# Movie Marathon (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 26, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801 "2021-03-26T22:06:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 183
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3643 "2022-01-04T13:24:05Z")
**The Triumph of CGI** 1. Marvel’s The Avengers 2. Avatar ---
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**The Triumph of CGI** 1. Marvel’s The Avengers 2. Avatar 3. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3645 "2022-01-04T14:28:18Z")
**The Triumph of CGI** 1. Marvel’s The Avengers 2. Avatar 3. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 4. Westworld ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3646 "2022-01-04T14:32:24Z")
**The Triumph of CGI** 1. Marvel’s The Avengers 2. Avatar 3. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 4. Westworld 5. Jurassic Park - one of first movie films to use CGI in a big way ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3647 "2022-01-04T14:53:04Z")
**The Triumph of CGI** 1. Marvel’s The Avengers 2. Avatar 3. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 4. Westworld 5. Jurassic Park 6. TRON ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3648 "2022-01-04T14:57:15Z")
**The Triumph of CGI** 1. Marvel’s The Avengers 2. Avatar 3. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 4. Westworld 5. Jurassic Park 6. TRON 7. Toy Story The first entirely CGI feature film. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3649 "2022-01-04T14:59:40Z")
**The Triumph of CGI** 1. Marvel’s The Avengers 2. Avatar 3. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 4. Westworld 5. Jurassic Park 6. TRON 7. Toy Story 8. Dr. Strange Westworld came out in 1973, before CGI. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3650 "2022-01-04T15:56:07Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Westworld came out in 1973, before CGI. I read a review of the move after I saw it that said the robot-eye-view was done with a computer. I remember distinctly because the friend that I watched it with had wondered about how they made it look like that, and the newspaper review addressed his question. ETA: Here you go - [Westworld (1973) - First blend of CGI and live action in a feature film](https://computeranimationhistory-cgi.jimdofree.com/westworld-1973/) ---
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**The Triumph of CGI** 1. Marvel’s The Avengers 2. Avatar 3. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 4. Westworld 5. Jurassic Park 6. TRON 7. Toy Story 8. Dr. Strange 9. Inception ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3652 "2022-01-04T16:32:14Z")
**The Triumph of CGI** 1. Marvel’s The Avengers 2. Avatar 3. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 4. Westworld 5. Jurassic Park 6. TRON 7. Toy Story 8. Dr. Strange 9. Inception 10. The Incredibles Hands-down my favorite Pixar movie. Next up: **Defunct studios (and when shuttered)** 1. Liberty Films (1951) Frank Capra’s production company, through which he made _It’s a Wonderful Life_. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3653 "2022-01-04T16:43:37Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > ETA: > > Here you go - [Westworld (1973) - First blend of CGI and live action in a feature film](https://computeranimationhistory-cgi.jimdofree.com/westworld-1973/) That’s awesome. Thanks for sharing that. **Defunct studios (and when shuttered)** 1. Liberty Films (1951) 2. Republic Pictures (1967) ---
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**Defunct studios (and when shuttered)** 1. Liberty Films (1951) 2. Republic Pictures (1967) 3. RKO Pictures (1959) ---
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**Defunct studios (and when shuttered)** 1. Liberty Films (1951) 2. Republic Pictures (1967) 3. RKO Pictures (1959) 4. Edison Studios (1918) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3656 "2022-01-04T17:11:11Z")
**Defunct studios (and when shuttered)** 1. Liberty Films (1951) 2. Republic Pictures (1967) 3. RKO Pictures (1959) 4. Edison Studios (1918) 5. Selznick International Pictures (1943) A biggie, in its day: [Selznick International Pictures - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selznick_International_Pictures) ---
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**Defunct studios (and when shuttered)** 1. Liberty Films (1951) 2. Republic Pictures (1967) 3. RKO Pictures (1959) 4. Edison Studios (1918) 5. Selznick International Pictures (1943) 6. Cannon Films (1994) Responsible for a large number of 1980s films, including many of Chuck Norris’s movies. ---
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**Defunct studios (and when shuttered)** 1. Liberty Films (1951) 2. Republic Pictures (1967) 3. RKO Pictures (1959) 4. Edison Studios (1918) 5. Selznick International Pictures (1943) 6. Cannon Films (1994) 7. Carolco Pictures (1995) Best known, to me, for _Terminator 2: Judgment Day_: [Carolco Pictures - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolco_Pictures) ---
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**Defunct studios (and when shuttered)** 1. Liberty Films (1951) 2. Republic Pictures (1967) 3. RKO Pictures (1959) 4. Edison Studios (1918) 5. Selznick International Pictures (1943) 6. Cannon Films (1994) 7. Carolco Pictures (1995) 8. Tiffany Pictures (1932) ---
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**Defunct studios (and when shuttered)** 1. Liberty Films (1951) 2. Republic Pictures (1967) 3. RKO Pictures (1959) 4. Edison Studios (1918) 5. Selznick International Pictures (1943) 6. Cannon Films (1994) 7. Carolco Pictures (1995) 8. Tiffany Pictures (1932) 9. Biograph Company (1916) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3661 "2022-01-04T21:25:43Z")
**Defunct studios (and when shuttered)** 1. Liberty Films (1951) 2. Republic Pictures (1967) 3. RKO Pictures (1959) 4. Edison Studios (1918) 5. Selznick International Pictures (1943) 6. Cannon Films (1994) 7. Carolco Pictures (1995) 8. Tiffany Pictures (1932) 9. Biograph Company (1916) 10. Laugh-O-Gram Studio (1923) **Epic Films** 1. Gone With the Wind ---
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