Day 24: Favorite Example of 90s Special Effects
There were so many snake monsters over the course of Buffy. And all of them managed to be more funny than scary. Mostly due to CGI that didn't age particularly well. Oh the early days of CGI.
First there was Machida in Reptile Boy. Machida was actually a dude in makeup, not a CGI monster. He was still a failure of a snake. He was supposed to come out of the pit and eat the girls chained up in the basement/dungeon. But it didn't look like he could even open his mouth wide enough to gnaw on someone's arm. He probably would have been scarier if he'd remained off screen.
Machida is followed by Lurconis in Band Candy. They add terror to this demon by making him a baby eater. But he's basically some bad CGI trapped in a sewer. And handily dispatched with fire.
Post-ascension Mayor was kind of awesome. One of the better uses of CGI on the show.
But then they completely failed with the snake-demon Glory raises to track the key. Honestly, it's the most fake-looking monster that ever appeared on the screen.
Any Buffy episode with a snake is guaranteed laughs. CGI just dates the show so much.
Note: Work just got really busy. I may have to pause this meme briefly. It will pick back up again. As soon as things calm down
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