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Jen, I've read it. It's very cute and amusing. Worth a read, definitely.
Jon, re: that interesting thing: Wow!! I was just thinking that damn, wonder how much it sucked to have to build all those different statues. Especially at the end with the lights flashing.
OK, so I rewatched the episode last night. R. doesn't normally watch Doctor Who, but I MADE him sit through this one with me, and he loved it and thought it was brilliant (even though I did get an accusatory look and an "oh God, it's not just dead scary, it's sad as well!" when Sally meets up with old Billy at the hospital ).
Yep, I was wrong about the statues. I thought the Doctor said something to the effect that if they look at each other they're 'dead', but the usual still applies: they're only safe for as long as they are all looking at each other, so they would have to be left where they are for all eternity. Sorry about that. I do wonder, though, what would happen if you filled the basement with concrete... .
"the statues were played by actors! I assumed they just built a bunch of real statues..."
So did I, and I've got to say that they were one of the most amazing costumes I've ever seen.
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Yeah, when I watched the confidential and realized that the statues were actors, I was pretty amazed. That's some fantastic work, there.
Dude. Really? Actors? It would seem simpler (and even perhaps cheaper) for that not to be the case.
A very well done job, that.
Possibly makes the whole thing more creepy.
Were the actors actually standing still for the shots, or were they digitally composited freeze-frames?
It would seem simpler (and even perhaps cheaper) for that not to be the case.
Really? I thought the opposite. I mean, building all those different statues in various poses?
I was assuming that the basic building of a statue wasn't that complex, because it happens reasonably often. As to quantity, I'd assumed that it wouldn't have to be that many different poses represented.
Man, they can hardly get actors to stay still when they're dead--I wonder if they did go the frozen and statically inserted route.
Tom -- I don't recall the Confidential saying. The faces used a lot of latex, so it may not have been quite as difficult as it seems.
Dear God, that's a lot of whitefont I'm tempted to peak at.
Doctor Who Season Three appears to be coming to Sci-Fi on July 6th. Torchwood is evidently coming to BBC America in the Fall.
I just caught up with Season Two, thanks to Sci-Fi running a couple marathons. Torchwood I've watched with a little help from a friend, but I'm looking forward to seeing it on a regular-sized screen. (Had to watch it on our laptop. Which? Not the same as curling up and watching it on the couch.)
I don't think they did frozen and digitally inserted, though I could be wrong (seems to be the case more often than not these days!) The Angels were certainly on set with the actors for the relevant scenes. I think the faces were completely immobile, latex masks (three or four different ones per Angel), as were the clothes. I'm not sure about the arms though, they looked as if they were just painted on. If so they did manage to stay incredibly still.
At least using actors explains that fantastic shot where Sally is going down the stairs in front of a barefaced angel, covers it briefly, and when we see it again it has its eyes covered. Yikes.