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Stargate...

PostPosted:Fri Feb 16, 2001 3:41 am
by Red Eye
<div style='font: 14pt Draconwick, Modern; text-align: left; '>Good movie. Some was predictable and some wasn't at all. The graphics were good (for the time) and the plot was unique (for the time). Some was corney, but it was mostly good acting and solid directing. If you are into Sci-Fi action rent it. If not, don't.</div>

PostPosted:Fri Feb 16, 2001 8:21 am
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>That guy who acted as the Alien/god.....if you want to know what Ishamael looks like, he's a dead ringer.</div>

PostPosted:Fri Feb 16, 2001 9:55 am
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma, Modern; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I loved it when it first came out. Now I can't help but notice how cheesy it is. The best part of the movies is the beginning, up until they go through the Stargate. Even now that's still damned cool.</div>

PostPosted:Fri Feb 16, 2001 12:53 pm
by Ishamael
<div style='font: 12pt Modern; text-align: left; '>I thought it was pretty decent...it ain't the next Star Wars or anything, but it was decent. You're right, it's probably more for genre fans (though I think anyone can enjoy this one)...</div>

PostPosted:Fri Feb 16, 2001 12:53 pm
by Ishamael
<div style='font: 12pt Modern; text-align: left; '>heheh...You're a dead ringer for Chris Tucker's character in 5th Element...</div>

PostPosted:Fri Feb 16, 2001 2:46 pm
by Gentz
<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Red Eye, for fuck's sake, movies don't have graphics!</div>

PostPosted:Fri Feb 16, 2001 3:30 pm
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>Toy Story did. *ducks* I just got slapped in the head by upek for being a smart ass. I'm ready for any head slapping now!</div>

Then how do they make the special effects?

PostPosted:Fri Feb 16, 2001 3:36 pm
by Red Eye
<div style='font: 14pt Draconwick, Modern; text-align: left; '>With a computer! If it's computer generated it is graphics.</div>

PostPosted:Fri Feb 16, 2001 3:42 pm
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>We kalls dem things, Special Effects or f/x for short.</div>

PostPosted:Fri Feb 16, 2001 4:46 pm
by Red Eye
<div style='font: 14pt Draconwick, Modern; text-align: left; '>graphics is easier and shorter to type for me... :p</div>

PostPosted:Sat Feb 17, 2001 12:25 am
by Torgo
<div style='font: 9pt Arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>*shudder*...</div>

PostPosted:Sat Feb 17, 2001 1:01 am
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>Shaddap! I think I look sexy in an orange suit with platinum hair!</div>

PostPosted:Sat Feb 17, 2001 2:19 am
by Gentz
<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>That wasn't graphics, it was animation</div>

PostPosted:Sat Feb 17, 2001 2:20 am
by Lee S.
<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: justify; '>Yeah, I hear Stargate was running at a smooth 80 fps, without a hint of slowdown during the whole film. Very powerful stuff.</div>

PostPosted:Sat Feb 17, 2001 2:20 am
by Gentz
<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>No, if it's a video game it's graphics, if it's anything else it...isn't graphics</div>

PostPosted:Sat Feb 17, 2001 4:03 am
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>COMPUTER animation! There's a difference.</div>

PostPosted:Sat Feb 17, 2001 5:22 am
by Red Eye
<div style='font: 14pt Draconwick, Modern; text-align: left; '>So computer generated images aren't graphics?</div>

PostPosted:Sat Feb 17, 2001 2:54 pm
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", Modern; text-align: left; '>No, they are CGIs.</div>

PostPosted:Sat Feb 17, 2001 2:54 pm
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", Modern; text-align: left; '>What...you can't type SFX?</div>

PostPosted:Sat Feb 17, 2001 2:56 pm
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", Modern; text-align: left; '>Yeah, during the Stargate water scenes, I thought it would have slowed down, but they must have powerful machines behind those projectors.</div>

PostPosted:Sat Feb 17, 2001 7:44 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma, Modern; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Graphics is a term specificaly used for videogames/PC games. (It's also used in the publishing world, but it has a slightly different meaning.)</div>

PostPosted:Sat Feb 17, 2001 8:16 pm
by Gentz
<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>There's a difference in that one is digital where the other is analogue...neither one is referred to as graphics though, unless it's a video game</div>

PostPosted:Sat Feb 17, 2001 8:17 pm
by Gentz
<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Seriously! No pop-up either! And they couldn't of had more than a 32-bit processor back then!</div>

Definition from dictionary.com

PostPosted:Sat Feb 17, 2001 11:59 pm
by Oracle
<div style='font: bold 12pt "Comic Sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>1. A work of graphic art.
2. A pictorial device used for illustration, as in a lecture.
3. A graphic display generated by a computer or an imaging device.

HUH!?! Take note at number 3, now shut up and leave Red Eye alone.</div>

PostPosted:Sun Feb 18, 2001 2:55 pm
by New and Improved Zeus
<div style='font: 10pt "Arial bold", Modern; text-align: left; '>I believe the proper term is "special effects". "Graphics" tend to refer to interactive entertainment nowadays</div>

PostPosted:Sun Feb 18, 2001 9:01 pm
by Gentz
<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Definitions are fine and good...but I want you to find one (just one!) example of someone referring to the visual effects in a motion picture as "graphics"</div>