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From: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: (Tin Toy) Luxo Jr. video
Message-ID: <1690@eos.UUCP>
Date: 11 Oct 88 21:06:35 GMT
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Reply-To: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Calif.
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Over the weekend I was hijacked ("Hey I just got back from vacation!..")
to the Hacker's Conference.  Ed Catmull showed up for the world
premiere showing of Tin Toy.

Without spoiling you, it's not bad!  I think there were one or two
slight changes in the beginning.  Several reviewings help.
Note pictures of Luxo on the wall and the Pixar shopping bag
(monster baby lives in Yuppie house).  [Jaws music would not have been
too bad.] [Oh, yes there were Newell teapots, too.]

When we left our hero at SIGGRAPH Atlanta, he had just run into the
"safety" of his packing box with the terror looming over head.  He
escapes (by a hair) to discover other characters (sympathizers), but
creates a new problem with his nemesis.  What should our hero do?
Does it finally get caught?  You will have to see!  It has a typical
"cute" "yuppie" ending.  I better watch what I say, too many friends
appearing by babies these days.  I think many people thought the baby sneeze
was well done.

Everybody was trying to read the final credits about who's babies
were used, and the interesting disclaimer at the end (about this
film (bag) not being a toy).  The sound is quite respectable.  Many
thought the rendering of the Sunset magazine was important.

Other good works came from Leo Schwab (who reads and posts).  He should
best tell what he did.

Another gross generalization from

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@aurora.arc.nasa.gov
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