Comment Re:Yes they do Impress (Score 1) 532
Wing Commander came out a whopping three weeks before The Matrix, and yes, virtually no one saw it, because it sucked. And I would bet that a majority of the paid admissions were there for the Star Wars Episode 1 trailer and nothing else.
Lost In Space, released a full _year_ earlier, had a similar frozen object effect, but neither it nor Wing Commander took it to the level that The Matrix did - unlike the Matrix, which integrated the effect multiple times into a world that was built on physics that made the imagery possible, both the aforementioned movies used it once, briefly, as little more than a throwaway - and if I recall, it was a simple pan, not a full or partial orbit.
Regardless, ask anyone what effect they remember from Lost In Space (assuming they saw it) and they're going to talk to you about the horrible monkey character. People remember the effects that leave an impression on them, good or bad.