He had Bryan Singer on the phone to discuss SUPERMAN RETURNS. People were calling him out for giving Singer time on his show. He would defend Singer like this:
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Ew.He had Bryan Singer on the phone to discuss SUPERMAN RETURNS. People were calling him out for giving Singer time on his show. He would defend Singer like this:
Yeah, you've convinced me to think even less of him.
No small achievement.
Gack.
Jim Henson has been dead since 1990. It's his company that is providing the puppets and, presumably, providing the puppeteers. And, yes, they will have been paid for their services and will undoubtedly be credited in whatever manner the appropriate guilds and unions see fit, just like any other contractor.Is this the future of Star Trek?
Who would be ‘pulling the puppets strings’ so to speak? Surely it would be easier to render actors in CGI, perhaps using new AI tech?
Regardless, Jim Henson should *definitely* get credit even if he does not want to be paid for his involvement in this story arc, otherwise they should do an animated episode, in which case they should hire Disney Pixar artists.
This scene, for example, could be recreated like this:
It's not stealing if it's done well. Either way, I'm assuming Pike-puppet is life size and that's the new chair...
Don't be so dramatic.
With two and a half to go.
Well, that’s fucking disgusting.He had Bryan Singer on the phone to discuss SUPERMAN RETURNS. People were calling him out for giving Singer time on his show. He would defend Singer like this:
I didn’t think he could find a way to dig even lower, but he did. I bet he defends Kevin Spacey, too.
Jesus fucking Christ…
Is it a giant green hand?
He's dead, Jim. Well Jim's dead, but the Jim Henson's Creature Shop is doing the puppetry work. I'm sure there will be some post production work, to erase puppet strings and prob light CGI to replace puppets doing stunt work, but the primary performance will be practicalIs this the future of Star Trek?
Who would be ‘pulling the puppets strings’ so to speak? Surely it would be easier to render actors in CGI, perhaps using new AI tech?
Regardless, Jim Henson should *definitely* get credit even if he does not want to be paid for his involvement in this story arc, otherwise they should do an animated episode, in which case they should hire Disney Pixar artists.
Puppets are fun, I just hope it's accompanied by a good script and doesn't rely on the novelty value alone.
Having said that, the musical episode is probably one of the most enjoyable hours of Star Trek ever produced, so they can do it if they put their minds to it.
Having said that, the musical episode is probably one of the most enjoyable hours of Star Trek ever produced, so they can do it if they put their minds to it.
It's because he acted like a muppet that the Feds are doomed to a war with the Romulans and Spock is toast.
Some fans would rather Trek burn, if it does not look like TOS (or TNG)
That's prejudiced against muppets, some of them are pretty vicious, they're not all like Kermit. If Oscar the Grouch had been in command of the Enterprise, those Romulans would've fled screaming for their raptor god to save them
Even more offtopic, about to read the Coda series soon. I am not looking forward to it, but I understand why the novelverse had to do, what it had to do...Thanks! FYI, I have a new TOS book coming out in December. Just returned the copyedited manuscript to S&S a week or so ago. Waiting on the final page proofs now.
And, for better or for worse, I can confirm there are no puppets in it.
Trek was copying someone else's homework once Forbidden Planet was on TV
By the time you finish the third book, you'll be in a depressed funk for about a week.Even more offtopic, about to read the Coda series soon. I am not looking forward to it, but I understand why the novelverse had to do, what it had to do...
And "Balance of Terror" was basically an old submarine movie, The Enemy Below, in sci-fi drag. And "Wolf in the Fold" was Robert Bloch shamelessly recycling his classic short story "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" (previously adapted on Boris Karloff's Thriller just a few years before) one more time. And "Requiem for Methuselah" is yet another variation on Shakespeare's "The Tempest" (like Forbidden Planet). Et cetera.
Star Trek has always worn its influences on its sleeve.
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Sleeve? Sometime it's the entire suit!!!!
