Evolution (2001)

One of the things I like about this particular comedy is that they tend to keep things simple. Like the cops posing before the meteorite. This might be the sort of sophomoric behavior you'd expect from anyone but cops. Apparently, these guys have something other than professionalism in mind.



Here we have a Chief of the CDC, a professor of biology, and a geologist all with a problem: where can they get 500 gallons of Selenium at 2:00AM? The answer -surprising enough to turn heads- comes from two of the worst students in the biology professor's class. The statement, "Yea we can get that" is enough to momentarily stump even the so-called brains of this outfit.



It's amazing how elementary computer-generated image effects can look when you slow them down. In this still, you can see the spheres that make up the gobs of green biomass as it is hurled outward from the giant alien creature that exploded. It occurred to me that we take CGI effects for granted, and they have become the norm in special effects. They're so common they're not really special anymore.