what they are talking about is the sets
And the star's faces. Apparently plastic surgery and flaws are much more obvious at high resolution.
You know, I just... I woke up, and I looked in the mirror, and I thought, hey, what's with all the sin? I need to change. I'm... I'm dirty. I'm, I'm bad with the... sex and the envy and that, that loud music us kids listen to nowadays.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
§ ita § - Dec 30, 2005 6:42:57 am PST #7234 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
msbelle - Dec 30, 2005 6:54:38 am PST #7235 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
we're gonna need more airbrushing.
god forbid we see their flaws.
bon bon - Dec 30, 2005 7:02:05 am PST #7236 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I never knew how fricking true that thing about the ravages of HDTV on celebs was until I was in Best Buy and saw Best Buy's OWN COMMERCIAL! on one of its HDTVs starring the Black Eyed Peas and OMG, Fergie? Is fucking STANK. She scared me. I would have guessed she was ten years older if not for the fact that she was on Kids Incorporated.
Jessica - Dec 30, 2005 7:03:39 am PST #7237 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
HD is also not kind to compositing, which is bad news for anything set in space.
§ ita § - Dec 30, 2005 7:06:55 am PST #7238 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Fergie? Is fucking STANK. She scared me.
Could you see her pee more clearly?
bon bon - Dec 30, 2005 7:17:46 am PST #7239 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I could see her thinking about peeing.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 30, 2005 7:18:42 am PST #7240 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Think Depends will go for product placement in their next video?
aurelia - Dec 30, 2005 9:29:54 am PST #7241 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
You know, television and movie props are strangely disappointing up close, for the most part; a face-to-face viewer isn't the intended audience, nor is two feet the intended viewing distance.
I don't know... I loved seeing the contraption used to simulate a stadium crowd that was made of painted Q-tips in a rack and some fans. And Han Solo's belt with the pieces of XLR connectors and plastic bits. I find it all very creative.
Betsy HP - Dec 30, 2005 2:06:02 pm PST #7242 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
When Cinemascope and Panavision and what-not came out, costume design had to be rethought, because suddenly machine stitching would be visible. In the pre-19th-century costumes, that's a problem.
Betsy HP - Dec 30, 2005 2:07:47 pm PST #7243 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I was just thinking about you, Aurelia! We did the Underground Seattle tour, and at one point we were sitting on a band stage in a bar. Some of the lighting instruments were in two parts, a light and a mirror; the light pointed up and and the mirror focused on the stage. How common is that? Everything's gotten so sophisticated when I was a kid in Junior Players. (Well, everything except me.)