home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   rec.arts.sf.movies      Discussing SF motion pictures      28,343 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 27,152 of 28,343   
   Dimensional Traveler to Tim Bruening   
   Re: Review: The Martian   
   11 Jun 16 21:24:33   
   
   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 6/11/2016 7:22 PM, Tim Bruening wrote:   
   > On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 2:11:34 PM UTC-7, Your Name wrote:   
   >> In article ,   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>> On Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 8:57:18 PM UTC-7, Your Name wrote:   
   >>>> In article <7b85ccf7-fa9d-491d-bc0a-21c849a4aeda@googlegroups.com>,   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> When Mark was removing pieces from the Aries 4 MAV, it looked to me like   
   >>>>> the pieces were falling as fast as they would on Earth!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That's because they made the movie on Earth.  ;-)   
   >>>   
   >>> But the producers were able to simulate zero gravity on the Hermes.   
   >>   
   >> It's easier to simulate in a small space (or even filmed in reality   
   >> using the "Vomit Comet"). It requires attaching everything to wires on   
   >> an overhead gantry system or filming underwater, which is far more   
   >> difficult and cumbersome in a wide open space than inside a studio. The   
   >> only other way is to digitally add the pieces in post-production, which   
   >> makes it difficult for actor interaction.   
   >   
   > How did they simulate the balls of water floating in the Hermes as a crew   
   member cartwheeled and ate them?   
   >   
   CGI water.   
      
   --   
   Running the rec.arts.TV Channels Watched Survey for Summer 2016   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca