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From: rpaul@dasys1.UUCP (Rod Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Computer Graphics & Entertainment
Message-ID: <9161@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 30 Mar 89 23:44:50 GMT
References: <1530@wpi.wpi.edu>
Reply-To: rpaul@dasys1.UUCP (Rod Paul)
Organization: Datamerica Systems, NYC
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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?
>

When I worked for the Omnibus/Robert Abel/Digital Productions monster, just
before the whole mess collapsed, a friend of mine, Michael Limber, worked on
a pretty good test animation of the new starship Enterprise. The thing looked
real good and crunched pretty fast on the 'ol cray. Unfortunatly the producers
of the show weren't that keen (this may be due to the fact the Robert Abel had
screwed up on the first Star Trek Movie, in fact his name isn't much liked
around the studios). Anyway the outcome was that the show would use models.
Too bad..


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