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Originally Posted by Noclevername
And then, of course, there's Ornithopters. The first onscreen version of Dune cut them out, as with suspensors they weren't necessary and not within the special effects tech of the time to pull of without looking like toys. "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" had some, I've only seen clips but it doesn't look like they were any more realistic-looking.
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The entire movie isn't realistic looking, but that's part of the idea. Regarding Dune: Why do they have ornithopters when they have anti-gravity? Is there an energy efficiency issue, or some other explained trade-off?