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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    12/21/09

    In reply to Is Peter Jackson Secretly Preparing To Film Philip Reeve's Traction Cities Epic?
    I endorse any thing with dragons.
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    12/21/09

    @LittleDragon: This is a good policy.
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    12/21/09

    In reply to Is Peter Jackson Secretly Preparing To Film Philip Reeve's Traction Cities Epic?
    I wish I could work at a Weta or ILM or Pixar. Maybe in the next life.
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    Image of Althestane Althestane
    12/18/09

    In reply to Live In An Underground Hobbit Bunker
    structural cardboard rafters? my kinda house!
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    12/18/09

    In reply to Live In An Underground Hobbit Bunker
    I like the concept, but as a Hobbit hole it's a failure. Cold and sterile looking, with unpainted concrete walls that make it look like the inside of a parking garage. Hobbit holes are more organically shaped, and should have round windows and doors dammit. And cozy furniture, and some warm colors.

    And what's with the corrugated cardboard ceiling arches? Randomly placed/sized windows? Ugly ass fence on top? The more I look at this, the more I think the designer has no concept of aesthetics.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    12/18/09

    @J_Frank_Parnell: The fence is probably there to prevent people from falling into the patio at night, and possibly to mitigate avalanches (an issue that affects a lot of their rural landscaping).
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    Image of VisibleHand VisibleHand
    12/18/09

    In reply to Live In An Underground Hobbit Bunker
    That fence above the house looks very much like an afterthought. It gives the impression that they built the place and only then realized how easily their design could kill someone.
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    Image of lorq lorq
    12/18/09

    In reply to Live In An Underground Hobbit Bunker
    Seems kind of ill-conceived to me. "Bunker" is right. Kind of "The Shire as conceived by Albert Speer."
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    12/18/09

    @lorq: I was thinking Bauhaus but I think you summed it up precisely.
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    12/18/09

    In reply to Live In An Underground Hobbit Bunker
    This is not a hobbit dwelling, just some more modern architecture.
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    12/17/09

    In reply to Live In An Underground Hobbit Bunker
    meh. it's about as homey feeling as the house in Beetleguse...
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    12/17/09

    In reply to Live In An Underground Hobbit Bunker
    It has more of a Tattooine feel than Hobbiton.
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    Image of BangarangRufio867 BangarangRufio867
    12/17/09

    In reply to Live In An Underground Hobbit Bunker
    I don't remember the crazy hot tub parties Frodo and Sam-wise had at the Shire, but I assume that all happened after they dropped the ring in the lava.

    Hobbit women are known for lettin' loose in the tub...trust me.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    12/17/09

    In reply to Live In An Underground Hobbit Bunker
    Swiss Family Baggins?
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    12/12/09

    In reply to Does CGI Ruin Movies?
    In a word, yes and no. The problem I have is that sometimes the best stuff in movies of the earlier era were due to the fact that the directors didn't have unlimited resources. When I was a kid, I remember thinking "how did the stormtroopers get onto the rebel ship? Did they have to go through space?" A few sound effects and tense looks from the actors conveyed more than CGI ever could.
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    Image of Starwatcher Starwatcher
    12/11/09

    In reply to Does CGI Ruin Movies?
    My main complaint about CGI is that hyperrealism = less realism. That may sound paradoxical, but reality is messy and has gravitas, and CGI just doesn't quite look right. It's too visually crisp for reality. That may be an imperfection in the tech; maybe it just hasn't quite nailed reality yet, but I think it's more than that and unfortunately I can't quite put my finger on what it is.
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    12/10/09

    In reply to Does CGI Ruin Movies?
    CGI is responsible for all those horrible SyFy channel big reptile of the week movies. 'Nuff said.
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    Image of collex collex
    12/09/09

    In reply to Does CGI Ruin Movies?
    CGI do not automatically ruin a movie. But it can't if the effects take precedence over the story. But this is true of every kind of special effetcs. You mentionned a lot of case when CGI ruined the movie. Here are some example where it helped it:

    Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow
    Sin City
    300
    T2
    The Matrix
    Peter Jackson King Kong (the dinosaur are crap, the gorilla is amazing)

    I do, however, prefer muppets and stuntwork, like anybody. That's why I think Joe Johnston is a good choice for Cap America.
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