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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/05/09

    In reply to American And Japanese Special Effects Masters Join Forces To Recreate The City Of Hiroshima
    "Reverse disaster porn?"

    Nah, just whiny melodrama.
    -Kle. #rolandemmerich
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    Image of Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H. Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.
    11/04/09

    In reply to American And Japanese Special Effects Masters Join Forces To Recreate The City Of Hiroshima
    I'm sure they will use the recreation as another jab at how bad America was for dropping an atomic bomb on peace-loving Japan, who didn't start the war(s) with us, China, Russia, Austrailia, et al. How could we do such a thing? And before someone begins pulling out the tired arguments of why it was unnecessary: Get over it. It was done, it ended the war, and we have lived happily with that decision for the last 60 years. #rolandemmerich
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    Image of Bhockzer Bhockzer
    11/04/09

    @Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.: Dropping the bombs were totally necessary. It was either that or invade Japan like we invaded mainland Europe but with the potential for almost a million dead US troops in the process and who knows how many dead Japanese troops and civilians. The bombs were, in effect, the lesser of two evils. #rolandemmerich
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Bhockzer was starred Bhockzer was unstarred
    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/04/09

    @Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.: Yeah, it's always easy for people who live in countries that have never had atomic bombs dropped on them to tell Japan to "Get over it."
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    Edited by Bill-Lee at 11/04/09 10:54 PM Bill-Lee was starred Bill-Lee was unstarred
    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/04/09

    @Bhockzer: Yeah and it had no repercussions whatsoever... Sir, we think Iran might have the bomb.
    No repercussions whatsoever. #rolandemmerich
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/05/09

    @Bill-Lee:
    The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were no worse than any of the other things people did to each other in WW2. They just sound more dramatic, so they're easier to whine about.
    .
    I somehow doubt that all the people we burned to death in Tokyo, or all the people Unit 731 tortured to death went to their graves thinking "gee, at least we weren't atomic bombed".
    -Kle. #rolandemmerich
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/05/09

    @Klebert L. Hall: So basically what you're saying is: Hey you! Stop all that whining about slowly dying from radiation sickness! Hey you protesters stop all that whining about the use of atomic bombs in Japan ushering in the Cold War. Hey you jerks from Bikini atoll, stop all that carrying on about nuclear fallout poisoning your home land. Hey US Presidents Bush and Obama stop all that bitching about rogue nations having nuclear capabilities.

    Yeah, you're right. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. No big deal... #rolandemmerich
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    Image of Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H. Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.
    11/05/09

    @Bill-Lee: My point is: It was a war, and civilians die in war. We firebombed the shit out of Tokyo, and killed a hell of a lot more people there than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. Want to whine about dying from radiation sickness/getting cancer? Whine to your own government, they got you into this war. Don't whine to the US, who did what the had to in order to end the war. And it did end the war. Japan was nowhere near ending the war before we unleashed the A-bomb on them. And I don't see how using Atomic bombs ushered in the cold war. #rolandemmerich
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    Bill-Lee promoted this comment Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H. was starred Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/05/09

    @Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.: This is website devoted to speculative fiction. So let's speculate. Suppose Joseph Stalin came to the Tehran Conference and told Roosevelt and Churchill that he had a new bomb that would end the war in days instead of the months required for an invasion. Suppose it was the Soviets who invented the bomb before the US and used it in 1944 to end the war with Nazi Germany instead of the US using it to end the war in Japan? Would you still feel the same way about the atomic bomb?

    My problem with the atomic bomb is not the death or destruction it wrought, the bombing of Dresden killed more people. My problem with it is the world that it ushered in. It let out a genie that can't be put back into the bottle with both positive and negative results.

    "Whine to your own government, they got you into this war."

    Uh...I didn't realize that the states of New Mexico, Missouri, Hawaii (where various family members were born), and Colorado (where I was born), Oakland, California (where I now live) were part of Japan. Shucks, I've been paying taxes to the wrong government.

    "And I don't see how using Atomic bombs ushered in the cold war."

    Then you have no grasp of history. My Filipino stepmother who just got her US citizenship probably has a firmer grasp of history. Do words like "detente", Mutually Assured Destruction, and SALT mean nothing to you? #rolandemmerich
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/06/09

    @Bill-Lee:

    Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying.

    Most of those things are water under the bridge, there's absolutely no point in bitching about them any more.

    The "rogue states" thing isn't worth worrying about, since nobody in the world is willing to do anything about it, except pontificate and wring their hands.

    Nuclear weapons have also given us an unprecedented era w/o general major power conflicts, and I'll take that trade-off any day of the week.
    -Kle. #rolandemmerich
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/04/09

    In reply to American And Japanese Special Effects Masters Join Forces To Recreate The City Of Hiroshima
    I'm guessing that the building with the green dome in the distance is the copper-domed industrial exhibition building which was at ground zero and (amazingly) partly survived the blast. The copper roof was completely vaporized, but absorbed enough of the heat to partly preserve the underlying iron framework. The structure was made of reinforced concrete which is very strong under compression, so some of the walls survived as well.

    It's the only structure to still be recognizable after the blast. It's remains are still there today. It's humbling to realize everything around it dates from an instant in August 6, 1945.

    However, I found a little bothersome the (IMO) revisionist history one encounters at the Peace Memorial today. #rolandemmerich
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/04/09


    @Chip Overclock: #rolandemmerich
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    Image of commentotron commentotron
    11/04/09

    @Chip Overclock: "However, I found a little bothersome the (IMO) revisionist history one encounters at the Peace Memorial today."

    Indeed. Japanese history books are pretty interesting. Summary: there was a war (not our fault) and we got nuked. Did we forget to tell you we got nuked? #rolandemmerich
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment commentotron was starred commentotron was unstarred
    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    11/04/09

    In reply to American And Japanese Special Effects Masters Join Forces To Recreate The City Of Hiroshima
    No porn about it. Historic reconstructions like these have been around as long as computers were capable of creating them, however many ambitious scholarly exercises were often derailed by disagreements over cosmetics - areas where there wasn't enough verifiable information such as precisely how buildings were painted or the appearance of finish elements. Archeologists, dismayed by the fact that they couldn't be 100% accurate, often overlooked the public relations power of a 90% match. TV historians, on the other hand have embraced it - now that it's inexpensive enough to do well. It has proven to be an extraordinarily effective communications tool: witness the computer simulations of aerial combat on shows such as Dogfights and Battle 360.

    I've always expected, once it became cheap enough, 3D architectural reconstruction would become folk art, much as folk paintings of early 20th century storefronts and gas stations are now. #rolandemmerich
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/04/09

    @MonkeyT: yeah...
    and this stuff is really very easy these days...
    check out some of the vids for this product - [www.procedural.com] #rolandemmerich
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    10/25/09

    In reply to Avatar Designer Explains All... Well, Some
    "so me an cameron were watching fern gully one time and then dances with wolves came on. this inspired us."

    more honest i think. #avatar
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    Image of Rtrain Rtrain
    10/25/09

    @GreyHammer: Ferngully was awesome! You know it! We all know it! How do space marines, Power armor and Sigourney Weaver make anything not awesome? #avatar
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Rtrain was starred Rtrain was unstarred
    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    10/25/09

    In reply to Avatar Designer Explains All... Well, Some
    I always knew Cameron had vision. Pandoras scope looks epic in the trailer. He' always has lots of imput into his films prior to filming. I know Giger was very impressed on the set of Aliens with the level of visionary genius that Cameron had. Kudos to that man. And (the late great) Stan Winston ALWAYS rated him highly. I only hope the film rocks as much as the trailer does.

    Bring on December. #avatar
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    10/25/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I know! I mean I understand people wanting to hate on the guy, being all awesome and shit ususally gaurantees that, but his movies are damn good! As hard as it is to admit on io9 i have to say Titanic is actually enjoyable. I get a tear in my eye everytime I see that old lady throwing away her precious jewellery. #avatar
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    CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) promoted this comment Jeremy Tapsell was starred Jeremy Tapsell was unstarred
    Image of disatess disatess
    10/25/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I think it will. I`m pretty positive about AVATAR . #avatar
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    CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) promoted this comment disatess was starred disatess was unstarred
    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    10/25/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: That old dear is (unfortunatly) the only reason why I want to punch her in the head and throw her overboard. She sits in that cabin and takes them on this wonderous journey. Bores them a bit, drinks their tea and uses their faclitys for her own gain! Then when she has them all waiting with baited breath about this gem.....she tells them she doesnt know where it is and throws it overboard!!!!

    What we fail to see 10 minutes later, is Bill Paxtons character fire a harpoon right through the silly old bints head!! Screaming WHHHHHHY!!! Do you have any idea how much this fuckin research vessel and all this equipment is costing me on a daily basis!!!

    Well...thats what I hope would happen! #avatar
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    10/25/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Oh it does, Cameron will be releasing his Titanic Redux with this extended ending shortly after Avatar makes him more money than god and he won't have to worry about offending anyone. #avatar
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    10/25/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: Titanic Redux. Awesome. Hopefully we'll see the missing scene where Dennis Hopper (high) walks up to the captain and tells him the insignificance of his life and the meaning of the great blue yonder! Oh and fingers crossed that the Titanic sinks to the haunting sound of Wagner! #avatar
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    Image of stevok stevok
    10/25/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard):
    "I know Giger was very impressed on the set of Aliens with the level of visionary genius that Cameron had"
    Do you have a reference for this statement , I was under the impression that Giger was not involved in "Aliens"
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment stevok was starred stevok was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/25/09

    @ChapmanHog: Wondering about that myself. Wikipedia (I know, I know) says Geiger was involved with Alien and Aliens 3, but not Aliens (2, Cameron's flick). #avatar
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of avoidz avoidz
    10/09/09

    In reply to Retro Shot from Battlestar Galactica, Recreated By FX Artists
    That's so short it may as well be a GIF animation.
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    10/08/09

    In reply to Retro Shot from Battlestar Galactica, Recreated By FX Artists
    They should remake Battlestar Galactica.
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    10/08/09

    @twophrasebark: And then they should make a t.v. series about it.
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    10/08/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: and then they should remake it t o a miniseries.....
    and then remake that to a new TV Series

    and then remake that to a brand new movie

    FRAK THIS !!! I have had enough of this BSG
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    10/08/09

    I could see Edwards James Olmos being a good Adama. What do you think?
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    Edited by twophrasebark at 10/08/09 6:29 PM twophrasebark was starred twophrasebark was unstarred
    Image of Snake56 Snake56
    10/08/09

    In reply to Retro Shot from Battlestar Galactica, Recreated By FX Artists
    Is it me or that little scene looks better than every CGI Enterprise scenes from TOS remastered?
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    Image of John Hazard John Hazard
    10/08/09

    @Snake56: That's not really fair- this clip is 3 seconds long! The Remastered team did a great job with a ridiculous schedule and budget. They really put their hearts into it, pulled some really great surprises (and a few disappointments), and it got better as the project progressed.
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    gorehound promoted this comment John Hazard was starred John Hazard was unstarred
    Image of gorehound gorehound
    10/08/09

    @John Hazard: i really enjoyed watching those TOS Remastered.
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    gorehound was starred gorehound was unstarred
    Image of John Hazard John Hazard
    10/08/09

    In reply to Retro Shot from Battlestar Galactica, Recreated By FX Artists
    Don't listen to these bellyachers. I wish the clip was longer, but I'm glad you posted it.

    I like the reboot Galactica, but I love the original, it's always great to see it again.
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    NerD: Blattella promoted this comment John Hazard was starred John Hazard was unstarred
    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    10/08/09

    In reply to Retro Shot from Battlestar Galactica, Recreated By FX Artists
    Oh, so it's a digitally remastered version - they should've done that for the 30th anniversary of BSG.

    Or pulled a Lucas, and added new digitally remastered scenes.
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    Image of AEchinoderm AEchinoderm
    10/08/09

    In reply to Retro Shot from Battlestar Galactica, Recreated By FX Artists
    Oooh. Someone 'reimagined' the font.
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    omgwtflolbbqbye promoted this comment AEchinoderm was starred AEchinoderm was unstarred
    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    10/08/09

    In reply to Retro Shot from Battlestar Galactica, Recreated By FX Artists
    If you watch it ten times it seems longer.
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    10/08/09

    In reply to Retro Shot from Battlestar Galactica, Recreated By FX Artists
    That sure is a LITTLE move.
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    10/08/09

    In reply to Retro Shot from Battlestar Galactica, Recreated By FX Artists
    Need a side by side with the original clip from the tv show for what this is intended to show.
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    Image of Chimaera Chimaera
    10/08/09

    @Hamslicer: 28 seconds in.
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