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From: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: The Computer Animation Show
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Date: 23 Feb 88 05:13:29 GMT
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In article <583@oscvax.UUCP> jan@oscvax.UUCP (Jan Sven Trabandt) writes:

> However, no one has mentioned the three (3) Pixar creations:
> 	- Red's Dream
> 	- TinCan and OilSlick (sp?)
> 	- Junior

As the person who posted the first criticism, I feel obliged to reply
to this.  Thanks much to Jan for reminding me of them.

Tin Can and Oil Slick - this is the Disney entry I mentioned (though I
think Jan is right that the graphics were actually done by Pixar.)  Very
professional cinematically, but I found the storyline awfully Disneyish
(read icky-sweet).  Reminded me in some sections of the "Night on Bald
Mountain" section of "Fantasia."

Red's Dream - as a cyclist, this is near and dear to my heart.  It could
have been done with hand animation, though the visual realism would have
been less.  An excellent story, well "photographed" (in the sense of
"camera" angles, lighting, etc.) and well told.

Luxo Junior - truly *wonderful* from a creative standpoint.  I think
the "camera" angle was static, but the originality of the story made
up for it.  Probably the simplest graphics of the three.  Also the one
that would be the hardest to hand-animate, especially the waveforms that
showed up in Junior's cord as he hopped about.

> Don't try to tell me these 3 Pixar segments had no artistic merit apart
> from the actual animation, especially "Junior"!!

I wouldn't dream of it.  I saw the show a while ago, and had forgotten the
names and even the character of some of the better parts, including these
three.  (Though I do think I mentioned Pixar in my original posting).

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	Geoff Kuenning   geoff@ITcorp.com   {uunet,trwrb}!desint!geoff