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WETA Digital Operations Mgr. Talks Special Effects

Posted by timothy on from the and-a-one-and-a-two-and-a dept.

Xoanon (from TheOneRing.net) writes "I was recently privileged enough to view a lecture by Milton Ngan. As far as IT stuff goes, Milton has a pretty good job. You see, he is the Digital Operations Manager at Weta Digital. He is basically the architect for all the technical side of things at Weta. Last night he came and gave a 1 hour lecture at Victoria University outlining the hurdles and obstacles that needed to be overcome to produce the stunning 3D graphics lying in each of the Lord of the Rings movies. The lecture itself was full of lots of facts about Weta, the IT side of things and it also included some very cool behind the scenes shots of The Two Towers. The following is a detailed report from the event, where Ngan gave us an amazing behind-the-scenes look at WETAs infrastructure, their mainframes and various workstations. There is also a TON of info in regards to the special effects process, and news about MASSIVE. Take a look."

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  1. Why don't you apply some by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    special lip effects to my COCK!

  2. WETA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    Women for the Ethical Treatment of Assholes.

    Not "assholes" like you and you personality. I mean WETAs like you mom, as she tenderly licks my anus while I masturbate.

  3. Massive? by Renraku · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why would I want to listen to another man talk about my penis?

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    Job? I don't have time to get a job! Who will sit around and bitch about being broke and unemployed then?
  4. WETA? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    As in Women for the Ethical Treatment of Assholes.

    Not "assholes" like you and you personality. I mean WETAs like your mom, as she tenderly licks my anus while I wack off.

  5. WETA ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    WETA: Women for the Ethical Treatment of Assholes.

    Not "assholes" like you and your personality. I mean WETAs like your mom, as she tenderly licks my anus while I masturbate. And then shit in her mouth.

  6. "special" effects by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    Am I the only one who thought LOTR looked like crap? Sci-Fi's Dune looked better than that plasticy bullshit. I'd be interested in how they did simply so other filmakers know what the stay away from. Let's face it - computer special effects are cheap, and by cheap I mean easy. The old way of building models and having to actually create something was the only way to go. That shit looks fake because it's FAKE. Like a porn star's tits. That shits fun to beat off to but you know it phoney.

  7. Speaking of WETA by MisterFancypants · · Score: -1, Troll

    Peter Jackson sure is fat.