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Like how 'lethal weapon' wasn't referred to as 'lethal weapon one' until the sequels. It has always been regarded as a gem by many people. First use of CGI in a film too, I believe. For the x-ray scene at the Mars port.



I thought it was a gem at the time ... a gem of b-movie bad sci-fi.


Early use, sure, but hardly the first. The owl in Labyrinth was 1986, and I'm certain there are earlier examples.


Star Wars, 1977 (the Death Star diagram), The Black Hole, 1979 (the wireframe model of the titular black hole-- drawn on a plotter!), etc. By 1986 we'd already had two entire films based around CGI-- Tron (1982) and The Last Starfighter (1984).


Tron (1982) Star Wars (1977)




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