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December 24th, 2010, 09:17 PM
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Formerly "Warrior" The Last Starfighter Owner
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Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Who has seen this? Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga'Hoole has some absolutely gorgeous CGI animation in it. Damn that was some sweet work!
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"Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make." - from Shrek
" If not for TOS, then there would be no Trek movies, TNG, DS9, Voyager or 'Enterprise'. "
"Legends never die... They just get new Captains."
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December 25th, 2010, 03:25 AM
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Re: Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga'Hoole
no never even heard of it.. but I going to have a look see
edit: yeah looks great ... stunning stuff
here is a youtube link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_lMihSKkgA
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December 25th, 2010, 08:15 AM
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Re: Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga'Hoole
It is amazing how far CGI has come.
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December 25th, 2010, 09:10 AM
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Re: Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga'Hoole
yeah ,, what was the first true cgi film .. anyone know ??
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December 25th, 2010, 09:14 AM
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Formerly "Warrior" The Last Starfighter Owner
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Re: Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Tron and Last Starfighter. Tron got more publicity, but Starfighter had the bigger impact.
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"Don't worry, miss. I've got you." "You got me? Who's got you???" - from Superman- The Movie
"Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make." - from Shrek
" If not for TOS, then there would be no Trek movies, TNG, DS9, Voyager or 'Enterprise'. "
"Legends never die... They just get new Captains."
"The art of scape goating interests me." - Dauntless
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December 25th, 2010, 09:20 AM
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Re: Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga'Hoole
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Originally Posted by Warrior
Tron and Last Starfighter. Tron got more publicity, but Starfighter had the bigger impact.
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ahh .. I liked Last Starfighter more... I think I will even watch it today ![Smilie](https://www.3dgladiators.net/forums/newsmilies/smile.gif)
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December 25th, 2010, 09:25 AM
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Shuttle Pilot
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Re: Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga'Hoole
I liked TLSF The story was much better. But I was amazed when Tron first came out. But I was also an Arcade Junky and loved Video games ![Wink](https://www.3dgladiators.net/forums/newsmilies/wink.gif) still do
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December 25th, 2010, 09:35 AM
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Re: Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga'Hoole
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Originally Posted by Mapper
I liked TLSF The story was much better. But I was amazed when Tron first came out. But I was also an Arcade Junky and loved Video games ![Wink](https://www.3dgladiators.net/forums/newsmilies/wink.gif) still do
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OH I still like to play arcade games ... no change there for me
back when I was growing up my father used to work in an Arcade so I had the keys to crack up as many credits as I liked ..
never got bored either ![Smilie](https://www.3dgladiators.net/forums/newsmilies/smile.gif)
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December 25th, 2010, 12:31 PM
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Formerly "Warrior" The Last Starfighter Owner
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Re: Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Kinda funny, since Starfighter was a game based premise too.
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"Don't worry, miss. I've got you." "You got me? Who's got you???" - from Superman- The Movie
"Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make." - from Shrek
" If not for TOS, then there would be no Trek movies, TNG, DS9, Voyager or 'Enterprise'. "
"Legends never die... They just get new Captains."
"The art of scape goating interests me." - Dauntless
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December 25th, 2010, 04:42 PM
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Shuttle Pilot
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Re: Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Let's not forget "The Wrath of Khan". True, the overall film wasn't CGI, just the now iconic "Genesis Simulation", but what it presented seemed a bit more sophisticated than the phong shaded objects in Tron. It presented "particle" effects (the missile striking the dead planet and the wave of "fire" sweeping across it), "texture" and "bump" mapping to present the cratered surface, and morphing "fractals" as the surface was reshaped once the wave had passed.
But wasn't a vector line simulation created as early as the 1960s? I saw a clip not terribly long ago showing a wireframe "paper airplane" soaring through an office type interior, the objects of that environment also represented as edge lines. I could be mistaken, of course, but I seem to remember the date being "1960 something".
Based on the same idea was the tactical simulation of the DeathStar "trench run". I watched another clip demonstrating how that was constructed. The modeler had a control board with dials he (or she) rotated to connect vector lines just to build the simplest of box shapes.
If I can find those clips I'll post the links.
Sincerely,
Bill
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December 25th, 2010, 05:00 PM
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Shuttle Pilot
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Re: Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Ah, here's the "building of the trench run" clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMeSw00n3Ac
Fascinating stuff!
Sincerely,
Bill
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December 25th, 2010, 05:23 PM
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Shuttle Pilot
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Re: Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Haven't found the vector "paper" airplane sequence, but here's a clip of "hyper-cubes" animated at Bell Labs in the mid 1960s (at least that what's claimed in the text).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXYXuHVTS_k
I found another Bell Labs clip depicting a "ballet" of vector "stick" figures, but they just moved horizontally and vertically upon the screen with a trapazoid representing a "persceptive" floorspace. I felt the linked clip illustrating rotational parameters was the more sophisticated sequence.
Sincerely,
Bill
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December 25th, 2010, 07:04 PM
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Formerly "Warrior" The Last Starfighter Owner
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Re: Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga'Hoole
If you have the last Starfighter DVD, watch the Special Features. Has a piece in there about the SW franchise NOT using the CGI at the time that would have allowed the X-Wings to loop.
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"Don't worry, miss. I've got you." "You got me? Who's got you???" - from Superman- The Movie
"Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make." - from Shrek
" If not for TOS, then there would be no Trek movies, TNG, DS9, Voyager or 'Enterprise'. "
"Legends never die... They just get new Captains."
"The art of scape goating interests me." - Dauntless
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December 25th, 2010, 07:06 PM
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Shuttle Pilot
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Re: Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga'Hoole
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Originally Posted by Warrior
Kinda funny, since Starfighter was a game based premise too.
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True it was neat how it was really a test that accidently wound up on earth
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December 26th, 2010, 02:47 AM
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Admin
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Re: Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga'Hoole
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Originally Posted by Mapper
True it was neat how it was really a test that accidently wound up on earth
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yeah every teens dream at the time (at least it was mine, I think there was even a princess in there too. or am I crossing my dreams) - ![Smilie](https://www.3dgladiators.net/forums/newsmilies/smile.gif) .)
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