[neuralRiot]

>CGI and Photoshop filters were 'fake' too. Until they weren't.

IMHO they still are, watch any old movie with practical effects (Aliens, Star Wars, just to name 2) and compare them to any 2025 production, green screen movies might look spectacular but they look fake, flat and boring.

[72deluxe]

They don't even look spectacular. This recent video went into the differences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvwPKBXEOKE

It is telling that there's still an active market for cameras and lenses despite LLMs.