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anticake posted:This is from a bit back, but if you ever actually smoked you can tell when someone is doing an actor drag and not inhaling. If when they exhale it pretty much looks like a poof of smoke like it could have come off the end of the cigarette like that they only pulled smoke into their mouths and then exhaled. When you actually inhale a drag the smoke gets all aspirated and exhales as a fine mist. I do too. Chili Palmer became way less cool after I noticed that.
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anticake posted:I guess no one cares how fake that poo poo looks, but me.
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Again - it's not just non-smokers. Doing take after take and smoking half a pack of marlboro unfiltereds in an hour can't be a pleasant thing. I've heard that the fake weed can be pretty rough after a while, too.
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NeuroticErotica posted:Again - it's not just non-smokers. Doing take after take and smoking half a pack of marlboro unfiltereds in an hour can't be a pleasant thing. I don't think I said there wasn't a reason, just that it looks fake as hell? There are clear and defined reasons why you would want to fake it, that does not however make it look less fake. This doesn't really bother me in any real way as I understand no one wants to smoke a carton a day for an entire filming schedule, I just notice every time that it looks fake as hell. anticake fucked around with this message at 08:51 on Jun 8, 2010 |
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Not sure if anyone's addressed this or not. The real BJ Mcdonnell is one of my best friends, so I highly doubt that this has anything to do with him. What is the email address? EDIT I just talked to him and he thinks it's hilarious. Any way I can get you to forward those to me? The Aphasian posted:This is a shot in the dark, but has anyone heard of a BJ McDonnell? I'm not sure if it's the same guy who's the steadicam operator ( http://www.mcdonnellsteadicam.com/ ). EdsTeioh fucked around with this message at 22:56 on Jun 8, 2010 |
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Jun 8, 2010 15:02
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poonchasta posted:Does Netflix care if I'm streaming a movie on my computer and someone else is streaming a movie at their house at the same time using my account? I had a friend who did this with another friend and it worked. I am pretty sure they watched movies at the same time.
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The Lucas posted:I had a friend who did this with another friend and it worked. I am pretty sure they watched movies at the same time. Thanks for the reply. I want to let my girlfriend use my account at her house if possible because she likes to watch stupid poo poo like Desperate Housewives. I just want to make sure that Netflix won't poo poo on my account for doing this. I'm still only in my free trial at the moment.
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Jun 9, 2010 00:50
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This is a question about movie studio spying, specifically in regards to CGI family films. We're all familiar with the phenomenon that studio A gets wind that studio B is doing a film about subject X, and they fast track production on another film with a similar premise to be released within 6 months of the first one, presumably to capitalize on its anticipated success and that the general public will have its interest aroused in the subject. Probably the most notorious instance of this is Armageddon and Deep Impact. But beyond those two asteroid movies, this seems to be most common amongst the CG kids films of the last decade. We're even seeing it happen again this year with Despicable Me and Megamind, two movies about supervillains. I'll take a guess that this is because kids are more susceptible to getting caught up in a temporary craze like a talking insect movie, and also that they're less a discerning demographic and don't care if the movie capitalizing on the first one isn't as good because it was a little more rushed. Now, I understand when this happens with your typical live action movie. Most studios pick their release dates well before they even start filming, about a year or two in advance. But CGI films take a good three to four years to make. Are they really spying THAT far in advance? How do they spy, anyway? Pay off an intern to steal a script treatment? Has Dreamworks bugged the Pixar writers room?
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Jun 9, 2010 04:16
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In the case of Antz, Jeffrey Katzenberg knew about A Bug's Life before he was shitcanned from Disney. It was released first and still made only a fraction of Pixar's take.  Even if production is lengthy, word gets out quickly. It's nothing new, as even in the formative years of cinema, studios would compete with blatant ripoffs of each other (down to having the same titles) before copyright law was enforced.
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Egbert Souse posted:In the case of Antz, Jeffrey Katzenberg knew about A Bug's Life before he was shitcanned from Disney. It was released first and still made only a fraction of Pixar's take. Which is a shame, because looking back I actually prefer "Woody Allen movie for kids (with bugs)" over "Seven Samurai with less interesting characters for kids (with bugs)". Plus it gave us The Emperors New Groove!
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Elijya posted:Are they really spying THAT far in advance? How do they spy, anyway? Pay off an intern to steal a script treatment? Has Dreamworks bugged the Pixar writers room? "Spying" in Hollywood is pretty much a giant myth. There's not like people looking at secret documents or anything like that. The whole town is a goddamn gossip mill. It's ridiculous. A couple of times a week I hear "Ok, you can't tell anyone this, but..." or "This stays within these walls..." or something like that. The other big "spying" resource is the trades. Especially now that they don't have independent critics and hardly any journalists anymore, they're mostly press releases and rumors.
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poonchasta posted:Thanks for the reply. I want to let my girlfriend use my account at her house if possible because she likes to watch stupid poo poo like Desperate Housewives. I just want to make sure that Netflix won't poo poo on my account for doing this. I'm still only in my free trial at the moment. It depends on your plan. 3 DVDs at a time = 3 movies streaming at once. I only get one DVD at a time so I can only stream one movie at once.
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Elijya posted:Are they really spying THAT far in advance? How do they spy, anyway? Pay off an intern to steal a script treatment? Has Dreamworks bugged the Pixar writers room? I've always wondered if there was some sort of conspiracy between Gordy and Babe as they were both released within three months of each other. Furthermore, Gordy has a 3.5 on IMDB no doubt from some bizarre schadenfreude from Babe fans.
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Toebone posted:It depends on your plan. 3 DVDs at a time = 3 movies streaming at once. I only get one DVD at a time so I can only stream one movie at once.
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Im sure I could google it but Id rather get an answer here... How do you get into the CGI Industry. Do you just go to art school or 
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sursumdeorsum posted:Im sure I could google it but Id rather get an answer here... How do you get into the CGI Industry. Do you just go to art school or YOu might get answers in the post-production megathread as well: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3114758
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EVERYTHING I SAY ABOUT JAPAN OR LIVING IN JAPAN IS COMPLETELY WRONG, BUT YOU BETTER BELIEVE I'LL 
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In a lot of movies from the 70s and earlier, there are all sorts of scratches and hairs and other blemishes that show up on individual frames. There is a common donut shaped blemish that looks like somebody circled something a bunch of times on the frame. Anybody know what causes that type of blemish? Here is an example:
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Jun 10, 2010 07:07
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cue_mark
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Schweinhund posted:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cue_mark Thanks! I never would have guessed that they were intentional.
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near the very end of Alien, when Ripley looks like she's home free, what is the Alien doing? It looks like it's just lying down in some pipes chillaxing.
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mackd717 posted:near the very end of Alien, when Ripley looks like she's home free, what is the Alien doing? It looks like it's just lying down in some pipes chillaxing. But, outside of that, I'm pretty sure Ridley Scott said it's nearing the end of it's life and it's kind of just laying down to die. Buuuut I may be mistaken.
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I suppose it may just be chillaxing, because the Aliens in .. Aliens were a few weeks old (?) at least and didn't snooze to death.
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mackd717 posted:I suppose it may just be chillaxing, because the Aliens in .. Aliens were a few weeks old (?) at least and didn't snooze to death.
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SkunkDuster posted:Thanks! I never would have guessed that they were intentional. Guess you haven't seen Fight Club.
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Akuma posted:But, outside of that, I'm pretty sure Ridley Scott said it's nearing the end of it's life and it's kind of just laying down to die. Buuuut I may be mistaken. He and H.R. Giger came up with a whole, somewhat bizarre back story to those creatures. They were bio-weapons created by some other alien race. Another interesting tidbit from the commentary: the alien grows so rapidly during its short lifespan that its flesh bruises constantly. When it first bursts out of that dude's chest, it is white, but turns black as it grows due to said bruising. Weird, huh? But yeah: none of this was written down or made official and so Cameron could go all over the place with it.
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I always thought the Alien was relaxing because it looked like it was yawning near the end.
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Why is the movie Half Baked called that, and not just Baked? What is the rationale for the "Half"? It doesn't really work for the plot, and I've never heard 'half baked' as a drug term before.
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Elijya posted:Why is the movie Half Baked called that, and not just Baked? What is the rationale for the "Half"? It doesn't really work for the plot, and I've never heard 'half baked' as a drug term before. 1) Their plan is half-baked 2) It's just a play on words
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Elijya posted:Why is the movie Half Baked called that, and not just Baked? What is the rationale for the "Half"? It doesn't really work for the plot, and I've never heard 'half baked' as a drug term before. Half-Baked is actually a prequel to Three-Quarters Baked.
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Elijya posted:Why is the movie Half Baked called that, and not just Baked? What is the rationale for the "Half"? It doesn't really work for the plot, and I've never heard 'half baked' as a drug term before. I have heard terms like that about being incapacitated, though as you say, not specifically half-baked. There is a daddy drunk term 'half in the bag', which if I think about it makes no sense at all since it seems to have been used to referred to fully drunk people.
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Elijya posted:Why is the movie Half Baked called that, and not just Baked? What is the rationale for the "Half"? It doesn't really work for the plot, and I've never heard 'half baked' as a drug term before. I think that's more a question for GWS. They even have a specific bread thread.
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Elijya posted:Why is the movie Half Baked called that, and not just Baked? What is the rationale for the "Half"? It doesn't really work for the plot, and I've never heard 'half baked' as a drug term before. Half baked is a pretty common saying. It just means poorly done, or not thought out.
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Dr_Amazing posted:Half baked is a pretty common saying. It just means poorly done, or not thought out. Mr. Braddock: Ben, this whole idea sounds pretty half-baked. Benjamin: Oh, it's not. It's completely baked.
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kapalama posted:I have heard terms like that about being incapacitated, though as you say, not specifically half-baked.
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Now, my own question: If the Pentagon only loans military assets to film productions they view as pro-military, how the gently caress did Green Zone get made?
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I bet you they work just like the MPAA and watch a 5 minute trailer cut by the producers.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I bet you they work just like the MPAA and watch a 5 minute trailer cut by the producers.
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bad movie knight posted:Now, my own question: If the Pentagon only loans military assets to film productions they view as pro-military, how the gently caress did Green Zone get made?
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Crows Turn Off posted:They didn't use military equipment, that's how it got made. For example, the Black Hawk helicopters were actually digitally-replaced Hueys.
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Crows Turn Off posted:They didn't use military equipment, that's how it got made. For example, the Black Hawk helicopters were actually digitally-replaced Hueys. Ha! That explains it. And yeah, I guess it never even occured to me how anti-US-military-industrial-complex Green Zone is, even though the ending practically hangs drapes on it. I guess I just assumed Greengrass was cashing in goodwill from United 93.
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