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   "Tim McGaughy"  wrote in message   
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   > catpandaddy wrote:   
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   >> "jack"  wrote in message   
   >> news:ddd6b02c-791c-4da1-81b7-f6e1bd66b1e3@l25g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...   
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   >>> From a plotline POV she can't reveal herself yet or otherwise it will   
   >>> be a very short and disastrous cylon war for the one cylon.   
   >>>   
   >>> Does anyone remember how cylons' self-consciousness was activated in   
   >>> the old series?  The parallels here to the Terminator series are   
   >>> pretty close and I wonder which story of self-activating AI/robots   
   >>> turning into genocidal killers came first.   
   >>   
   >> Easy enough to figure out.  1977 was the year of the first "modern"   
   >> sci-fi special effects films.   
   >   
   > 2001 was made in 77?   
      
   The "Space Odessey" film ushered in what I think of as the Renaissance era   
   of sci-fi special effects.  Although the film was groundbreaking, SFX using   
   motion-control cameras and optical printers was still almost a decade away.   
   These days we're in the cruddy "post-modern" era of films that don't even   
   bother with using miniature models, instead replacing them wholesale with   
   CGI effects.  I blame "Tron" for getting that trend started.   
      
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