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From: Isdale.es@XEROX.ARPA
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Subject: The Last Starfighter
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Date: Thu, 19-Apr-84 12:52:49 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 19 12:52:49 1984
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From:  Isdale.es@XEROX.ARPA (who enclosed it with a local dl change

A tidbit for the Movie goers:

The new computer generated efx movie "The Last Starfighter" has finally
finished filming and might even make it to the theaters on time. The
film will contain about 27 minutes of "Digital Scene Simulations" which
is a fancy word (and service mark) for animation done by Digital
Productions on their CRAY XMP. From one who used to work there: the
images are FANTASTIC!! So what if the plot and acting arent the
STARWARS/STARTrek quality. What you will see is something that has never
been done before. All the space scenes and some of the background mattes
were done by computer. There are NO models in this flick at all! The
battle scene at the end outdoes anything StarWars (ie ILM/LucasFilm) has
yet attempted! There are about 60 ships flying around. All computer
generated. All done in ONE PASS (ie no mattes to stick together like the
modelers do). The trailers are in the theaters now and include a short
cut of the "Star Car" as it takes off from a highway. 
	Check it out!
	
	As for why I "used to" work there: 60-80hour weeks w/o overtime,
weekends w/o overtime, no chance of raises or advancement and a
"management" that doesnt know know the meaning of the word (or even
care). It was exciting but not a very nice place to work.