New castle matte for "Requiem for Methuselah"
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Nice, if you're going to build yourself a pad to stay in for all eternity, why not make it something plush.
Interesting! It keeps the 'spirit" of the original Albert Whitlock painting (Wasn't it Whitlock who painted the original?) with a similar color scheme. I especially like what appears to be a domed observatory. Fits with Flynt's claims of being daVinci and other noted scholars.
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Bill
Sincerely,
Bill
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A little CGI/video gamey like it came out of a Prince of Persia game. But a lot better than the shameless and lazy rehash of the "Cage" matte.
A little CGI/video gamey like it came out of a Prince of Persia game. But a lot better than the shameless and lazy rehash of the "Cage" matte.
It's fantastic. It pays homage to the original in many of its architectural, landscape, and color elements, but is entirely new. The style is a fascinating mix of architectures, very imaginative. Note that the biggest dome, in the middle left there, is a sort of glass conservatory dome surrounding the tower.
The one problem is that it makes the rest of the episode look cheaper by contrast.
Credit where it's due: according to TrekMovie.com, the digital matte painting was executed by Max Gabl from a design by Neil Wray.
The one problem is that it makes the rest of the episode look cheaper by contrast.
Credit where it's due: according to TrekMovie.com, the digital matte painting was executed by Max Gabl from a design by Neil Wray.
It does look like a building from Theed City(the capital)on Naboo in the STAR WARS films.
Yes, it is quite beautiful, an equal if not greater effort to the new Eden landscape from last week's RM episode. However, not to add a fly to the ointment, & I'm sure you all will correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like a twilight setting, & if so, the moons show lighting in the wrong direction. All the shadows on the buildings coordinate correctly with the moons, but the horizon lighting looks like the sun is setting behind the mountains to the right. Yeah, nitpicky, but I just wanna provoke a little controversey.
Other little hovering robots.
Yes, it is quite beautiful, an equal if not greater effort to the new Eden landscape from last week's RM episode. However, not to add a fly to the ointment, & I'm sure you all will correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like a twilight setting, & if so, the moons show lighting in the wrong direction. All the shadows on the buildings coordinate correctly with the moons, but the horizon lighting looks like the sun is setting behind the mountains to the right. Yeah, nitpicky, but I just wanna provoke a little controversey.
So who says there's only one sun?
Yes, it is quite beautiful, an equal if not greater effort to the new Eden landscape from last week's RM episode. However, not to add a fly to the ointment, & I'm sure you all will correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like a twilight setting, & if so, the moons show lighting in the wrong direction. All the shadows on the buildings coordinate correctly with the moons, but the horizon lighting looks like the sun is setting behind the mountains to the right. Yeah, nitpicky, but I just wanna provoke a little controversey.
So who says there's only one sun?
Of course! BRILLIANT!!! I stand corrected, Christopher!!
Wow. That doesn't look faker than the original at all.
Wow. That doesn't look faker than the original at all.
You clearly don't understand matte paintings, or art in general. Look at still reproductions of the great matte paintings of the past, such as, say, the warehouse at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and they look more impressionistic than photorealistic, because that fit the grain and resolution of the film better. Matte paintings aren't designed to look good in still reproductions, they're designed to fit into the larger whole of a motion picture.
Besides, since when did art have to look absolutely realistic to be beautiful? That is a gorgeous, imaginative piece of art, and if all you can do is gripe that it doesn't look like a photograph, then you have no soul.
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