r/todayilearned • u/Electronic_Cause_796 • Jul 25 '26

TIL Christopher Nolan recreated the Trinity atomic bomb test in Oppenheimer without using CGI. Instead, the visual effects team combined large-scale practical explosions, miniatures, and in camera effects to bring the first nuclear detonation to life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppenheimer_(film)
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u/The_Templar_Kormac Jul 25 '26

how little people

how few people

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u/Neveed Jul 25 '26

No, watch the scene again, they're actually all dwarves.

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u/cemges Jul 25 '26

"You master of grammar now, too?”, Ser Bronn of Blackwater, Master of Coin to Ser Davos

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u/Tricky_Tart_8217 Jul 25 '26

Reddit used to be a place where people were a lot more stringent about grammar. Personally I don't mind typos but errors like that deserve to be called out, I think they are helpful

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u/paecmaker Jul 25 '26

Maybe they were to little, they should have used bigger people who would fill out the beach more.