Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT: A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away...
Fewer times than I've seen The Exorcist, more times than I've seen Forbidden Planet. It's one of my favorite sci fi flicks... Dan -- Sent from my phone, please excuse any mispelings or errors. ----- Reply message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 5:08 pm Subject: [Utah-astronomy] OT: A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away... To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Just how many times have you watched this movie? On Jan 31, 2012 4:28 PM, "Daniel Holmes" <danielh@holmesonics.com> wrote:
And it's one of those things that once you see it, you always see it. Kinda like the arrow in the FedEx logo.
Dan -- Sent from my iPod. Please excuse any mispelings or errors.
On Jan 31, 2012, at 4:16 PM, David Bennett <dlbennett@mac.com> wrote:
Oops, just found it at 1:22 in a different vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCw_iW6-i88&feature=related
never noticed it before...thanks
On Jan 31, 2012, at 04:03 PM, David Bennett <dlbennett@mac.com> wrote:
Dan, I can't seem to find it...can you tell me at what time in this video you see the disappearing mountain? :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXbWCrzWJo4
Thanks,
Dave
On Jan 31, 2012, at 03:39 PM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> wrote:
I remember reading an old magazine (Starlog maybe) that detailed the making of this--they generated the mountains, and then started the flyby. It was so new, and taxed the hardware enough, that it took a long time (days, I believe) to even render 1 frame at a high enough resolution for film. By the time someone noticed the random fractal generator had put a peak right in the path of the camera, it was too late to be able to go back and re-render with the missing mountain. So they ended up deleting the mountain (and creating a canyon) a few seconds before the camera hits it.
Dan
On Jan 31, 2012, at 12:49 PM, Brent Watson wrote:
That software was actually done by Ed Catmul at the U of San Francisco. That was one of the first applications of fractals. c
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On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com>wrote:
Fewer times than I've seen The Exorcist, more times than I've seen Forbidden Planet.
I saw the Exorcist once. I've seen Forbidden Planet about 5-6 times (I own a DVD) and done a few sketches and drawings from the movie, for an amateur press fanzine. (the '70's rock! you had to be there, lol). I am a "first generation" Trekkie. Watched the original series in Prime Time, all 3 seasons. In-between Gemini and Apollo TV coverage (I miss Walter Cronkite!). I've gone to countless Trek conventions. Met most of the origianal cast, shared cocktails with several (Grace Lee Whitney is still a babe, IMO...Equicon '73, Filmcon 7). Sat next to George Takei during a screening of a Leonard Nimoy "Indie" and found George to be a wonderful man. A real gentelman, he gave me much insight on his fellow ST alumni. I would like to speak with him again before I depart this world. But I have only seen each ST movie once, in a theatre, on the big screen. Why? I have no idea. Honestly. Bill Shatner was a personal friend of neighbors of mine (my parents neighbor, actualy), in the mid-seventies. I've met him. I almost lost my mud at the time, lol. He often skied in Utah, and always stopped by our neighbors house when in town (the owners of Theater 138). I have fond memories of "fandom" in the '70's. I was very fortunate to "be connected" at the time. I still wonder that such Hollywood movers and shakers would even take the time to talk to a punk kid fan, back in those days. Keep the faith, Dan! Brent, THANK YOU for your contribution to fandom!
Ah yes. I remember my days on the set and the visit to LucasFilm. I still have my copy of the storyboards, my script, and the Star Trek badge given to me by Harve Bennett. Somewhere I have a model of the enterprise given to me by the LucasFilm model builders. While at LucasFilm we walked by a miniature of a forest. I asked what it was for and they said they couldn't talk about it, but that I's see it in an upcoming movie. Turned out it was for Star Wars episode 6. I also saw the warehouse they wheeled the Arc of the Covenant into at the end of the first Indiana Jones movie. It's a painting about 12" X 30". Those were some fun days. I did meet many of the cast while on the set. I was there for the filming of the Kobayashi Maru scene. While they were reloading the pyrotechnics for the explosions we had a bunch of time on our hands. If you watch the movie, you'll see a blonde male trainee in the simulator. He has a Rubic's Cube that was all messed up. I had learned the solution previously and asked him if he wanted me to put it back in proper order. He gave me the cube and I performed the repair, then returned the cube to him. Unbeknownst to me, Spock was standing over my left shoulder. This was not just Leonard Nimoy - it was Spock in full regalia. He looked at me and said "I will never understand how anyone can do that sort of thing." Quite an admission on Spock's part, and made a very memorable experience for me. There are too many fun things to talk about here, but I must say that the model of Gamma Regula was modified because I showed Jim Vellieux what the moon really looked like through my 8" refractor. He put his camera up to the focal plane and took some photos to make the planet look more realistic. Those were indeed good times. ________________________________ From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT: A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away... On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com>wrote:
Fewer times than I've seen The Exorcist, more times than I've seen Forbidden Planet.
I saw the Exorcist once. I've seen Forbidden Planet about 5-6 times (I own a DVD) and done a few sketches and drawings from the movie, for an amateur press fanzine. (the '70's rock! you had to be there, lol). I am a "first generation" Trekkie. Watched the original series in Prime Time, all 3 seasons. In-between Gemini and Apollo TV coverage (I miss Walter Cronkite!). I've gone to countless Trek conventions. Met most of the origianal cast, shared cocktails with several (Grace Lee Whitney is still a babe, IMO...Equicon '73, Filmcon 7). Sat next to George Takei during a screening of a Leonard Nimoy "Indie" and found George to be a wonderful man. A real gentelman, he gave me much insight on his fellow ST alumni. I would like to speak with him again before I depart this world. But I have only seen each ST movie once, in a theatre, on the big screen. Why? I have no idea. Honestly. Bill Shatner was a personal friend of neighbors of mine (my parents neighbor, actualy), in the mid-seventies. I've met him. I almost lost my mud at the time, lol. He often skied in Utah, and always stopped by our neighbors house when in town (the owners of Theater 138). I have fond memories of "fandom" in the '70's. I was very fortunate to "be connected" at the time. I still wonder that such Hollywood movers and shakers would even take the time to talk to a punk kid fan, back in those days. Keep the faith, Dan! Brent, THANK YOU for your contribution to fandom! _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
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