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William Shatner

Sci-fi films are the epic films of the day because we can no longer put 10,000 extras in the scene - but we can draw thousands of aliens with computers.

William Shatner

Computers

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William Shatner is saying that science fiction movies have become today's big, grand stories like epic films used to be. Instead of using many real people as extras, filmmakers now use computer technology to create large crowds of aliens, making the scenes look vast and impressive.

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