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From: cs161agc@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU (John Schultz)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Computer Graphics & Entertainment
Message-ID: <89@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU>
Date: 27 Mar 89 08:22:00 GMT
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Reply-To: cs161agc@sdcc10.ucsd.edu.UUCP (John Schultz)
Organization: University of California, San Diego
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In article <1530@wpi.wpi.edu> dseah@wpi.wpi.edu (David I Seah) writes:
>Someone once told me that George Lucas would never do another Star Wars until
>he could have computer animate realistic-looking starships.  When I watch the
>beginning of Star Trek The Next Generation (with the whizzing planets), I
>thought that the whole thing was computer generated.  Is this true?  Are the
>vessels used in the series also computer generated?

  Everything is computer generated.  If you've seen Pixar's "The Tin
Toy", then you've seen the state of the art in computer animation.
The film "The Last Starfighter" was the first completely computer
generated "space film".  No plastics here.  That was years ago.
Today, we've got better computer animation on Fox (STTNG).  When we
can have that kind of power real-time, then we'll be having fun yet, right?
This summer (and now) it's "Star Trek V", "Ghostbusters II", "Police Academy
6", "Fletch 2", etc., so it looks like the sequels are profitable
enough; there's a good chance Lucas'll dive into another Star Wars.

  John Schultz
  Enjoying Spring Brake