Hmm if this is real, sweet. But I suspect it's an after-affect of April Fools.

Oh and Weta Digital, IMHO the best digital animation house in the world. So I'm eagerly anticipating this one.

Westerners??? Isn't Weta Workshop in New Zealand???

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^I made it out of poster board for my Sift viral video - but in the end didn't use it - and went for the awesome LucasArts/Weta digital effects instead.

Of course both the digital and paper tool bar are the old YouTube version. I may have to "re-imagineer" the video with the new bar. Kind of like when Burton redid Planet of the Apes - only with more strangely hot chimp ladies.

>> ^NetRunner:
>> ^littledragon_79:
My favorite part is his compulsion to mimic the game's animations of reloading the weapons.
Yeah, that was what struck me the most about this, not only has he gone to the effort of reproducing the bulk of he available weapons, he has the postures, poses, and animations down well enough that he could probably be a stand-in for the mo-cap actor.
That level of obsession with detail would serve him well in the game industry. When he gets older, I think he should submit this with his resume when he applies to work for Bungie.
Otherwise, this just might come in handy for his insanity plea...should he need one, of course.


Hmm, he seems more like a hands-on type of person to me. I worked in games for years and even the artists complain that they don't get enough chances to do "real" art (real as opposed to virtual art). Mostly you sit in front of a computer all day long, regardless of whether you're a programmer, designer, or artist. He seems more suited for movie-making--set and costume design--where both the attention to detail and hands-on know-how will serve him well. I'd see him easily fitting in at say Weta Workshop or Lucasfilm.

There are some animals that can survive freezing, such as the Weta, but they are highly different to mammals in terms of physiology and can only survive to -10°C. Human brain cells will begin to permanently degrade with less than 5 minutes of cerebral hypoxia, and it didn't look like they were able to freeze faster than that safely. Even if the cells could eventually be repaired, it's the complex millions of neural connections that make you you that are lost forever.

Speaking philosophically, I am a survivor of cancer and chronic kidney failure and now have a transplant. So I have confronted my own mortality more than most. Yet I still find the fear of death I see in the people in this program surprising. For me death is just another part of the journey, and would much rather try and live the best life I can now that spend tens of thousands on an untested idea.
But this is only my personal opinion, and if the members get some sort of peace of mind from this then I hope it's worth the money.

But seriously, it's only a matter of time before Alcor starts selling Soylent Green.

It's not a separate production. From Weta:

Weta Workshop are supplying a range of products for all the Halo shorts, in a collaboration between Bungie Studios, director Neill Blomkamp, Weta Workshop, Origami Digital LLC and HT Limited.

We have created a fully functioning four wheel drive Warthog, with a working gun, digital displays, airbags and the ability for the Warthog to crab crawl as well as four wheel steer.

go WETA