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LOTR Special Effects at OSCON

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-see dept.

gnat writes "The IT Director for Weta Digital, Peter Jackson's company doing the digital effects for the Lord of the Rings movies, is keynoting at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention. They use a ton of Linux and Perl." FWIW I believe Hemos and I are speaking too, but I'm much more interested in seeing this LotR thing.

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  1. Linux and PERL? by ObviousGuy · · Score: 0, Troll

    That must be why the plot moved so fucking slowly. For chrissakes, it's like the ending was purposefully left undone so that they can set the audience up for a sequel.

    Worse than Star Wars Episode 1, LOTR was. Well, maybe not. There was no Jar Jar Binks, so we have to give it points for not stooping that low.

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    1. Re:Linux and PERL? by Edgewize · · Score: 0, Troll

      The marketing didn't make it clear, and calling it a trilogy doesn't help, but LotR is not a movie. It's Part 1 of a three-part movie. You might say 'Well why is it so farking long, and why did I pay full price?' Well, basically you got the shaft because they played it up like it was a standalone movie. Blame the marketing department.

  2. Interesting but who realy cares? by way_out_on_the_dark_ · · Score: 0, Troll

    I am happy that LOTR is a great movie and I love the books but I must say. Who gives a damn if this guy is talking at anything? So he used linux and perl, whoopdy-do, I use it every day for heavy duty imaging work. It's nothing new and nothing different, damn, just have Richard Stallman talk, he loves to hear himself think.