was a really cool horror show that spawned a couple of movies, and made a desiccated corpse puppet into a superstar!

It used to be that CGI in movies and TV was so low-budget, that it was ALWAYS noticeable, and horrible. But now, they've gotten it to the point where most of the time, you have no idea there are even CGI effects in the shots!  Subtle things, like smoke, or city extension, or more people in a shot can all be done really well in CGI now. Game of Thrones has gotten so popular now, too, that they fina

It used to take weeks and months to make CGI characters look and move like real people for movies, but now technology is getting so good and powerful that a lot can be done in real time. Check out these guys who are making a movie titled "Construct".  The movie looks pretty bad-ass, and the tech behind it is pretty freakin' cool, too!