Non-Trek: Old Man's War

[Tiberius Jim]

I just finished my latest project for my Motion Graphics class. The assignment was to make up a TV show and then create an opening credits sequence. If we hadn't had to develop our own show idea, I sooo would have done Trek, but alas we had to be original. So, I just based mine on my new favorite book, Old Man's War by John Scalzi. After watching the finished project I find myself wishing it was a real show or a movie. I hope you guys feel the same!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QNc50Ttx10

Make sure you click "Watch in high quality" as YouTube's normal quality is, well, bad.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

That's really good man!

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Awesome. OMW is the book that brought me back into LitSF after years of reading mainstream, ContempLit.

Scalzi is the man. Currently, I am reading The Last Colony before I buy Zoe's Tale. OMW would make an excellent SF-TV series.

 

[Mistral]

Most excellently done! Have you emailed it to Scalzi? He's out there.


http://scalzi.com
posted the link on his blog-hope you don't mind.

 

[Tiberius Jim]

Wow, looks like Mr. Scalzi found it by himself! And check out the responses on the blog! Holy crap! http://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=1899

 

[doubleohfive]

Nicely done, Flux.

 

[Maestro]

I'm a big fan of that series, but if I wasn't and I saw those credits for a TV Show, I'd watch. And I'd buy the book.

Your sequence is just that good.

 

[Brutal Strudel]

Cool. I've never read Scalzi. I'll have to look into him.

 

[Mistral]

Wow, looks like Mr. Scalzi found it by himself! And check out the responses on the blog! Holy crap! http://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=1899

Ya did good, kid! Great responses, too. Have you ever seen the fan movies for Greg Bear's Eon? Those are pretty cool, too.

BTW-he's got it on his bio page under The Blatherations of Others

http://scalzi.com/whatever/?page_id=83#comment-59779

 

[Tiberius Jim]

Here's my updated version of the titles, now with corrected inaccuracies (I had the main character's middle name and birthdate wrong -- oops) and added a little touch of color that readers of the book should appreciate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v59JiLft-oU