Let me sum up the SotU so you don't have to watch it.
"war on terrah" "vigilant" "stay the course"
We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Megan E. - Jan 31, 2006 1:08:57 pm PST #4027 of 10002
msbelle - Jan 31, 2006 1:17:53 pm PST #4028 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am so glad I have things on my DVR, plus chores to do at home. An application broke at work, so even though I did not finish what I needed for the deadline, there is nothing more I can do. oh well. me go home now.
JZ - Jan 31, 2006 1:19:42 pm PST #4029 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I used to have a computer theme based EMBWBAM. it would just shout "yeah, baby, yeah!" at random intervals. AWESOME.
WANT.
tommyrot - Jan 31, 2006 1:21:31 pm PST #4030 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
"War on terrah requires suspending the presidential election--oops, that's from the '08 SotU speech. Forget I said that."
erikaj - Jan 31, 2006 1:28:12 pm PST #4031 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
(Thanking the hundred little gods for crapzillion cable channels.)
aurelia - Jan 31, 2006 1:34:37 pm PST #4032 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I choose Supernatural over listening to the Shrub.
On Oscar noms... anyone else think Brokeback deserved a make-up nom? It was so subtle and convincing. Subtlety is not appreciated nearly enough.
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2006 1:37:21 pm PST #4033 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I read elsewhere that the vistas were tinkered with with CGI--extra sheep, rearranging the mountains, etc. Pretty slick. And subtle.
aurelia - Jan 31, 2006 1:42:13 pm PST #4034 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Ang Lee gives good subtle.
Jessica - Jan 31, 2006 1:49:05 pm PST #4035 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
anyone else think Brokeback deserved a make-up nom? It was so subtle and convincing.
I actually thought the age makeup was the weakest part of the film. It came close to breaking my suspension of disbelief a few times.
I read elsewhere that the vistas were tinkered with with CGI--extra sheep, rearranging the mountains, etc. Pretty slick. And subtle.
Now THAT is impressive.
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2006 1:52:44 pm PST #4036 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tichenor is quick to praise the skillful visual effects created by Buzz Image Group. He explains, “Buzz did a tremendous amount of work: sky replacements, set extensions, erasures. But the big thing was sheep replication. 700 sheep were on set; we needed 2,500 in some scenes.”
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“We did CG sheep enhancements in some shots - adding sheep in the mid-ground and background - and a couple of shots that were all CG. If we've done our job correctly, no one will know what we've done.”
I knew about tinting the skies, but 75 effects shots? Never would have guessed.