▁natural ▁sense ▁of ▁movement ▁as ▁if ▁the ▁tent acles ▁were ▁moving ▁due ▁to ▁Oct av ius ' ▁mus cle ▁movement . ▁On ▁set , ▁Mol ina ▁referred ▁to ▁his ▁tent acles ▁as ▁" Lar ry ", ▁" Har ry ", ▁" M oe " ▁and ▁" F lo ", ▁with ▁" F lo " ▁being ▁the ▁top - right ▁tent acle ▁which ▁performed ▁the ▁most ▁work . ▁ ▁Edge ▁F X ▁was ▁only ▁h ired ▁to ▁do ▁scenes ▁where ▁Oct av ius ▁car ries ▁his ▁tent acles . ▁CG I ▁was ▁used ▁for ▁when ▁the ▁tent acles ▁carry ▁Oct av ius : ▁a ▁ ▁high ▁rig ▁held ▁Mol ina ▁to ▁gli de ▁through ▁his ▁surr ound ings , ▁with ▁CG ▁tent acles ▁added ▁later . ▁The ▁CG ▁versions ▁were ▁sc anned ▁straight ▁from ▁the ▁practical ▁ones . ▁However , ▁using ▁the ▁practical ▁versions ▁was ▁always ▁preferred ▁to ▁save ▁money , ▁and ▁each ▁scene ▁was ▁always ▁fil med ▁first ▁with ▁Edge ▁F X ' s ▁cre ations ▁to ▁see ▁if ▁CG I ▁was ▁truly ▁necessary . ▁Comple ting ▁the ▁ill usion , ▁the ▁sound ▁design ers ▁chose ▁not ▁to ▁use ▁ser vo ▁sound ▁effects , ▁feeling ▁it ▁would ▁rob ▁the ▁tent acles ▁of ▁the ▁sense ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁Oct av ius ' ▁body ▁and ▁instead ▁used ▁motor cycle ▁ch ains ▁and ▁piano ▁w ires . ▁ ▁Release ▁ ▁Home ▁media ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁initially ▁released ▁on ▁V HS ▁and ▁DVD ▁on ▁November ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁in