davyK wrote:Have never taken any sort of thing like that. Being a non-smoker is a consequence of that. However Wifey and I sample space cake whilst in Amsterdam and it was quite an experience. Glad I did it but not something I'd like to repeat.
nick_md wrote:I get why eating space cake is the go-to for non-smokers, but it's a bad idea imo as you don't control your dosage and it's a delayed effect. Smoking hits you pretty instantly, so you can have a pull or two and be all, 'nope, that's me done!'. Eating it, in my experience, always gives the tendency to eat more to make sure you get a dose, not realising that you do have a massive dose being digested, and that shit's going to hit you like a train.Have never taken any sort of thing like that. Being a non-smoker is a consequence of that. However Wifey and I sample space cake whilst in Amsterdam and it was quite an experience. Glad I did it but not something I'd like to repeat.
nick_md wrote:Things that make you go mooooot
The film Tron (1982) was not considered for a Best Visual Effects Oscar because the Academy at the time believed that using computers was cheating.
djchump wrote:My favourite CG factoid is that the glider computer screens in Escape from New York were done with models, neon tape and blacklight, because CG was too expensive.
https://www.vimeo.com/22393980
Yossarian wrote:Not quite CG, but the opening text crawl from Star Wars was printed onto a pane of glass which a camera panned over. Disclaimer: I’ve just dragged this fact up from my memory and I wouldn’t swear to it.
IIRC Go-Motion is an old Harryhausen trick, first seen on the saber tooth tiger in the Sinbad film - move the puppet (or table, or camera in reverse direction) while the shutter is open so that it actually captures motion blur and the puppets sit better with the BG plate and live actors. Tippett et al took it to a super clean production level by computerising it so every shot was 100% reproducible.Blue Swirl wrote:... they achieved all the space combat stuff with stationary ship models and cameras on (then) hyper mobile rigs.
The camera was also the first computer controlled one, I think.Blue Swirl wrote:I think the major invention for Star Wars was the gimble the cameras were mounted on, rather than the trick of keeping the subject still and moving the camera to produce the illusion of movement. Still, interesting though. Don't think I've seen Sinbad.
pantyfire wrote:The camera was also the first computer controlled one, I think. Set a path and let it go.Blue Swirl wrote:I think the major invention for Star Wars was the gimble the cameras were mounted on, rather than the trick of keeping the subject still and moving the camera to produce the illusion of movement. Still, interesting though. Don't think I've seen Sinbad.
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