Re: space:above and beyond

> i still have never seen a computer generated object that looked as real as a
> good model.  the lighting is never good enough, and all the textures are just
> too perfect...

     Maybe they'll get the lighting right.  I saw on Discover channel about
how they made stop motion minitures look right for _Empire Strikes Back_.
Remember _Clash of the Titans_ and how jerky all of the creatures look?  I
guess that the stop motion animation is *too* clear because each frame is
actually completely still.  In Lucasfilm, they moved the model of Luke's
taun-taun slightly during the open faze of the shutter.  That way the slight
blur imitates the motion blur our eyes perceive in real life, and eliminated
the stop motion strobing.
     Then again, I understand that the dinos in _Jurassic Park_ were a combo.
 The images were actually computer generated, and the motion was done by a
wire and servo skeleton manipulated in stop-mo.  The puppet wasn't actually
filmed, it just had sensors feeding each frame into the computer, and *their*
lighting was PERFECT!

Rocinante