But... other people wear glasses on TV shows without them visibly tilted. Right?
Of course, they have all those special effects, CGI, green screens, I'm sure it's just cheaper to tilt his glasses.
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That's insane troll logic!
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shrift - Jan 28, 2006 7:43:57 pm PST #6878 of 10001
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BartlebyFink - Jan 28, 2006 8:35:29 pm PST #6879 of 10001
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I just caught the latest Battlestar. I'm not gonna lie, I kinda dug it.
But, honestly, parts of it felt manufactured. I would have bought this episode had it been developed over some previous episodes.
Still though, I freaking love this show.
Theodosia - Jan 29, 2006 3:27:13 am PST #6880 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I too was less disappointed than I'd let myself been led to believe.
At least Apollo is finally Getting Some, which I believe Jamie Bamber was all in favor of.
Next week looks like a Starbuck episode!
Laura - Jan 29, 2006 4:14:17 am PST #6881 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
That may be part of my fear. I was underwhelmed by the Apollo centric episode. I would be very very sad if the Starbuck episode comes off as manufactured and odd. May it be worthy of the character.
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Nutty - Jan 29, 2006 5:50:37 am PST #6882 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Actually, they said in the commentary that it's a glare issue. The glass reflects into the camera when they're worn normally.
That is weird -- don't glasses come with glare-protection treatment on the lenses? I guess I've only seen glasses-glare used intentionally on TV, back in the days of The X-Files. They'd put a light source just so that Scully seemed to be wearing blue discs on her face.
tommyrot - Jan 29, 2006 6:00:50 am PST #6883 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I sometimes notice that actors who wear glasses are wearing glasses with perfectly flat lenses. Which might make sense if the actor already has good vision. But the downside of having a flat lense is that it will sometimes reflect a light directly into a camera. (If the lense was curved, it would often be reflecting lights into the camera, but the reflected light would be spread out, so the reflection would be pretty insignificant.) If that makes any sense.
Ailleann - Jan 29, 2006 7:17:52 am PST #6884 of 10001
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If I could tackle him through my TV and fix them, I would.
ITA. Although, if I could tackle him through the TV, the glasses probably wouldn't be the first thing I'd do. Mreow.
beth b - Jan 29, 2006 10:09:39 am PST #6885 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I am looking forward to the starbuck episode - but I think it is because I like her character more.
Nutty - Jan 29, 2006 10:16:18 am PST #6886 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
But the downside of having a flat lense is that it will sometimes reflect a light directly into a camera.
Oh, I get it. So only people who don't need glasses but are wearing them for the character have this problem. Considering how many wicked blind people there are in the world (and Hollywood), this problem just must not come up that often.
Betsy HP - Jan 29, 2006 10:20:27 am PST #6887 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Yeah, but I think wicked blind people have their own problems -- not wearing glasses because the character wouldn't, and having to fight squints or bump into things.