Roger
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That's a shame, but he had a pretty good run I'd say.
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Happy Easter, Hashers!
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1 hour ago, robcat2075 said:
I thought it was a proper name, but no...
but the Totoro in the movie doesn't look much like a troll.Maybe Japanese trolls are different than other kinds?
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You know, I always wondered: what exactly is a Totoro?
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That looks interesting, shame it's unlikely to be in my area.
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It's always nice to see someone complete a long-term project.
I liked the story. I guess that's why they call them hooters, huh?
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Is this like the Vanta Black that is so black that anything painted with it looks like a hole in the universe? Only pink? Maybe they could market it as "None More Pink" and get these guys to use it for their retirement tour:
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You might be able to use AM to make a 3D model that could be used in the etching process, but it sounds like you'd either need a CNC machine or maybe one of those laser engravers to carry out the etching process, I think it would be way too difficult to try and do something like that by hand.
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Very nice work, Michael. How long did it take you to model him? Is he rigged as well?
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3 hours ago, robcat2075 said:
He is rare among high-profile directors to have never had a box-office flop. Spielberg, Scorcese, Tarrantino have all had expensive disappointments but not Cameron. Even "Piranha II" seems to have done well enough to encourage a "Piranha 3D".
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000116/
I bet he never has to buy lunch, for all the studio VIPs and agents inviting him out, eager to do some project with him.
Eh, I don't know if it was a flop exactly, but I think The Abyss was widely panned by critics at the time and just barely eked out a profit.
But the majority of his movies have been profitable, if not outright blockbusters.
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I guess anyone that can convince someone to give them a few hundred million to make a movie about 8 foot tall blue rabbit people has to know what's up.
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13 hours ago, robcat2075 said:
This undersea villain in "Stingray" looks just like...
I mean....have you ever seen James Cameron and this puppet in the same place? You never know...
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56 minutes ago, robcat2075 said:
IMDb has this bit... "Made as a final thesis film at the acclaimed Savannah College of Art & Design".
I have no idea how that works. I presumed thesis projects were primarily one person's work.Interesting, that's what I would have thought.
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6 hours ago, robcat2075 said:
Maybe it's one of those things where one student gets anointed as the winner and everyone else is assigned to work on it.
Maybe? I would be interested to know how long this took them, this seems like a rather involved project. I also saw some credits for CG work, but I'm not sure what they were referring to since I don't recall anything that struck me as being particularly "CG" looking.
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I suspect this is a school project, there was a professor in the "special thanks to" area. Quite a lot of people working on it for a school project, though.
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1 hour ago, Jason Simonds said:
@RogerI'm starting to think something is not working, but it's not giving an error. I'm going to look deeper into this over the next few days, but with no errors it's going to be a long road..
Sounds good, no rush. I just wanted to alert you to a potential problem, that could affect new users in addition to existing ones.
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A different take on the "rescue the princess" trope:
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12 minutes ago, robcat2075 said:
The Beatles were just four kids, not CEOs or generals or senators... the sort of people adults thought should be getting attention. The adult standards for what mattered seemed to be getting turned upside down and they couldn't figure it out.
Adults today have grown up with the media treating entertainment figures as if they were significant, but adults back then had not encountered that yet and they were exasperated by it.
Good point, I guess I'm so used to the media reporting on celebrity antics that it seems old hat. I suppose that level of media blitz for any entertainer must have been very unusual for the time.
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I wonder what they would have thought about Ozzy Osbourne, Public Enemy or Kiss? Or Katy Perry or Miley Cyrus, for some slightly more current entertainers. I'm not sure there are any more super groups or rock bands as we knew them, seems to be mostly solo acts with a backup band that is in the background (if there even is a band).
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I don't remember seeing these guys on a CD, must have been one of the years I passed on updating.
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4 hours ago, robcat2075 said:
Avatar probably isn't going to make it to $3 Billion by the end of February.
It only added about $16 million Domestic since last weekend and the WW total is stalled around $2.17 Billion.
Maybe it will make $2.5 Billion by the time it leaves theaters, maybe into Spring.
But It's done well. I think it will be deemed profitable, more than enough to warrant a wide release of the sequel they already have in the can.
I still haven't seen it however.
Oh there's no question that it's done well. I was surprised that it hit profitability. But yeah you're probably correct that the best it is going to do is 2.5 billion.
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LOL, I like it.
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So I've had to revalidate my account with my old email address because I couldn't get it validated with the NEW address, never received the validation email despite numerous attempts with 2 different email addresses. Likewise, I tried creating a whole new account with one of my alternate emails, thinking that might work. That did not work.
Not sure what is going on with your validation process, but I would rather not leave things as they stand.
Al Jaffee, MAD fold-in artist has died
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That's impressive. If I'm being honest, though, if I'm 99 and still working I hope it is out of love of the work and not because I have to.