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.
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.
I used to have a computer theme based EMBWBAM. it would just shout "yeah, baby, yeah!" at random intervals. AWESOME.
WANT.
"War on terrah requires suspending the presidential election--oops, that's from the '08 SotU speech. Forget I said that."
(Thanking the hundred little gods for crapzillion cable channels.)
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.
I read elsewhere that the vistas were tinkered with with CGI--extra sheep, rearranging the mountains, etc. Pretty slick. And subtle.
Ang Lee gives good subtle.
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.
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.
Avid! My beloved One True Editing Software...
But the big thing was sheep replication.
And this is just a great thing to be able to say.