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Mokinokaro posted:Yeah this too. Alien does have this nice chunky feel. The Nostromo feels like a utility ship, not some state of the art slick thing made to look good for the cameras. One of my friends worked on the interior of the Prometheus 
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Jan 8, 2017 21:45
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Xaerael posted:One of my friends worked on the interior of the Prometheus I mean, it's nice, just not everyone's cup of tea. Space Rust Bucket gives a certain edge of uncertainty that really played to Alien / Aliens strengths.
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Xaerael posted:One of my friends worked on the interior of the Prometheus Oh I LIKE the look of Prometheus too. They're just very different aesthetics and it even makes sense in universe. The Prometheus was a ship built for the best of the best while the Nostromo's a likely fairly old hauler.
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Jan 8, 2017 21:52
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Mokinokaro posted:Yeah this too. Alien does have this nice chunky feel. The Nostromo feels like a utility ship, not some state of the art slick thing made to look good for the cameras. Random "Alien" trivia: Ridley Scott's original vision was having an android called Lesnick, Director of Spaceships being the ship's science officer with a defective calorie counter. Test audiences felt the scene of him attempting to shove a German Wing Commander manual down Ripley's throat unbelievable. However, "gravy for blood" was retained for androids during the rework with Ash and the sequels.
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BeefThief posted:imagine over a million nerds crowdfunded a spaceship: promised the Prometheus but ended up with the Nostromo, and everybody falls through the floors frozen in a T-pose In space, no one can hear you 
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Colostomy Bag posted:Random "Alien" trivia: Ben wouldn't fit in the cramped corridors of the Nostromo though.
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Jan 8, 2017 22:07
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Xaerael posted:Eh, there was reasoning why the Prometheus was "posher" than the Nostro. The Nostro was literally a space lorry cargo-hauler. It's crew were mainly grease monkeys and a science officer. The Prometheus was a high tech science vessel paid for by literally the richest man alive. yeah i get the rationale and prometheus looks gorgeous. i actually really have a soft spot for that movie, it's far and away better than most of the other films in the franchise (aside from the untouchable first two) despite wonky storytellin' i am also hype as hell for alien: covenant, the idea of a backbursting-xenomorph rather than a chestburster fills me with dread and anticipatory grins
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Young Freud posted:You got me curious and Alien did something similar, but most of the lighting comes from a lamp exterior to the helmet. I assume the Alien suits are for different conditions. It was a mining ship so the lighted ones were for on land or in the mines. The white one was in the escape pod, so only for space walking should it arise.
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Xaerael posted:Movie making secret: Helmet lighting is there so you can see the actor's face. It was a trick made up because lighting an actor on set with a full helmet on resulted in hard shadows unless the lighting was set up at weird angles that lit the set in weird ways. Yea the giant dome ones are for that too. Youre not gonna get those actors these days and cover up their faces
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alf_pogs posted:yeah i get the rationale and prometheus looks gorgeous. i actually really have a soft spot for that movie, it's far and away better than most of the other films in the franchise (aside from the untouchable first two) despite wonky storytellin' 3rd movie is a joint second in my opinion, but ONLY the director's cut, which makes a ton more sense and flows way better in it's unfucked by the studio form. The only bad 'un imo is resurrection, which is bullshit awful, and what happens when you get a a director who's normal theme is quirky-weird. Also, I swear this thread rotates to Alien franchise chat every six months.
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If the lore allegedly has glass stronger than steel there is no reason to have your helmets not have 270 degrees of view.
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Iceclaw posted:Ben wouldn't fit in the cramped corridors of the Nostromo though. Production crews bought cases of KY jelly to overcome this. After the re-shoots, they used the KY jelly as the Xenomorph saliva to empty the remaining stock.
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Lladre posted:If the lore allegedly has glass stronger than steel there is no reason to have your helmets not have 270 degrees of view. something something COSMIC RADIATION The Expanse has so far had the best depiction of what happens if you open your helmet in space i.e. nothing if youre holding your breath and its not for very long. Pretty cool depictions. Now that I think about it, they could def take some monster design cues from the crazy bendy people for the Ceres asteroid infections.
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cool new Polack jokes posted:The ELE will not be televised. I think a lot of backers- who are interested in the project but don't participate in the RSI forums or reddit- have/will quietly back out without making a stink. The 'casual' players (aka normal people) who are willing to pay $60+ for a game usually just physically give someone money in exchange for an actual product, and so 5 years is about 4.999 years too long for them to wait. It's nothing for them to have a little skin in the game and even less to take it out. I suppose I would be happy to have that sign on my wall, over where all my computers are. Yeah, no. I am a Solar Plebeian. I don't have enough money to throw it down a hole in the HOPE a game might come out. On the rare occasions I have game spending money, I plunk it down on a currently released title I can play NOW. I have bought a copy of Steam Early Access games, but only because they were done enough for me to have a good time with as is and any additional development would be icing on the cake.
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My favourite part will be when the Turing's Stop (dumb rear end fuckin name) sign ends up in a construction dumpster.
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D_Smart posted:That's not a "cut scene" you retarded dimwit. Derek, please don't insult MoMA, as I posted on my July blog, I was given a probation warning for doing so.
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Colostomy Bag posted:Production crews bought cases of KY jelly to overcome this. KY Jelly is used in like every monster movie! The Thing and Slither are two others that come to mind. http://www.ranker.com/list/things-used-as-nasty-substances-in-movies/nathan-gibson http://www.outpost31.com/movie/specialfx.html Somewhere I once read about studios just buying those giant 2000 gallon drums of KY jelly for their monster movies and just going through them like crazy. That one Syfy show about the special effects/monster makeup stuff was a constant source of surprise with what you could do with stuff like that.
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Lladre posted:If the lore allegedly has glass stronger than steel there is no reason to have your helmets not have 270 degrees of view. Yeah... but but BUT you probably also now have steel that is stronger than glass stronger than steel. 
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Lladre posted:If the lore allegedly has glass stronger than steel there is no reason to have your helmets not have 270 degrees of view. Its really not a far fetched idea to be using diamond in place of glass at the point. Were already making manmade sapphire for watch faces, glasses, and soon to be phone screens. Another 50 years we will most likely see diamond being used for the same stuff.
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Ramadu posted:something something COSMIC RADIATION If you are holding your breath the alveoli in your lungs will pop. You need to exhale completely. But the expanse is awesome and book 6 is great, mandatory nerd reading. Eldragon fucked around with this message at 00:15 on Jan 9, 2017 |
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Xaerael posted:3rd movie is a joint second in my opinion, but ONLY the director's cut, which makes a ton more sense and flows way better in it's unfucked by the studio form. The only bad 'un imo is resurrection, which is bullshit awful, and what happens when you get a a director who's normal theme is quirky-weird. i almost agree; kind of wish the prison planet had been made of wood and populated entirely by monks but what we ended up with is pretty gothic and great. stylistically and thematically i think it's a much better fit than cameron's aliens
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Eldragon posted:If you are holding your breath the arioli in your lungs will pop. You need to exhale completely. yeah it is, babylon's ashes was way better than the frontier planet thing though I didn't mind that at all really. Was very sad to see alien space detective AI leave
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grimcreaper posted:Its really not a far fetched idea to be using diamond in place of glass at the point. Were already making manmade sapphire for watch faces, glasses, and soon to be phone screens. Another 50 years we will most likely see diamond being used for the same stuff. The problem with that is that diamond IS hard, but it is quite brittle, and we have no clue about how it operates at cryogenic temperatures. It would rather suck if you hit your head on an airlock door frame and had it crack or shatter.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO_FlNxMYzw&t=812s Beta soooon - so pumped
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starkebn posted:us people who have never bought into this are the real winners  
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Samizdata posted:Also called Ben an outright scammer on Twitter, as per WC:A. If no response tomorrow, I am going to address Alexis, by suggesting as a spouse it is her job to help her husband not be a scammer. Just stop.
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Xaerael posted:I can't quite put my finger on it, but something seems off in this image guys... This looks like Game Development straight out of the CIG design document for Star Citizen and Squadron 42 and Star Marine. All three top AAA games that will redefine each genre they are targeting because no company has ever been brave or smart enough to "just do it".
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Samizdata posted:Also called Ben an outright scammer on Twitter, as per WC:A. If no response tomorrow, I am going to address Alexis, by suggesting as a spouse it is her job to help her husband not engage in criminal activity. You're being a loving weirdo and you need to take a breath. You are the fucker in this scenario.
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Xaerael posted:3rd movie is a joint second in my opinion, but ONLY the director's cut, which makes a ton more sense and flows way better in it's unfucked by the studio form. The only bad 'un imo is resurrection, which is bullshit awful, and what happens when you get a a director who's normal theme is quirky-weird. screenplay by josh whedon iirc
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Samizdata posted:Also called Ben an outright scammer on Twitter, as per WC:A. If no response tomorrow, I am going to address Alexis, by suggesting as a spouse it is her job to help her husband not engage in criminal activity. Good luck with that, they both work for CIG They've been living live by helping to scam people for the past 4 years
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Samizdata posted:Also called Ben an outright scammer on Twitter, as per WC:A. If no response tomorrow, I am going to address Alexis, by suggesting as a spouse it is her job to help her husband not engage in criminal activity. probably a line you don't need to cross, fellow goon
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Tarquinn posted:Just stop.
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Tarquinn posted:Just stop. Yeah, no. No one made him cadge thousands of dollars from fools for something he quite apparently has no intention to do. Besides, he's a Citizen. He'll probably ignore me just like the Citizenry ignore reality. EDIT: You know, if you don't want people criticizing you, then don't get on a public forum soliciting money for a project, then go back on that public forum AFTER getting the money, talking about neat new stuff you own and ways you waste time while NOT showing any activity on the project you got the money for. He did this, not me. Samizdata fucked around with this message at 00:03 on Jan 9, 2017 |
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Tarquinn posted:Just stop. Seriously. Star Citizen and related scams need to develop on their own. They need to ferment in their own special way, and constant Goon poking at the bubbling mass of scam adds off flavors to the comedic development. We need to let all the Wing Commander nerds figure out that Ben's scamming them (again) and is in over his head with this project (again) on their own, because it will be so much funnier that way.
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Samizdata posted:Yeah, no. No one made him cadge thousands of dollars from fools for something he quite apparently has no intention to do. Besides, he's a Citizen. He'll probably ignore me just like the Citizenry ignore reality. yeah that's cool and all but going after his wife for not doing her wifely duty or something seems a little much
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mike12345 posted:screenplay by josh whedon iirc On res? yeah, it was very very early in his career. It was his first "serious" film, everything else had been TV, kids or comedic. FWIW, res was also studiofucked to hell, but on every level, and the original script was far more interesting and involved going back to LV426 with a totally new cast. Reason for going back was going to be that the explosion in 2 wouldn't have reached the alien ship. Instead, the studio excecs decided that clones were the flavor of the time, and shitcanned the original idea pitch in favour of their peabrain idea because "Alien movies without Ripley wouldn't sell". (20th Century Fox is a shitbad film company)
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Xaerael posted:On res? yeah, it was very very early in his career. It was his first "serious" film, everything else had been TV, kids or comedic. FWIW, res was also studiofucked to hell, but on every level, and the original script was far more interesting and involved going back to LV426 with a totally new cast. Reason for going back was going to be that the explosion in 2 wouldn't have reached the alien ship. feelings on Aliens: Colonial Marines being canon?
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Viscous Soda posted:Seriously. Star Citizen and related scams need to develop on their own. They need to ferment in their own special way, and constant Goon poking at the bubbling mass of scam adds off flavors to the comedic development. But then Unca Derek won't give me my Junior Warlord badge and secret decoder ring! How am I supposed to know to drink my Ovaltine then? Huh?
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Samizdata posted:Yeah, no. No one made him cadge thousands of dollars from fools for something he quite apparently has no intention to do. Besides, he's a Citizen. He'll probably ignore me just like the Citizenry ignore reality. You are 100% correct and i support you.
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