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   Message 27,159 of 28,343   
   Joe Pfeiffer to Your Name   
   Re: Review: The Martian   
   12 Jun 16 17:12:18   
   
   From: pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu   
      
   Your Name  writes:   
      
   > In article , Dimensional Traveler   
   >  wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Yep, or booking time on a "Vomit Comet" plane ride.   
      
   I was surprised -- I checked, and the moviemakers claim there was no   
   Vomit Comet time.   
      
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