"WOW," is all I can say... (15 comments)

"WOW," is all I can say...

Monday, May 24, 2010 - 04:48 PM

Guys, you have to check this out. Visual FX student Dan Taubert has created this incredible short based on "Drive". (Here's a reduced-size embedded player...but watch it full screen if you can, by clicking the four outward-facing arrows on the lower right.)

Dan, this is incredible! ...Incredible, incredible! Thank you so much for this. I even love how the Continuum ships are at the Denny's, as well. Ain't nobody can resist a little "Moons Over My-Hammy".

(And for those interested, here's Dan's write-up of the process along the way.)

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Re: "WOW," is all I can say... (Score: 1)
posted Monday, May 24, 2010 - 06:57 PM (#56047)

Amazing stuff, makes me wish for a 3D Drive movie!


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Re: "WOW," is all I can say... (Score: 1)
posted Monday, May 24, 2010 - 07:31 PM (#56048)

I vote that this gets put on Cartoon Network.


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Re: "WOW," is all I can say... (Score: 1)
posted Monday, May 24, 2010 - 10:20 PM (#56050)

You got that right. Beats the Star Wars animation storyline all to heck and back.

Beautiful work. The only bad part is this makes me want to see much, much MORE!


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Re: "WOW," is all I can say... (Score: 1)
posted Monday, May 24, 2010 - 11:52 PM (#56052)

I liked the use of the Stargate: Continuum soundtrack on this. Amazing work!


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Re: "WOW," is all I can say... (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 01:27 AM (#56053)

In the immortal words of Gomer Pyle, GAAAAAWLY!


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Re: "WOW," is all I can say... (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 08:00 AM (#56054)

I vote for Cartoon Network also!

SCAD students are very talented aren't they?


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Awesome! Pure Awesomeness! (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 09:44 AM (#56058)

My eyes went watery. This is a wonderful, WONDERFUL work!
Happy Geek Pride Day to all!!


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Re: "WOW," is all I can say... (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 01:57 PM (#56060)

That's seriously as well-produced as some of Pixar's earlier stuff... just incredible to think how far we've come since 1995.


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Re: "WOW," is all I can say... (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 02:16 PM (#56061)

Am I the only one who noticed the LCARS interface in the shuttle? Awesome.


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Re: "WOW," is all I can say... (Score: 1)
posted Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 11:44 PM (#56072)

One thing, and I'm probably nit-picking here:

Since they pinch space, and it's basically instantaneous, shouldn't the ship just disappear [and reappear in the new spot]? There shouldn't be a huge rush of acceleration, right?

[Plus, it'd be easier to animate that way...]


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Re: "WOW," is all I can say... (Score: 1)
posted Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 01:49 AM (#56073)

@bickri, you're forgetting the number one rule of sci-fi visual effects. "Make it look cool."


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Re: "WOW," is all I can say... (Score: 1)
posted Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 01:42 PM (#56077)
Ha! Too true, Wil!
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Re: "WOW," is all I can say... (Score: 1)
posted Friday, May 28, 2010 - 12:39 AM (#56084)

Actually, they need to accelerate away in order to pinch space. Can't be too near anything else, remember? Probably some galactic law that says you have to be a minimum of fifteen light-minutes from other ships and Denny's or something. Don't want to sour the ice cream do you?

So accelerate away, then when you hit the distance... PINCH.


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Re: "WOW," is all I can say... (Score: 1)
posted Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 07:46 AM (#56099)

Man, This is soooo AWESOME!!!! I wish we could just jump on now and go on a trip!!!! Needs to be somewhere on tv, maybe Discovery channel. I think that would be easier and faster to get it on vs Cartoon Network. But I agree with all about tv.


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posted Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 12:42 PM (#56100)

Brilliant, abracadabra! Didn't think about that one.


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