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>> ^ponceleon:

>> ^deathcow:
I have a very sexy learning disorder. Kiff... what is it called?

Sexlexia...


Hahahah I can hear Kiffs tone in your ellipses

If they set this up so that multiple starships piloted by other teams could fly around in the same game, that would be epic!

>> ^deathcow:

I have a very sexy learning disorder. Kiff... what is it called?


Sexlexia...

>> ^KnivesOut:

Kif, I have made it with a woman. Inform the men. >> ^ponceleon:
>> ^KnivesOut:
I'd have to go full Zapp Brannigan, i.e. long shirt with no pants, white boots, white gloves.

DAMNIT! I was just thinking that!!! Shit, does that mean I have to be Kiff?



*kifgroan

Kif, I have made it with a woman. Inform the men. >> ^ponceleon:

>> ^KnivesOut:
I'd have to go full Zapp Brannigan, i.e. long shirt with no pants, white boots, white gloves.

DAMNIT! I was just thinking that!!! Shit, does that mean I have to be Kiff?

>> ^KnivesOut:

I'd have to go full Zapp Brannigan, i.e. long shirt with no pants, white boots, white gloves.


DAMNIT! I was just thinking that!!! Shit, does that mean I have to be Kiff?

>> ^Deano:

Next step add a room that can move and shudder, flashing lights and smoke effects. You could charge for that experience!


I have a torch and a carton of kools. If you have yourself a industrial strength subwoofer, we have ourselves a business.

>> ^G-bar:

Nerdgasm!


I know, been waiting for something like this since star trek:bridge commander game. Now I just need some friends.. oh .. I mean.. a good internet connection.. that's what I ment *looks shifty*

I honestly never thought i'd get so much out of a man shouting at a spider, that pleasure peaked out at starship troopers.

Glad I am not the only one who hated this movie. All good "dystopian" stories must be either DARK or SATIRICAL or both. Even mediocre dystopia like Starship Troopers manages to achieve both.

The Hunger Games manages to do neither. It couldn't be dark because they needed a PG-13 rating, and any satire was undermined by all the bad parts pointed out in this fake trailer.

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>> ^EvilDeathBee:

>> ^JiggaJonson:
@EvilDeathBee "reaching" ain't there yet. Still looks like a cartoon to me (probably bc I play too many games). And nomatter how good it gets, it will always look like the actors are talking to/interacting with empty air. Say what you will about animatronics and puppets but meeting a puppet's eyes is never a problem for actors.

Completely disagree. Did you seriously think Prometheus looked "cartoony"? Also, the CGI Yoda in the Blu-Ray Episode 1 was so much better than the rubbish puppet from the theatrical release (regardless of how shit the film is). No matter how good a puppet or animatronic is, it will always be limited in what it can do and especially how it animates.
And if and actor has trouble meeting the eyes of a digital character, that's poor setup, poor direction, poor editing and even poor acting. As I said, it's knowing when to use CGI and when to use puppets/animatronics/models. All can be blended to work well together, depends on the shot.

Ok, so the Yoda puppet was pretty shit, but I think I still prefer it to the CG one. Whether something is believable seems pretty binary to me. Its not as if either version really does a good job of hiding the man behind the curtain. Some CG I am totally fooled by. Backdrops, a lot of special effects but when it comes to something organic, something thats going to be the focus of the camera CG never really holds up. I've seen tech demos of CG faces, and tbh, I can't really tell the difference. I think the problem often is blending this CG in with the rest of the scene. Our brains seem very good at detecting inconsistency in lighting etc, too often CG elements really seem painted on top and it spoils the illusion. A lot of animatronic stuff matches CG in terms of its animation, but because its actually in the scene it never jumps out at you.

But hey, maybe one day our films will be made entirely in front of bluescreens. Pehraps the performers won't even have to wear makeup or costume, it'll all be superimposed on afterwards. For the moment I still think animatronics has the edge in realism.