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From: msc@qubix.UUCP (Mark Callow)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: THE LAST STARFIGHTER (COMPUTER GRAPHICS WORLD July 1984)
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Date: Sun, 15-Jul-84 14:53:55 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 15 14:53:55 1984
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As I said in a recent article in net.movies, as a filmgoer my reaction
to all this digital *scene* simulation (not "digital science simulation"
-- that's what they do in NASA's Computational Chemistry Group :-) )
is big deal.  That will continue to be my reaction until they start
doing something that couldn't be done by the traditional techniques.
The generated scenes I have seen are considerably lacking in a sense of
depth just like all other 2D animation techniques.

As a computer professional I have a certain interest in the systems,
techniques etc used to produce these images and indeed in and of themselves
some of the images are very beautiful but so far they bring nothing new to
the filmmakers art.

Comments?  Flames??
-- 
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