I think Jurassic Park was pretty similar craziness. Definitely pushing the CGI aspect, and super super popular.

Like T2, Jurassic Park is a blend of CGI with practical effects and animatronics. JP only had 63 CGI scenes with many more practical effects.

https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/20027-why-jurassic-park-s-s...

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chasd00 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

i would like to see a plot of the population of paleontologists starting from about 6-10 years after Jurassic Park was released. I suspect we'd see a bump starting around the time all the kids who saw Jurassic Park when it came out started graduating college.

	▲	rzzzt 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		We had Denver and Barney and The Land Before Time but kids suddenly memorizing all the latin names of each species was not a thing before Jurassic Park. (I think.)

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Forgeties79 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Jurassic Park really is a great example of “movie magic.”