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		goto11 on Oct 7, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Westworld (1973): the first film with CGI, and its... I love the era of people making practical effects to look like computer graphics. The Hitchhikers Guide tv-show also had hand-drawn animation which was supposed to look like computer graphics.

KineticLensman on Oct 7, 2019 [–]

Also the 1979 orbital insertion graphics display [0] in Alien.

[0] https://typesetinthefuture.com/2014/12/01/alien/

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